UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10

 

GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 20-8881686
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5851 Legacy Circle, Suite 600, Plano TX 75024
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (469) 626-5275 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class
to be so registered
  Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered
     

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

(Title of Class)

 

 

(Title of Class)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer, “accelerated filer “and “smaller reporting company “in Rule 12b- 2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
   
Non-accelerated filer [  ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act and Section 3(a) of the Exchange Act. Yes [X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act and Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

 

 

     
     

 

Table of Contents

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
Forward Looking Statements 3
Item 1. Business 4
Item 2A. Risk Factors 10
Item 2. Financial Information 11
Item 3. Properties 14
Item 4. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Managemen 14
Item 5. Directors and Executive Officers 15
Item 6. Executive Compensation 17
Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 18
Item 8. Legal Proceedings 19
Item 9. Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters 19
Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities 20
Item 11. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered 21
Item 12. Indemnification of Directors and Officers 24
Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 25
Item 14. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 25
Item 15. Financial Statements and Exhibits 26
   
  Signatures 27

 

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This report contains forward-looking statements. The Securities and Exchange Commission encourages companies to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better understand a company’s future prospects and make informed investment decisions. This report and other written and oral statements that we make from time to time contain such forward-looking statements that set out anticipated results based on management’s plans and assumptions regarding future events or performance. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “will” and similar expressions in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, future performance or results of current and anticipated sales efforts, expenses and financial results.

 

We caution that the factors described herein and other factors could cause our actual results of operations and financial condition to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements we make and that investors should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of such factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our results of operations or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

 

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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1. Business.

 

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Our Corporate History

 

We were incorporated in Nevada on May 28, 1999 as Paragon Polaris Strategies.com, Inc. In May 2010, we merged with Texas Hill Country Barbecue, Inc., and on June 2, 2010, changed our name to Texas Hill Country Barbecue, Inc. On August 21, 2010, we filed our Initial Company Information and Disclosure Statement with the OTC Markets, changed our name to Texas Hill Country Barbecue, Inc. and our stock-trading symbol to “THCB”. In March 2013, we changed our name to South American Properties with the new stock symbol of “SAMP”. In October 2014, we changed our name to USA Restaurant Funding, Inc. and our trading symbol to “USAR.” Effective on March 24, 2016, we changed our name to The Chron Organization, Inc. and our stock trading symbol to “CHRO”. We are now engaged in the business of selling retail smart home technologies with plans to sell electric energy to retail customers in Texas.

 

Business Overview

 

Our business model is built around the philosophy that smart home services such as automation and video safety, the Internet of Things (IoT), energy conservation, and overall responsible decision making that supports sustainability are burgeoning trends. Combined, these are creating two megatrends known as the “Internet of Everything” and the “Smart Home”. Towards making our claim in this emerging industry, we have built a “Smart Services” platform and “Retail Energy Platform” that combined will allow us to provide a unique suite of products and services to both residential and commercial customers. Currently, we are engaged in the business of (i) selling retail smart home technology, controls and monitoring services, (ii) commercial energy conservation equipment, LED lighting and lighting controls, and (iii) residential and commercial energy utility services.

 

As part of our smart home technology offering, we provide home automation, controls, security, video, and energy conservation services to homeowners through our wholly owned subsidiary, Zen Technologies, Inc. (“Zen”). We provide eight core product packages, designed to accommodate a range of home configurations from the one-bedroom townhome all the way up to the 6,000-square foot single-family home. The basis for our core product offering is to, at a minimum, automate the customers’ lights, locks, and thermostats; from here, the customer can add video options, or other technologies for entertainment or comfort (e.g. smart doorbell, automated blinds or smart water sprinkler systems). For our business-to-business sector, we offer a Zero Cost Program™. This is a turnkey solution that will upgrade older, inefficient equipment and lighting controls at no up-front cost to our client with the cost of the Program paid for out of the savings it creates. In our retail energy sector, through a Texas PUC approved and licensed “Retail Electric Provider” or “REP”, we will target our base of customers in both our smart home technology and commercial sectors.

 

We believe that the combination of our smart controls technologies and energy conservation products, coupled with the ability to provide retail energy services, provides us with a significant advantage over our competitors. Furthermore, this combination allows us to provide a very unique value proposition to the customer.

 

Business Strategy & Roadmap

 

The following sets forth the Company’s three-phase deployment plan:

 

Phase I: 6-12 Months (From Official Launch of Zen Technologies Brand - September 2016))

 

The Company has executed its soft launch by leveraging white label technologies from strategic vendors and implementing a proprietary blend and product offering using the same. It has established its brand and mission and is mastering order processing via its customized proprietary e-commerce platform: zenhomeservices.com and livewithzen.com. The Company has also begun targeting business customers (commercial, industrial, and municipal) through its innovative Zero-Cost Program TM rollout, wherein it has several noteworthy clients already under engagement.

 

Phase II: 12-24 Months

 

The Company plans to deploy its energy offering, converging its services to become seamless in its integration of Smart Home technology and green energy services. The Company expects to launch new sales channels toward dominating the markets. In addition to homeowners and apartment dwellers, the Company plans to target business accounts (commercial, industrial, and municipal).

 

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Phase III: >24 Months

 

The Company plans to deploy a proprietary Zen IoT (Internet of Things)/Automation platform that will be designed to feature one of a kind and/or first of its kind features and services designed to facilitate our customers’ lives. This platform is expected to create a considerable base of intellectual property for the Company while also significantly reducing our cost to serve each customer with respect to the monthly service fee. We plan to establish credibility, notoriety, and a strong lobbying position in the industry. The Company will also create innovative benchmarking metrics for mass adoption of its products and services. Additionally, the Company will focus on the unique value proposition of its offerings: automation/lifestyle, protection/security, energy efficiency, water conservation, and cost-efficient social responsibility.

 

Zen Technologies, Inc.

 

Zen is currently in the soft launch stage of rolling out our products and services; meaning that we are up and operational, however, still picking and choosing our customers, clients, and marketing channels. Zen is a 21st century home services company whose mission is to bring all the benefits of the “Smart Home” to millions of homeowners across the United States; including smart controls and innovative energy products and services to business customers. Zen provides eight different Smart Home packages that cover all dwelling/living scenarios including apartments and up to 6,000 square foot single-family homes. These packages enable a homeowner to automate their lights, locks, and thermostats. These also include video solutions, security, monitoring, and an application that can accommodate all smart home appliances (washers, dryers, dish washers, refrigerators, coffee makers, blinds, water sprinkler systems and entertainment systems) that may be added at the time of purchase or at a later date. Zen combines our exclusive and customizable product solutions with green energy services, which allows our consumers to save money on their monthly energy costs while reducing their long-term carbon footprint. Today, Zen supports approximately 50 different stock keeping units (SKUs), however, the Company plans to expand that number to nearly a thousand over the next 12-18 months. In that spirit, a very recent and noteworthy development was Zen’s approval to become a Bose™ distributor.

 

Additionally, with Zen’s Zero Cost Program™, the Company has entered into the commercial side of the industry with the ability to upgrade its customers with the latest energy saving equipment and controls at no upfront cost to them. This line of equipment and services includes, but is not limited to, LED lighting, weatherization services, motor controllers, EC motor controllers, HVAC accessories, smart devices and controls, solar, geo-thermal generation, oxidized water solutions, energy capacitors and energy storage devices.

 

The Smart Home Market

 

We believe that based on the benefits of our products and their affordability,   the time is ripe for consumers to adopt this wave of home automation. Smart home solutions and related technologies are increasingly becoming mainstream by allowing customers to control and dial up most everything in their home, from remotely turning on and off lights, switches and appliances, adjusting and setting the thermostat, to seeing who’s at the front door or reviewing video footage of what happened in the living room a few hours earlier, and so much more.

 

Consumer Confidence & Maturation

 

According to a report by iControl Networks 1   , the Smart Home Market is projected to grow into a $121.73 billion a year industry by 2022, and the typical family home will consist of 500 smart devices by that same year. The report further noted it would be the automation of lights, locks, and thermostats (energy usage), and video monitoring playing a cornerstone role in the bridge to mainstream consumerism. Some key statistics show that:

 

70% are excited about the potential cost savings from energy efficiency and monitoring
48% are excited about the convenience in programming home settings and maintenance
47% are excited about the potential to help the environment with greater energy efficiency

 

Smart Home Product Offerings

 

Historically, the ability to have a Smart Home (automated controls for lights, locks and thermostats – combined with entertainment systems), was a luxury only affordable to the affluent. According to our research , we have estimated the average entry price for a system at $150,000. However, thanks to advances in technology, standardization in data protocols, bandwidth abundance, and consumer demand, the overall ability for the average homeowner to enjoy a Smart Home has become a reality today. Herein lies the Zen mission – to make the Smart Home a reality for the masses .

 

1 https://www.icontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Smart_Home_Report_2015.pdf

 

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Zen’s product packages, which cover a range of dwelling types and living scenarios, are designed to allow homeowners to automate their lights, locks, and thermostats among other compatible devices. It should be noted that by design, all of our product packages can be viewed as a “starting point”. Customers can add items on an a-la-carte basis, such as extra video cameras, blinds, extra sensors, entertainment options (TV, entertainment centers, sound systems), appliances (washers, dryers, refrigerators, coffee makers), intercom systems, and many other technology options. As an example, we’ve included an image of the Zen Smart Pro Home Automation & Security Kit. This is one of our eight different packages and is ideal for homes up to 2,500 square feet.

 

Zen Smart Pro

 

 

Zero-Cost Program   ™ For Commercial, Industrial and Municipal Customers

 

The Zero-Cost Program™ is a turnkey solution that will upgrade older, inefficient equipment and lighting controls at no up-front cost to our client and future service fees are effectively paid for out of the savings it creates.

 

The process for the Program starts with a site survey to determine the current equipment and operating environment of the prospective customer. Once a survey is complete, Zen creates a proposal detailing the solutions needed in order to maximize savings out of that individual business. Every business is different and solutions are tailored for each business. Upon approval from the customer, Zen will install the upgrades, controls and components that power the customer’s business, enabling it to be more energy-efficient. The savings is expected to range anywhere between 15% and as much as 60%.

 

The Zero-Cost Program works through a “Services Agreement”. This means that our clients will have no initial upfront costs. This Services Agreement carries a full warranty for the term of the initial agreement. The business are expected to begin saving money immediately from lower energy consumption. Through the Services Agreement, Zen will finance the equipment and installation for all the chosen upgraded technologies and conservation solutions, which are billable in a separate invoice over the term of the agreement.

 

Over the first quarter of 2017, Zen has created a pipeline of commercial prospects and has acquired eight commercial clients, representing approximately 400 different actual locations where site surveys are being scheduled. These include convenience stores, gas stations, hotels, and schools, several with the initial phase of installations already underway while we are seeking credit approval from some. For example, one of our clients owns a chain of over 50 convenience stores (with gas stations). Zen also has an open agreement with The Oklahoma Groceries Association representing over 1,800 locations to offer this Program to its members. Additionally, Zen has partnered with one of the largest suppliers of equipment and services in the hotel industry, which itself owns over 300 hotels and represents thousands of locations nationwide. We are currently in the planning stages of a joint marketing relationship with this particular organization.

 

Marketing

 

The Company plans to utilize several distribution channels for our product offerings including, but not limited to, the following:

 

Company Branded & Affiliate Internet Marketing: This encompasses our own Internet marketing efforts, as well as working with third party websites that provide utility connection services to new homeowners or families moving into a new city.
   
Referral Partner Network: Also, known as an “Agent Network”, is a network of independent contractors who serve as referral sources for our products and services in exchange for an ongoing commission fee. This model has been the source of most all of our “Zero-Cost” customers and prospects to date.
   
Network Marketing Channels: Also referred to as “Multi-Level-Marketing” or “Direct Sales Organizations”, these consist of groups of independent contractors who market and serve as distributors for similar or related products and services. We are currently engaged in discussions with several different Network Marketing entities for the purposes of entering into a joint marketing/client vendor relationship.

 

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Homebuilders: It is common for homebuilders to work with home alarm companies as they develop and begin to market homes. While we are still in the early stages, we believe that his trend is being replaced by working with Smart Home companies instead of traditional home alarm companies. We are in early stage discussions with these types of companies today and expect to establish our first relationship sometime in the latter part of 2017.
   
Door-to-Door Teams: These are traditional marketing channels that are used by other industries such as cable, internet, pesticide, energy, and/or home alarm services companies. While this model requires a considerable capital commitment, it can be very effective and methodical. We plan on launching such channels sometime in 2018.

 

Operations

 

Chairman, Mr. Byron Young and CEO and President, Mr. Alex Rodriguez, two renowned entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building hyper-growth companies, lead our management team. Together, they represent a combined 40 years of experience in the deregulated services industries (telecommunications, wireless, internet services, electricity and natural gas retail services). Under this executive leadership duo, we’ve begun to build a management team comprising senior management members who represent an additional 50 years of cumulative experience in the home alarm, home automation, and home entertainment industries.

 

We’ve developed a fully customized, internal enterprise resource planning (ERP) system (“Zen Plus”) that is designed to allow us to accommodate thousands of customer enrollments from a myriad of marketing channels, on a national basis. Zen Plus allows the Company to automate and manage, in real time, customers’ needs from point of sale through logistics and installation, and all the way through the renewal process at the end of the three or five-year service term. We believe that this operational infrastructure will allow us to deliver a consistent, quality customer experience.

 

Furthermore, our fully integrated customer experience allows our sales representatives, customer service representatives and installation technicians to work closely together to provide the customer with an integrated process from contract origination to daily use. We believe that our customer service representatives deliver a quality customer service experience that enhances our brand and improves customer satisfaction. Customer service representatives will generally resolve most maintenance and service related questions over the telephone or through remote-access to the customer’s system.

 

Field Service Operations

 

We’ve created a network of professional third-party field service technicians (“FSTs”) throughout the United States, who reside in their service territories, to provide prompt service to our residential and commercial customers. FSTs undergo comprehensive training on our products and service packages. FSTs are also trained and equipped to handle everything from installation to general day-to-day maintenance or services issues that may come up. Many of our FST’s are independent contractors or third party service organizations whom provide outsourced service personnel for several service providers such as cable or alarm companies.

 

We do not maintain a costly physical warehouse, retail or office locations for our FSTs. Instead, we provide FSTs with adequate supplies of products and materials. Field service inventories are replenished by shipments that are processed through the Zen Plus platform and made from our strategic suppliers straight to the customer’s location. The Zen Plus platform is fully integrated with all of our various trading partners, such as monitoring stations, infrastructure providers, ordering systems, and logistical and shipment systems. Moreover, it provides a user interface and/or log-in capabilities for Zen employees, Zen FST’s, and even for customers, wherein they can make payments, research past billing history or make ad-hoc product purchases. The Zen Plus platform also schedules appointments, routes technicians, and follows up with customers to ensure that every service was performed to their satisfaction.

 

Customer Service and Alarm Monitoring

 

Our customer service center is in Dallas, Texas and is staffed with our employees.  Hours of operation are Mon - Fri from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Central Standard Time. We have contracted with a third-party for monitoring facilities that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. All employees who work in our customer service department undergo training on regulatory requirements, general corporate, product and technical training and billing related issues. Customer service representatives are required to pass background checks and, depending upon their job function, may require licensing by certain state jurisdictions.

 

Key Systems

 

As previously stated above, we have developed our own customized ERP/CRM software platform, which we implemented in August of 2016. This operating platform is an integrated enterprise resource planning and a customer relationship management and billing system, which we’ve aptly named “Zen Plus”. The Zen Plus system is based on a well-established enterprise-scale cloud solution. We believe that the Zen Plus system will be able to scale with our business, providing the flexibility to accommodate the multiple customer support and billing models resulting from the anticipated expansion in our product and service packages over time. It also allows for operational efficiency by not requiring the entry of data multiple times and improving data accuracy.

 

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Billing

 

Customers can enroll through any of our various enrollment websites or by an inbound telesales call into our call center to make their initial order; these orders are paid for electronically either via ACH or credit card. After the initial enrollment process, customers are then billed each month for our monitoring service. This is done electronically through ACH or credit card details each customer provided during their enrollment process, all of which is managed through and by the Zen Plus platform.

 

Competition and Competitive Landscape

 

We believe that the Smart Home industry is disparate and fragmented because of its infancy. To date, there are only a handful of players in the industry that would be considered full-fledged Smart Home Services providers – most of them brand new companies with very little market share. Today, the segment is getting growth from three different types of companies. The first types are traditional home alarm companies; these are longstanding companies that have built legacy businesses out of fear-based marketing tactics in order to sell alarm systems. They are working diligently on pivoting their business models. The second types are hardware manufacturers; these are companies that create some type of hardware and/or line of hardware that can be used and implemented by the user in his/her home. Most these companies sell under the Do-It-Yourself (“DIY”) model; examples include notification devices, cameras, or thermostats. The third type typically encompass local or regional companies (small businesses) that focus on providing low voltage hardwire services while selling high-end entertainment systems.

 

We believe that the only true player in home automation has been industry giant, Crestron Electronics (“Crestron”). This company meets all of the requirements to qualify as a true smart home product line. However, Crestron operates in a niche market of high net worth individuals or families, with product offerings not affordable to the masses. According to most industry experts, the entry-level price for a Crestron system is in the $150,000 range. These types of systems rule out the masses, which is Zen’s target audience – from $100,000- townhomes up to $2,000,000 single-family homes.

 

To further contrast against the industry at large, Zen is positioned as a modern technology and utility company making the Smart Home a reality for the masses by offering affordable home automation, security, and energy conservation/management products and services. Like the bigger, more established players, Zen also offers traditional security services, with a deliberate focus on a customizable turnkey solution for small to medium-sized businesses.

 

Zen Energy, Inc. (Wholly-Owned Subsidiary)

 

Background on Energy Industry and Deregulation

 

Until the 1980s, generation, transmission, distribution and sales/marketing or supply of electricity and natural gas in the United States were conducted by local publicly-funded monopolies. In the 1980s and 1990s, state legislatures began passing laws designed to create competitive retail sales and supply in the natural gas markets. Electricity deregulation in the United States followed approximately a decade later with 24 states  that allow the resale of electricity in one form or another.

 

Electricity Industry Overview

 

There are three primary components of the electricity industry:

 

Generation: Electricity is most often generated at a power plant or station. The industry employs a variety of technologies to generate electricity such as traditional thermal (coal, natural gas, and oil), nuclear power, as well as renewable resources, including wind, water, sunlight, biofuels, and wood waste. Historically, government and private investor-owned utility companies controlled the electricity generation component.

 

Transmission & Distribution: Following the generation of electricity, high voltage transmission lines carry the electricity throughout the power system to electrical substations. In many markets, Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) manage the electricity flows, maintain reliability, and administer transmission access for the electric transmission grid in a defined region. RTOs and ISOs coordinate and monitor communications among the generator, distributor and Energy Retailer. Additionally, RTOs and ISOs manage the real-time electricity supply and demand. The transmission system is regulated by FERC.

 

Once the electricity has been transmitted through the high voltage power grid, Local Distribution Company’s (LDCs) direct the electricity from the high voltage transmission systems to lower voltage distribution networks, which ultimately connect the ‘‘last mile’’ to the customer. These networks are comprised of lines of various voltage levels, substations, transformers, and meters. These lines are regulated by state public utility commissions and managed by the LDCs.

 

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Retail Sales of Energy (Customer Service & Billing): In states that have authorized deregulation or retail competition, Energy Retailers (also referred to as “Retail Energy Providers”) market and sell electricity to end-users, providing customers with alternatives to purchasing their electricity from their LDC. Energy Retailers typically do not generate electricity and instead buy wholesale electricity from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, directly from a generation facility, from financial institutions, from the ISOs and RTOs, or from energy companies that actively trade power. Energy Retailers then resell the electricity to end-user customers at unregulated rates, earning the difference between the delivered wholesale price and the end-user price.

 

Retail Electricity Market

 

The retail electricity market can be categorized into two main customer segments: (i) residential and small business, and (ii) large commercial and industrial. Energy Retailers operate in the retail electricity market by providing a variety of renewable, fixed and variable rate electricity contracts to customers for varying periods of time. In general, large commercial and industrial customers are serviced by fixed price contracts for up to five years. By contrast, residential and small-to-medium size commercial customers are typically serviced by short-term month-to-month variable price contracts or fixed term, fixed price contracts for up to one or two years. Some Energy Retailers focus only on one customer segment (e.g. residential), while others focus on the full spectrum of customers.

 

In many cases (dependent by state), Energy Retailers may use the LDC to invoice and collect from customers for energy supply and other costs. Under arrangements entered into between the Energy Retailers and the LDCs, LDCs remain responsible for the delivery of the electricity from the ISO or RTO to the customer’s residence or place of business. This ensures reliability to the markets.

 

Competitive Landscape

 

The deregulation of the electricity industry is a practice that has been occurring since the 1990’s. However, because of the complex nature and various aspects of the energy industry, the pace has been slow. The reason behind this is that the deregulation of the energy industry happens upon two, in some cases, three different frameworks. First, you have the wholesale aspects of the energy industry, which include the building of, owning and managing independent power plants or power trading companies. Secondly, you have the retail aspect of deregulation. In some cases, these happen at a federal level, however, in most cases of the retail aspects of deregulation, this must occur on a state-by-state basis, as it is largely a legislative action. The legislative action must then be followed up and supported by the respective Independent System Operator (ISO), in other words “the grid” in that geographic area.

 

As it pertains to Zen Energy, we plan to enter into and expand into all deregulated energy markets, however, today, we are exclusively concerned with and focused on the retail electric industry in the state of Texas, otherwise known as the ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) market.  The deregulation of Texas has been considered by many industry insiders and policy makers as the “poster child for deregulation”, as cited by ABACCUS Report in the Albany Times when reporting that the state of “New York ranked 2 nd best for electricity competition”, after the Texas market taking 1 st place 2 . This is mostly because it has been very successful; it has been an economic stimulus and has fostered competition. Texans pay among the lowest electricity rates in the nation and the age of innovative products in electricity is now showing early signs of potential success. This latter aspect is where Zen Energy plans to differentiate itself from the rest of the market.

 

As of the time of this filing, there are well over 100 entities that are licensed as a Retail Electric Provider in the state of Texas. However, only approximately 60 of these are operational and of these 60, some are focused only on commercial customers, some only on residential, and a few equally on both of these customer demographics. Moreover, of the 60 operational Retail Energy Providers, it is safe to assume that only approximately 15 to 20 are relevant; by this, we mean any Retain Energy Provider that is serving over 10,000 customers.

 

Since 2009 and the constant of low natural gas prices, most markets, including Texas, have experienced a very low cost of goods sold. This has brought most Retail Energy Providers into a margin game where they are paying very little attention to the actual value they could bring to their customers. Very few are focused on their value and even fewer are focused on being different. Most of the differentiation in the market is around who can write their contracts more creatively to fool their customers.

 

Conversely, Zen Energy is entering the market differently with most of our focus on our differentiation and the value we plan to bring to customers. Zen Energy’s plans are different in the following ways:

 

Smart Home Offering: Texas and its consumers have spent a fortune building out a mass smart meter infrastructure that is uniform throughout the entire deregulated territory; however, there is very little to show for this massive investment in the way of product innovation. Zen Energy plans to bring an entire portfolio of Smart Home solutions, thereby making it the first and only company in the industry that can control lighting, air conditioning, major appliances, and the electricity meter. No other Energy Retailer offers this capability.

 

2. See New York Ranks 2 nd -best for electricity competition ( https://www.plymouthenergy.com/new-york-ranks-2nd-best-for-electricity-competition/), Texas Competitive Model Spreads to Pennsylvania and Illinois ( http://www.powermag.com/texas-competitive-model-spreads-to-pennsylvania-and-illinois/) and Growing competitive electricity could make Pennsylvania the next Texas (https://electricityrates.com/growing-competitive-electricity-could-make-pennsylvania-the-next-texas/ ).

 

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Time of Use Products (TOU) and Renewable Focused: Zen Energy plans to offer a fully integrated TOU electricity product to work in conjunction with its smart home solutions to completely integrate a consumer’s behavior with their energy usage. A TOU product offers a variable price throughout the day so that consumers can adjust their behavior to coincide with lower energy prices. Additionally, Zen Energy plans to purchase primarily from renewable sources, so consumers can be assured to know they are doing their part in contributing to a cleaner environment and more sustainable lifestyle.
   
Demand Response: This term essentially means the ability to turn off (or power down) energy-consuming devices during peak times when energy prices are at their highest. In the Texas market place, energy prices change every 15 minutes throughout the day. During the peak season, it’s not uncommon for prices to increase 10, 50, or even 100-fold during super peak hours. Zen Energy will have the opportunity to offer customers on-demand, demand-response options that will allow customers to participate in revenue share opportunities.

 

Energy Business Operations

 

The Company will take advantage of synergies between Zen Technologies and Zen Energy, customer services, marketing, and most all back-office functions would be considered shared services between the companies. The most important functions that require subject matter experts include customer provisioning and energy risk management (procurement, margin control, forecasting, and wholesale settlements). For these two areas, the Company has begun the hiring process for the appropriate managers and executives.

 

Entry into the Energy Marketplace

 

The Company is in the final stages of completing its acquisition of a Texas-based licensed Retail Electric Provider . On January 20, 2017, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Zen Energy, entered into an agreement to acquire 80%  of Enertrade Electric, LLC, (“Enertrade”) a Texas licensed Retail Energy Provider from its members (the “Sellers”). Conditions precedent to closing the transaction include, but are not limited to, (i) the Sellers obtaining all material consents, approvals, permits, authorization from, notifications to, and filings with any governmental entities including, without limitations, the Texas Public Utilities Commission (PUCT) and (ii) all approvals, consents and waivers shall have been obtained from Enertrade’ s wholesale supplier.

 

The purchase price for the interest in Enertrade is $1,500,000 with the initial payment of $500,000 at closing (subject to certain adjustments that may increase or decrease the initial amount) and a $1,000,000 promissory note without interest (subject to be adjusted downward for any increase in the initial payment) and payable in two equal installments, the first of which is due 90 days from the closing date and the second due 180 days from the closing date. The Company was obligated to close this transaction no later than March 21, 2017. Although the Company did not close by this date, the parties have continued to pursue obtaining the required consents in cooperation with Enertrade and the Sellers and have an oral understanding with such parties to extend the closing date while pursuing such consents.

 

As partial consideration for the Sellers’ retention of an interest in Enertrade, the Sellers or their principals agreed to enter into a services agreement pursuant to which the Sellers shall be obligated to present to the Company all opportunities to provide retail electricity and electric services to residential and commercial consumers within the Republic of Mexico as and when such opportunities arise and pursuant to which the Company will agree to purchase electricity supply to service such Republic of Mexico business opportunities accepted by the Company subject to credit terms established by its supplier.

 

Employees

 

As of the date of this filing, we had approximately ten full-time employees, excluding our installation technicians, sales representatives, contract IT developers and certain other support professionals. None of our employees are currently represented by labor unions or trade councils. We believe that we generally have good relationships with our employees. Most our employees are located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area. We maintain a satisfactory working relationship with our employees and have not experienced any labor disputes.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we are involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. There are no legal proceedings currently pending against us that we believe would have a material effect on our business, financial position or results of operations, and, to the best of our knowledge, there are no such legal proceedings contemplated or threatened.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

Not applicable for a smaller reporting company.

 

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Item 2. Financial Information.

 

The Company’s discussion and analysis provides an overview of the Company’s financial activities primarily for the year ended December 31, 2016 since its activities in the restaurant business were discontinued and written off as of December 31, 2015. Since this information is designed to focus on the current year’s activities, resulting changes, and currently known facts, it should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included in pages F-1 through F-[  ] of this Registration Statement on Form 10 .

 

Balance Sheet   Year Ended December 31  
    2016     2015  
    (Audited)  
Assets    
Cash   $ 51,710     $ -  
Prepaid and other assets     40,750       -  
Total Current assets     92,460       -  
                 
Fixed assets - software       66,710       -  
Total assets   $ 159,170     $ -  
                 
Liabilities                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 358,594     $ 7,298  
Subscription liability     75,000       -  
Note payable     188,342       132,923  
Total current liabilities     621,936       140,221  
                 
Long term notes payable     233,836       -  
Total liabilities     855,772       140,221  
                 
Shareholders’ Deficit                
Mezzanine equity     494,123     $ 185,500  
Class A Common stock par value $.001, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized 853,262,525 and 540,552,127, respectively issued and outstanding     853,262       540.552  
Class B Common stock par value $.001, 10,000,000 shares authorized,10,000,000 and 0, issued and outstanding respectively     10,000       -  
Additional paid-in capital (deficit)     274,903       (309,121 )
Accumulated deficit     (2,328,890 )     (557,152 )
Total shareholders’ deficit     (1,190,725 )     (140,221 )
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit   $ 159,170     $ -  

 

Statement of Operations   Year Ended December 31  
    2016     2015  
    (Audited)        
Continuing Operations                
Revenue   $ 5,051       $  
Cost of goods sold     20,431          
Net Revenue (Loss)     (15,380 )      
Operating Expenses                
Selling, General and administrative expenses     1,522,183       62,546  
Total Operating Expenses     1,522,183       62,546  
Operating Loss     (1,537,563 )     (62,546 )
                 
Interest Expense     (234,175 )     (68,718 )
Loss from Continuing Operations     (1,771,738 )     (131,264 )
                 
Loss from Discontinued Operations     -       (184,592 )
Net Loss   $ (1,771,738 )     $ (315,856 )

 

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The Company has accounted for discontinued operations prior to January 1, 2016 under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity . Under this guidance, a discontinued operation is defined as a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. In November 2015, the Company has exited the restaurant industry and has shifted its strategy to home automation and energy conservation services. Management believes this adequately qualifies as a strategic shift under Update No. 2014-08. As of December 31, 2015, the Company has not generated any revenue from its new services. A reconciliation of amounts included in the statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2015 as follows:

 

    2015  
Revenue   $ 20,100  
Selling general and administrative expenses     (201,161 )
Other Expenses     (3,531 )
Loss from continued operations   $ (184,592 )

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Certain portions of the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2015 have been classified as discontinued operations and therefore are not comparable. Comparative information for continuing operations for 2016 as compared to 2015 follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015

 

Certain portions of the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2015 have been classified as discontinued operations and therefore are not comparable. Comparative information for continued operations for 2016 as compared to 2015 follows:

 

Operations

 

The Company reported a net loss of $1,771,738 and $315,856 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, a loss from continuing operations of $1,537,563 and 62,546 for the same periods and an accumulated deficit of $2,328,890 and $557,152 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The increase in net loss is primarily a result of factors noted below. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had a working capital deficit of $529,476 and $140,221 respectively, and negative cash flow from continuing operating activity of $1,205,814 and $62,546, respectively, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company reported $5,051 in revenue with cost of sales of $20,431 for a gross loss of $15,380 as compared to nil for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase is primarily a result of the Company’s soft launch of its products during the fourth quarter of 2016.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $ 1,522,183 in 2016 as compared to $62,546 in 2015 for an increase of $1,459,637. This increase is a result of our efforts to launch our current business and consisted primarily of increases in salary and wages of $876,691, legal and professional expense of $138,726, Advertising and promotions of $148,236, travel and entertainment of $74,026 and other expenses totaling $222,715.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity is the ability of an enterprise to generate adequate amounts of cash to meet its needs for cash requirements. We had a working capital deficit of $529,476 and $51,710 of cash as of December 31, 2016.

 

Net cash flow used in operating activities was $1,205,814 for the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to $62,546 for the year ended December 31, 2015, an increase of $1,143,268. The increase is primarily a result of the launch of our current business.

 

Net cash flow used in investing activities was $66,710 for the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to nil for the year ended December 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the $66,710 was used to develop software.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $1,324,234 for the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to $247,138 for the year ended December 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2016, we received $687,234 from the sale of common stock, $75,000 for subscription for common stock that had yet to be issued and $562,000 from the sale of convertible promissory notes.. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we received net proceeds of $247,138 from the sale of convertible promissory notes.

 

Our primary source of liquidity has been proceeds from the issuance of debt securities and sales of common stock. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 2,368,300 shares of its Class A common stock to providers of professional services to the Company, in lieu of the payment of cash for such services. The value of the transactions total approximately $42,500. During the same period, the Company has issued 282,753,210 shares and $687,234. Additionally, during 2016, the Company sold convertible promissory notes totaling $562,000.

 

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Subsequent to year end, the Company sold 14,333,334 shares of its restricted Class A common stock for $65,000 in a private placement subject to Rule 144. Additionally, on March 17, 2017, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement containing convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”) and Warrants. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes is $165,000 to be taken down in two $82,500 tranches of which the Company has taken down the first tranche. The notes are convertible at a price equal to the lower of $.03 per share or 60% of the lowest closing price for the Company’s Common Stock on the Trading Market for the 20 Trading Days prior to the conversion. Additionally, upon funding of each tranche, three year warrants for 500,000 shares of the Company’s restricted Class A common stock shall be granted with an exercise price of $0.03 and $0.05 respectively. 

 

Cash Requirements

 

Our management does not believe that our current capital resources will be adequate to continue operating our company and maintaining our business strategy for more than 12 months. Accordingly, we will have to raise additional capital in the near future to meet our working capital requirements. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to us when needed or, if available, that it can be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. If we are not able to obtain the additional financing on a timely basis, if and when it is needed, we will be forced to scale down or perhaps even cease the operation of our business.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying audited financial statements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The Company reported a net loss of $1,771,738 and $315,856 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and an accumulated deficit of $2,328,890 and $557,152 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had a working capital deficit of $529,476 and $140,221 respectively, and negative cash flow from continuing operating activity of $1,205,814 and $62,546, respectively, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

The Company’s revenue from operations is not sufficient to meet its working capital needs and will be dependent on funds raised to satisfy its ongoing capital requirements for at least the next 12 months. The Company will require additional financing in order to execute its operating plan and continue as a going concern. The Company cannot predict whether this additional financing will be in the form of equity or debt, or be in another form. The Company may not be able to obtain the necessary additional capital on a timely basis, on acceptable terms, or at all.

 

In any of these events, the Company may be unable to implement its current plans for expansion or respond to competitive pressures, any of these circumstances would have a material adverse effect on its business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

We have identified the following policies below as critical to its business and results of operations. Our reported results are impacted by the application of the following accounting policies, certain of which require management to make subjective or complex judgments. These judgments involve making estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may significantly impact quarterly or annual results of operations. For all of these policies, management cautions that future events rarely develop exactly as expected, and the best estimates routinely require adjustment. Specific risks associated with these critical accounting policies are described in the following paragraphs.

 

Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting periods. Key estimates in the accompanying financial statements include, among others, revenue recognition, allowances for doubtful accounts, valuation of long-lived assets, and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances.

 

The financial statements are presented on the basis of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Other than continued current involvement, some transactions prior to December 31, 2015 have been reclassified as discontinued operations in these financial statements. See further information in Note 7. Discontinued Operations .

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents. Cash on-hand at December 31, 2016 were $51,710. There were no cash equivalents on-hand at December 31, 2015.

 

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Revenue Recognition - The Company recognizes sales, which include shipping fees where applicable, net of estimated returns, at the time the customer takes possession of merchandise or receives services. When the Company collects payments from customers prior to the transfer of ownership of merchandise or the performance of services, the amounts received are generally recorded as deferred sales, included in other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, until the sale or service is completed. The Company reserves for estimated sales returns based on historical trends in merchandise returns, net of the estimated net realizable value of merchandise inventories to be returned and any estimated disposition costs. Amounts collected from members, which under common trade practices are referred to as sales taxes, are recorded on a net basis.

 

Software Development Costs – The Company capitalizes certain expenditures to the development of its software application. Capitalization begins when technological feasibility is established. Capitalized costs are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the developed product.

 

Beneficial Conversion Feature - The Company accounts for convertible notes payable in accordance with the guidelines established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 98-5, Accounting for Convertible Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable Conversion Ratios, and EITF 00-27, Application of Issue No 98-5 To Certain Convertible Instruments. The Beneficial Conversion Feature (“BCF”) of a convertible note is normally characterized as the convertible portion or feature of certain notes payable that provide a rate of conversion that is below market value or in-the-money when issued. The Company records a BCF related to the issuance of a convertible note when issued and records the estimated fair value of any warrants issued with those convertible notes. Beneficial conversion features that are contingent upon the occurrence of a future event are recorded when the contingency is resolved.

 

The BCF of a convertible note is measured by allocating a portion of the note’s proceeds to the warrants, if applicable, and as a discount on the carrying amount of the convertible note equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion feature, both of which are credited to additional paid-in-capital. The value of the proceeds received from a convertible note is then allocated between the conversion features and warrants and the debt on an allocated fair value basis. The allocated fair value is recorded in the financial statements as a debt discount (premium) from the face amount of the note and such discount is amortized over the expected term of the convertible note (or to the conversion date of the note, if sooner) and is charged to interest expense.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

We implemented all new accounting standards that are in effect and that may impact its consolidated financial statements. We do not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on the consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of December 31, 2016, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors. The term “off-balance sheet arrangement” generally means any transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which an entity unconsolidated with us is a party, under which we have any obligation arising under a guarantee contract, derivative instrument or variable interest or a retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to such entity or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support for such assets.

 

Item 3. Properties.

 

The Company leases approximately 8,000 square feet of office space under a sublease arrangement on a month to month basis. Rent for this space is $12,000 per month which includes furniture and communications equipment.

 

Item 4. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

 

The following table sets forth information about the beneficial ownership of our Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as of April 7, 2017, by (i) each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding capital stock, (ii) each director and each of our named executive officers and (iii) all executive officers and directors as a group.

 

Unless otherwise noted below, the address for each beneficial owner listed on the table is in care of The Chron Organization, Inc., 15505 Long Vista Drive, Suite 250, Austin, Texas 78728. We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons and entities named in the tables below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of capital stock that they beneficially own, subject to applicable community property laws.

 

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In computing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock  beneficially owned by a person and the percentage ownership of that person, we deemed outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock subject to options or issuable upon conversion of preferred stock held by that person that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of April 7, 2017. We did not deem these shares outstanding, however, for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Class A Common Stock Beneficial Ownership     Percent of Class (1)     Class B Common Stock Beneficial Ownership     Percent of Class (2)  
Named Executive Officers and Directors:                                
Byron T. Young (3)     237,152,650       24.9 %     5,000,000       50.0 %
Alex Rodriguez (4)     140,000,000       16.3 %     5,000,000       50.0 %
                              -  
All executive officers and directors as a group (two people)     280,652,650       32.7 %             100.0 %
                                 
Other 5% Stockholders:                                
United My Funds, LLC (5)     100,000,000       11.7 %     -       -  

 

* Less than 1%.

 

  (1) Calculated on the basis of 853,262,127 issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock as of April 7, 2017. Share amount excludes shares which Mr. Young has a right to acquire. See Note 3 below. Holders of our Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share.
  (2) Calculated on the basis of 10,000,000 issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock as of April 7, 2017. Holders of our Class B Common Stock are entitled to 100 votes per share.
  (3) Shares consist of 140,652,650 shares owned, 64,333,333 shares issuable upon conversion of promissory notes and 32,166,667 issuable upon exercise of warrants. Calculation of percent are based upon 949,762,127 shares which include the convertible and warrant shares. Shares are owned by various partnerships, retirement accounts and personal account of Mr. Young who beneficial owns such shares. Mr. Young’s address is 4200 South Freeway, #408, Ft. Worth, TX 76115.
  (4) Shares are owned by NAUP Investments, LLC which is an entity owned or controlled by Mr. Rodriguez who is deemed the beneficial owner of such shares. NAUP Investments, LLC’s address is 1861 Brown Blvd, Ste. 217-703, Arlington, TX 76006.
  (5) United My Funds, LLC is an entity owned or controlled by James Yoo. Its address is 2600 Royal Lane #215, Dallas, TX 75229.

 

Item 5. Directors and Executive Officers.

 

The following table sets forth the names, positions and ages of our directors and executive officers as of the date of this Registration Statement. Each director is elected at our annual meeting of shareholders and holds office for three years, or until his successor is elected and qualified. Officers are elected by our board of directors and their terms of office are at the discretion of our board.

 

Name   Age   Position
Alex Rodriguez   42   President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Director
Byron T. Young   42   Chairman of the Board & Treasurer

 

Alex Rodriguez has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and as a member of our board of directors since December 2015. Mr. Rodriguez has 15 years of energy experience and a total of 20 years of business experience at the C-Level across the energy, telecom and information technology industries. Mr. Rodriguez is a business development and marketing executive that has successfully launched five different companies that were collectively responsible for nearly $6 billion in sales revenue over the course of his career in the energy industry. This experience includes, but is not limited to the following private companies SYNRG Marketing (Chief Business Officers & Partner) and Utility Choice Electric (VP of Sales & Marketing) from 2001 through 2003, AmPro Energy (VP if Business Development) from 2003 through 2004, Stream Energy and Ignite (Founder & Managing Partner) from 2004 through end of 2009. In August 2004, Mr. Rodriguez co-founded and served as Managing Partner of Stream Energy, a fast-growing retail energy provider that provided electricity and natural gas services to approximately 400,000 customers and grossed over $2 billion within the first four years of operation. Upon his exit from Stream Energy in late 2009, Mr. Rodriguez founded and still serves as Chairman of NAUP Capital, LP (today known as NAUP Investments, LLC), which is an energy holding company and venture development firm with holdings in energy, solar, energy brokerage and energy software related entities. In his position at NAUP, Mr. Rodriguez founded and grew several companies. Diversegy LLC and EPIQ Energy, LLC were among these NAUP projects. Rodriguez served as CEO for these companies and was successful in selling both of these companies to an NYSE publicly traded energy company (Genie Energy) in December of 2013.

 

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Diversegy LLC is a national energy brokerage company that advises commercial, industrial and municipal customers regarding their natural gas and power needs. The board of directors believes that Mr. Rodriguez’s experience in business development and successful growth and sales in the energy industry, as well as his understanding of energy sector business operations, will be valuable in executing our business strategy.

 

Byron T. Young has served as our Treasurer and as our Chairman of the Board since December 2015. As the Company’s Chairman, Mr. Young oversees the Company’s vision, growth, strategies and expansion efforts. He has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience founding several technology-based companies and leading them through an exit strategy and/or into profitable growth stages. His experience encompasses the telecommunications, wireless, software and energy industries. In the early 1990s, Mr. Young founded several paging services companies that operated profitably through the peak of the paging services space. This led him to found a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (C-LEC) in 2001 under the name of Extel Enterprises, which was ultimately sold to publicly traded Usurf America, Inc. in 2004. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Young founded a Retail Energy Provider in 2005 under the name Young Energy, LLC, which provides electricity and natural gas services to residential and commercial customers in Texas and where Mr. Young currently serves as a senior advisor and board member. Most recently, in 2010, Mr. Young founded Assist Wireless, a wireless communication company providing prepaid cellular voice and data as well as government subsidized lifeline services to over 130,000 customers across four states. He currently serves as CEO of Assist Wireless. The board of directors believes that Mr. Young’s experience founding and operating technology-based companies provides him with an intimate knowledge of our day-to-day operations, business and competitive environment, as well as our opportunities, challenges and risks.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

None of our directors, executive officers, significant employees or control persons has been involved in any legal proceeding listed in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K in the past 10 years.

 

Corporate Governance

 

Our board of directors has not established any committees, including an audit committee, a compensation committee or a nominating committee, or any committee performing a similar function. The functions of those committees are being undertaken by our board. Because we do not have any independent directors, our board believes that the establishment of committees of our board would not provide any benefits to our company and could be considered more form than substance.

 

We do not have a policy regarding the consideration of any director candidates that may be recommended by our stockholders, including the minimum qualifications for director candidates, nor has our officers and directors established a process for identifying and evaluating director nominees. We have not adopted a policy regarding the handling of any potential recommendation of director candidates by our stockholders, including the procedures to be followed. Our officers and directors have not considered or adopted any of these policies as we have never received a recommendation from any stockholder for any candidate to serve on our board of directors.

 

Given our relative size and lack of directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage, we do not anticipate that any of our stockholders will make such a recommendation in the near future. While there have been no nominations of additional directors proposed, in the event such a proposal is made, all current members of our board will participate in the consideration of director nominees.

 

As with most small, early stage companies until such time as we further develop our business, achieve a stronger revenue base and have sufficient working capital to purchase directors’ and officers’ insurance, we do not have any immediate prospects to attract independent directors. When we are able to expand our board to include one or more independent directors, we intend to establish an audit committee of our board of directors. It is our intention that one or more of these independent directors will also qualify as an audit committee financial expert. Our securities are not quoted on an exchange that has requirements that a majority of our board members be independent and we are not currently otherwise subject to any law, rule or regulation requiring that all or any portion of our board of directors include “independent” directors, nor are we required to establish or maintain an audit committee or other committee of our board.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We expect that we will adopt a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for financial reporting. Once adopted, we will make the code of business conduct and ethics available on our website at www.chronorganization.com . We intend to post any amendments to the code, or any waivers of its requirements, on our website.

 

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Board Structure

 

Our Board has not chosen to separate the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board in recognition of the fact that our operations are sufficiently limited that such separation would not serve any useful purpose.

 

Role of Board in Risk Oversight Process

 

Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of risk and for identifying our risk exposures and communicating such exposures to our board. Our board is responsible for designing, implementing and overseeing our risk management processes. The board does not have a standing risk management committee, but administers this function directly through the board as a whole. The whole board considers strategic risks and opportunities and receives reports from its officers regarding risk oversight in their areas of responsibility as necessary. We believe our board’s leadership structure facilitates the division of risk management oversight responsibilities and enhances the board’s efficiency in fulfilling its oversight function with respect to different areas of our business risks and our risk mitigation practices.

 

Communications with the Board of Directors

 

Stockholders with questions about the Company are encouraged to contact the Company by sending communications to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer at 15505 Long Vista Drive, Suite 250, Austin, Texas 78728. If stockholders feel that their questions have not been sufficiently addressed through communications with the Chief Executive Officer, they may communicate with the Board of Directors by sending their communications to the Board of Directors, c/o the Chief Executive Officer at the same address.

 

Director Compensation

 

Historically, our non-employee directors have not received compensation for their service outside the compensation set forth in the Summary Compensation Table below, but we may compensate our directors for their service in the future. We reimburse our non-employee directors for reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending board and committee meetings. We also intend to allow our non-employee directors to participate in any equity compensation plans that we adopt in the future.

 

Item 6. Executive Compensation.

 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table summarizes all compensation recorded by us in the past two fiscal years for:

 

  our principal executive officer or other individual serving in a similar capacity,
     
  our two most highly compensated executive officers other than our principal executive officer who were serving as executive officers at December 31, 2015 whose compensation exceed $100,000, and
     
  up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been required but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer at December 31, 2016.

 

For definitional purposes, these individuals are sometimes referred to as the “named executive officers.”

 

2016 Summary Compensation Table

 

Name and Principal Position   Fiscal Year Ended     Salary ($)     Bonus  ($)     Stock Awards ($)     Option Awards ($)     All Other Compensation ($)     Total ($)  
Alejandro Rodriguez (1)     12/31/2016       180,000       -       -       -       -       180,000  
Byron T. Young (2)     12/31/2016       102,000       -       -       -       -       102,000  
      12/31/2015       -       -       -       -       -       -  

 

  (1) Mr. Rodriguez was appointed as a Director and our President on November 23, 2015 and as our Chief Executive Officer on February 4, 2016 in addition to the offices he previously held.
     
  (2) Mr. Young was appointed as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company on November 18, 2015 and on February 4, 2016 relinquished his role as Chief Executive Officer upon the appointment of Mr. Rodriguez to such position.

 

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Executive Employment Agreements

 

The Company has an oral agreement with Mr. Rodriguez pursuant to which he receives a salary of $180,000 per year for his services as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, Mr. Rodriguez was paid $160,000 and has accrued the balance of $20,000.

 

Mr. Young currently receives $102,000 per year as compensation for his services as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Young has not been paid and has accrued the balance.

 

Neither of Messrs. Rodriguez or Young received a salary or any other compensation for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015.

 

Historically, our directors that are employees of the Company have not received compensation for their service as directors. The Company may adopt a policy to compensate independent members of our board in the future.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal Year End

 

None.

 

Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

Stock Purchases

 

On February 1, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Alex Rodriguez, its President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and director pursuant to which Mr. Rodriguez purchased 2,000,000 of the Company’s shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock in exchange for $6,000. On February 1, 2016, the Company also entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Byron Young, its Chairman, pursuant to which Mr. Young purchased 2,000,000 of the Company’s shares of Class B Common Stock in exchange for $6,000.

 

On June 30, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Rodriguez pursuant to which Mr. Rodriguez purchased 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock for $9,000. On June 30, 2016, the Company also entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Young pursuant to which he purchased 3,000,000 shares of the Class B Common Stock for $9,000.

 

On July 1, 2016, the Company exchanged 165,000,000 shares of the Company’s unregistered shares of common stock for 100% of the outstanding common stock of Chron Energy, Inc. (“CEI”), a Nevada corporation to related parties in which Alex Rodriguez had a 50% beneficial interest.

 

Loan from Chairman

 

On November 20, 2015, the Company issued a convertible secured promissory note in the amount of up to $200,000 of which $193,000 in loan advances have been made by Mr. Young to the Company. Interest on the amount outstanding under the note accrues at an annual rate equal to the lesser of 2.0% or the highest lawful rate, as defined in the note. The outstanding principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on December 31, 2016 . Through an amendment to the note, the due date has been extended to April 1, 2017.

 

The note may be prepaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty to the extent that Mr. Young has not exercised his conversion rights.

 

Upon an event of default, Mr. Young may declare all amounts due under the note due and payable without the need to give notice or demand. Events of default under the note include the failure to pay any amount due under the note and a failure to remedy the nonpayment within five calendar days and the bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or other similar event of the Company. From and after the occurrence of an event of default, amounts due under the note shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of 18% or the highest lawful rate, payable on demand.

 

Mr. Young has the option at any time and from time to time to convert all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount and accrued interest under the note into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.003, subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination and reclassification of our Common Stock.

 

The note may be transferred upon prior written notice to the Company to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

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In further consideration for the $200,000 loan to the Company, the Company issued Mr. Young a warrant to purchase 32,166,667 shares of its Class A Common Stock that may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time until the last calendar day of the month in which the fifth anniversary of the issuance date occurs.

 

The exercise price of the warrant is the greater of (i) $0.05 or (ii) 200% of the conversion price per share of Common Stock as defined in the convertible promissory note. If the market price of one share of Common Stock is greater than the exercise price, Mr. Young may elect a cashless exercise pursuant to the terms set forth in the warrant.

 

The exercise price and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrant are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of specific events, including stock dividends, stock splits, combinations and reclassifications of our Common Stock, as well as the issuance of options or other rights to purchase Common Stock at a price less than the exercise price of the warrant.

 

Subject to applicable laws, the warrant may be transferred at Mr. Young’s option in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

Policy Regarding Transactions with Related Persons

 

We do not have a formal, written policy for the review, approval or ratification of transactions between us and any director or executive officer, nominee for director, 5% stockholder or member of the immediate family of any such person that are required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. However, our policy is that any activities, investments or associations of a director or officer that create, or would appear to create, a conflict between the personal interests of such person and our interests must be assessed by our Chief Executive Officer and must be at arms’ length.

 

Item 8. Legal Proceedings.

 

None

 

Item 9. Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

Our Class A common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Pink tier of the OTC Markets Group under the symbol “CHRO”. The OTC Market is a computer network that provides information on current “bids” and “asks”, as well as volume information.

 

The following table sets forth the range of high and low closing bid quotations for our common stock for each of the periods indicated as reported by the OTC Markets. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 

2015   Low     High  
Jan 1 - Mar 31     0.0005       0.0026  
Apr 1 - Jun 30     0.0005       0.0013  
July 1 - Sep 30     0.0004       0.0007  
Aug 1 - Dec 31     0.0001       0.0038  
2016                
Jan 1 - Mar 31     0.0020       0.0391  
Apr 1 - Jun 30     0.0248       0.0550  
July 1 - Sep 30     0.0201       0.0403  
Aug 1 - Dec 31     0.0225       0.0300  

 

Holders of Common Stock

 

As of April 7, 2017, 853,262,525 shares of our Class A Common Stock were issued and outstanding and held by approximately 1,191 holders of record. As of this same date, 10,000,000 shares of our Class B Common Stock were issued and outstanding and held by approximately two holders of record. We have not issued any shares of Preferred Stock.

 

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The following table sets forth the number of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to outstanding warrants and underlying a convertible promissory notes.

 

    December 31 2016     December 31 2015  
Convertible promissory notes   $ 25,000,000     $ 20,000,000  
Related party convertible promissory notes     64,333,333       43,666,667  
Related Party Warrants     32,166,667       21,833,333  
Warrants     10,000,000        
Dilutive shares outstanding   $ 131,500,000     $ 85,500,000  

 

The Company has not paid a dividend to holders of its Common Stock. We currently intend to retain any earnings to finance growth and development of our business and do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the near future.

 

Dividends

 

We have never declared or paid dividends on our common stock. Moreover, we currently intend to retain any future earnings for use in our business and, therefore, do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

During the three years ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued shares as follows:

 

On November 20, 2015, the Company issued a convertible secured promissory note in the amount up to $200,000 of which $193,000 in loan advances have been made by Mr. Young to the Company. Interest on the amount outstanding under the note accrues at an annual rate equal to the lesser of 2.0% or the highest lawful rate, as defined in the note. The outstanding principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on December 31, 2016. Through an amendment to the note, the due date has been extended to April 1, 2017. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest due totals $196,386.

 

The holder of the note has the option at any time and from time to time to convert all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount and accrued interest under the note into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.003, subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination and reclassification of our Common Stock

 

As of December 31, 2016, warrants to purchase 32,166,667 shares of Class A Common Stock was issued and outstanding. The warrants were issued in connection with the related party convertible promissory notes and are exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time until the last calendar day of the month in which the fifth anniversary of the issuance date occurs.

 

On September 6, 2016, the Company issued a Convertible Promissory Note totaling $300,000 to a third-party (the “September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note”). The September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note matures on September 5, 2018, and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest balance was $300,000 and $9,945, respectively.

 

On November 25, 2016, the Company issued two Convertible Promissory Notes totaling $200,000 to third-parties (the “November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes”). The November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes mature on November 24, 2017, and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest balance was $200,000 and $2,027, respectively.

 

On February 1, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Alex Rodriguez, its President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and director pursuant to which Mr. Rodriguez purchased 2,000,000 of the Company’s shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock in exchange for $6,000. On February 1, 2016, the Company also entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Byron Young, its Chairman, pursuant to which Mr. Young purchased 2,000,000 of the Company’s shares of Class B Common Stock in exchange for $6,000.

 

On June 30, 2016, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Rodriguez pursuant to which Mr. Rodriguez purchased 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock for $9,000. On June 30, 2016, the Company also entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Mr. Young pursuant to which he purchased 3,000,000 shares of the Class B Common Stock for $9,000.

 

On July 1, 2016, the Company exchanged 165,000,000 shares of the Company’s unregistered shares of Class A Common Stock for 100% of the outstanding common stock of Chron Energy, Inc. (“CEI”), a Nevada corporation to related parties in which Alex Rodriguez had a 50% beneficial interest.

 

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Issuances of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001:  

 

  During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company issued 398,184,100 shares upon conversion of $63,028 of convertible notes.
     
  During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 286,798,255 shares on conversion of $122,500 of convertible notes.
     
  During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 2,368,300 shares for services valued at $42,500.
     
  During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 2,368,300 shares for cash consideration totaling $762,234.

 

Issuances of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001:

 

  During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 10,000,000 shares to related parties for cash consideration totaling $30,000.

 

Subsequent to December 31, 2016 the Company issued the following:

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Issuances of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001:

 

  Subsequent to December 31, 2016, the company received $65,000 in stock subscriptions for the for the issuance of 4,333,334 shares of Class A Common Stock.

 

The shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, convertible notes and warrants issued by the Company were issued in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (“Securities Act”).

 

The Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the conversion of a convertible note were issued in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 11. Description of Registrants Securities Registered.

 

At December 31, 2016, the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation authorize 1,510,000,000 shares for issuance, each with a par value of $0.001 per share, as follows: 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock and 500,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. As of December 20, 2016, 851,342,649 shares of our Class A Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of our Class B Common Stock were issued and outstanding. There are no shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.

 

Effective March 2, 2017, the Company amended its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation as follows.

 

Article Five was amended to set the aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue at 1,500,000,000 shares, of which 1,450,000,000 shares shall be Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), 10,000,000 shares shall be Class B Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) and 40,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) of which, 2,000,000 shares are designated as “Series A Preferred Stock”. The rights, preferences and restrictions for the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the new Article Five, Section C which includes the following:

 

1. DESIGNATION OF SERIES. (a) There shall be a series of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation which shall be designated as the “Series A Preferred Stock,” $0.001 par value, and the number of shares constituting such series shall be Two million (2,000,000). Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than that of the shares then outstanding.
   
2. DIVIDENDS. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive dividends paid on the Common Stock.
   
3. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any liquidation preference.
   
4. VOTING. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or as required by law, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not entitle the holders thereof to vote on any matter submitted for shareholder action, and the consent of the holders thereof shall not be required for the taking of any corporate action.

 

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5. CONVERSION RIGHTS. The holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to convert the Series A Preferred Stock into Class A Common Stock at the rate of ten (10) common shares for each preferred share (10-1 conversion rate) (the “Conversion Right”). The holder of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to exercise the Conversion Right one year from purchase date of the Series A Preferred Stock.
   
6. REDEMPTION RIGHTS; REDEMPTION. To the extent not prohibited by law, all or a portion of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Corporation for a period of one year from the date of issuance at an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the original issue price.

 

Article Seven was amended by deleting the existing Article Seven and adding a new Article 7 as follows:

 

Rights of Holders of Common Stock. The following rights, powers, privileges and restrictions, qualifications, and limitations apply to the Common Stock.

 

(a) General . The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights, powers and privileges of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(b) Voting . The holders of the Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held at all meetings of stockholders (and written actions in lieu of meetings) and the holders of the Class B Common Stock are entitled to 200 votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held at all meetings of stockholders (and written actions in lieu of meetings). Unless required by law, there shall be no cumulative voting. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by (in addition to any vote of the holders of one or more series of Series A Preferred Stock that may be authorized by the Board) the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the votes represented by all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote. Further, holders of the Common Stock shall have no right to vote on the designations, preferences, limitations and relative or other rights of the Series A Preferred Stock or any series thereof (collectively, the “Preferences”), or on any amendment, alteration or repeal of the Preferences or the Series A Preferred Stock, at any time, whether before or after the issuance thereof.

 

Convertible Secured Promissory Notes and Warrants

 

Related Party Convertible Promissory Note

 

On November 20, 2015, the Company issued a convertible secured promissory note in the amount up to $200,000 of which $193,000 in loan advances have been made by Mr. Young to the Company. Interest on the amount outstanding under the note accrues at an annual rate equal to the lesser of 2.0% or the highest lawful rate, as defined in the note. The outstanding principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on December 31, 2016. Through an amendment to the note, the due date has been extended to April 1, 2017. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest due totals $196,386.

 

The note may be prepaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty to the extent that the payee has not exercised its conversion rights.

 

Upon an event of default, the payee may declare all amounts due under the note due and payable without the need to give notice or demand. Events of default under the note include the failure to pay any amount due under the note and a failure to remedy the nonpayment within five calendar days and the bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or other similar event of the Company. From and after the occurrence of an event of default, amounts due under the note shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of 18% or the highest lawful rate, payable on demand.

 

The holder of the note has the option at any time and from time to time to convert all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount and accrued interest under the note into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.003, subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination and reclassification of our Class A Common Stock.

 

The note may be transferred upon prior written notice to the Company to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

Related Party Warrants

 

As of December 31, 2016, warrants to purchase 32,166,667 shares of Class A Common Stock was issued and outstanding. The warrants were issued in connection with the related party convertible promissory notes and are exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time until the last calendar day of the month in which the fifth anniversary of the issuance date occurs.

 

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The exercise price of the warrants is $0.03. If the market price of one share of Class A Common Stock is greater than the exercise price, the holder of the warrant may elect a cashless exercise pursuant to the terms set forth in the warrant.

 

The exercise price and the number of shares of Class A Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrant are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of specific events, including stock dividends, stock splits, combinations and reclassifications of our Common Stock, as well as the issuance of options or other rights to purchase Class A Common Stock at a price less than the exercise price of the warrant.

 

Subject to applicable laws, the warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

September 6, 2016 Convertible Promissory Note

 

On September 6, 2016, the Company issued a Convertible Promissory Note totaling $300,000 to a third-party (the “September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note”). The September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note matures on September 5, 2018, and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest balance was $300,000 and $9,945, respectively.

 

The Holder of the Convertible Promissory Note has the right to convert all or any part of the outstanding principal and accrued interest to shares of common stock of the Company. The Convertible Promissory Note can be converted by the Holder in part from time to time after the issuance date by submitting notice of conversion. The September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note is convertible at the option of the Holder into that number of shares of the Company’s common stock determined by dividing such principal amount and accrued interest by the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate is defined as seventy percent (70%) of the volume weighted average price over the prior ten (10) day trading period from the date of notice of conversion, but in no event shall the Conversion price be less than $0.02.

 

In connection with the September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note, the Holder was issued 6,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock exercisable at $0.05 expiring in September 2019.

 

September 6, 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes

 

On November 25, 2016, the Company issued two Convertible Promissory Notes totaling $200,000 to third-parties (the “November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes”). The November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes mature on November 24, 2017, and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest balance was $200,000 and $2,027, respectively.

 

The Holder of the Convertible Promissory Note has the right to convert all or any part of the outstanding principal and accrued interest to shares of common stock of the Company. The Convertible Promissory Note can be converted by the Holder in part from time to time after the issuance date by submitting notice of conversion. The November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes are convertible at the option of the Holder into that number of shares of the Company’s common stock determined by dividing such principal amount and accrued interest by the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate is defined as seventy percent (70%) of the volume weighted average price over the prior ten (10) day trading period from the date of notice of conversion, but in no event, shall the Conversion price be less than $0.02.

 

In connection with the November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes, the Holders were issued 4,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock exercisable at $0.05 expiring in November 2019.

 

Anti-Takeover Effects of Various Provisions of Nevada Law and Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

 

Provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) and our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws could make it more difficult to acquire us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized below, would be expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover bids our board of directors may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with us. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us will outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

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Blank Check Preferred Stock

 

Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide for the authority to issue up to 40,000,000 shares of “blank check” Preferred Stock, of which 2,000,000 have been designated as Series A Preferred Stock as described above. The balance of the Preferred Stock, which if issued, could make it more difficult and could discourage a third party from acquiring us.

 

Prohibition on Cumulative Voting

 

Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors.

 

Removal of Directors

 

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that a director may only be removed from office for cause by a vote of the majority of shares entitled to vote at a meeting of the shareholders held for the purpose of removing a director.

 

Authorized but Unissued Shares

 

Our authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock are available for future issuance without shareholder approval. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

 

Interested Stockholder Statute

 

We are subject to Nevada’s Combination with Interested Stockholders Statute (NRS Law Sections

78.411 and 78.444) which prohibits an “interested stockholder” from entering into a “combination” with the Company, unless certain conditions are met. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, beneficially owns (or within the prior two years, did beneficially own) 10% or more of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote.

 

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

NRS limits or eliminates the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties as directors. Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation include provisions that require the Company to indemnify, to the fullest extent allowable under the NRS, our directors or officers against monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of our company, or for serving at our request as a director or officer or another position at another corporation or enterprise, as the case may be. Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation also provide that we must indemnify and advance reasonable expenses to our directors and officers, subject to our receipt of an undertaking from the indemnified party as may be required under the NRS. We are also expressly authorized to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance to protect our company, our directors, officers and certain employees for some liabilities.

 

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions under the NRS and in our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. However, these provisions do not limit or eliminate our rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s fiduciary duties. Moreover, the provisions do not alter the liability of directors under the federal securities laws.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The registrar and transfer agent for our Common Stock is Securities Transfer Agent Corp located at 2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 102, Frisco, Texas 75034, (466) 633-0101.

 

Item 12. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Subsection 1 of Section 78.7502 of the NRS empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she (i) is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the NRS or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Section 78.138 of the NRS provides that, with certain exceptions, a director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that (i) his or her act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer, and (ii) his or her breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.

 

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Subsection 2 of Section 78.7502 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she (i) is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the NRS, or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

 

Section 78.7502 further provides that to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (1) and (2), or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense. Subsection 3 of Section 78.751 of the NRS provides that the indemnification provided for by Section 78.7502 does not exclude any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled (except that indemnification will generally not be available to a director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that his or her acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action) and that the indemnification shall continue for directors, officers, employees or agents who have ceased to hold such positions, and inures to the benefit of their heirs, executors and administrators.

 

Section 78.752 of the NRS empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, for any liability asserted against him or her and expenses incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities or expenses. We maintain a customary directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.

 

Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a defendant or respondent to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding and any investigation that could lead to such action, suit or proceeding, because such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or, while a director or officer, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner or other agent of another corporation or other entity, against any judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. In addition, the Company is authorized to advance such reasonable expenses to such person for such actions.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), may be permitted to our directors, officers or control persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company are included in pages F-1 through F-[13] of this registration statement on Form 10.

 

Item 14. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

None

 

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Item 15. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) (a) The following financial statements are filed as part of this registration statement on Form 10 and incorporated herein by reference:

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015

F-3

   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 F-4
   
Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Deficit for the Two Years Ended December 31, 2016

F-5

   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

F-6

   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

F-7

 

(b) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger among The Chron Organization, Inc. and Chron Energy, Inc. dated as of April 1, 2016.
     
3.1   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on February 11, 2016.
     
3.2   Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on March 2, 2017.
     
3.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws effective as of February 1, 2016.
     
4.1   10% Original Issue Discount Convertible Debenture dated March 17, 2017 issued by The Chron Organization, Inc. to Bellridge Capital LLC.
     
4.2   Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated March 17, 2017 issued by The Chron Organization, Inc. to Bellridge Capital LLC.
     
10.1   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement for Convertible Note and Warrants.
     
10.2   Equity Interest Purchase Agreement among Zen Energy, Inc., Luccirelli & Gomez, LLC, TCN Holdings, LLC, Genaro Gomez Castanares and Donnie Goodwin dated as of January 20, 2017.
     
10.3   Securities Purchase Agreement among The Chron Organization, Inc. and certain investors dated March 17, 2017.
     
21.1   List of Subsidiaries.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.  
     
By:    
  Alex Rodriguez, President, CEO and Director  
     
Date: April 21, 2017  
     
By:    
  Byron T. Young, Chairman of the Board, Treasurer  
     
Date: April 21, 2017  

 

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES

 

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

Table of Contents

 

Table of Contents F-1
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
   
Audited Financial Statements  
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7

 

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Montgomery Coscia Greilich LLP

 

972.748.0300 p

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

 

To the Board of Directors of

The Chron Organization, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of The Chron Organization, Inc. (the “Company”), which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations and changes in members’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.

 

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statement

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statement that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

Auditor’s Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statement in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Chron Organization, Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the result of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

Montgomery Coscia Greilich LLP

Plano, Texas

April 12, 2017

 

 

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

BALANCE SHEETS

 

    December 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
ASSETS                
Current Assets                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 51,710     $ -  
Other assets     12,000       -  
Prepaid expenses     28,750       -  
Total current assets     92,460       -  
                 
Fixed Assets                
Software     66,710       -  
Total fixed assets     66,710       -  
Total assets   $ 159,170     $ -  
                 
LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT                
Liabilities                
Current Liabilities                
Accounts payable   $ 111,207     $ -  
Accrued interest     20,382       7,298  
Accrued payroll     212,000          
Other current liabilities     15,005       -  
Note payable     -       68,000  
Subscription liabilities     75,000          
Related party convertible promissory note, net     188,342       10,423  
Convertible promissory note, net     -       54,500  
Total current liabilities     621,936       140,221  
Long-term Liabilities                
Convertible promissory note, net     233,836       -  
Total long-term liabilities     233,836       -  
Total Liabilities     855,772       140,221  
Mezzanine Equity                
Beneficial conversion feature     413,231       160,109  
Warrants     80,892       25,391  
Total Mezzanine equity     494,123       185,500  
Shareholders' deficit                
Class A Common stock par value $.001, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 853,262,525 and 540,552,127, respectively issued and outstanding     853,262       540,552  
Class B Common stock par value $.001, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 10,000,000 and 0, issued and outstanding respectively     10,000       -  
Additional paid-in capital (deficit)     274,903       (309,121 )
Accumulated deficit     (2,328,890 )     (557,152 )
Total shareholders' deficit     (1,190,725 )     (325,721 )
TOTAL LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIT   $ 159,170     $ -  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

    Twelve Months Ended     Twelve Months Ended  
    December 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
             
Continuing Operations                
Revenue   $ 5,051     $ -  
                 
Cost of goods sold     20,431       -  
                 
Gross profit     (15,380 )     -  
                 
Operating expenses                
Selling, general and administrative expenses     1,522,183       62,546  
Total Operating Expense     1,522,183       62,546  
Operating loss     (1,537,563 )     (62,546 )
                 
Other expense                
Interest expense     (234,175 )     (68,718 )
Loss from continued operations     (1,771,738 )     (131,264 )
                 
Loss from discontinued operations     -       (184,592 )
                 
Net loss   $ (1,771,738 )   $ (315,856 )
                 
Per share information:                
Basic and diluted losses from discontinued operations per common share   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )
                 
Basic and diluted losses from continuing operations per common share   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic     605,975,340       450,043,140  
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted     727,142,007       535,543,140  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGE IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

    Class A Common Stock     Class B Common Stock     Accumulated     Additional Paid-in        
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Deficit     Capital     Total  
                                           
December 31, 2014     142,368,027     $ 142,368       -     $ -     $ (241,296 )   $ 26,035     $ (72,893 )
                                                         
Net Loss     -       -       -       -       (315,856 )     -       (315,856 )
                                                         
Conversion of notes payable     398,184,100       398,184       -       -       -       (335,156 )     63,028  
                                                         
December 31, 2015     540,552,127     $ 540,552       -     $ -     $ (557,152 )   $ (309,121 )   $ (325,721 )
                                                         
Net Loss     -       -       -       -       (1,771,738 )     -       (1,771,738 )
                                                         
Common stock issued for service     2,368,300       2,368       -       -       -       40,132       42,500  
                                                         
Conversion of notes payable     27,588,888       27,589       -       -       -       149,411       177,000  
                                                         
Stock issued     282,753,210       282,753       10,000,000       10,000       -       394,481       687,234  
                                                         
December 31, 2016     853,262,525     $ 853,262       10,000,000     $ 10,000     $ (2,328,890 )   $ 274,903     $ (1,190,725 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATION INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

    December 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
             
OPERATING ACTIVITIES                
Net Loss   $ (1,771,738 )   $ (131,264 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net                
Cash used in operating activities                
Amortization of debt discount     212,877       64,923  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities                
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (40,750 )     -  
Accounts payable and other current liabilities     126,212       -  
Accrued interest     13,085       -  
Accrued payroll     212,000       3,795  
Services paid in stock     42,500       -  
Net cash used in provided in operating activities     (1,205,814 )     (62,546 )
                 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES                
Software     (66,710 )     -  
Net cash used in investing activities     (66,710 )     -  
                 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES                
Proceeds from issuance of stock     687,234       -  
Proceeds from subscription issuance     75,000          
Proceeds from notes payable     -       61,638  
Proceeds from convertible promissory notes     500,000       54,500  
Proceeds from related party convertible promissory notes and warrants     62,000       131,000  
Net cash provided by financing activities     1,324,234       247,138  
                 
CASHFLOWS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS                
Net loss from discontinued operations     -       (184,592 )
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD   $ -     $ -  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD   $ 51,710     $ -  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of non cash transactions                
Conversion of notes payable to common stock   $ 122,500     $ 63,028  
                 
Cash paid for interest expense   $ 1,179     $ -  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015

 

1. Organization – Nature of Operations

 

The Chron Organization, Inc. (the “Company” or “CHRO”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on July 28, 1999. On March 24, 2016 FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) approved the name and CUSIP change from USA Restaurant Funding, Inc. to The Chron Organization, Inc. (OTC PINK: CHRO). The Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to change its name to “The Chron Organization, Inc.”, to reflect the change in direction of the Company’s business to smart home technologies and the next generation in energy utility services.

 

While the FINRA-registered name prior to March 24, 2016 and other registrations may imply and continue to imply an association with the restaurant industry, the Company has no plans or intentions to develop any business within that industry. Further, the entirety of the management team formally associated with the restaurant industry have resigned and new management has been brought in to transition the Company into a different industry entirely.

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 the Company formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Zen Technologies, Inc. The Company intends to provide home automation and energy conservation services to home owners through Zen Technologies, Inc. The services will include but are not limited to security, monitoring, and automation control that will enable the customer base to run a safe and efficient home. In addition to these services the Company will also provide electricity needs to its customer base through its retail electricity provider subsidiary.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principals of Consolidation – The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Chron Organization, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Zen Technologies, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of sales and expenses during the reporting periods. Key estimates in the accompanying financial statements include, among others, revenue recognition, allowances for doubtful accounts, valuation of long-lived assets, and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances.

 

The financial statements are presented on the basis of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Other than continued current involvement, some transactions prior to December 31, 2015 have been reclassified as discontinued operations in these financial statements. See further information in Note 7. Discontinued Operations .

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents.

 

Prepaid Expenses – As of December 31, 2016 prepaid expenses totaled $40,750. The balance of prepaid expenses as of December 31, 2016, consists of business insurance and rent related expenses. There were no prepaid expenses at December 31, 2015.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The Company calculates the fair value of its assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments and includes this information in the notes to consolidated financial statements when the fair value is different than the carrying value of those financial instruments. The estimated fair value of accounts receivable, prepaid and other current assets, and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate the carrying amounts due to the relatively short maturity of these instruments. As stated above, the Company has discontinued its restaurant activities and as such has determined that the restaurant related assets have no future value and therefore have been written off at December 31, 2015. The carrying value of short- and long-term debt also approximates fair value since these instruments bear market rates of interest. None of these instruments are held for trading purposes.

 

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Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common Stock – Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is determined using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents. In periods when losses are reported, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding excludes common stock equivalents because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. The dilutive shares outstanding at December 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:

 

    December 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
             
Convertible promissory notes     22,924,901       20,000,000  
Related party convertible promissory notes     64,333,333       43,666,667  
Related Party Warrants     32,166,667       21,833,333  
Warrants     10,000,000       -  
Diluted shares outstanding     129,424,901       85,500,000  

 

Income Taxes – The Company estimates its current tax position together with its future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items, such as depreciation and other reserves for tax and accounting purposes. These temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Management must then assess the likelihood that its deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income, prior year carryback, or future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences. To the extent management believes that recovery is unlikely, management establishes a valuation allowance against these deferred tax assets. Significant judgment is required in determining the Company’s provision for income taxes, its deferred tax assets and liabilities, and any valuation allowance recorded against its deferred tax assets. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty these assets will be used in the future.

 

Revenue Recognition - The Company recognizes sales, which include shipping fees where applicable, net of estimated returns, at the time the customer takes possession of merchandise or receives services. When the Company collects payments from customers prior to the transfer of ownership of merchandise or the performance of services, the amounts received are generally recorded as deferred sales, included in other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, until the sale or service is completed. The Company reserves for estimated sales returns based on historical trends in merchandise returns, net of the estimated net realizable value of merchandise inventories to be returned and any estimated disposition costs. Amounts collected from members, which under common trade practices are referred to as sales taxes, are recorded on a net basis.

 

Software Development Costs – The Company capitalizes certain expenditures to the development of its software application. Capitalization begins when technological feasibility is established. Capitalized costs are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the developed product.

 

Beneficial Conversion Feature - The Company accounts for convertible notes payable in accordance with the guidelines established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 98-5, Accounting for Convertible Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable Conversion Ratios, and EITF 00-27, Application of Issue No 98-5 To Certain Convertible Instruments. The Beneficial Conversion Feature (“BCF”) of a convertible note is normally characterized as the convertible portion or feature of certain notes payable that provide a rate of conversion that is below market value or in-the-money when issued. The Company records a BCF related to the issuance of a convertible note when issued and records the estimated fair value of any warrants issued with those convertible notes. Beneficial conversion features that are contingent upon the occurrence of a future event are recorded when the contingency is resolved.

 

The BCF of a convertible note is measured by allocating a portion of the note’s proceeds to the warrants, if applicable, and as a discount on the carrying amount of the convertible note equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion feature, both of which are credited to mezzanine equity. The value of the proceeds received from a convertible note is then allocated between the conversion features and warrants and the debt on an allocated fair value basis. The allocated fair value is recorded in the financial statements as a debt discount (premium) from the face amount of the note and such discount is amortized over the expected term of the convertible note (or to the conversion date of the note, if sooner) and is charged to interest expense.

 

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Classification - . Pursuant to ASC 480-10-S99-3A, the SEC finds that a BCF should be separated from a convertible instrument and recorded in additional paid-in capital. However, Company’s filing with the SEC should present BCF as mezzanine equity in order to distinguish them from permanent equity. The balance sheet reflects the redeemable equity instruments as mezzanine equity separate from permanent equity.

 

3. Going Concern

 

The Company’s financial statements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The Company reported a net loss of $1,771,738 and $315,856 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and an accumulated deficit of $2,328,890 and $557,152 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had a working capital deficit of $529,476 and $140,221 respectively, and negative cash flow from continuing operating activity of $1,205,814 and $62,546, respectively, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern may be dependent on the success of management’s plan. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

During the 2016 fiscal year, the Company intends to continue its efforts to raise funds to support its efforts through the sale of equity and/or debt securities. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company has raised $687,234 from sales of its common stock.

 

To the extent the Company’s operations are not sufficient to fund the Company’s capital requirements, the Company may attempt to enter into a revolving loan agreement with financial institutions or attempt to raise capital through the sale of additional capital stock or through the issuance of debt. At the present time, the Company does not have a revolving loan agreement with any financial institution.

 

4. Notes Payable

 

Line of Credit

 

On November 13, 2014, the Company entered into an unsecured line of credit (the “Line of Credit”) with a third-party for up to $68,000. The Line of Credit carried an interest rate of 3% per annum. In the event of a default under the Line of Credit, the interest rate on the Line of Credit would increase to the lower of 12% per annum or the maximum amount allowed by law. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company settled the note payable in the amount of $68,000 with the issuance of 7,588,888 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share. With the issuance of the shares, the Company was released of all existing and potential claims.

 

5. Related Party Convertible Promissory Note

 

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had an outstanding related party convertible promissory note of $193,000 and $131,000, respectively, with a maximum availability of $200,000 (the “Related Party Convertible Promissory Notes”). See Note 8. Related Party Transactions.

 

On November 20, 2015, the Company issued a Convertible Promissory Note to a related party (the “Related Party Convertible Promissory Note”). The Related Party Convertible Promissory Note accrues interest at a rate of 2% per annum. The principal balance and accrued interest under the Related Party Convertible Promissory Note at December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $193,000 and $131,000, and $3,358 and $264, respectively, and is due on April 30, 2017.

 

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The Holder of the Related Party Convertible Promissory Note has the right to convert all or any part of the outstanding principal and accrued interest to shares of common stock of the Company. The Related Party Convertible Promissory Note can be converted by the Holder in part from time to time after the issuance date by submitting notice of conversion. The November 2015 Convertible Promissory Note is convertible at a $0.003 per share conversion price.

 

The Related Party Convertible Promissory Note contained a beneficial conversion feature which resulted in a debt discount of $155,650 which was recorded as a reduction in carrying value of the Related Party Convertible Promissory Note and offset in mezzanine equity during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 a charge to debt discount in the amount of $143,011 and $10,423, respectively and was expensed as interest expense. At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the debt discount was $1,986 and $95,186, respectively.

 

In connection with the Related Party Convertible Promissory Note, the Holder was issued a total of 32,166,667 warrants exercisable at $0.05 expiring in November 2020 (the “Warrants”). The Company determined the fair value of the warrants which resulted in a debt discount of $37,366 which was recorded as a reduction in carrying value of the Related Party Convertible Promissory Note and offset in mezzanine equity during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 a charge to debt discount in the amount of 34,695 and was expensed through interest expense. The balance at December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $2,671, and $25,391, respectively.

 

Related Party Convertible Promissory Note Summary

 

The fair value of the embedded beneficial conversion features and the fair value of the warrants underlying the Related Party Convertible Promissory Notes were calculated pursuant to the Black-Scholes Model. The following table summarizes the carrying value of the Convertible Promissory Notes as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

 

    December 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
             
Related Party 2015 Convertible Promissory Note   $ 193,000     $ 131,000  
Less: debt discount     (1,986 )     (95,186 )
Warrants     (2,672 )     (25,391 )
Total net carrying value   $ 188,342     $ 10,423  

 

6. Convertible Promissory Notes

 

On January 8, 2015, the prior management team of the Company issued a Convertible Promissory Note totaling $54,500 to a third-party (the “January 2015 Convertible Promissory Note”). The January 2015 Convertible Promissory Note matured on January 8, 2016, and accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the outstanding balance was $0 and $54,500, respectively.

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company settled the January 2015 Convertible Promissory Note. The Holder of the January 2015 Convertible Promissory Note was issued 20,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share in full settlement of the company’s obligations

 

On September 6, 2016, the Company issued a Convertible Promissory Note totaling $300,000 to a third-party (the “September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note”). The September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note matures on September 5, 2018, and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest balance was $300,000 and $14,795, respectively.

 

The Holder of the Convertible Promissory Note has the right to convert all or any part of the outstanding principal and accrued interest to shares of common stock of the Company. The Convertible Promissory Note can be converted by the Holder in part from time to time after the issuance date by submitting notice of conversion. The September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note is convertible at the option of the Holder into that number of shares of the Company’s common stock determined by dividing such principal amount and accrued interest by the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate is defined as seventy percent (70%) of the volume weighted average price over the prior ten (10) day trading period from the date of notice of conversion, but in no event shall the Conversion price be less than $0.02.

 

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The September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note contained a beneficial conversion feature which resulted in a debt discount of $158,688 which was recorded as a reduction in carrying value of the September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note and offset in mezzanine equity during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016. A charge to debt discount in the amount of $25,621 was expensed through interest expense. At December 31, 2016, the debt discount was $133,067.

 

In connection with the September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note, the Holder was issued 6,000,000 warrants exercisable at $0.05 expiring in September 2018 (the “Warrants”). The Company determined the fair value of the warrants which resulted in a debt discount of $30,117, recorded as a reduction to the carrying value of the September 2016 Convertible Promissory Note and offset in mezzanine equity and is being amortized over the life of the warrants. The balance of the fair value of the warrants at December 31, 2016 was $25,254.

 

On November 25, 2016, the Company issued two Convertible Promissory Notes totaling $200,000 to third-parties (the “November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes”). The November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes mature on November 24, 2017, and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest balance was $200,000 and $1,644, respectively.

 

The Holder of the November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes have the right to convert all or any part of the outstanding principal and accrued interest to shares of common stock of the Company. The November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes can be converted by the Holder in part from time to time after the issuance date by submitting notice of conversion. The November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes are convertible at the option of the Holder into that number of shares of the Company’s common stock determined by dividing such principal amount and accrued interest by the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate is defined as seventy percent (70%) of the volume weighted average price over the prior ten (10) day trading period from the date of notice of conversion, but in no event shall the Conversion price be less than $0.02.

 

The November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes contained a beneficial conversion feature which resulted in a debt discount of $99,123 which was recorded as a reduction in carrying value of the November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes and offset in additional mezzanine equity during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016. A charge to debt discount in the amount of $4,130 was expensed through interest expense. At December 31, 2016, the debt discount was $94,993.

 

In connection with the November 2016 Convertible Promissory Notes, the Holders were issued 4,000,000 warrants exercisable at $0.05 expiring in November 2019 (the “Warrants”). The Company determined the fair value of the warrants which resulted in a debt discount of $13,409, recorded as a reduction to the carrying value of the November 2016 Convertible Promissory Note and offset in mezzanine equity and is being amortized over the life of the warrants. The balance of the fair value of the warrants at December 31, 2016 was $12,850.

 

Convertible Promissory Note Summary

 

The fair value of the embedded beneficial conversion features and the fair value of the warrants underlying the Convertible Promissory Notes were calculated pursuant to the Black-Scholes Model. The following table summarizes the carrying value of the Convertible Promissory Note as of December 31, 2016:

 

    December 31, 2016  
       
Convertible Promissory Note   $ 500,000  
Less: debt discount     (228,059 )
Warrants     (38,105 )
Total net carrying value   $ 233,836  

 

7. Income Taxes

 

No provision for federal income taxes has been recognized for the twelve months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, as the Company has a net operating loss carry forward for income tax purposes available in each period. Additionally, it is uncertain if the Company will have taxable income in the future so a valuation allowance has been established for the full value of net tax assets. The deferred tax asset consists of net operating loss carry forwards and the Company has no deferred tax liabilities.

 

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At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company has net operating loss carry forwards of $713,387 and $189,432, respectively for federal income tax purposes. This net operating loss carry forwards may be carried forward in varying amounts until 2036 and may be limited in their use due to significant changes in the Company’s ownership.

 

    December 31, 2016     December 31, 2015  
             
Net operating loss carryforwards   $ 713,387     $ 189,432  
Less: valuation allowance     (713,387 )     (189,432 )
Net deferred tax asset   $ -     $ -  

 

The Company has valued its net deferred tax asset at zero with a valuation allowance due to the substantial doubt taxable income will be generated in the future to utilize the deferred tax asset.

 

8. Related Party Transactions

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued the Chairman of the Board a convertible promissory note, (the “Related Party Convertible Promissory Note”) in an amount up to $200,000 along with 32,166,667 warrants. The note accrues interest at 2% per annum. The issuance of the financial instruments was made in the ordinary course of business, and were given fair market treatment. The Related Party Convertible Promissory Note matures on April 30, 2017. See Note 5. Related Party Convertible Promissory Note.

 

Additionally, the Company merged with a company controlled by related parties. See Note 10. Merger.

 

9. Discontinued Operations

 

The Company has accounted for discontinued operations prior to January 1, 2016 under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity . Under this guidance, a discontinued operation is defined as a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. As described in Note 1. the Company has exited the restaurant industry and has shifted its strategy to home automation and energy conservation services. Management believes this adequately qualifies as a strategic shift under Update No. 2014-08. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had not generated any revenue from its new services. A reconciliation of amounts included in the statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2015 as follows:

 

Revenue   $ 20,100  
Selling general and administrative expenses     (201,161 )
Other Expenses     (3,531 )
Loss from continued operations   $ (184,592 )

 

10. Merger

 

On July 1, 2016, the Company exchanged 165,000,000 shares of the Company’s unregistered shares of common stock for 100% of the outstanding common stock of Chron Energy, Inc. (“CEI”), a Nevada corporation to related parties (consisting of the company’s Chief Compliance Officer and an LLC managed by the Company’s President). CEI possessed intellectual property and strategic relationships (the “Assets”) that are integral to the Company’s entrance into the home automation and retail electric provider markets. Generally, the total acquisition consideration price would be allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the total of estimated fair values assigned to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed would then be recognized as goodwill. CEI had no liabilities and the Assets had no carrying value on the books. Since the acquisition was with related parties, no increase in the carrying value of the Assets or goodwill can be realized on the books of the Company.

 

There was no change of control of the Company as a result of the Merger. See Note 8 . Related Party Transitions .

 

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11. Shareholder Equity

 

On February 11, 2016, the Company amended and restated its Articles of Incorporation. The Company was authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares which the Company is authorized to issue is one billion five hundred ten million (1,510,000,000) shares each with a par value of $0.001 per share. One billion (1,000,000,000) shares shall be Class A Common Stock, ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be Class B Common Stock, and five hundred million (500,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock. As of December 31, 2016, there are 853,262,525 Class A Common Stock shares issued, ten million (10,000,000) Class B Common Stock shares issued, and there has been no issuance of Preferred Stock. Each share of Class A Common Stock shall have one vote and each share of Class B Stock shall have 200 votes. The votes of Class A and Class B Common Stock shall vote together as a single class.

 

Issuances of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001:

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 2,368,300 shares to providers of professional services to the Company, in lieu of the payment of cash for such services. The value of the transactions total approximately $42,500.

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company has issued 282,753,210 shares for cash considerations totaling $687,234.

 

Issuances of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001:

 

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 10,000,000 shares to related parties for cash considerations totaling $30,000.

 

12. Contingencies

 

In the ordinary course of conducting its business, the Company may be subject to loss contingencies including possible disputes and lawsuits. Management believes that any outcome of such contingences will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of future operations.

 

13. Subsequent Events

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

 

Effective March 2, 2017, the Company amended Articles Five and Seven of the corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.

 

Article Five was amended to set the aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue at 1,500,000,000 shares, of which 1,450,000,000 shares shall be Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), 10,000,000 shares shall be Class B Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) and 40,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) of which, 2,000,000 shares are designated as “Series A Preferred Stock”. The rights, preferences and restrictions for the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the new Article Five, Section C which includes the following:

 

  1. DESIGNATION OF SERIES. (a) There shall be a series of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation which shall be designated as the “Series A Preferred Stock,” $0.001 par value, and the number of shares constituting such series shall be Two million (2,000,000). Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than that of the shares then outstanding. The Series A Preferred Stock shall have the rights, preferences, restrictions and other terms relating to such series of preferred stock as set forth in the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.  
       
  2. DIVIDENDS. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive dividends paid on the Common Stock.  

 

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  3. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any liquidation preference.  
       
  4. VOTING. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or as required by law, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not entitle the holders thereof to vote on any matter submitted for shareholder action, and the consent of the holders thereof shall not be required for the taking of any corporate action.  
       
  5. CONVERSION RIGHTS. The holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to convert the Series A Preferred Stock into Class A Common Stock at the rate of ten (10) common shares for each preferred share (10-1 conversion rate) (the “Conversion Right”). The holder of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to exercise the Conversion Right one year from purchase date of the Series A Preferred Stock.  
       
  6. REDEMPTION RIGHTS; REDEMPTION. To the extent not prohibited by law, all or a portion of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Corporation for a period of one year from the date of issuance at an amount equal to one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the original issue price.  

 

Article Seven was amended by deleting the existing Article Seven and adding a new Article 7 as follows:

 

Rights of Holders of Common Stock. The following rights, powers, privileges and restrictions, qualifications, and limitations apply to the Common Stock.

 

(a) General . The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights, powers and privileges of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(b) Voting . The holders of the Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held at all meetings of stockholders (and written actions in lieu of meetings) and the holders of the Class B Common Stock are entitled to 200 votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held at all meetings of stockholders (and written actions in lieu of meetings). Unless required by law, there shall be no cumulative voting. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by (in addition to any vote of the holders of one or more series of Series A Preferred Stock that may be authorized by the Board) the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the votes represented by all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote. Further, holders of the Common Stock shall have no right to vote on the designations, preferences, limitations and relative or other rights of the Series A Preferred Stock or any series thereof (collectively, the “Preferences”), or on any amendment, alteration or repeal of the Preferences or the Series A Preferred Stock, at any time, whether before or after the issuance thereof.

 

Retail Electric Provider Acquisition

 

The Company entered into an agreement on January 20, 2017 to acquire eighty percent (80%) of Enertrade Electric, LLC, a Texas licensed Retail Energy Provider (“REP”) engaged in the business of providing retail electricity and electric services to residential and commercial consumers within the State of Texas. The purchase price totals $1,500,000 with the initial payment of $500,000 at closing (subject to certain adjustments that may increase or decrease the initial amount) and a $1,000,000 promissory note without interest (subject to adjusted downward for any increase in the initial payment) and payable in two equal installments, the first of which is due ninety (90) days from the closing date and the second due one hundred and eighty (180) days from the closing date. Conditions precedent to closing the transaction include, but not limited to, (i) the Sellers obtaining all material consents, approvals, permits, authorization from, notifications to and filings with any Governmental Entities including, without limitations, the Texas Public Utilities Commission and (ii) all approvals, consents and waivers shall have been obtained from the REP’s primary supplier. On March 27, 2017, the Company received the approval of the Texas Public Utilities Commission.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

 

On March 17, 2017, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement containing convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”) and “Warrants.”

 

The aggregate principal amount of the Notes is $165,000 to be taken down in two $82,500 tranches. The Notes are due one year from issuance, have an original issue discount of 10%, an annual interest rate of 12%, a prepayment penalty of 20% if paid prior to the maturity date and are convertible into shares of common stock of the Company with a “Conversion Price” equal to the lower of $.03 per share or 60% of the lowest closing price for the Company’s Common Stock on the Trading Market for the 20 Trading Days prior to the conversion, provided however the Conversion Price shall not be lower than $.001 per share.

 

The aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants is 1,000,000 shares. The Warrants are to be issued in two 500,000 tranches in connection with the Notes, are exercisable at any time on or after the six-month anniversary of the issue date and on or prior to the anniversary of the issue date and have an “Exercise Price” of $0.03 for the first 500,000 tranche shares and $0.05 for the second 500,000 tranche. The Warrants are exercisable for (i) cash or (ii) cashless by exchange of all or some of the Warrant for shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the amount of the Warrant being exchanged on the date of exchange.

 

Sale of Common Stock

 

Subsequent to the year ended December 31,2016, the Company sold a total of 4,333,334 shares of its restricted Class A Common Stock for $65,000 in private placements subject to Rule 144.

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Agreement”), is made and entered into this 1 st day of April 2016, by and among The Chron Organization, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (“CHRON”) and Chron Energy, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (“CEI”). CHRON and CEI are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS:

 

A. CHRON desires to acquire the business of CEI through a merger of CEI with and into CHRON (the “Merger”), with CHRON as the surviving corporation of the Merger.

 

B. It is the intention of the parties hereto that: (i) the Merger shall qualify as a tax free reorganization under Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and related sections thereunder; and the parties intend this Agreement to qualify as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a), and (ii) the Merger shall qualify as a transaction in securities exempt from registration or qualification under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under the applicable securities laws of each state or jurisdiction where the CHRON Security Holders reside.

 

C. The board of directors of each of CHRON, and CEI and the CHRON Security Holders each deem it to be in the best interests of CHRON and CEI and their respective shareholders to consummate the Merger, as a result of which CEI shall be merged with and into CHRON.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

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

 

“Applicable Law” means any domestic or foreign law, statute, regulation, rule, policy, guideline or ordinance applicable to the businesses of the Parties, the Merger and/or the Parties.

 

“Articles of Merger” shall mean the certificate of merger of CEI with and into CHRON pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statutes.

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day, excluding Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which national banks located in Nevada shall be closed for business.

 

“dollar” and “$” means lawful money of the United States.

 

“Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a).

 

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

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any successor Institutes concerning the treatment of any accounting matter.

 

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“Knowledge” means the knowledge of the officers or other senior management of a Person after reasonable inquiry.

 

“Lien” means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, encumbrance or other adverse claim of any kind in respect of such property or asset.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” with respect to any entity or group of entities means any event, change or effect that has or would have a materially adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of such entity or group of entities, taken as a consolidated whole.

 

“Merger Shares” shall mean that number of shares of CHRON Common Stock to be issued to the CEI Security Holders and others on the Closing Date and as at the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

“NRS” means the Nevada Revised Statutes.

 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust or unincorporated organization or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“CEI Principal Executive Officer” shall mean the President or CEO of CEI.

 

“CEI Securities” means, as at the date in question, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of CEI.

 

“CEI Security Holders” means the collective reference to all of the record holders of the CEI Securities at the Effective Time of the Merger, including the CEI Principal Executive Officers.

 

“CHRON Common Stock” shall mean the shares of common stock of CHRON, $.0001 par value per share.

 

“CHRON Fully-Diluted Common Stock” means, as at the time in question, the maximum number shares of CHRON Common Stock that are issued and outstanding, after giving effect to: (a) the issuance of all of the Merger Shares, as defined below; and (b) the issuance of any other shares of CHRON Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion of any CHRON notes or shares of CHRON Preferred Stock, or upon the exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of CHRON capital stock, but only to the extent that such securities are (i) outstanding as at the Effective Time of the Merger, or (ii) issued subsequent to the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

“CHRON Security Holders” means the collective reference to all of the record holders of CHRON Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

“Surviving Entity” shall mean CHRON as the surviving corporation in the Merger as provided in Section 1.1.

 

“Stock Plan” shall mean the CEI Stock Ownership Plan.

 

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“Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) means:

 

(i) any income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross receipts tax, sales tax, use tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, franchise tax, profits tax, license tax, withholding tax, payroll tax, employment tax, excise tax, severance tax, stamp tax, occupation tax, property tax, environmental or windfall profit tax, custom, duty or other tax, impost, levy, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto by any governmental or Tax authority responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign), and

 

(ii) any responsibility for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) above as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any Taxable period, and

 

(iii) any responsibility for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clauses (i) or (ii) above as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other person.

 

“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, form, claim for refund or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.

 

THE MERGER

 

SECTION 1. THE MERGER: EFFECTIVE TIME .

 

1.1 The Merger . At the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CEI shall merge with and into CHRON in accordance with the provisions of the NRS, the separate corporate existence of CEI shall cease and CHRON shall continue as the Surviving Entity. The Merger shall have all the effects provided for a merger under the NRS. The Surviving Entity may, at any time after the Effective Time, take any action, including executing and delivering any certificates, instruments and documents as shall be reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation to be necessary and appropriate, in the name and on behalf of any of the Parties in order to carry out and effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

1.2 Merger Shares.

 

(a) At the Effective Time (i) the CEI Security Holders shall receive one hundred sixty-five million (165,000,000) shares of CHRON Common Stock (the “Merger Shares”) representing a 500,000 – 1 conversion rate and are to be issued to the CEI Security Holders in the amounts listed in Schedule A hereto and (ii) ninety-five million (95.000,000) shares of CHRON shall be reserved for the exercise of Stock Options previously granted under the CEI Stock Plan. The Effective Time of the Merger shall occur upon the filing of the Articles of Merger executed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the NRS with the Secretary of State of Nevada, or at such later time as may be agreed to by CHRON and CEI and specified in the Certificate of Merger subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4. The date on which the Effective Time occurs is referred to as the “Effective Date.” Provided that this Agreement has not been terminated, the Parties will cause the Articles of Merger to be filed on the Closing Date, as hereafter defined in Section 1.3.

 

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(b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the NRS, at the Effective Time, all CEI Securities shall be converted into the right to receive the Merger Shares to be issued by CHRON.

 

(c) Exchange. At or within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, CHRON shall deliver certificates evidencing the Merger Shares. The Merger Shares issued at the Effective Time of the Merger shall be registered in the names of the CEI Security Holders.

 

(d) All CEI Securities shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing any such CEI Securities shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Shares to be issued pursuant to this Section 1.2(a) (fractional shares may be issued rounded to the hundredth decimal point) upon the surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section 1.8, without interest.

 

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total number of outstanding CHRON Common Stock subsequent to the Closing of the transaction shall be no more than nine hundred million (900,000,000) shares of CHRON Common Stock.

 

1.3 Closing.

 

The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place at a date, location and time agreed upon between CHRON and CEI, within one (1) Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 or at such other date as CHRON, and CEI shall agree (the “Closing Date”).

 

1.4 Effect of the Merger.

 

At the Effective Time, all the properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of CEI shall vest in CHRON, and all debts, liabilities and duties of CEI shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of CHRON without further act or deed, and all claims, demands, property and every other interest shall be as of the Effective Time the property of the Surviving Entity to the same extent as previously owned or held by CEI. As a result of and after the Merger, the CEI Security Holders immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to hold any CEI Securities but shall instead have the rights specified in Section 1.2 above.

 

1.5 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers . Prior to the Effective Time of the Merger:

 

(a) The Certificate of Incorporation of CHRON is made a part hereof and shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of CHRON following the Merger. The Bylaws of CHRON are made a part hereof and shall be the Bylaws of CHRON following the Merger.

 

(b) The initial board of directors of CHRON subsequent to the Merger shall consist of the individuals set forth on Exhibit 1.5A attached hereto, and such persons shall continue to serve as directors of CHRON until their successors have been duly nominated, elected or appointed as provided under CHRON’s Bylaws as may subsequently be amended in accordance with the provisions thereof. The persons serving as officers of CHRON subsequent to the Merger shall be as set forth on Exhibit 1.5B attached hereto, and such persons shall hold the offices set forth opposite their names in CHRON until such time as their successors have been duly appointed and qualified as provided under CHRON’s Bylaws as may subsequently be amended in accordance with the provisions thereof.

 

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1.6 Further Actions .

 

(a) If, at any time after the Effective Time, CHRON considers or is advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, assurances or any other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm (of record or otherwise) in CHRON its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties, or assets of CEI, or otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, the officers and directors of CHRON will be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of each of CEI and CHRON, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of each of CEI and CHRON, all such other actions and things as the Board of Directors of CHRON may determine to be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in, to and under such rights, properties or assets in CHRON or otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

 

1.7 Restrictions On Resale

 

The Merger Shares . The Merger Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state, and cannot be transferred, hypothecated, sold or otherwise disposed of until: (i) a registration statement with respect to such securities is declared effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) CHRON receives an opinion of counsel for the stockholder, reasonably satisfactory to counsel for CHRON, that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available.

 

The certificates representing the Merger Shares to be issued on the Effective Date pursuant to this Agreement shall contain a legend substantially as follows:

 

“THE SECURITIES WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNTIL A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT.”

 

1.8 Exchange of Certificates .

 

(a) After the Effective Time and pursuant to a customary letter of transmittal or other instructional form provided by the Exchange Agent to the CEI Security Holders, the CEI Security Holders shall be required to surrender all their CEI Securities to the Exchange Agent, and the CEI Security Holders shall be entitled upon such surrender to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the number of Merger Shares into which the CEI Securities theretofore represented by the stock transfer forms so surrendered shall have been exchanged pursuant to this Agreement. Until so surrendered, each outstanding certificate, which, prior to the Effective Time, represented CEI Securities, shall be deemed for all corporate purpose, subject to the further provisions of this Article I, to evidence the ownership of the number of Merger Shares for which such CEI Securities have been so exchanged. No dividend payable to holders of Merger Shares of record as of any Date subsequent to the Effective Time shall be paid to the owner of any certificate which, prior to the Effective Time, represented CEI Securities, until such certificate or certificates representing all the relevant CEI Securities, together with a stock transfer form, are surrendered as provided in this Article I or pursuant to letters of transmittal or other instructions with respect to lost certificates provided by the Exchange Agent.

 

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(b) All Merger Shares for which the CEI Securities shall have been exchanged pursuant to this Article I shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the CEI Securities.

 

(c) On the Effective Date, the stock transfer book of CEI shall be deemed to be closed and no transfer of CEI Securities shall thereafter be recorded thereon.

 

(d) If any registered certificate for CEI Securities shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Entity, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall issue the Merger Shares represented by such certificate to the persons legally entitled thereto.

 

SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CEI

 

CEI hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

2.1 Organization and Good Standing: Ownership of Shares. CEI is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Nevada. There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, options, warrants or other agreements obligating CEI to issue, sell or transfer any stock or other securities of CEI.

 

2.2 Corporate Authority. CEI has the corporate power to enter into this Agreement and to perform its respective obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of CEI. The execution and performance of this Agreement will not violate or conflict with any provision of the respective Articles of Incorporation or bylaws of CEI.

 

2.3 Intangible Assets. CEI has full title and interest in all intellectual property material to the business of CEI (the “Intangible Assets”). CEI holds all rights, title and interest in all the Intangible Assets owned by it free and clear of all liens, pledges, mortgages, security interests, conditional sales contracts or any other encumbrances.

 

2.4 Capitalization. The issued and outstanding shares of common stock of CEI consists of 330 shares of no par value common stock as of April 1, 2016.

 

SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CHRON

 

CHRON hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

3.1 Organization and Good Standing. CHRON is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. CHRON has the corporate power to own its own property and to carry on its business as now being conducted and is duly qualified to do business in any jurisdiction where so required except where the failure to so qualify would have no material negative impact.

 

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3.2 Corporate Authority. CHRON has the corporate power to enter into this Agreement and to perform their respective obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by the directors and shareholders of CHRON as required by Nevada law. The execution and performance of this Agreement will not violate or conflict with any provision of the respective Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of CHRON.

 

3.3 Capitalization.

 

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, CHRON is authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of CHRON Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share, 10,000,000 CHRON Class A Common Stock, and 500,000,000 shares of CHRON Preferred Stock, $.00001 par value per share, of which approximately (i) 560,555,127 shares of CHRON Common Stock (ii) 4,000,000 shares of Chron Class A Common Stock and (iii) no shares of CHRON Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.

 

(b) There are no options, warrants, calls, conversion rights, commitments or agreements or any character (whether oral, written, express or implied) to which CHRON is a party or by which CHRON may be bound that do or may obligate CHRON to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of CHRON Securities or that do or may obligate CHRON to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, conversion right, commitment or agreement other than those set forth in Exhibit 3.3(b). There are no outstanding agreements, contracts, obligations, promises, commitments, indentures, plans, instruments, arrangements, undertakings or understandings (whether oral, written, express or implied) to which CHRON is a party or is bound or which affects or relates to the voting, issuance, purchase, redemption, repurchase or transfer of any CHRON Securities other than those set forth in Exhibit 3.3(b). Other than as provided in this Agreement, CHRON has not, and prior to the Effective Time shall not, become party to or subject to any contract or obligation wherein any person has a right or option to purchase or acquire any rights in any additional CHRON Securities. None of the outstanding CHRON Securities was issued in violation of any law, rule or regulation, including, without limitation, state and federal securities laws. CHRON does not own, and does not have any contract to acquire, any equity securities or other securities of any person or entity (including any subsidiary) or any direct or indirect equity or ownership interest in any other business.

 

(c) At the Closing, the Merger Shares to be issued and delivered to the CEI Security Holders hereunder will when so issued and delivered, constitute valid and legally issued shares of CHRON Common and Preferred Stock, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.4 Compliance with Laws. CHRON has complied with all federal, State, county and local laws, ordinances, regulations, inspections, orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or decrees applicable to it or its business, which, if not complied with, would materially and adversely affect the business of CHRON or the trading market for the CHRON Common Stock, and CHRON has complied with all provisions for registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and all applicable blue sky laws in connection with its public stock offering and there are no outstanding, pending or threatened stop orders or other actions or investigations relating thereto.

 

3.5 Actions and Proceedings. CHRON is not a party to any pending litigation or, to its knowledge, any governmental proceedings that are threatened against CHRON other than those set forth in Exhibit 3.5.

 

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3.6 Access to Records; Financial Statements.

 

(a) The corporate financial records, minute books, and other documents and records of CHRON have been made available to CEI prior to the Closing hereof.

 

(b) The financial statements made available or delivered to CEI fairly represent the financial position of CHRON as of the dates set forth therein, and there have been no material adverse change in CHRON’s financial condition, business, property or assets since the last statement date. Such financial statements, including any related schedules and notes thereto (the “Financial Statements”), have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period or periods in question (except as specifically disclosed therein) and show all liabilities, direct or contingent, of CHRON required to be shown in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period or periods in question (except as specifically disclosed therein) and fairly present the financial position and the results of CHRON for the periods indicated therein.

 

3.7 No Breach. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not:

 

(a) violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of CHRON;

 

(b) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any of the terms of, result in a material modification of, otherwise give any other contracting party the right to terminate, or constitute (or with notice or lapse of time or both constitute) a default under, any contract or other agreement to which CHRON is a party or by or to which it or any of its assets or properties may be bound or subject;

 

(c) violate any order, judgment, injunction, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory body against, or binding upon, CHRON or upon the securities, properties or business to CHRON; or

 

(d) violate any statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction applicable to the transactions contemplated herein.

 

3.8 Authority to Execute and Perform Agreements. CHRON has the full legal right and power and all authority and approval required to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform fully its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered and is the valid and binding obligation of CHRON enforceable in accordance with its Terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency or other similar laws generally affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the performance by CHRON of this Agreement, in accordance with its respective Terms and conditions will not:

 

(a) require the approval or consent of any governmental or regulatory body or the approval or consent of any other person;

 

(b) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of any of the Terms and conditions of, or constitute (or with any notice or lapse of time or both would constitute) a default under, any order, judgment or decree applicable to CHRON, or any instrument, contract or other agreement to which CHRON is a party or by or to which CHRON is bound or subject; or

 

(c) result in the creation of any lien or other encumbrance on the assets or properties of CHRON.

 

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3.9 Full Disclosure. No representation or warranty by CHRON in this Agreement or in any document or schedule to be delivered by them pursuant hereto, and no written Statement, certificate or instrument furnished or to be furnished by CHRON pursuant hereto or in connection with the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement contains or will contain any untrue Statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to State any fact necessary to make any Statement herein or therein not materially misleading or necessary to complete and correct presentation of all material aspects of the business of CHRON.

 

3.10 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities . Except as and to the extent reflected or reserved against in the Financial Statements, CHRON does not have any liabilities, debts or obligations, whether absolute, accrued, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise and whether due or to become due (including without limitation any liability for breach of contract, breach of warranty, torts, infringements, claims or lawsuits), arising out of any transaction entered into on or prior to the Effective Time, other than contractual obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business not required to be disclosed in accordance with GAAP.

 

3.11 Subsidiaries . Exhibit 3.11 sets forth for each subsidiary of CHRON (i) its name and jurisdiction of organization, (ii) its form of organization and capital structure, and (iii) the capital stock or membership or other equity interests held by CHRON in such subsidiary. CHRON holds of record and owns beneficially all of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity or ownership interests in each of its subsidiaries, free and clear of any restrictions on transfer (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and state securities laws), taxes, liens, options, warrants, purchase rights, contracts, commitments, equities, claims, and demands of any nature whatsoever. There are no outstanding or authorized rights, contracts, arrangements or understandings that could require CHRON or any of its subsidiaries to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any equity or ownership interest in any of its subsidiaries or that could require any subsidiary of CHRON to issue, sell, or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its own shares of capital stock or membership or other equity or ownership interests or any shares of capital stock or membership or other equity or ownership interests in any other subsidiary. There are no (i) authorized or outstanding stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation, or similar rights with respect to or redeemable equity of, any subsidiary of CHRON or (ii) voting trusts, proxies, or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of any capital stock, membership interest or other equity or ownership interests of any such subsidiary. CHRON does not control directly or indirectly and does not have any direct or indirect equity participation or other investment in any Person which is not a subsidiary.

 

SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of CHRON. All obligations of CHRON under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, prior to or as of the Closing Date, as indicated below, of each of the following conditions (anyone of which may be waived at Closing by CEI):

 

(a) The representations and warranties by or on behalf of CHRON contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be true in all material respects at and as of Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made at and as of such time.

 

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(b) CHRON shall have performed and complied in all material respects, with all covenants, agreements, and conditions set forth in, and shall have executed and delivered all documents required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with or executed and delivered by them prior to or at the Closing.

 

(c) On the Closing Date, an executive officer of CHRON shall have delivered to CEI a certificate, duly executed by such Person and certifying, that to the best of such Person’s knowledge and belief, the representations and warranties of CHRON set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects.

 

(d) On or before the Closing, the Board of Directors and the shareholders of CHRON shall have approved, in accordance with applicable law, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transaction contemplated herein and authorized all of the necessary and proper action to enable CHRON to comply with the terms of the Agreement

 

(e) The Merger shall be permitted by applicable law and CHRON shall have sufficient shares of CHRON Common Stock authorized to complete the Merger.

 

(f) At the Closing, all instruments and documents delivered to CEI and the CEI Security Holders pursuant to provisions hereof shall be reasonably satisfactory to legal counsel for CEI.

 

(g) The Merger Shares to be issued to the Shareholders of CEI at Closing will be validly issued, non-assessable and fully paid under the NRS and will be issued in a non-public offering and exempt merger transaction in compliance with all federal and State securities laws, bearing a restrictive legend, as is more fully set forth herein.

 

4.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of CEI. All obligations of CEI under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment, prior to or at Closing, of each of the following conditions (anyone of which may be waived at Closing by CHRON):

 

(a) The representations and warranties by CEI contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or document delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be true in all material respects at and as of the Closing as though such representations and warranties were made at and as of such time;

 

(b) CEI and the CEI Security Holders shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, with all covenants, agreements, and conditions set forth in, and shall have executed and delivered all documents required by this Agreement to be performed or complied or executed and delivered by them prior to or at the Closing;

 

(c) On the Closing Date, one of the CEI principal executive officers shall have delivered to CHRON a certificate, duly executed by such Person and certifying, that to such Person’s knowledge and belief, the representations and warranties of CEI set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects.

 

(d) The holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of CEI common stock shall have approved, ratified and confirmed this Agreement, the Merger and all of the transactions contemplated hereby, all in accordance with applicable Nevada law.

 

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SECTION 5. COVENANTS

 

5.1 Corporate Examinations and Investigations. Prior to the Closing Date, the parties acknowledge that they have been entitled, through their employees and representatives, to make such investigation of the assets, properties, business and operations, books, records and financial condition of the other as they each may reasonably require. No investigations, by a party hereto shall, however, diminish or waive any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the party under this Agreement.

 

5.2 Further Assurances. The parties shall execute such documents and other papers and take such further actions as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each such party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill or obtain the fulfillment of the conditions to the Closing, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of any documents or other papers, the execution and delivery of which are necessary or appropriate to the Closing.

 

5.3 Confidentiality. In the event the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, CHRON, and CEI and the respective party’s principal executive officers agree to keep confidential any information disclosed to each other in connection therewith for a period of three (3) years from the date hereof; provided, however, such obligation shall not apply to information which:

 

(i) at the time of the disclosure was public knowledge;

 

(ii) is required to be disclosed publicly pursuant to any applicable Federal or State securities laws;

 

(iii) after the time of disclosure becomes public knowledge (except due to the action of the receiving party);

 

(iv) the receiving party had within its possession at the time of disclosure; or

 

(v) is ordered disclosed by a Court of proper jurisdiction.

 

5.4 Stock Certificates. Within thirty (30) days of the Closing the CEI Security Holders shall have delivered the certificates representing the CEI Securities duly endorsed (or with executed stock powers). Further, within thirty (30) days of such Closing, CHRON shall issue to the CEI Security Holders the Merger Shares.

 

5.5 Filing of Certificate of Merger . The Articles of Merger shall have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada.

 

5.6 Indemnification of Officers and Directors. It is the intention of the Parties that CHRON and CEI shall indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law, as applicable. In such connection, the Parties agree not to amend the Certificates of incorporation or Bylaws of either CHRON or CEI if such amendment shall have the effect of reducing, terminating or otherwise adversely affecting the indemnification rights and privileges applicable to officers and directors of each of CHRON and CEI, as the same are in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger.

 

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SECTION 6. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Notwithstanding any right of either party to investigate the affairs of the other party and its Shareholders, each party has the right to rely fully upon representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the other party and its Shareholders contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered to one by the other or any of their representatives, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. All such representations, warranties, covenants and agreements shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the closing hereunder for three (3) years following the Closing.

 

SECTION 7. DOCUMENTS AT CLOSING AND THE CLOSING

 

7.1 Documents at Closing. At the Closing, the following transactions shall occur, all of such transactions being deemed to occur simultaneously:

 

(a) CEI will deliver, or will cause to be delivered, to CHRON the following:

 

(i) a certificate executed by the President or Secretary of CEI to the effect that all representations and warranties made by CEI under this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing, the same as though originally given to CHRON on said Date;

 

(ii) a certificate from the State of Nevada dated at or about the Closing to the effect that CEI is validly existing under the laws of said State;

 

(iii) Common stock certificates representing those shares of CEI to be exchanged for the Merger Shares.

 

(iv) all other items, the delivery of which is a condition precedent to the obligations of CEI, as set forth in Section 4.

 

(b) CHRON will deliver or cause to be delivered to CEI and the CEI Security Holders:

 

(i) a certificate from CHRON executed by the President or Secretary of CHRON, to the effect that all representations and warranties of CHRON made under this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing, the same as though originally given to CEI on said Date;

 

(ii) certified copies of resolutions by CHRON Board of Directors and shareholders authorizing this transaction;

 

(iii) certificates from the Nevada Secretary of State dated at or about the Closing Date that CHRON are in good standing under the laws of said State;

 

(iv) the legal opinion required in Section 4; and

 

(v) all other items, the delivery of which is a condition precedent to the obligations of CHRON, as set forth in Section 4 hereof.

 

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SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1 Waivers. The waiver of a breach of this Agreement or the failure of any party hereto to exercise any right under this Agreement shall in no way constitute waiver as to future breach whether similar or dissimilar in nature or as to the exercise of any further right under this Agreement.

 

8.2 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by an instrument of equal formality signed by the parties or the duly authorized representatives of the respective parties.

 

8.3 Assignment. This Agreement is not assignable except by operation of law.

 

8.4 Notice. Until otherwise specified in writing, the mailing addresses and fax numbers of the parties of this Agreement shall be as follows:

 

To: CHRON: To be provided

 

To: CEI: To be provided

 

Any notice or Statement given under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given if sent by registered mail addressed to the other party at the address indicated above or at such other address which shall have been furnished in writing to the addressor.

 

8.5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed, and the legal relations between the parties determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, thereby precluding any choice of law rules which may direct the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

8.6 Arbitration . The parties hereby agree that any dispute or cause of action arising under this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration conducted by one arbitrator. The arbitrator shall be acceptable to both CEI and CHRON. If an arbitrator cannot be agreed upon as provided in the preceding sentence, an arbitrator will be appointed. The arbitrator shall set a limited time period and establish procedures designed to reduce the cost and time for discovery while allowing the parties an opportunity, adequate in the sole judgment of the arbitrator, to discover relevant information from the opposing parties about the subject matter of the dispute The arbitrator shall rule upon motions to compel or limit discovery and shall have the authority to impose sanctions, including attorneys’ fees and costs, to the same extent as a court of competent law or equity, should the arbitrator determine that discovery was sought without substantial justification or that discovery was refused or objected to without substantial justification. The decision of the arbitrator shall be written, shall be in accordance with applicable law and with this Agreement, and shall be supported by written findings of fact and conclusion of law which shall set forth the basis for the decision of the arbitrator. Any such arbitration shall be held exclusively in Clark County, Nevada.

 

8.7 Publicity. No publicity release or announcement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by either party hereto at any time from the signing hereof without advance approval in writing of the form and substance by the other party.

 

8.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules to be attached hereto) and the collateral agreements executed in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein contain the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect hereof.

 

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8.9 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

8.10 Severability of Provisions. The invalidity or unenforceability of any term, phrase, clause, paragraph, restriction, covenant, agreement or provision of this Agreement shall in no way affect the validity or enforcement of any other provision or any part thereof.

 

8.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed, shall constitute an original copy hereof, but all of which together shall consider but one and the same document.

 

8.12 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns.

 

8.13 Press Releases . The parties will mutually agree as to the wording and timing of any informational releases concerning this transaction prior to and through Closing.

 

SECTION 9. TERMINATION .

 

9.1 This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger contemplated by this Agreement may be abandoned, at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger by the shareholders of either party:

 

(i) by mutual written consent duly authorized by the Board of Directors of CHRON and by the Board of Directors of CEI;

 

(ii) by either party if the Merger has not been consummated by April 15, 2014, except that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(ii) shall not be available to any party whose willful failure to perform any material obligation or to fulfill any material condition under this Agreement has been the proximate cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or before that date;

 

(iii) By either party if a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative, governmental, or regulatory authority has issued a final nonappealable order, decree, or ruling, or taken any other action, having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the Merger;

 

(iv) By CHRON if (A) CHRON is not in material breach of its respective obligations under this Agreement and (B) there has been (1) a material breach by CEI of any of its representations and warranties under this Agreement such that the conditions in Section 4.1 can not be satisfied or (2) a material failure by CEI to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement such that the conditions in Section 4.1 cannot be satisfied, and, in both case (1) and case (2), the breach or failure cannot be cured by CEI within 30 calendar days following receipt by CEI of notice of the breach;

 

(v) By CEI if (A) CEI is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and (B) there has been (1) a material breach by CHRON of any of its representations and warranties under this Agreement such that the conditions in Section 4.2 shall not be satisfied or (2) a material failure by CHRON to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement such that the conditions in Section 4.2 shall not be satisfied, and, in both case (1) and case (2), the breach or failure cannot be cured by CHRON within 30 calendar days following receipt by CHRON of notice of the breach; and

 

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(vi) By either party, such party not then being in breach of the Agreement, if any Exhibit, Schedule or attachment appended hereto subsequent to the date of the Agreement or any amendment to any Exhibit, Schedule or attachment hereto made subsequent to the date of the Agreement shall materially adversely affect the economics, financial or business considerations of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement as determined by the receiving party.

 

9.2 In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 9, the terminating party shall provide written notice of such termination to the other party and the provisions of this Agreement shall forthwith become void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the event of termination of this Agreement by any party hereto, nothing herein shall limit the remedies at law or in equity of any party with respect to any breaches hereof by any other party.

 

SECTION 10. INDEMNIFICATION BY INDEMNITOR .

 

10.1 Indemnification . All statements of fact contained in any written statement, certificate, schedule, exhibit, or other document delivered to CEI by or on behalf of CHRON pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of Indemnitor hereunder. Indemnitor shall indemnify, defend and save and hold CEI and the Surviving Entity, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, assigns and successors, and the affiliates of the foregoing persons and entities (“Indemnified Persons”), harmless from and against and in respect of, and shall pay to Indemnified Persons the amount of, any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, actions, causes of actions, administrative proceedings (including informal proceedings), losses, diminution in value, assessments, costs, damages, punitive damages, judgments, liabilities or expenses (including, but not limited to, interest, penalties, costs of preparation and investigation, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors) of every kind, nature and description, whether or not involving a third party claim (collectively the “Losses”) that arise or result from or relate to, directly or indirectly:

 

(i) any material inaccuracy in any representation or document delivered under or pursuant to this Agreement or the material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by CHRON in or pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate, document, or instrument delivered by or on behalf of CHRON pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(ii) any misrepresentations in or omission from any schedule, exhibit or any other attachment to this Agreement delivered by or on behalf of CHRON pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(iii) any failure by CHRON to duly perform or observe any term, provision, covenant, or agreement in this Agreement to be performed or observed on the part of CHRON for periods prior to the Effective Time;

 

(iv) acts or omissions in connection with business activities conducted or to be conducted by CHRON, including, without limitation, the sale of goods or provision of services, prior to the Effective Time;

 

(v) any action, suit, investigation, proceeding, demand, assessment, audit, judgment and claim, including any employment-related claim relating to the time period on or prior to the Effective Time, even though such claims may not come to light until after the Effective Time; or

 

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(vi) any Losses, including Tax-related or otherwise, relating to the distribution to the CHRON Security Holders of the shares of Trebor Resource Management Group Inc., which was a subsidiary of CHRON.

 

10.2 Procedures . The Indemnified Persons shall give Indemnitor prompt written notice of any written claim, demand, assessment, action, suit or proceeding to which the indemnity set forth in this Section 10 applies (the “Indemnification Notice”). If the document evidencing such claim or demand is a court pleading, the Indemnified Persons shall give such notice within ten (10) days of receipt of such plead ing, otherwise, the Indemnified Persons shall give such notice within thirty (30) days of the date it receives written notice of such claim. Failure to give timely notice, including the Indemnification Notice, of a matter which may give rise to an indemnification claim shall not affect the rights of the Indemnified Persons to collect such Losses from Indemnitor so long as such failure to so notify does not materially adversely affect the Indemnitor’s ability to defend such Losses against a third party.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this agreement on the date first above written.

 

The Chron Organization, Inc.  
     
By: /s/Byron Young  
Name: Byron Young  
Its: Chairman and Treasurer  
     
Chron Energy, Inc.  
     
By: /s/Alex Rodriguez  
Name: Alex Rodriguez  
Its: President  

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Common Shares to be Issued

 

Chron Energy, Inc.   Chron Common Shares  
Security Holder   Securities Owned   to be Issued  
           
NAUP Investments, LLC or his assigns   280     140,000,000  
             
Douglas O. McKinnon, or his assigns   50     25,000,00  

 

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Exhibits 1.5(a) & 1.5(b)

 

Directors and Officers

 

The following Directors and O fficers shall serve as follows:

 

Directors:

 

Effective with the Closing, Alex Rodriguez and Byron Young shall serve as Directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his/her successor shall have been elected and qualified. Additionally, Mr. Young shall serve as Chairman during his tenure as a Director.

 

Officers:

 

Effective with the Closing, the following shall serve in his/her respective capacity and shall serve until the next annual meeting of Board of Director and until his/her successor shall have been elected and qualified:

 

  Alex Rodriguez CEO and President  

 

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Exhibit 3.3(b)

 

None

 

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Exhibit 3.5

 

The Company has filed suit in Tarrant County against Kenneth Dougherty that discovery be conducted to determine the status of (i) that certain promissory in the amount of $62,563.00 and related litigation and settlement thereof; (ii) certain claims to stock of the Company held/or were held by Jason Ford, Susan Ford, Bootleg Barbeque, Lisa Ford, William J. Ford II, Trustee, William J. Ford II and Texas Hill Country Barbeque; and (iii) the whereabouts of the prior books and records of the Company.

 

Management of the Company do not believe that the above suit will have any material adverse financial effect on the Company.

 

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Exhibit 3.11

 

Subsidiaries

 

Chron Home Services, Inc. a Texas Corporation, 100% owned

 

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NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Original Issue Date: March 17, 2017

 

$82,500

 

10% ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT

CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

DUE March 17, 2018

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, The Chron Organization, a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) promises to pay to Bellridge Capital, LLC or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $82,500 on or before March 17, 2018 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this 10.00% Original Issued Discount Convertible Debenture (the “ Debenture ”) is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1 . Definitions . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

 
 

 

Base Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

 

Buy-In ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(v).

 

Change of Control Transaction ” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Debentures and the Securities issued together with the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, or (d) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (c) above.

 

Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.

 

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

 

Conversion Schedule ” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Debenture Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

 

Default Conversion Price ” means 55% of the lowest traded price during the 20 Trading Day-period immediately prior to the applicable Conversion Date.

 

DTC ” means the Depository Trust Company.

 

DWAC ” means Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian as defined by the DTC.

 

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

 
 

 

Mandatory Default Amount ” means the payment of 130% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and accrued and unpaid interest hereon, in addition to the payment of all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Debenture.

 

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(e).

 

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers of the Debentures and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence the Debenture.

 

Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2017 among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

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

 

Share Delivery Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(ii).

 

Successor Entity ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

Section 2 . Prepayment and Interest .

 

a) Payment of Interest . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 12% per annum, which will be due and payable on the sooner to occur of (i) Maturity Date (ii) except as otherwise set forth in this Debenture or (iii) upon conversion of the Debenture. In addition to the interest payable under this Section 2(a), this Debenture was issued for an original issue discount of 10% of the principal amount.

 

b) Interest Calculations . Subject to Section 2(a), interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 day year, consisting of twelve calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “ Debenture Register ”).

 

c) Reserved .

 

d) Prepayment . At any time prior to the Maturity Date, upon ten (10) days written notice to the Holder, the Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture and any accrued and unpaid interest. If the Company exercises its right to prepay any portion of the Debenture, the Company shall make payment to the Holder of an amount in cash equal to the sum of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture being prepaid, accrued interest thereon and any other amounts due under the Debenture multiplied by 120%. The Holder may continue to convert the Debenture from the date notice of the prepayment is given until the date of the prepayment.

 

 
 

 

Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

 

a) Different Denominations . This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

b) Investment Representations . This Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

 

c) Reliance on Debenture Register . Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 4. Conversion .

 

a) Voluntary Conversion . Beginning on the date hereof and until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4(d), this Debenture (including principal and accrued but unpaid interest on any principal being converted, if any) shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(d) hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “ Notice of Conversion ”), specifying therein the principal amount (and any accrued interest) of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required by the Company. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture (and accrued interest thereon, if applicable) in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

b) Conversion Price . The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date, subject to adjustment herein, shall be equal to the lower of $.03 per share or 60% of the lowest closing price for the Company’s Common Stock on the Trading Market for the 20 Trading Days prior to the conversion; provided that or if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on a Trading Market but is quoted on the OTCPink, then 60% of the lowest closing price for the Company’s Common Stock on the Trading Market for the 20 Trading Days prior to the conversion and if the Common Stock is not traded on a Trading Market 60% of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchaser and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company. Provided however the Conversion Price shall not be lower than $.001 per share subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.

 

 
 

 

c) Mechanics of Conversion .

 

i. Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount . The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.

 

ii. Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than three (3) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information and the Company has received an opinion of counsel to such effect reasonably acceptable to the Company, 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 this Debenture. All certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) shall be delivered electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. If the Conversion Date is prior to the date on which such Conversion Shares are eligible to be sold under Rule 144 without the need for current public information, the Conversion Shares shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form, as appropriate:

 

“NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing on such date that the Conversion Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144 subject to current public information requirements, the Company shall obtain at its cost a legal opinion to allow for such sales under Rule 144.

 

iii. Failure to Deliver Certificates . If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.

 

 
 

 

iv. Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages . The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares (but subject to Section 4(e) of this Debenture); provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason (except as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents), unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) by the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5 th ) Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6 hereof for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and the 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 the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the 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 the Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue 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 the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(c)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (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 Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. 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 Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

 
 

 

vi. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that, following filing of the Authorized Shares Amendment, it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 300% of the Required Minimum for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture and payment of interest on this Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder, 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 5) upon the conversion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

vii. Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Debenture. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, 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 Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

viii. Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that, the Company 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 certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion.

 

 
 

 

d) Holder’s Conversion Limitations .

 

i. Reserved.

 

ii. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written 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, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder 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 the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein 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 Debenture.

 

 
 

 

Section 5 . Certain Adjustments .

 

a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Debenture 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 Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Debentures), (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 Company, 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 Company) 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 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.

 

b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, other than in connection with an Exempt Issuance the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the “ Base Conversion Price ” and such issuances, collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder will be entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price. For avoidance of doubt in the event of an issuance of securities (including convertible promissory notes, debentures, warrants or like securities), involving multiple tranches or other multiple closings the anti-dilution adjustment shall be calculated as if all of the securities were issued at the first closing for such sale.

 

 
 

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings . 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 conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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 (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

d) Reserved.

 

e) Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Debenture 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, (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 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 Debenture, 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 (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Debenture), 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 Debenture is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Debenture). 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 (1) share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company 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 Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction. 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 Debenture and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(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 of this Debenture, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Debenture a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture 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 Debenture (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Debenture) 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 Debenture 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 Debenture 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 Debenture and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

 
 

 

f) Calculations . All calculations under this Section 5 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 5, 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 Company) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to the Holder .

 

i. Adjustment to Conversion Price . Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to the 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 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 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 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 filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Debenture Register, 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. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

 
 

 

Section 6 . Events of Default .

 

a) “ Event of Default ” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

i. any default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder on the Debenture, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured within 3 Trading Days;

 

ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other material covenant or agreement contained in the Debenture (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (ix) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) five Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

iii. a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents or (B) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below);

 

iv. any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

 

v. the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

 

 
 

 

vi. the Company or any Subsidiary shall default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, contract document or instrument) on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, promissory note, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $5,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

vii. the Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on a Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for trading thereon within five Trading Days or the transfer of shares of Common Stock through DTC is no longer available or “chilled”;

 

viii. the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 50% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

 

ix. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to the Holder prior to the third Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for conversions of the Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

x. the Company fails to file with the Commission any required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act such that it is not in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable);

 

xi. the Company fails to honor requests for conversions of the Debenture in accordance with the terms of the Debenture;

 

xii. if the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall: (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of it or any of its properties, (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent or be the subject of an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any other jurisdiction or foreign country, or (v) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or a petition or an answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or to take advantage or any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute, or an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding under any such law, or (vi) take or permit to be taken any action in furtherance of or for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

xiii. if any order, judgment or decree shall be entered, without the application, approval or consent of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, by any court of competent jurisdiction, approving a petition seeking liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Subsidiary, or appointing a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of the Company or any Subsidiary, or of all or any substantial part of its assets, and such order, judgment or decree shall continue unstayed and in effect for any period of sixty (60) days;

 

 
 

 

xiv. the occurrence of any levy upon or seizure or attachment of, or any uninsured loss of or damage to, any property of the Company or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair value or repair cost in excess of $20,000, and any such levy, seizure or attachment shall not be set aside, bonded or discharged within thirty (30) days after the date thereof;

 

xv. the Company shall fail to maintain sufficient reserved shares as required by the Purchase Agreement;

 

xvi. any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $10,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days;

 

xvii. the Company fails to honor request for exercise of the Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as required by the Warrant and/or fails to deliver certificate to the Holder prior to the third Trading Day after an exercise of the Warrant;

 

xviii. If 90 days from March 16, 2016, the Company has not registered its Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act;

 

ix. If after 90 days from March 16, 2017, the Company has not timely filed (or obtained extensions in respect theretof and filed within the applicable grace period) all reports and other filings required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default . If any Event of Default occurs, then the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election by notice in writing to Company, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount. After the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to 10% in excess of the Interest Rate. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 6(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 7. N egative Covenants . As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, unless the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

a) amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder, repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a deminimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than as to the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares as permitted or required under the Transaction Documents;

 

 
 

 

b) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase other than the Notes if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly scheduled principal and interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original Issue Date, provided that such payments shall not be permitted if, at such time, or after giving effect to such payment, any Event of Default exist or occur provided , however , this covenant shall not apply with respect to the exercise of any Holder’s conversion under Section 4;

 

c) other than pursuant to an Exempt Issuance, pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;

 

d) enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the SEC assuming that the Company is subject to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis; or

 

e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 8 . Miscellaneous .

 

a) Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, , shall be in writing and delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, provided any payment due under the is Debenture which are not otherwise addressed in this Debenture shall be made pursuant to payment instructions provided by the Holder to the Company..

 

b) Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company.

 

c) Assignment/Transferability . The Holder may assign or sell a portion or all of this Debenture.

 

d) Lost or Mutilated Debenture . If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

e) Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Debenture shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, 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 the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “ New York Courts ”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York 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 New York Courts, or such New York 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 (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Debenture 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 Debenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Debenture, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

 
 

 

f) Waiver . Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture 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 Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

 

g) Severability . If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture 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. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Debenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

 

h) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Debenture shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Debenture and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Debenture. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Debenture.

 

i) 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.

 

j) Headings . The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Debenture and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.

 

THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.  
     
By: /s/Alex Rodriguez  
Name: Alex Rodriguez:  
Title: CEO    

 

[Convertible Debenture Signature Page]

 

 
 

 

ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Original Issue Discount Convertible Debenture due March 17, 2018 of The Chron Organization, Inc.., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), into shares of common stock (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company 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 reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.

 

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

Date to Effect Conversion:

 

Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:

 

Conversion Price:

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

Signature:
   
  Name:
   
  DWAC Instructions:
   
  Broker No: ___________________
  Account No: __________________

 

 
 

 

Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

This Original Issue Discount Convertible Debenture due on March 17, 2018 in the original principal amount of $82,500 is issued by The Chron Organization, a Nevada corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.

 

Dated:

 

Date of Conversion

(or for first entry, Original Issue Date)

Amount of Conversion Aggregate Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion (or Original Principal Amount) Company Attest
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

 
 

 

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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

 

   Warrant No. A-01 Issue Date: March 17, 2017

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received, Bellridge Capital, LLC (the “ Holder ”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the six month anniversary of the date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on the three anniversary of the issue date of this Warrant (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from The ChronOrganization, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), up to 500,000 shares (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 . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which shall be 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.

 

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

 

Fair Market Value ” of one share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall mean: (i) if traded on a National Securities Exchange, the VWAP (as defined below) of the Common Stock of the Company on such exchange over the five (5) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; (ii) if quoted on the OTCQB or the OTCPink or its successor, the average VWAP over the thirty (30) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; and (iii) if neither (i) nor (ii) applies, the Fair Market Value shall be the value thereof, as agreed upon by the Company and the Holder; provided, however, that if the Company and the Holder cannot agree on such value, such value shall be determined by an independent valuation firm experienced in valuing businesses such as the Company and jointly selected in good faith by the Company and the Holder. Fees and expenses of the valuation firm shall be paid for by the Company.

 

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'“ National Securities Exchange ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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.

 

Purchase Agreement ” means, collectively, the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2017, between the Company and the original Holder, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

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

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

 

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or the OTCPink.

 

Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a National Securities Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the Common Stock is quoted on any one or more of the OTC Bulletin Board, or the other OTC markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTCPink, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTC Markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and the OTCPink; or (cd) in all other cases, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Subscribers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company; provided that in each case where Bloomberg L.P. data is being relied upon, Holder shall provide to the Company a copy of such information for the Company’s records.

 

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Section 2. Exercise

 

a) Exercise of Warrant .

 

i. 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 notice of exercise (“ Notice of Exercise ”) form attached hereto as Exhibit A ; 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. 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. 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. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.

 

ii. If at any time after six (6) months from the Initial Exercise Date, in lieu of the payment methods set forth in Section 2(a)(i) above, the Holder may elect to exchange all or some of this Warrant for shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the amount of the Warrant being exchanged on the date of exchange. If Holder elects to exchange this Warrant as provided in this Section 2(a)(ii) , Holder shall tender to the Company the Warrant for the amount being exchanged, along with written notice of Holder’s election to exchange some or all of the Warrant, and the Company shall issue to Holder the number of shares of the Common Stock computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A-B)
  A

 

  Where: X =

the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.

       
    Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the amount of the Warrant being exchanged (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).
       
    A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock on the date that the notice of exercise is received by the Company.
       
    B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

b)        Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $.03 [SECOND WARRANT EXERCISE PRICE IS $.05], subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

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c)        Exercise Limitations . Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of this Section, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. The Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such filings. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(c), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not exceed 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(c) shall continue to apply, unless the Holder upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company determines to waive the Beneficial Ownerhship Limitation requirements described in this Section 2(c) in its entirety. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

d)        Mechanics of Exercise .

 

i.        Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise . Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“ DWAC ”) system if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of certificates to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within four (4) Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above (the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and 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 by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid.

 

ii.        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 Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of 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.

 

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iii.        Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause the 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 will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv.        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 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.

 

v.        Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax 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 (“ Assignment Form ”) attached hereto as Exhibit B 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. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing the Holder may assign all or part of this Warrant and the Company agrees to honor such assignment.

 

vi.        Closing of Books . The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Section 3 . Subsequent Equity Sales . Other than in connectioni with an Exepmpt Issuance, if the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall sell or grant any option to purchase, or sell or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an effective price per share less than the then Exercise Price (such lower price, the “ Base Share Price ” and such issuances collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share which is less than the Exercise Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then, the Exercise Price shall be reduced and only reduced to equal the Base Share Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be increased such that the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder, after taking into account the decrease in the Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price prior to such adjustment. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made, paid or issued under this Section in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holder, in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Notice of Exercise. For avoidance of doubt in the event of an issuance of securities (including convertible promissory notes, debentures, warrants or like securities), involving multiple tranches or other multiple closings the anti-dilution adjustment shall be calculated as if all of the securities were issued at the first closing for such sale.

 

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Section 4 . 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 make 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 Warrant Shares 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 4(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders 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.

 

b)         Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than the Common Stock, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less than the per share Fair Market Value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness or rights or warrants so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

 

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c)        Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification 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 (each “ 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. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to exercise such warrant into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 4(c) and insuring that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

 

d) Calculations . All calculations under this Section 4 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 4, 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.

 

e)        Notice to Holder .

 

i.        Adjustment to Exercise Price . Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 4, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii.        Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder . 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 shareholders 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, of 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 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. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

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Section 5 . Transfer of Warrant .

 

a)        Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 5(d) herein and to the provisions 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, 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 5(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.

 

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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 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 the Purchase Agreement.

 

Section 6 . Miscellaneous .

 

a)        No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise . This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof.

 

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.

 

d)        Authorized Shares .

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock one hundred (100%) of the number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. In case such amount of Common Stock is insufficient at any time, the Company shall call and hold a special meeting to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock. Management of the Company shall recommend to shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock.

 

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 National Securities Exchange 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, 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).

 

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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 amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, 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.

 

e)        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.

 

f)        Restrictions . The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g)        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 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 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 Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h)        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.

 

i)        Limitation of Liability . No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

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j)        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.

 

k)        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 of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l)        Amendment . This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

m)        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.

 

n)        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.

 

[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.

 

the chron organization, inc.  
                                  
By: /s/ Alex Rodriguez  
Name: Alex Rodriguez  
Title: CEO  

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: The Chron Organization, Inc.

 

(1)       The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2)       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:

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

_______________________________

 

(3) 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:  
   

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

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 of or [_______] 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.

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of _______ ___, 2016, is entered into by and between The Chron Organization, Inc. (OTCPk: CHRO), a Nevada corporation, (“Chron” or the “Company”), and ________________ (the “Buyer”).

 

A. The Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the rules and regulations as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”).

 

B. Upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, the Buyer desires to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (i) a Convertible Note, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , in the principal amount of up to $____________ (the “ Note ”), convertible into shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per shares of common stock of the Company (“ Common Stock ”) (ii) and a two-year share purchase warrant entitling the Buyer to acquire shares of Common Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Warrant ”).

 

NOW THEREFORE , the Company and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Purchase and Sale . On the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer and the Buyer agrees to purchase from the Company (i) the Note and (ii) the Warrant.

 

1.1. Form of Payment . On the Closing Date, (i) the Buyer shall pay the purchase price of $___________ (the “ Purchase Price ”) for the Note and Warrant by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company, in accordance with the Company’s written wiring instructions and (ii) the Company shall deliver the Note and Warrant to the Buyer.

 

1.2. Closing Date . The date and time of the issuance and sale of the Note, Warrant and Security Agreement pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”) shall be on or about _______, 2016, or such other mutually agreed upon time. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall occur on the Closing Date at such location as may be agreed to by the parties.

 

2. Buyer Representations, Warranties, Etc.; Access to Information; Independent Investigation .

 

The Buyer r e p re s e nts a nd w a r r a nts to, a nd c ov e n a nts a nd a g re e s w i t h, the Compa n y a s follows:

 

2.1. W i t hout l i m i t ing Buyer s ri g ht to s e ll the Sec u r i t ies pursu a nt to a n e f f e c t i ve re g is t r a t i on sta t e ment or othe r wise in c omp l ian c e with t h e 1933 A c t, t h e Buyer is pur c h a si n g the se c u r i t i e s for i t s own a cc ount for investm e nt on l y a nd n o t with a view tow a rds the publ i c s a l e or dis t ribution the re of a nd not wi t h a vi e w to o r for s a le i n c onn e c t i on with a ny dis t ribution the re o f .

 

2.2. The Buyer is (i) a n “a c c r e dit e d investor” a s that te r m is d e fin e d in Rule 501 of the G e n e r a l Rules a nd R e g ulations und e r the 1933 A c t b y r e ason of Rule 501( a ) ( 3 ) , (ii) e x p e ri e nc e d in mak i ng in v e stm e nts of t h e k i nd d e s c ri b e d in this A gr ee ment a nd the other Transaction Do c uments, (iii) a ble, b y r e a son of the busin e ss a nd fin a n c ial e x p e ri e nce of its o f fi ce rs (if a n e nti t y ) a nd p r o f e ssion a l a dvisors ( w ho a re n ot a ffiliat e d with or c ompens a ted in a n y w a y b y the Compa n y or a n y o f its A f filiat e s or s e lling a g e nts ) , to p r ote c t its own int e r e sts in c onn ec tion with the Tr a nsa c tions d e scribed in this A g re e ment, a n d the r e lat e d d o c ument s , a nd to e v a lua t e the me r its a nd risks of a n i n v e stm e nt in the Se c u r iti e s, a nd (iv) a ble to a f f o rd the e ntire loss o f its investm e nt in the Se c u r ities.

 

 
 

 

2.3. The Buyer und e rst a n ds that the S ec u r i t ies a re b e ing o f f e r e d a nd sold to it in r e l i a n c e on s p ec ific e x e mp t ions f r om the re g is t r a t i on r e quir e ments o f the 1933 A c t a nd sta t e s ec u r i t ies la w s a nd that the Compa n y is r e l y i ng upon t h e truth a nd acc u r a c y o f, a nd the Buyer s c omp l ian c e with, the r e p re s e ntations, w a r ra nt i e s, a g r ee ments, ac knowl e d g ments a nd und e rst a ndi n g s of the Buyer s e t f o rth h e r e in in o r d e r to d e te r m i ne t he a v a i l a b i l i t y of such e x e mp t ions and the e l i g ib i l i t y of t h e Buyer to ac quire the S e c u r i t ies.

 

2.4. The Buyer a nd i t s a dvisors, if a n y , h a v e b ee n fu r nished with or h a ve b ee n g iven a cce ss to a l l mat e ri a ls r e lati n g to t he busin e ss, fin a n c e s a nd op e r a t i ons of t h e Compa n y a nd mat e ri a ls r e lating to the o f f e r a nd s a le of the Se c u r i t ies whi c h h a ve b ee n r e q u e sted b y t h e Buyer , includ i ng tho s e set fo r th on an y a nn e x a t t ac h e d h e r e to. The Buyer a nd i t s a dvisors, if a n y , h a ve b ee n a f fo r d e d t h e oppo r t uni t y to a sk qu e st i ons of the Compa n y a nd i t s man a g e ment a nd h a ve r e ce i v e d c omp l e t e a nd s a t i sf ac to r y a ns w e rs t o a n y s u c h inqu i ri e s .

 

2.5. The Buyer un d e rst a n ds that i t s investm e nt in the S ec u r i t ies invo l v e s a hi g h d e g r e e o f r isk.

 

2.6. The Buyer h e r e b y re p re s e nts that, in c onn e c t ion with i t s pur c h a se of the S ec u r i t ies, it h a s not r e l i e d on a n y stat e ment or r e p re s e ntation b y the Compa n y or a n y o f i t s o f fi ce rs, di r ec tors a nd e mp l o y e e s or a n y of t h e ir r e sp e c t i ve a t t o r ne y s or a g e nts, e x ce pt a s spe c ific a l l y set f o rth h e re in.

 

2.7. The Buyer und e rst a n ds that no United S tat e s f e d e r a l or sta t e a g e n c y o r a n y other g o v e rnm e nt or g o v e rnm e ntal a g e n c y h a s p a ssed on o r made a n y r ec om m e n d a t i on or e ndors e ment of the S e c u r i t ies.

 

2.8. This Ag ree m e nt a nd the other T ra n s ac t i on D o c uments to whi c h the Buyer is a p a r t y , a nd the Tr a nsa c t i ons c ontemplat e d the re b y , h a ve b ee n du l y a nd v a l i d l y a uthori z e d, e x ec uted a n d d e l i v e r e d on b e h a lf of the Buyer a nd a re v a l i d a nd bind i n g a g ree m e nts of the Buyer e n f o r cea b l e in a cc o r d a n c e with their r e spe c t i ve te r ms, subj e c t a s to e n f o r c ea bi l i t y to g e n er a l p r inciples of e quity a n d to b a nkru p t c y , inso l v e n c y , m o r a torium a nd other si m i l a r l a ws a f f e c t i ng the e n f o r ce ment of c r e di t o r s’ rights g e n e r a ll y .

 

3. Certain Transactions . The Buyer covenants that neither it, nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any short sales as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (“ Short Sales ”), of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that Buyer no longer owns any Securities. For purposes of this Agreement, “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 1933 Act.

 

4. Governing Law; Miscellaneous .

 

4.1. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of Dallas County, Texas or in the federal courts located in Dallas County, Texas. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue of any action instituted hereunder and shall not assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue or based upon forum non conveniens . In the event that any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of any agreement. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document 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. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

 
 

 

4.2. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.

 

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

 

4.4. Severability . In the event that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

 

4.5. Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Buyer.

 

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

 

(a) the date delivered, if delivered by personal delivery as against written receipt therefor or by e-mail to an executive officer, or by confirmed facsimile,

 

(b) the fifth Trading Day after deposit, postage prepaid, in the United States Postal Service by registered or certified mail, or

 

(c) the third Trading Day after mailing by domestic or international express courier, with delivery costs and fees prepaid, in each case, addressed to each of the other parties thereunto entitled at the following addresses (or at such other addresses as such party may designate by ten (10) calendar days’ advance written notice similarly given to each of the other parties hereto):

 

If to the Company: The Chron Organization
  Attn: Alex Rodriguez
  5851 Legacy Circle, Suite 600
  Plano, TX 75024
   
If to the Buyer:  
   
   
   

 

4.7. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the rights, interests or obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior written consent of the Buyer, which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Buyer; provided, however , that in the case of a merger, sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets or other corporate reorganization, the Buyer shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay such consent. This Agreement or any of the severable rights and obligations inuring to the benefit of or to be performed by Buyer hereunder may be assigned by Buyer to a third party, including its financing sources, in whole or in part, without the need to obtain the Company’s consent thereto.

 

 
 

 

4.8. Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

4.9. Survival . The representations and warranties of the Company and the agreements and covenants set forth in this Agreement shall survive the Closing hereunder notwithstanding any due diligence investigation conducted by or on behalf of the Buyer. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer and all its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement or any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement, including advancement of expenses as they are incurred.

 

4.10. No Strict Construction . The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

4.11. Remedies . The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyer by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Agreement will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Agreement, that the Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies at law or in equity, and in addition to the penalties assessable herein, to an injunction or injunctions restraining, preventing or curing any breach of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

4.12. Buyer’s Rights and Remedies Cumulative . All rights, remedies, and powers conferred in this Agreement and the Transaction Documents on the Buyer are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies, and shall be in addition to every other right, power, and remedy that the Buyer may have, whether specifically granted in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or existing at law, in equity, or by statute; and any and all such rights and remedies may be exercised from time to time and as often and in such order as the Buyer may deem expedient.

 

4.13. Attorneys’ Fees and Cost of Collection . In the event of any action at law or in equity to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, the parties agree that the party who is awarded the most money shall be deemed the prevailing party for all purposes and shall therefore be entitled to an additional award of the full amount of the attorneys’ fees and expenses paid by such prevailing party in connection with the litigation and/or dispute without reduction or apportionment based upon the individual claims or defenses giving rise to the fees and expenses. Nothing herein shall restrict or impair a court’s power to award fees and expenses for frivolous or bad faith pleading.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Buyer and the Company have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY:

 

The Chron Organization, Inc.

 

By:  
  Alex Rodriguez, CEO  

 

The Buyer:

 

   
Printed Name:    
Title:    

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT AND LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$_____________   ________ __, 2016

 

Dallas, Texas

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to the undersigned Investor, or his assigns, in lawful money of the United States of America the Principal sum of $____________ or such lesser amount as shall equal the outstanding principal amount hereof, together with interest from the date of this Convertible Promissory Note (the “Note”) or the unpaid Principal at a rate equal to ten percent (10%) per annum, computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. All unpaid Principal, together with any then unpaid and accrued interest and other amounts payable hereunder, if not converted pursuant to Section 6 herein, shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) two years from the date of this Note (the “Maturity Date”) or (ii) when, upon or after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined below), such amounts are declared due and payable by Investor or made automatically due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

The following is a statement of the rights of Investor and the conditions to which this Note is subject, and to which Investor, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees:

 

1. Definitions. As used in this Note, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

(a) the “ Company ” includes the corporation initially executing this Note and any Person which shall succeed to or assume the obligations of the Company under this Note.

 

(b) “ Event of Default ” has the meaning given in Section 4 hereof.

 

(c) “ Investor ” shall mean the Person specified in the introductory paragraph of this Note or any Person who shall at the time be the registered holder of this Note.

 

(d) “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or financial or other condition of the Company; (b) the ability of the Company to pay or perform the Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Note and the other Transaction Documents and to avoid an Event of Default, or an event which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, under any Transaction Document; or (c) the rights and remedies of Investor under this Note, the other Transaction Documents or any related document, instrument or agreement through no fault of the Company.

 

(e) “ Agreement ” has the meaning given in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

(f) “ Obligations ” shall mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by the Company to Investor of every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), now existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the terms of this Note, the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including, all interest, fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs and accountants’ fees and costs chargeable to and payable by the Company hereunder and thereunder, in each case, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, and whether or not arising after the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U. S. C. Section 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time (including post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding.

 

 
 

 

(g) “ Person ” shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a corporation (including a business trust), a joint stock company, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association, a joint venture or other entity or a governmental authority.

 

(h) “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(i) “ Transaction Documents ” shall mean this Note, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Warrant, the Security Agreement and any other document executed in connection with this Note.

 

2. Interest . Interest shall be at a rate equal to ten percent (10%) per annum, computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. Accrued interest on this Note shall be payable at maturity.

 

3. Prepayment . The Company may prepay this Note in whole or in part; provided that any such prepayment will be applied first to the payment of expenses due under this Note, second to interest accrued on this Note and third, if the amount of prepayment exceeds the amount of all such expenses and accrued interest, to the payment of principal of this Note.

 

4. Events of Default . The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note and the other Transaction Documents:

 

(a) Failure to Pay. The Company shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal or interest payment on the due date hereunder or (ii) any other payment or other requirement under the terms of this Note or any other Transaction Document on the date due; or

 

(b) Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings . The Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts generally as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any of its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated, (v) become insolvent (as such term may be defined or interpreted under any applicable statute), (vi) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

(c) Involuntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings . Proceedings for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of the Company or of all or a substantial part of the property thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order for relief entered or such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within 30 days of commencement; or

 

(d) Material Adverse Effect. One or more conditions exist or events have occurred which could reasonably indicate, or reasonably result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5. Rights of Investor upon Default. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, Investor may declare all outstanding Obligations payable by the Company hereunder to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the other Transaction Documents to the contrary notwithstanding. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default described in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), immediately and without notice, all outstanding Obligations payable by the Company hereunder shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the other Transaction Documents to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default, Investor may exercise any other right, power or remedy granted to it by the Transaction Documents or otherwise permitted to it by law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both.

 

 
 

 

6. Conversion .

 

(a) Conversion . All or a portion of this Note shall be convertible at the option of the Investor into that number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock as is determined by dividing such Principal amount and accrued interest by seventy percent (70%) of the VWAP (volume weighted average price) over the prior ten (10) day trading period from date of notice of conversion, but in no event shall the price be less than $0.02 (adjusted to reflect subsequent stock dividends, stock splits, combinations or recapitalizations) (the “Conversion Price”). Before Investor shall be entitled to convert this Note into shares of Common Stock the Investor is entitled to, Investor shall surrender this Note, duly endorsed, at the office of the Company and shall give written notice to the Company at its principal corporate office, of the election to convert the same pursuant to this Section, and shall state therein the amount of the unpaid principal amount of this Note to be converted and the name or names in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock are to be issued. The Company shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue instructions to its transfer agent to issue to Investor a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock to which Investor shall be entitled upon conversion together with a replacement Note (if any principal amount is not converted in its entirety) and any other securities and property to which Investor is entitled upon such conversion under the terms of this Note. The conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the surrender of this Note, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record Investor or Investors of such shares of Common Stock as of such date.

 

(b) Fractional Shares; Interest; Effect of Conversion. No fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of the Company issuing any fractional shares to Investor upon the conversion of this Note, the Company shall pay to Investor an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the conversion price by the fraction of a share not issued pursuant to the previous sentence. In addition, the Company shall pay to Investor any interest accrued on the amount to be paid to the Company pursuant to the previous sentence. Upon conversion of this Note in full and the payment of any amounts specified in this Section 6(a), the Company shall be forever released from all its obligations and liabilities under this Note.

 

7. Successors and Assigns . Subject to the restrictions on transfer described in Sections 9 and 10 below, the rights and obligations of the Company and Investor shall be binding upon and benefit the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees of the parties.

 

8. Waiver and Amendment . Any provision of this Note may be amended, waived or modified upon the written consent of the Company and the Investor.

 

9. Transfer of this Note or Securities Issuable on Conversion Hereof . With respect to any offer, sale or other disposition of this Note, Investor will give written notice to the Company prior thereto, describing briefly the manner thereof, together with a written opinion of Investor’s counsel, or other evidence if reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such offer, sale or other distribution may be effected without registration or qualification (under any federal or state law then in effect). Upon receiving such written notice and reasonably satisfactory opinion, if so requested, or other evidence, the Company, as promptly as practicable, shall notify Investor that Investor may sell or otherwise dispose of this Note, all in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered to the Company. If a determination has been made pursuant to this Section 9 that the opinion of counsel for Investor, or other evidence, is not reasonably satisfactory to the Company, the Company shall so notify Investor promptly after such determination has been made. Subject to the foregoing transfers of this Note shall be registered upon registration books maintained for such purpose by or on behalf of the Company as provided in the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement. Prior to presentation of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company shall treat the registered holder hereof as the owner and holder of this Note for the purpose of receiving all payments of principal and interest hereon and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Note shall be overdue and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

 
 

 

10. Assignment by the Company . Neither this Note nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior written consent of the Investor.

 

11. Notices . All notices, requests, demands, consents, instructions or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall in writing and faxed, mailed or delivered to each party at the respective addresses of the parties as set forth in the Agreement, or at such other address or facsimile number as the Company shall have furnished to Investor in writing. All such notices and communications will be deemed effectively given the earlier of (i) when received, (ii) when delivered personally, (iii) one business day after being delivered by facsimile (with receipt of appropriate confirmation), (iv) one business day after being deposited with an overnight courier service of recognized standing or (v) four days after being deposited in the U.S. mail, first class with postage prepaid.

 

12. Payment . Payment shall be made in lawful tender of the United States.

 

13. Governing Law . This Note and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the State of Texas, or of any other state.

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Convertible Promissory Note as of the date first set forth above.

 

THE COMPANY:

 

The Chron Organization, Inc.

 

By:    
  Alex Rodriguez, CEO  

 

The Investor:

 

   
Printed Name:    
Title:    

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT UNDER SUCH ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO The Chron Organization, Inc. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

 

1. Issuance . In consideration of good and valuable consideration as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement (defined below), the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by The Chron Organization, Inc. (OTCPk: CHRO), a Nevada corporation (the “Company”); _____________________, his/its successors and/or assigns (the “ Holder ”), is hereby granted the right to purchase at any time on or after the Issue Date (as defined below) until the date which is the last calendar day of the month in which the second anniversary of the Issue Date occurs (the “ Expiration Date ”), an amount of fully paid and non-assessable shares as determined by the Warrant Calculation as defined below (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), as such number of Warrant Shares may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock (this “ Warrant ”). This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated ________ __, 2016, to which the Company and the Holder are parties (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

 

Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Warrant was originally issued to the Holder on ________ __, 2016 (the “ Issue Date ”).

 

2. Definitions . As used in this Note, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” shall mean an affiliate as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or a successor rule).

 

Aggregate Exercise Price Payable ” shall mean the product of multiplying the number of Warrant Shares exercisable by the Exercise Price.

 

Closing Price ” shall mean the 4:00 P.M. last sale price of the Common Stock on the Principal Market on the relevant Trading Day(s), as reported by OTC Markets (or if that service is not then reporting the relevant information regarding the Common Stock, a comparable reporting service of national reputation selected by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company) for the relevant date.

 

Common Stock Equivalents ” shall mean any stock or securities (convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable) for shares of Common Stock, not including the Company’s employee stock ownership plan.

 

Exercise Price ” shall mean $0.05 per share.

 

Market Price ” shall mean the Closing Price for the Common Stock on the Trading Day that is five Trading Days prior to the Exercise Date or the Issue Date, whichever is greater.

 

 
 

 

Note ” shall mean that certain Convertible Secured Promissory Note issued by the Company to the Holder pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time, and including any promissory note(s) that replace or are exchanged for such referenced promissory note.

 

Trading Day ” means any day during which the principal market on which the Common Stock is traded (the “Principal Market”) shall be open for business.

 

“Warrant Calculation” shall mean the calculation to determine the number of Warrants issued hereunder computed using the following formula:

 

Z times twenty (20) = Warrants

 

Where Z = the Amount Invested per the Securities Purchase Agreement converted to a number

( i.e. $100,000 converted to 100,000 x 20 = 2,000,000 Warrants)

 

3. Exercise of Warrant . This Warrant is exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the Expiration Date. Such exercise shall be effectuated by submitting to the Company (either by delivery to the Company or by email or facsimile transmission) a completed and duly executed Notice of Exercise substantially in the form attached to this Warrant as Exhibit W-A (the “Notice of Exercise”). The date such Notice of Exercise is either faxed, emailed or delivered to the Company shall be the “Exercise Date,” provided that, if such exercise represents the full exercise of the outstanding balance of the Warrant, the Holder shall tender this Warrant to the Company within five (5) Trading Days thereafter, but only if the Warrant Shares to be delivered pursuant to the Notice of Exercise have been delivered to the Holder as of such date. The Notice of Exercise shall be executed by the Holder and shall indicate the number of Warrant Shares (as defined below) to be issued pursuant to such exercise.

 

4. Mutilation or Loss of Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) receipt of reasonably satisfactory indemnification, and (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant of like tenor and date and any such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant shall thereupon become void.

 

5. Rights of the Holder . The Holder shall not, by virtue of this Warrant alone, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder in the Company, either at law or in equity, and the rights of the Holder with respect to or arising under this Warrant are limited to those expressed in this Warrant and are not enforceable against the Company except to the extent set forth herein.

 

6. Call Provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant, this Warrant is callable (redeemable) at the Company’s option commencing six (6) months from the Initial Exercise Date, provided the Common Stock trades at a VWAP of $0.10 or greater for ten (10) consecutive Trading Days on the Trading Market (the “Call Condition”). Commencing at any time after the date on which the Call Condition is satisfied, the Company shall have the right, upon 20 days’ notice to the Holder given not later than fifteen (15) Trading Days after the date on which the Call Condition is satisfied (the “Redemption Notice”), to redeem the number of Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Call Condition at a price of $.001 per Warrant Share (the “Redemption Price”), on the date set forth in the Redemption Notice, but in no event earlier than 20 days following the date of the receipt by the Holder of the Redemption Notice (the “Redemption Date”). The Holder may exercise this Warrant at any time (in whole or in part) prior to the Redemption Date at the Exercise Price. Any portion of this Warrant that is subject to the applicable Call Condition which is not exercised by the Redemption Date shall no longer be exercisable and shall be returned to the Company (and, if not so returned, shall automatically be deemed canceled).

 

 
 

 

7. Certain Adjustments .

 

7.1. Capital Adjustments . If the Company shall at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant subdivide the Common Stock, by split-up or stock split, or otherwise, or combine its Common Stock, or issue additional shares of its Common Stock as a dividend, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall forthwith be automatically increased proportionately in the case of a subdivision, split or stock dividend, or proportionately decreased in the case of a combination. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, Market Price (in the event of a cashless exercise),, and other applicable amounts, but the aggregate purchase price payable for the total number of Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant (as adjusted) shall remain the same. Any adjustment under this Section 5.1 shall become effective automatically at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective, or as of the record date of such dividend, or in the event that no record date is fixed, upon the making of such dividend.

 

7.2. Reclassification, Reorganization and Consolidation . In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization, or change in the capital stock of the Company (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination, or stock dividend provided for in Section 5.1 above), then the Company shall make appropriate provision so that the Holder shall have the right at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant to purchase, at a total price equal to that payable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable in connection with such reclassification, reorganization, or change by a holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock as were purchasable by the Holder immediately prior to such reclassification, reorganization, or change. In any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interest of the Holder so that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable with respect to any shares of stock or other securities and property deliverable upon exercise hereof, and appropriate adjustments shall be made to the purchase price per Warrant Share payable hereunder, provided the aggregate purchase price shall remain the same.

 

8. Certificate as to Adjustments . In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in the shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common Stock issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and any Warrant Agent (as defined below) appointed pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Nothing in this Section 6 shall be deemed to limit any other provision contained herein.

 

9. Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act . This Warrant, and the Warrant Shares, have not been registered under the 1933 Act. This Warrant, the Warrant Shares and any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may only be sold, transferred, pledged or hypothecated (other than to an Affiliate) if (a) there exists an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to such security or (b) the Company has received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that registration is not required under the 1933 Act. Until such time as registration has occurred under the 1933 Act, each certificate for this Warrant, the Warrant Shares and any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall contain a legend, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company, setting forth the restrictions on transfer contained in this Section 7. Any such transfer shall be accompanied by a transferor assignment substantially in the form attached to this Warrant as Exhibit W-B (the “ Transferor Assignment ”), executed by the transferor and the transferee and submitted to the Company. Upon receipt of the duly executed Transferor Assignment, the Company shall register the transferee thereon as the new Holder on the books and records of the Company and such transferee shall be deemed a “registered holder” or “registered assign” for all purposes hereunder, and shall have all the rights of the Holder.

 

10. Transfer on the Company’s Books . Until this Warrant is transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the Holder as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

 
 

 

11. Notices . Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in the manner provided in the subsection titled “Notices” in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

12. S upplements and Amendments; Whole Agreement . This Warrant may be amended or supplemented only by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. This Warrant, together with the Purchase Agreement and all the other Transaction Documents, taken together, contain the full understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and there are no representations, warranties, agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof other than as expressly contained herein and therein.

 

13. Governing Law . This Warrant shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to the principles thereof regarding the conflict of laws. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Holder, each irrevocably (a) consent to and expressly submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in Dallas County, Texas in connection with any dispute or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant, (b) agree that all claims in respect of any such dispute or proceeding may only be heard and determined in any such court, (c) expressly submit to the venue of any such court for the purposes hereof, and (d) waive any claim of improper venue and any claim or objection that such courts are an inconvenient forum or any other claim or objection to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions or to any claim that such venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Holder, each hereby irrevocably consent to the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by reputable overnight courier (e.g., FedEx) or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party’s address as provided for herein, such service to become effective ten (10) calendar days after such mailing. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

14. Remedies . The remedies at law of the Holder of this Warrant in the event of any default or threatened default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Warrant are not and will not be adequate and, without limiting any other remedies available to the Holder in the Transaction Documents, law or equity, to the fullest extent permitted by law, such terms may be specifically enforced by a decree for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or otherwise.

 

15. Counterparts . This Warrant may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Signature delivered via facsimile or email shall be considered original signatures for purposes hereof.

 

16. Descriptive Headings . Descriptive headings of the sections of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

 

17. Attorney’s Fees . In the event of any litigation or dispute arising from this Warrant, the parties agree that the party who is awarded the most money shall be deemed the prevailing party for all purposes and shall therefore be entitled to an additional award of the full amount of the attorneys’ fees and expenses paid by said prevailing party in connection with the litigation and/or dispute without reduction or apportionment based upon the individual claims or defenses giving rise to the fees and expenses. Nothing herein shall restrict or impair a court’s power to award fees and expenses for frivolous or bad faith pleading.

 

18. Severabilit y . Whenever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified to achieve the objective of the parties to the fullest extent permitted and such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Warrant or the validity or enforceability of this Warrant in any other jurisdiction.

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed this __ day of ______, 2016.

 

THE COMPANY:

 

The Chron Organization, Inc.

 

By:  
  Alex Rodriguez, CEO  

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT W-A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF WARRANT

 

TO: The Chron Organization, Inc.
  Attn:    
  Via Fax to:    
  Via Email to:    

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by the Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock dated as of _________, 2016 (the “ Warrant ”), to purchase shares of the common stock, $0.001 par value (“ Common Stock ”), of The Chron Organization, Inc., and tenders herewith payment in accordance with Section 2 of the Warrant, as follows:

 

_______ CASH: $__________________________ = (Exercise Price x Warrant Shares)

 

_______ Payment is being made by:

 

_____ enclosed check

 

_____ wire transfer

 

_____ other

 

As contemplated by the Warrant, this Notice of Exercise is being sent by facsimile or email to the fax number and officer indicated above.

 

If this Notice of Exercise represents the full exercise of the outstanding balance of the Warrant, the Holder either (1) has previously surrendered the Warrant to the Company or (2) will surrender (or cause to be surrendered) the Warrant to the Company at the address indicated above by express courier within five (5) Trading Days after delivery or email or facsimile transmission of this Notice of Exercise; provided that the Warrant Shares to be delivered pursuant to this Notice of Exercise have been delivered to the Holder as of such date.

 

To the extent the Warrant Shares are not able to be delivered to the Holder via the DWAC system, please deliver certificates representing the Warrant Shares to the Holder via reputable overnight courier after receipt of this Notice of Exercise (by facsimile transmission or otherwise) to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:    
     
   
[Name of Holder]  
   
By:    

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT W-B

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT

(To be signed only on transfer of the Warrant)

 

For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading “Transferees” the right represented by the Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock dated as of _________, 2016 (the “ Warrant ”) to purchase the percentage and number of shares of common stock, $0.001 par value (“ Common Stock ”), of The Chron Organization, Inc.. specified under the headings “Percentage Transferred” and “Number Transferred,” respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s), and appoints each such person attorney to transfer the undersigned’s respective right on the books of The Chron Organization, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Transferees   Percentage Transferred   Number Transferred
         

 

Dated:___________, ______

 

[Transferor Name must conform to the name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant]

 

  By:  
  Name:  

 

Signed in the presence of:

 

(Name)  
   
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:  
   
   
[TRANSFEREE]  

 

By:    
Name:    

 

 
 

 

Execution Copy

 

Equity Interest Purchase Agreement

 

by and among

 

Zen Energy, Inc.,

 

Luccirelli & Gomez, LLC,

 

TCN Holdings, LLC,

 

Genaro Gomez Castanares,

 

and

 

Donnie Goodwin

 

dated as of

 

January 20, 2017

 

 
 

 

Execution Copy

 

Equity Interest Purchase Agreement

 

This Equity Interest Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of January 20, 2017, by and among (i) Zen Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “ Purchaser ”), (ii) Luccirelli & Gomez, LLC (“ L&G ”), (iii) TCN Holdings, LLC (“ TCN ” and, together with L&G, collectively, the “ Sellers ” or individually, a “ Seller ”), (iv) Genaro Gomez Castanares (“ Castanares ”), and (v) Donnie Goodwin (“ Goodwin ” and, together with Castanares, collectively, the “ Principals ” or individually, a “ Principal ”). Each of the Purchaser, the Sellers and the Principals are referred to herein as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties .”

Recitals

 

WHEREAS , Enertrade Electric, LLC, a Texas limited liability company doing business as Shyne Energy (the “ Company ”) is a retail electric provider engaged in the business of providing retail electricity and electric services to residential and commercial consumers within the State of Texas (the “ Business ”);

 

WHEREAS , the Sellers own all of the issued and outstanding membership interests (the “ Outstanding Equity Interests ”) in the Company;

 

WHEREAS , the Sellers desire to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Sellers, an aggregate of eighty-eight percent (88%) of the Outstanding Equity Interests (the “ Purchased Equity Interests ”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:

 

Article I

Sale of Purchased Equity Interests and Related Transactions

 

1.1 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms have the meanings set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

1.2 Sale and Purchase of Equity Interests. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, (a) Sellers agree to sell to the Purchaser and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Sellers, all of the Purchased Equity Interests free and clear of all Liens, claims, demands and restrictions on transfer.

 

1.3 GSE Subscription for New Equity Interests.

 

(a) At the Closing, and as a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser and Sellers acknowledge and agree that Gulf States Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation (“ GSE ”) shall subscribe for and acquire new membership interests in the Company (the “ New Equity Interests ”), which New Equity Interests shall represent ten percent (10%) of the total issued and outstanding membership interests in the Company, shall dilute the Purchased Equity Interests to eighty percent (80%) of the total issued and outstanding membership interests in the Company, and shall dilute the Outstanding Equity Interests retained by the Sellers to an aggregate of ten percent (10%) of the total issued and outstanding membership interests in the Company, all upon the simultaneous consummation of both GSE’s acquisition of the New Equity Interests and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(b) Purchaser and Sellers acknowledge and agree that GSE’s subscription for and acquisition of the New Equity Interests shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions of a subscription agreement (the “ GSE Subscription Agreement ”) in a form to be mutually agreed upon and to be entered into between GSE and the Company and delivered at and as a condition to Closing. Purchaser and Sellers further acknowledge and agree that the consideration from GSE to the Company for the New Equity Interests shall be the services to be provided by GSE to the Company following Closing pursuant to the terms and conditions of a services agreement (the “ GSE Services Agreement ”) in a form to be mutually agreed upon and to be entered into between GSE and the Company and delivered at and as a condition to Closing pursuant to which GSE shall provide certain marketing and development services for and on behalf of the Company, including, without limitation, (i) the transfer to the Company of GSE’s existing book of business with DTE Energy, and (ii) GSE’s agreement to further market and develop the Company’s retail commercial customer business, and pursuant to which the Company shall purchase electricity supply to service such DTE Energy and additional commercial customer business from GSE pursuant to the credit sleeve financing terms and conditions of that one certain Energy Marketing Support Agreement dated April 15, 2016 (the “ Luminant Contract ”), between the Company and Luminant Energy Company, LLC (“ Luminant ”).

 

1.4 Mexico Opportunities. At Closing, and as partial consideration for the Sellers’ retention of the Outstanding Membership Interests to be retained by the Sellers following Closing and as a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Sellers or the Principals, as applicable, shall enter into a services agreement (the “ Sellers Services Agreement ”) in a form to be mutually agreed upon and to be entered into between the Sellers and the Company and delivered at and as a condition to Closing pursuant to which the Sellers shall present to the Company all opportunities to provide retail electricity and electric services to residential and commercial consumers within the Republic of Mexico as and when such opportunities arise and pursuant to which the Company shall agree to purchase electricity supply to service such Republic of Mexico business opportunities accepted by the Company pursuant to the credit sleeve financing terms and conditions of the Luminant Contract.

 

1.5 Company Agreement. At Closing, and as a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser, Sellers and GSE shall enter into and deliver an Amended and Restated Company Agreement (the “ Amended Company Agreement ”) for the Company in a form to be mutually agreed upon and to be entered into among Purchaser, Sellers and GSE.

 

Article II

The Closing

 

2.1 Closing. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) will take place at the offices of Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen, Benson & Jones, LLP, 2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite 400, San Antonio, Texas 78213, on the third Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII , or at such other time, date and location or by electronic/virtual closing, as Purchaser and the Sellers shall agree in writing (the date on which such Closing takes place, the “ Closing Date ”); provided, however, that the Closing shall occur within sixty (60) days from the date of this Agreement unless such sixty (60) day period is extended by the written agreement of the Purchaser and the Sellers.

 

2.2 Intentionally Omitted.

 

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2.3 Consideration. In consideration of the sale and transfer of the Purchased Equity Interests to Purchaser and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser shall pay or cause to be paid to Sellers an aggregate consideration amount (such amount, as finally determined, the “ Closing Purchase Price ”) of One Million Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,500,000.00) (the “ Base Purchase Price ”), increased or decreased, as the case may be, by (x) the Working Capital Adjustment Amount in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(i)(A) , (y) the Closing Indebtedness Adjustment Amount in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(i)(B) , and (z) the unpaid Company Transaction Costs Adjustment Amount in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(i)(C) . At Closing, Purchaser shall pay the Estimated Closing Purchase Price to the Sellers as follows:

 

(a) Payments at Closing . At Closing, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following:

 

(i) to the Sellers, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to an account designated in writing by the Sellers to Purchaser no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, an aggregate amount equal to Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($500,000.00), increased or decreased, as the case may be, by the adjustments to the Base Purchase Price set forth in Section 2.4(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) (collectively, the “ Estimated Adjustments ”); provided, however, if the Estimated Adjustments exceed Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($500,000.00), then the amount of such excess shall reduce the principal balance of the Seller Note; and

 

(ii) to any third parties owed Estimated Closing Indebtedness or Company Transaction Costs, the amount of such Estimated Closing Indebtedness and the amount of the Company Transaction Costs.

 

(b) Delivery of Seller Note at Closing . At and as a condition to the Closing, Purchaser also will execute and deliver a note (the “ Seller Note ”) in a form to be mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and Seller, which Seller Note shall be in favor of Sellers for the amount of One Million and no/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) minus , if applicable, the amount by which the Estimated Adjustments exceed Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) (the “ Seller Note Amount ”), which Seller Note shall provide for the payment of the Seller Note Amount, without interest, in two (2) equal installments, with the first due and payable by Purchaser to the Sellers on that date which is ninety (90) days following the Closing Date and the second due and payable by the Purchaser to the Seller on that date which is one hundred and eighty (180) days following the Closing Date.

 

(c) Payments Following the Closing . Following the Closing, the difference, if any, between the Estimated Closing Purchase Price and the Closing Purchase Price, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.4 , shall be delivered as set forth in Section 2.4(c) .

 

2.4 Adjustment Amounts.

 

(a) Estimated Adjustment Documents . No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Sellers shall in good faith cause to be prepared and shall provide to Purchaser for Purchaser’s review and evaluation (i) an estimated balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (as finally agreed upon, the “ Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet ”), (ii) a schedule setting forth the estimated Current Assets and estimated Current Liabilities of the Company as of the Closing Date and setting forth the Company’s proposed calculation of the Estimated Working Capital as of the Closing Date (as finally agreed upon, the “ Estimated Working Capital Schedule ”), (iii) a schedule setting forth the Company’s proposed calculation of the Estimated Closing Indebtedness (as finally agreed upon, the “ Estimated Indebtedness Schedule ”), (iv) a schedule setting forth the Company’s proposed calculation of the Estimated Company Transaction Costs (as finally agreed upon, the “ Estimated Company Transaction Costs Schedule ”), and (v) a statement of the calculation of the Estimated Closing Purchase Price and Estimated Adjustment Amounts, based on the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet, the Estimated Working Capital Schedule, the Estimated Indebtedness Schedule, the Estimated Company Transaction Costs Schedule (collectively, the above (i)-(v) are the “ Estimated Adjustment Documents ”). The Estimated Adjustment Documents shall be finalized by mutual agreement of Sellers and Purchaser no later than the Closing Date and shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied. For purposes hereof, the “ Estimated Closing Purchase Price ” shall mean the Base Purchase Price adjusted, as applicable, by the following (collectively, the “ Estimated Adjustment Amounts ”):

 

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(i) decreased, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount, if any, that the Estimated Working Capital as of the Closing Date is less than the Target Working Capital or increased, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount, if any, that the Estimated Working Capital as of the Closing Date is greater than the Target Working Capital, as the case may be (the “ Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount ”); and

 

(ii) decreased, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount of the Estimated Closing Indebtedness (the “ Estimated Closing Indebtedness Adjustment Amount ”).

 

(b) Post-Closing Adjustment Amount .

 

(i) In order to determine the actual Working Capital, the actual Closing Indebtedness and the actual Company Transaction Costs on the Closing Date, and any corresponding adjustment to the Closing Purchase Price, Purchaser shall prepare (i) a balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (as finally determined, the “ Closing Date Balance Sheet ”), (ii) a schedule of the Current Assets and Current Liabilities of the Company as of the Closing Date setting forth a calculation of the Working Capital as of the Closing Date (the “ Final Working Capital ” as reflected on the “ Working Capital Schedule ”), (iii) a schedule setting forth the Closing Indebtedness (the “ Final Closing Indebtedness ” as reflected on the “ Indebtedness Schedule ”), and (iv) a schedule of the Company Transaction Costs (the “ Final Company Transaction Costs ” as reflected on the “ Company Transaction Costs Schedule ”). On the basis of the Closing Date Balance Sheet, the Working Capital Schedule, the Indebtedness Schedule, and the Company Transaction Costs Schedule subject, however, to the rights of Purchaser and the Sellers as provided in Sections 2.4(d) and 2.4(e) below, and for purposes of calculating the Closing Purchase Price, the Base Purchase Price shall be:

 

(A) decreased, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount, if any, that the Final Working Capital on the Closing Date is less than the Target Working Capital or increased, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount, if any, that the Final Working Capital on the Closing Date is greater than the Target Working Capital (the “ Working Capital Adjustment Amount ”);

 

(B) decreased, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount of the Final Closing Indebtedness (the “ Closing Indebtedness Adjustment Amount ”); and

 

(C) decreased, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, by the amount of the Final Company Transaction Costs (the “ Closing Transaction Costs Adjustment Amount ” and, together with the Working Capital Adjustment Amount and the Closing Indebtedness Adjustment Amount, the “ Adjustment Amounts ”).

 

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(c) Payment of Adjustment Amount . If the Closing Purchase Price exceeds the Estimated Closing Purchase Price, then, within five (5) Business Days of the final determination of the Final Adjustment Amounts in accordance with this Section 2.4(c) , the amount by which Closing Purchase Price exceeds the Estimated Closing Purchase Price shall be added to the principal due and owing pursuant to the Seller Note as of such date. If the Closing Purchase Price is less than the Estimated Closing Purchase Price, then, within five (5) Business Days of the final determination of the Final Adjustment Amounts in accordance with this Section 2.4(c) , the amount by which the Closing Purchase Price is less than the Estimated Closing Purchase Price shall be subtracted from the principal due and owing pursuant to the Seller Note as of such date.

 

(d) Delivery of Adjustment Documents; Disputes . Purchaser shall, within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, deliver to the Sellers (i) the Closing Date Balance Sheet, (ii) the Working Capital Schedule, (iii) the Indebtedness Schedule, (iv) the Company Transaction Costs Schedule, and (v) a statement of the calculation of the Final Adjustment Amounts, based on the Closing Balance Sheet, the Working Capital Schedule, the Indebtedness Schedule, and the Company Transaction Cost Schedule and (vi) a statement of the resulting Closing Purchase Price (collectively, the above (i)-(iv) are the “ Adjustment Documents ”). The Adjustment Documents shall be final and binding on, and deemed accepted by, the Parties, unless within thirty (30) days after the Sellers’ receipt thereof, the Sellers provide Purchaser with written notice of objection with respect to the Adjustment Documents (an “ Objection Notice ”). The Objection Notice shall specify in reasonable detail each item on the Adjustment Documents that the Sellers dispute, the nature of any objection so asserted, and any portions of the Adjustment Documents the Sellers do not dispute. Purchaser agrees that during the entirety of such thirty (30) day period following the Sellers’ receipt of the Adjustment Documents, the Sellers and its representatives shall have, for the purposes of evaluating the Adjustment Documents, reasonable access to the appropriate books, records, schedules, analyses, working papers and other information used in the preparation of the Adjustment Documents.

 

(e) Resolution of Disputes . During the thirty (30) day period following the date on which the Objection Notice is received by Purchaser, Purchaser and Sellers shall meet in an effort to resolve any objections contained therein. If Purchaser and Sellers are unable to resolve the dispute within such thirty (30) day period, then any disputed matter set forth in the Objection Notice which remains unresolved shall be submitted for final determination to an independent accounting firm with no current relationship with any Party agreed upon in writing by the Purchaser and Sellers (such firm, the “ Independent Accounting Firm ”). The Independent Accounting Firm shall, based solely on the documents and presentations made by Purchaser and Sellers and within thirty (30) days after its receipt of any such disputed matter, render a written report as to the resolution of each disputed matter set forth in the Objection Notice which remains outstanding, and as to the calculation of the Final Adjustment Amounts and the final Closing Purchase Price. The Independent Accounting Firm shall have exclusive jurisdiction over, and resort to the Independent Accounting Firm shall be the sole recourse and remedy of the Parties against one another or any other Person with respect to, any disputes arising out of or relating to the Closing Date Balance Sheet, the Working Capital Schedule, the Indebtedness Schedule, the Company Transaction Cost Schedule, the Final Adjustment Amounts and the Closing Purchase Price. The Independent Accounting Firm’s determination shall be conclusive and binding on all parties and shall be enforceable in a court of law. The Parties agree that all adjustments shall be made without regard to materiality. The Independent Accounting Firm shall only decide the specific items under dispute by the Parties and their decision for each disputed amount must be within the range of values assigned to each such item in the Working Capital Schedule and the Objection Notice, respectively. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be paid by the Sellers, on the one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, based upon the percentage that the amount actually contested but not awarded to the Sellers or Purchaser, respectively, bears to the aggregate amount actually contested by the Sellers and Purchaser.

 

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(f) Final Closing Purchase Price . The Final Adjustment Amounts and Closing Purchase Price shall become final and binding upon the parties upon the earlier of (i) the failure by Sellers to object thereto within the period permitted under, and otherwise in accordance with, the requirements of Section 2.4(d) , (ii) the written agreement between Sellers and Purchaser with respect thereto, or (iii) the decision by the Independent Accounting Firm with respect to disputes under Section 2.4(e) .

 

2.5 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Closing Date, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest Purchaser with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company, the Sellers and Purchaser will take all such lawful and necessary action.

 

2.6 Seller Disclosure Schedule . Within ten (10) Business Days from the date of this Agreement, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Sellers shall prepare and shall provide to Purchaser for Purchaser’s review and evaluation the Seller Disclosure Schedule, as defined below. Subject to Section 10.1(e) below, the Seller Disclosure Schedule shall be finalized by mutual agreement of Sellers and Purchaser no later than the Closing Date.

 

2.7 Closing Deliverables .

 

(a) At the Closing, the Sellers shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser the following:

 

(i) The Sellers Services Agreement, executed by the Sellers;

 

(ii) The Amended Company Agreement, executed by the Sellers;

 

(iii) a membership interest assignment (the “ Membership Interest Assignment ”), in a form to be mutually agreed upon by Purchaser and Sellers, executed by the applicable Sellers sufficient to transfer the Purchased Equity Interests to the Purchaser;

 

(iv) the certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 8.2(a) and 8.2(b) (the “ Company Closing Certificates ”);

 

(v) the Payoff Letters;

 

(vi) a UCC search from the Secretary of State of Texas and each county therein in which (A) the Sellers reside or (ii) the Company has offices evidencing any Encumbrances on the assets of the Company, the Purchased Equity Interests and evidence of release of any such Encumbrances relating to the assets of the Company and the Purchased Equity Interests dated not more than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date and in such form acceptable to Purchaser in its sole discretion;

 

(vii) certificates as to good standing (or equivalent certificates) of the Company certified as of a date not more than 5 days prior to the Closing Date by the appropriate authority in the respective jurisdiction in which the Company is qualified to do business;

 

(viii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of the Company (the “ Company Secretary Certificate ”) certifying (A) that attached thereto are true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of the Company as of immediately prior to Closing, (B) that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all resolutions adopted by the governing authority of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and that all such resolutions are in full force and effect and are all the resolutions adopted in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (C) that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all resolutions adopted by the equity holders of the Company consenting to and approving the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that all such resolutions are in full force and effect and are all the resolutions adopted in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;

 

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(ix) the Closing Company Transaction Costs Certificate duly executed by the Sellers;

 

(x) the Closing Company Indebtedness Certificate duly executed by the Sellers;

 

(xi) the resignation of the officers and managers of the Company, except as otherwise consented to by Purchaser, effective as of the Closing, in forms reasonably acceptable to Purchaser;

 

(xii) any original minute books of the Company, including any ownership ledgers;

 

(xiii) the finalized Seller Disclosure Schedule in a form agreed upon by Sellers and Purchaser; and

 

(xiv) such other, instruments of transfer, endorsements, releases and documents as Purchaser reasonably request and are reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) At the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Sellers (or to such other third party as set forth below) the following:

 

(i) the Estimated Closing Purchase Price (to be paid to the Sellers and other third parties as contemplated in Section 2.3(a) );

 

(ii) the Seller Note executed by Purchaser;

 

(iii) the Sellers Services Agreement executed by the Company;

 

(iv) the Amended Company Agreement executed by Purchaser;

 

(v) the certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 8.1(a) and 8.1(b) (the “ Purchaser Closing Certificates ”);

 

(vi) a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of the Purchaser certifying that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all resolutions adopted by the governing authority of the Purchaser authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that all such resolutions are in full force and effect and are all the resolutions adopted in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

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(c) At the Closing, the Parties shall take all steps necessary to cause the GSE Subscription Agreement and the GSE Services Agreement to be executed and delivered by GSE and the Company and to cause GSE to deliver the Amended Company Agreement executed by GSE.

 

(d) At the Closing, the Sellers shall take all steps necessary to vest in Purchaser all the rights, privileges and powers of the Purchased Equity Interests and all Parties shall take all steps necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Article III

Representations and Warranties of the Sellers

 

Except as set forth in the correspondingly numbered Section of the disclosure schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.6 above that relates to such Section or in another Section of the Seller Disclosure Schedule to the extent that it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such Section (the “ Seller Disclosure Schedule ”) and describing in reasonable specificity the basis for such exception, the Sellers and the Principals, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Purchaser that the statements contained in this Article III are true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date.

 

3.1 Organization. As of the date hereof, the Company is a limited liability company, duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas. The Company has all requisite company power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted, to own, use and lease the properties and assets it now owns and to perform all of its obligations under each agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound and is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign entity in good standing in every jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not own any Subsidiary and does not own, or have any ownership interest in, any other Person. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions contained in its Organizational Documents. The Company engages in no operations or activities other than the Business.

 

3.2 Authorization, Execution and Validity .

 

(a) The Company has full limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Company. The Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Company. Assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by Purchaser, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party when executed and delivered by the Company, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally (collectively, the “ Enforceability Limitations ”).

 

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(b) Each Seller has full legal right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery by each Seller of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which such Seller is a party, the performance by such Seller of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by such Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of such Seller. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Seller, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Purchaser) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Seller enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its terms. When each other Transaction Document to which each Seller is or will be a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other party thereto), such Transaction Document will constitute a legal and binding obligation of such Seller enforceable against him in accordance with its terms.

 

3.3 Consents and Approvals; No Violations.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.3(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the performance by Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will not (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of any Organizational Document of the Company, respectively, (ii) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any Legal Requirement or Order applicable to the Company, (iii) require any declaration or filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority, (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance other than Permitted Encumbrances on any properties or assets of the Company, or (v) result in any violation or breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel (in each case, with or without notice or the lapse of time or both) any Company Permit or Contract, including, without limitation, the Luminant Contract, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or the Business is bound, except where such conflict, violation, breach, default, acceleration, termination, modification, cancellation, failure to give notice or Encumbrance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.3(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the execution, delivery and performance by each Seller of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Seller is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not: (i) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any Legal Requirement or Order applicable to such Seller; (ii) require any declaration or filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority, (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance other than Permitted Encumbrances on the Purchased Equity Interests or on any properties or assets of the Company, (iv) result in any violation or breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of or create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel (in each case, with or without notice or the lapse of time or both) any Company Permit or Contract, including, without limitation, the Luminant Contract, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or the Business is bound or (v) create in any party a right of payment from the Company, any Seller, any Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates following the Closing, including without limitation any return of grant monies or assets to any Governmental Authority.

 

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3.4 Capitalization.

 

(a) Section 3.4(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to the Company: (A) issued and outstanding Outstanding Equity Interests and (B) the name of the holder of each of the issued and outstanding Outstanding Equity Interests and the number or percentage held by such Person. Except as set forth in Section 3.4(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (i) there are no equity-based compensation plans of the Company, (ii) there is no restricted interest, stock, option, subscription, warrant, option, convertible or exchangeable security, or other right (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire equity securities of the Company that is authorized or outstanding, and (iii) there is no commitment by the Company to issue interests, shares, subscriptions, warrants, options, convertible or exchangeable securities, or other such rights or to distribute to holders of any of its equity securities any evidence of Indebtedness or asset, to repurchase or redeem any securities of the Company or to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of, change the price of, or otherwise amend any warrant, option, convertible or exchangeable security or other such right. There are no declared or accrued unpaid distributions with respect to any of the Outstanding Equity Interests. All issued and outstanding Outstanding Equity Interests are (i) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; (ii) not subject to any preemptive rights created by statute, the Company’s Organizational Documents or any agreement to which the Company is a party; and (iii) free of any Encumbrances in respect thereof. All issued and outstanding Outstanding Equity Interests were issued in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements.

 

(b) There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, dividend equivalent, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with respect to the Company or any of the Company’s securities.

 

(c) All distributions, repurchases and redemptions of the equity interests of the Company were undertaken in compliance with the Company’s Organizational Documents then in effect, any agreement to which the Company then was a party and in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements.

 

3.5 Financial Statements.

 

(a) Section 3.5 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule includes accurate and complete copies of (a) the unaudited balance sheet and statements of income, equity and cash flows of the Company for the twelve (12) months ended December 31, 2016 and (b) the audited balance sheets and statements of income, equity and cash flows of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. Collectively, the financial statements referred to in the immediately preceding sentence are sometimes referred to herein as the “ Financial Statements ,” the Company’s interim consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016 is referred to herein as the “ Balance Sheet ” and December 31, 2016 is referred to herein as the “ Balance Sheet Date .” Except as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, each of the Financial Statements (including any related notes) (i) was prepared from and in accordance with the Company’s Books and Records, (ii) fairly presents the Company’s financial position, as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods covered thereby, and fairly presents the Company’s results of operations, equity and cash flows, as the case may be, for the periods covered thereby, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and (iii) contains and reflects all necessary adjustments, accruals, provisions and allowances required by GAAP. The reserves, if any, established by the Company and set forth on the Financial Statements, or the lack of a reserve thereon, if applicable, are based upon facts and circumstances known by the Company on the respective dates as of which such Financial Statements were prepared.

 

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3.6 No Undisclosed Liabilities; Work In Progress. (a) The Company has no Liabilities, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances of a type required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for (i) Liabilities and obligations which are adequately reflected or reserved against in the Balance Sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date, and (ii) Liabilities and obligations incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material in amount. Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, the Company has not, nor will the Company have as of or following the Closing, any obligation or Liability for earn-outs or other contingent payments payable to former owners of assets, or equity interests of any kind acquired by the Company or otherwise arising out of previous transactions by the Company.

 

(b) Set forth on Section 3.6(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule is a complete and accurate description of each customer project under which the Company is providing services for which it has received funds for services that have not been fully provided, including for each such project (i) an estimate of the portion of the fee that has been earned to date, (ii) the costs expended on such job to date and the estimated remaining costs to complete the project, (iii) the deferred revenue on such engagement and (iv) a reasonable estimate of any losses that will arise from each such project (e.g., costs exceeding the revenue).

 

3.7 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth in Section 3.7 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2015, the Company has not:

 

(a) suffered a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b) amended, modified or repealed any provision of any of the Company’s Organizational Documents or consented to any such amendment, modification or repeal;

 

(c) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as set forth in the Financial Statements, created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed, endorsed, refinanced, modified, extended, renewed or otherwise become liable for any Liabilities (including any Indebtedness), or failed to pay or discharge when due any Liabilities, or paid, agreed to cancel or pay, or otherwise provided for a complete or partial discharge in advance of a scheduled payment date with respect to any Indebtedness, obligation or other Liability, or waived, cancelled or compromised any right to receive any direct or indirect payment or other benefit under any debt, obligation or other Liability owing to the Company, or granted any extensions of credit;

 

(d) made any material change in its accounting methods, principles or practices (except to the extent required by GAAP), changed or adopted any new method of Tax accounting, made or changed any Tax election, amended any Tax Returns or filed any claim for Tax refunds, entered into any closing agreement, proposed any Tax adjustments or assessments, settled any Tax claim, audit or assessment or surrendered any right to claim a Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax liability;

 

(e) revalued any of its assets, delayed or postponed the payment of any accounts payable or commissions or any other liability or obligation except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, agreed or negotiated with any party to extend the payment date of any accounts payable or commissions or any other liability or obligation, accelerated the collection of (or discounted) any accounts or notes receivable, or taken any actions or omitted to take any actions with the intent or the purpose of increasing the Company’s Working Capital as of the Closing;

 

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(f) issued or authorized any issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution of equity interests in the Company; granted or modified any option, warrant or other right to purchase any equity interests of the Company; issued any security convertible into such equity interest; granted any registration rights; authorized, issued, sold, transferred, pledged, disposed of or encumbered any equity interest of the Company, or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or rights of any kind to acquire, any equity interest of the Company, or modified or amended any right of any holder of any equity interest in the Company;

 

(g) declared, paid or set aside for payment any distribution in respect of any equity interest of the Company or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any equity interest of the Company;

 

(h) sold, transferred or disposed of any assets having an aggregate value of more than $10,000, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(i) sold, leased, exchanged, transferred, licensed (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), acquired, or disposed of, or subjected to any Encumbrance, the Company IP;

 

(j) made any loans or advances to, or guarantees for the benefit of, any Person;

 

(k) purchased any capital stock of or other equity interest in any Person;

 

(l) acquired by merger or consolidation with, or by purchase of a substantial portion of the assets or stock of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or any division thereof;

 

(m) entered into any new line of business or abandoned or discontinued any existing lines of business;

 

(n) created or suffered the imposition of any Encumbrance upon any of its properties, capital stock or assets, tangible or intangible, except for Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(o) made any change in its cash management practices or its policies, practices or procedures with respect to collection of accounts receivable, establishment of reserves for uncollectible accounts, accrual of accounts receivable, inventory control, prepayment of expenses, payment of trade accounts payable, accrual of other expenses, deferral of revenue or acceptance of customer deposits;

 

(p) entered into, amended, modified, affirmatively waived any right under, accelerated or terminated any Material Contract (including any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract in the absence of such amendment, modification, waiver, acceleration or termination);

 

(q) made a commitment for capital expenditures in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate;

 

(r) increased the compensation payable or to become payable (including benefits and bonuses, whether monetary or otherwise) to any of the Company Employees (other than normal increases in base salaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);

 

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(s) adopted, amended, modified or terminated (or expressed any commitment or intention to adopt, amend, modify or terminate) any bonus, profit sharing, incentive, severance, or other plan, Contract or commitment for the benefit of any of its directors, officers or Company Employees (or taken any such action with respect to any other employee benefit plan), or increased the payments or benefits under any such plan;

 

(t) entered into or terminated any employment agreement or collective bargaining agreement, written or oral, or modified the terms of any such existing agreement;

 

(u) made any loan to, or entered into any other transaction with, any of its directors, officers or Company Employees;

 

(v) adopted or become parties to any plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company, filed any petition in bankruptcy under any provisions of federal or state bankruptcy law or consented to the filing of any bankruptcy petition against it under any similar law;

 

(w) paid or agreed to pay any bonuses or other compensation to any Person in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any severance, change in control or related bonuses or benefits);

 

(x) suffered any loss, damage or destruction to its properties or assets, whether or not covered by insurance and whether or not in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000;

 

(y) purchased, leased or otherwise acquired the right to own, use or lease any property or assets, or made any capital improvement, for an amount in excess of $10,000, individually (in the case of a lease, per annum), or $10,000, in the aggregate (in the case of a lease, for the entire term of the lease, not including any option term), except for purchases of inventory or supplies in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(z) entered into any material Contract other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, entered into any other material transaction, whether or not in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, or changed in any significant respect any business practice (in anticipation of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise);

 

(aa) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, applied for any governmental permit, license or authorization outside of the ordinary course of business or the receipt of which would reasonably be likely to prevent or materially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(bb) settled any action, suit, charge, claim or proceeding, at law or in equity, pending or threatened to be brought before any Governmental Authority for an amount to be paid by the Company in excess of $10,000, or which would be reasonably likely to have any material adverse impact on the operations of the Company, taken as a whole, as a result of a non-monetary settlement; or

 

(cc) entered into any agreement, contract or other binding commitment to do any of the foregoing or taken any action or made any omission that would result in any of the foregoing.

 

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3.8 Title to Properties; Encumbrances. Except for properties and assets sold in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company has indefeasible title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all properties and assets reflected on the Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date, including but not limited to all Real Property, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

3.9 Real Property; Leases.

 

(a) The Company does not own any Real Property.

 

(b) With respect to Real Property that is leased by the Company:

 

(i) Each parcel of Real Property has direct access to a public street adjoining such Real Property or has access to a public street via insurable easements benefiting such parcel of Real Property, and such access is not dependent on any land or other real property interest that is not included in the Real Property. None of the Tangible Assets or any portion thereof included in the Real Property is dependent for its access, use or operation on any land, building, improvement or other real property interest that is not included in the Real Property.

 

(ii) All water, gas, electrical, steam, telecommunications, sewer, storm and waste water systems and other utility services or systems for the Real Property have been installed and are operational and sufficient for the operation of the Company’s business as currently conducted thereon. No fact, condition, or proceeding exists which would result in the termination or material impairment of the furnishing of services to the Real Property of the foregoing utility services.

 

(iii) To the Knowledge of the Company, the use or occupancy of the Real Property after the Closing or any portion thereof and the operation of the Company’s business as currently conducted is not dependent on a “permitted non-conforming use” or “permitted non-conforming structure” or similar variance, exemption or approval from any Governmental Authority.

 

(iv) To the Knowledge of the Company, the use and occupancy of the Real Property and the operation of the Company’s business as currently and as proposed to be conducted thereon does not violate in any material respect any easement, covenant, condition, restriction or similar provision in any instrument of record or other unrecorded agreement affecting such Real Property.

 

(v) There are no Taxes with respect to any Real Property or portion thereof that are delinquent. There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened increase or special assessment or reassessment of any Taxes relating to the Real Property.

 

(vi) To the Knowledge of the Company, no portion of the Real Property is located within an area of special risk with respect to earth movement, flood, earth subsidence, rising water or other unusual natural hazards, nor does any Seller know of any adverse geological or soil conditions affecting the Real Property.

 

(vii) The use and operation of the Real Property in the conduct of the Company’s business do not violate any Legal Requirement, covenant, condition, restriction, easement, license, permit or agreement. To the Knowledge of the Company, no improvements constituting a part of the Real Property encroach on real property owned or leased by a Person other than the Company. There is no action, suit, charge, claim or proceeding, at law or in equity, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein in the nature or in lieu of condemnation or eminent domain proceedings.

 

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3.10 Condition of Assets. The buildings, plants, structures, furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property of the Company (collectively, the “ Tangible Assets ”) are structurally sound, are in good operating condition and repair, and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, and none of such Tangible Assets are in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost.

 

3.11 Contracts and Commitments.

 

(a) Contracts . Set forth in Section 3.11(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule is a list of all Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or the Business is bound (each, a “ Company Contract ”).

 

(b) The Sellers have made available to Purchaser a correct and complete copy of each Company Contract. Each Company Contract is in full force and effect and the Luminant Contract is, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the remaining Company Contracts are, enforceable against the other party or parties thereto in accordance with its terms. The Company is not in breach of or default under any Company Contract, nor has there occurred any event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a breach or default by the Company under a Company Contract or result in a termination thereof or would cause or permit the acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit thereunder. Neither the Company nor Sellers have received any notice that it is in breach of or default under, and has not provided or received any notice of any intention to terminate, a Company Contract. No other party to the Luminant Contract is, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to any other Company Contracts are, in breach of or default under a Company Contract, nor has there occurred any event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute such a breach or default.

 

3.12 Litigation. Except as set forth on Section 3.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2012, there has been (i) no action, suit, charge, claim or proceeding, at law or in equity, pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (A) against or by the Company affecting any of its properties or assets; or (B) against or by the Company that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) no audit, examination or investigation pending or threatened by any Governmental Authority against the Company or any of its properties or assets, or any of the directors or officers of the Company in respect of their actions in such capacities; and (iii) no settlements or similar agreements that imposes any ongoing obligation or restriction on the Company. There are no outstanding Orders and no unsatisfied judgments, penalties or awards against or affecting the Company or any of its properties or assets.

 

3.13 Compliance with Laws; Permits.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.13(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company has complied and is complying with and is not in violation of, or under investigation with respect to, and has not received any written notice alleging any violation with respect to, or otherwise been advised that it is not in compliance with, any provision of any and all Legal Requirements and Orders that apply to the Company or the Business or the Company’s operations or assets. To the Knowledge of the Company, no circumstances exist that are likely to result in violations of any of the foregoing or which could reasonably give rise to a claim (without regard to the merits of such claim) that the Company or the conduct of its business is not in compliance with any Legal Requirement or Order.

 

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(b) Section 3.13(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all material governmental permits, licenses or authorizations held by the Company (the “ Company Permits ”), including their respective dates of issuance and expiration. All of the Company Permits are valid and in full force and effect. The Company Permits constitute all governmental permits, licenses and authorizations required to conduct the business of the Company as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor Sellers have received any notice of any claim of any default or violation with respect to any the Company Permits, and all fees and charges with respect to the Company Permits as of the date hereof have been paid in full. No event has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, suspension, lapse or limitation of the Company Permit.

 

3.14 Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(a) Section 3.14(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of (A) all employee benefit plans within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not tax-qualified and whether or not any such plans are exempt from the provisions of ERISA, (B) all equity option plans, restricted equity, bonus or incentive award plans, employment and consulting agreements, severance pay policies or agreements, parachute payment arrangements, deferred compensation agreements, fringe benefit plans and (C) any employee benefit plan, agreement, program, practice, understanding or arrangement not described in clause (A) or (B) above, in each case which is or has been maintained, sponsored, contributed to, or required to be contributed to by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director, retiree, independent contractor or consultant of a Company or any spouse or dependent of such individual, or under which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates has or may have any Liability, contingent or otherwise (collectively “ Plans ”). The Company does not have any legally binding commitment to amend, modify or terminate any Plan or to establish, adopt or enter into any arrangement that would be a Plan.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.14(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, all Plans materially comply with their terms and with all applicable Legal Requirements, including ERISA and the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company has not engaged in any transaction with respect to the Plans which would subject the Company to a tax, penalty or Liability for prohibited transactions under ERISA or the Code, or for any other reason. No litigation, claim, arbitration, Governmental Authority proceeding, audit, or formal investigation (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan.

 

(c) The Company has no obligation to provide health, life or disability benefits to any former Company Employee under any Plan, other than coverage as may be required under Section 4980B of the Code or Part 6 of ERISA or similar statute.

 

(d) Except as set forth in Section 3.14(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, none of the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) entitle any Company Employee to severance pay or any increase in severance pay upon any termination of employment after the date hereof, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or trigger any other obligation pursuant to, any Plan, (iii) result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any Plan, (iv) result in any forgiveness of indebtedness owed by any Company Employee or officer of the Company, trigger any funding obligation under any Plan or impose any restrictions or limitations on the Company’s rights to administer, amend or terminate any Plan, (v) result in any payment or the provision of any other benefit, acceleration of vesting or payment of options that would be a “parachute payment” to a “disqualified individual” as those terms are defined in Section 280G of the Code, without regard to whether such payment is reasonable compensation for personal services performed or to be performed in the future, or (vi) result in the Company having an obligation to make reimbursement or gross-up payments to any Person in respect to any Taxes, including without limitation Taxes incurred under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code.

 

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(e) The Company has delivered or caused to be delivered to Purchaser and its counsel true and complete copies of (i) all plan documents for the Plans as in effect for the Company, together with all amendments thereto which will become effective at a later date, as well as the latest IRS determination letter, or opinion letter if the Plan is a prototype or volume submitter document, obtained with respect to any such Plan qualified under Section 401 or 501 of the Code, (ii) Form 5500 for the three (3) most recent completed fiscal years for each Plan required to file such form, (iii) a current summary plan description for each Plan, together with any summary of material modifications thereto, if any, (iv) any insurance or annuity policy (including any fiduciary liability insurance policy) related to any Plan, (v) the three (3) most recent summary annual reports provided to participants for each Plan required to disclose such report and (vi) any material communication with any Governmental Authority regarding any Plan.

 

(f) Except as set forth in Section 3.14(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, there are no claims pending with respect to, or under, any Plan other than routine claims for Plan benefits, and there are no disputes or litigation pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any such Plans; and all contributions, premiums, or other payments due from have been fully paid or adequately provided for and disclosed on the Financial Statements.

 

(g) Except as set forth in Section 3.14(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no action has been taken, nor has there been a failure to take any action that would subject any person or entity to any Liability for any income, excise or other tax or penalty in connection with any Plan other than for income taxes due with respect to benefits paid.

 

(h) COBRA . The Company has complied with COBRA with respect to any Plan that is a group health plan subject to COBRA.

 

(i) HIPAA . Every Plan of the Company that is a group health plan complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.

 

3.15 Tax Matters.

 

(a) Filed Returns and Tax Payments .

 

(i) The Company has filed or caused to be filed on a timely basis all Tax Returns that were required to be filed by or with respect to it, either separately or as a member of a group of corporations, pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements.

 

(ii) The Company has not requested any waivers of statutes of limitations or extension of time within which to file any Tax Return.

 

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(iii) All Tax Returns filed by (or that include on a consolidated basis) the Company are materially complete, true and correct and comply with applicable Legal Requirements as of the time of such filing.

 

(iv) The Company has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes that have become due for all periods covered by any Tax Return or otherwise, except such Taxes, if any, that are listed in Section 3.15(a)(iv) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule and that are being contested in good faith by appropriate Actions and for which adequate reserves have been provided in the Balance Sheet.

 

(v) The Company has duly and timely withheld or collected and fully paid to the proper Governmental Authority or other Person all Taxes required to be withheld, collected or paid by it and complied with all information reporting and backup withholding requirements pursuant to applicable Legal Requirements.

 

(vi) Section 3.15(a)(vi) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists each income Tax Return and any other material Tax Return filed by the Company since December 31, 2012, and the Company has delivered to Purchaser copies of all such Tax Returns.

 

(vii) No claim has ever been made or is currently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, by any Governmental Authority against the Company in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file a specific type of Tax Return that it is or could be subject to such form of taxation by that jurisdiction, nor is there any reasonable basis for such a claim.

 

(viii) No claim has ever been made or is currently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, by any Governmental Authority in respect of any material Tax or Tax assessment, nor has any claim for an additional material Tax or Tax assessment been asserted in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, proposed by any Tax authority, nor is there any reasonable basis for such a claim.

 

(b) Audited or Closed Tax Years .

 

(i) Section 3.15(b)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all audits of all Tax Returns, including a description of the nature and, if completed, the outcome of each audit since December 31, 2010. The Company has delivered to Purchaser copies of any reports, statements of deficiencies, or similar items with respect to such audits. Section 3.15(b)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule describes all adjustments to any Tax Return filed by or with respect to the Company for all taxable years since December 31, 2010, and the resulting deficiencies proposed by the IRS or other Governmental Authority. Section 3.15(b)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all deficiencies proposed as a result of such audits, all of which have been paid or, as set forth in Section 3.15(b)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, have been settled or are being contested in good faith by appropriate Actions.

 

(ii) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(b)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no Actions are pending before the IRS or other Governmental Authority with respect to the Taxes of the Company.

 

(iii) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(b)(iii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, none of the Sellers or the Company has given or been requested to give waivers or extensions (or is or would be subject to a waiver or extension given by any other Person) of any statute of limitations relating to the payment of Taxes of the Company or for which a Company could be liable.

 

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(iv) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(b)(iv) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no Encumbrance for Taxes exists with respect to any assets of the Company, except statutory liens for Taxes not yet due.

 

(c) Status of the Company .

 

(i) The Company has not been a member of any affiliated group of corporations that has filed a combined, consolidated or unitary income Tax Return with any Governmental Authority. The Company is not liable for the Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of any applicable Legal Requirement, as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.

 

(d) Miscellaneous .

 

(i) There is no tax sharing agreement, tax allocation agreement, tax indemnity obligation or similar agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice, oral or written, with respect to Taxes that will require any payment by the Company.

 

(ii) The Company has not received or applied for a Tax ruling or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code (or any predecessor provision or any similar provision of state or local Law), in either case that would be binding on the Company after the Closing Date.

 

(iii) The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date, as a result of any (i) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date (iii) change in method of accounting for a Pre-Closing Tax Period or (iv) election pursuant to Section 108(i) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) made with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period.

 

(iv) None of the Sellers the Company is a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code. The Company has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii).

 

(v) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(d)(v) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not received, been the subject of, or requested a written ruling of a Governmental Authority relating to Taxes, and the Company has not entered into a Contract with a Governmental Authority relating to Taxes that would have a continuing effect after the Closing.

 

(vi) The Company has disclosed on its federal income Tax Returns all positions taken by it that could give rise to substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.

 

(vii) The Company has not participated in any “reportable transaction” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).

 

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(viii) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(d)(viii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not, or will not be, subject to a tax under Section 1374 of the Code for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date, including, but not limited to, any such tax incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.16 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 3.16(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all Registered Intellectual Property Rights owned exclusively or partially by the Company (including the record owner and jurisdiction of registration application) and (ii) all IP that is not Registered Intellectual Property Rights and that is owned exclusively or partially by the Company, in each case properly identifying all applicable co-owners, if any. Except as set forth on Section 3.16(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, all Intellectual Property Rights that are Company IP (x) are valid and enforceable, (y) are owned free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances and (z) no Registered Intellectual Property has expired or been canceled or abandoned except in accordance with the expiration of the term of such rights or where the Company has made a reasonable business judgment to permit such registrations or applications to expire, be canceled, or become abandoned.

 

(b) The Company own and possess, or have the right to use pursuant to a valid and enforceable Company License, all of the IP materials necessary for the operation of the Business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted. Without limiting the foregoing, each current or former manager, officer, employee, consultant and contractor of the Company who has been involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of the Company IP has executed and delivered to a Company a valid and enforceable assignment of all rights, title and interests that such Person may have, may have had or may hereafter acquire in or to the Company IP. No current or former manager, officer, employee, consultant or contractor of the Company has any right, license, claim, moral right or interest whatsoever in or with respect to any of the Company IP. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no IP that is used in or reasonably necessary for the operation of the Business that will not be available to and usable by the Company without payment of any additional consideration as of or as a result of the Closing.

 

3.17 Employees. Section 3.17 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule correctly sets forth the name, title, employer, current annual compensation, total annual target compensation and accrued paid time-off of the Company Employees (including annual salary (or hourly rate), bonus, commissions and any other payments), regardless of whether any of the Company Employees is absent from active employment for any reason. Except as set forth in Section 3.17 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (a) to the Knowledge of the Company, no executive or key employee of the Company or any group of employees of a Company has any plans to terminate employment with the Company; and (b) neither the Company nor the Company Employees are subject to any noncompete, nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreements relating to, or in conflict with the present business activities of the Company, except for agreements between the Company and its present and former employees, if any. As of the date hereof, all commissions and bonuses payable to Company Employees and consultants or contractors of the Company for services performed on or prior to the date hereof have been paid in full (or accrued in full and are not yet payable) and there are no outstanding agreements, understandings or commitments of the Company with respect to any commissions, bonuses or increases in compensation.

 

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3.18 Labor Matters.

 

(a) The Company is not a party to or bound by any labor or collective bargaining agreement applicable to the Company or to the Company Employees. None of the Company Employees are represented by a labor union, and no petition has been filed, nor has any proceeding been instituted by the Company Employee or group of Company Employees with any labor relations board or commission seeking recognition of a collective bargaining representative. There is no organizational effort currently being made or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by or on behalf of any labor union to organize the Company Employees.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.18(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company is in material compliance with all Legal Requirements respecting labor, employment, fair employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, employee classification, workplace health and safety, withholding and remittance of wages, data privacy, equal opportunity, workplace discrimination, immigration matters and wages and hours, and there is no grievance, unfair labor practice charge or complaint against the Company or regarding the Company Employees or group of Company Employees (or any former employees of the Company) pending or threatened before any Governmental Authority.

 

(c) The Company has not, since December 31, 2014, engaged in a plant closing or mass layoff that is subject to the WARN Act.

 

3.19 Environmental Compliance. Except as set forth in Section 3.19 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule:

 

(a) The Company has complied and is in compliance with all Environmental and Safety Requirements.

 

(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company has obtained and complied with, and is in compliance in all material respects with, all permits, licenses and other authorizations that are required pursuant to Environmental and Safety Requirements for the occupation of its facilities and the operation of its business.

 

(c) The Company has not received any written or oral notice, report or other information regarding any actual or alleged violation of Environmental and Safety Requirements, or any material liabilities or potential liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise), including any investigatory, remedial or corrective obligations, relating to any of them or its facilities arising under Environmental and Safety Requirements.

 

3.20 Related Party Transactions.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.20(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not indebted, directly or indirectly, to any of its managers or officers or to any member of their Immediate Families in any amount whatsoever, except for indebtedness to employees for accrued salaries, bonuses and other employee benefits not yet payable or for reasonable business expenses actually incurred. Except as set forth in Section 3.20(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, none of the managers, officers or employees of the Company, nor any member of their Immediate Families, is indebted to the Company or owed any money from a Company (any such indebtedness, a “ Related Party Debt ”) as of the date hereof or has any direct or indirect ownership interest in any firm or business entity with which the Company has a business relationship or competes (other than the ownership of one percent (1%) or less of the outstanding voting securities of any such firm or business entity). No Related Party Debts will exist as of immediately prior to the Closing Date. Except as set forth in Section 3.20(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no officer, manager or director other than the Sellers, or any member of his or her Immediate Family, is, directly or indirectly, interested in any Contract or transaction with the Company or the Company’s customers or suppliers or has any interest in any assets or property used by a Company (including any Intellectual Property Rights or Technology).

 

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(b) None of the Sellers or any of their respective Related Persons is indebted to a Company or has any direct or indirect ownership interest in a Person with which a Company has a business relationship or competes (other than the ownership of one percent (1%) or less of the outstanding publicly traded voting securities of any such firm or business entity). None of the Sellers or any of their respective Related Persons is, directly or indirectly, interested in any Contract or transaction with the Company or the Company’s customers or suppliers or has any interest in any assets or property used by a Company (including any Intellectual Property Rights or Technology).

 

3.21 Certain Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its managers, officers, agents, employees or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company has: (a) used any funds of the Company for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts, gratuities, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to political activity; (b) made any unlawful payment or unlawfully offered anything of value to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns; (c) made any other unlawful payment; or (d) violated any applicable export control, money laundering or anti-terrorism law or regulation, nor have any of them otherwise taken any action which would cause the Company to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable Legal Requirement of similar effect. Neither a Company nor any of its managers, officers, agents, employees or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company has accepted or received any unlawful contributions, payments, gifts, gratuities, entertainment or other expenses.

 

3.22 Insurance.

 

(a) Section 3.22(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all insurance policies which are in effect covering the Company and the assets, business, operations, employees, officers and managers of the Company (collectively, the “ Insurance Policies ”). True and complete copies of all Insurance Policies have been provided or made available to Purchaser. All Insurance Policies are in full force and effect and shall remain in full force and effect following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has received any written notice of cancellation of, premium increase with respect to, or alteration of coverage under, any Insurance Policy. All premiums due on such Insurance Policies have either been paid or, if due and payable prior to Closing, will be paid prior to Closing in accordance with the payment terms of each Insurance Policy. The Insurance Policies and arrangements identified in Section 3.22(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule are in adequate amounts and cover risk customarily insured against by a business of the type operated by the Company and are sufficient for compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements and Contracts to which any of the Company is a party or by which it is bound. Except as set forth in Section 3.22(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Insurance Policies do not provide for any retrospective premium adjustment or other experience based liability on the part of the Company. All such Insurance Policies (a) are valid and binding in accordance with their terms; (b) are provided by carriers who are financially solvent; and (c) have not been subject to any lapse in coverage. There are no claims related to the business of the Company pending under any such Insurance Policies as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed or in respect of which there is an outstanding reservation of rights. The Company is not in default under, and has not otherwise failed to comply with any provision contained in any such Insurance Policy.

 

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(b) Section 3.22(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth the schedule of the reserves reflected in the Financial Statements for litigation and claim exposure, whether known or unknown, and such reserves are adequate.

 

3.23 Books and Records. The minute books of the Company contain, in reasonable detail, in all material respects accurate and complete records of all meetings held and actions taken by written consent of, the equity holders and governing authority the Company, and no meeting, or action taken by written consent, of any such equity holders or governing authority has been held or taken for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute books if required under applicable Legal Requirements.

 

3.24 Customers and Suppliers.

 

(a) Section 3.24(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth with respect to the top ten (10) customers of the Company (on a consolidated basis) for each of the two most recent fiscal years, the names and addresses of such customers and the amount for which each such customer was invoiced during such period. The Company has not received any written notice that any significant customer of the Company (i) has ceased, or will cease, to use the products or services of the Company, or (ii) has substantially reduced or will substantially reduce, the use of products or services of the Company. The Company is not involved in any material disputes with any of the top 10 customers. Except for payments received in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company has not received payment in advance of any services or prepayment for products or services not yet developed or delivered.

 

(b) Section 3.24(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth with respect to the top ten (10) suppliers of the Company (on a consolidated basis) for each of the two most recent fiscal years, the names and addresses of such suppliers and the amount for which each such supplier invoiced the applicable Company during such period. The Company has not received any written notice, and has no reason to believe, that any significant supplier of the Company (i) has ceased, or will cease, to supply products or services to the Company, (ii) has substantially reduced or will substantially reduce, the supply of products or services to the Company, or (iii) has sought, or is seeking, to increase the price the Company will pay for products or services of such supplier, including in each case after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company is not involved in any material disputes with any of the top 15 suppliers. Except for payments made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company has not paid any supplier in advance for any services or made any prepayment for products or services not yet developed or delivered by any supplier.

 

3.25 Warranties. No products or services sold by the Company are subject to any warranty provided by the Company beyond any warranty contained in applicable standard terms and conditions of sale and any warranties imposed by or arising under applicable Legal Requirements.

 

3.28 Data Protection; Privacy; IT Systems. The Company has been and is in compliance in all material respects with any and all applicable Legal Requirements, contractual requirements, terms of use and privacy policies pertaining to data protection or information privacy, security, collection, use, disclosure, disposal, maintenance and transmission. Such privacy policies have been and are substantially accurate and consistent with respect to the Company’s actual practices with respect to data protection or information privacy and the use of personal data collected by the Company.

 

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3.29 Anti-Corruption and Trade Controls.

 

(a) The Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Person acting for or on behalf of the Company (collectively, the “ Relevant Persons ”), has not violated any provision of any applicable anti-corruption or anti-bribery laws or regulations.

 

(b) The Relevant Persons have not directly or indirectly made any payment or any other transfer of value (or offer, promise, or authorization thereof) to any individual or entity, including any government official, for the purpose of: (i) improperly influencing or inducing such individual or entity to do or omit to do any act or to make any decision in an official capacity or in violation of a lawful duty, (ii) inducing such individual or entity to influence improperly his or her or its employer, public or private, or any Governmental Authority, to affect an act or decision of such employer or Governmental Authority, including to assist any individual or entity in obtaining or retaining business or (iii) securing any improper advantage.

 

3.30 Bank Accounts. Section 3.30 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all of the Company’s bank accounts (designating each authorized signatory and the level of each signatory’s authorization).

 

3.31 Brokers or Finders. None of the Company or any of the Sellers has entered into any Contract entitling any agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other commission or similar fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

3.32 No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article III (including the related portions of the Seller Disclosure Schedule), none of the Sellers, the Company or any other Person has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of the Sellers or the Company, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Company furnished or made available to Purchaser and its representatives (including any information, documents or material made available to Purchaser in any data room, management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the transactions) or as to the future revenue, profitability or success of the Company, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in applicable Legal Requirements.

 

Article IV

Representations and Warranties of Purchaser

 

Purchaser represents and warrants to the Sellers and the Principals as set forth in this Article IV .

 

4.1 Organization. The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws the State of Texas and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted and to own, use and lease the properties and assets it now owns.

 

4.2 Authorization. The Purchaser has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement, and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by the Purchaser of obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Purchaser. Assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Sellers, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as limited by Enforceability Limitations. Assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which they are a party by the Sellers, the Transaction Documents to which a Purchaser is a party, when executed and delivered by the Purchaser, will be a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with their terms, except as limited by the Enforceability Limitations.

 

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4.3 Execution and Validity. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Purchaser. Assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Sellers, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Purchaser enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as limited by the Enforceability Limitations.

 

4.4 Consents and Approvals; No Violations. None of the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to which either is a party, the performance by the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder or thereunder, nor the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Purchaser, each as amended to date or (b) require any declaration or filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Authority save and except for the Texas Public Utility Commission.

 

4.5 Litigation. There is no action, suit, charge, claim or proceeding, at law or in equity, pending or, to the actual knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against, the Purchaser that challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or otherwise delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.6 Brokers or Finders. The Purchaser has not entered into any Contract entitling any agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other commission or similar fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4.7 Investment Purpose. Purchaser is acquiring the Purchased Equity Interests for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof. Purchaser acknowledges that the Purchased Equity Interests are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and that the Purchased Equity Interests may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and subject to state securities laws and regulations, as applicable. Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Purchased Equity Interests for an indefinite period (including total loss of its investment), and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of its investments.

 

4.8 Independent Investigation; No Reliance. Purchaser has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, results of operations, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) and assets of the Company and the Purchased Equity Interests and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, assets, premises, books and records, and other documents and data of the Sellers and the Company for such purpose. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that: (a) Purchaser has had the benefit of legal counsel of its own choosing in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement, (b) in making its decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, Purchaser has relied solely upon its own investigation and the express representations and warranties of the Sellers set forth in Article III of this Agreement (including the related portions of the Seller Disclosure Schedule); and (c) none of the Sellers, the Company, the Principals, or any other Person has made, and Purchaser has not relied upon, any representation or warranty as to the Sellers or the Company, except as expressly set forth in Article III of this Agreement (including the related portions of the Seller Disclosure Schedule).

 

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Article V

Conduct Prior to the Closing Date

 

5.1 Interim Operations of the Company. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, except (i) as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, or (ii) as may be consented to by Purchaser in writing, the Sellers shall cause the Company to:

 

(a) conduct its business only in the usual and ordinary course and shall use best efforts to maintain the value of its business as a going concern and its relationships with its current customers, suppliers, vendors, employees, agents and other Persons having material business relationships with the Company and preserve for Purchaser unimpaired the goodwill of such customers, suppliers, vendors, employees, agents and other Persons;

 

(b) confer with Purchaser concerning operational matters of a material nature;

 

(c) not take any affirmative action, or fail to take any reasonable action within its control, which, if occurring within the time period specified in Section 3.7 , would be required to be disclosed on Section 3.7 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule;

 

(d) preserve and maintain all Company Permits required for the conduct of the Company’s business;

 

(e) pay the debts, Taxes and other obligations of the Company when due;

 

(f) continue to collect accounts receivable in a manner consistent with past practice, without discounting such accounts receivable;

 

(g) maintain the properties and assets of the Company in the same condition as they were on the date of this Agreement, subject to reasonable wear and tear;

 

(h) continue in full force and effect without modification all Insurance Policies;

 

(i) defend and protect the properties and assets of the Company from infringement or usurpation;

 

(j) perform all of its obligations under all Material Contracts;

 

(k) maintain the Books and Records in accordance with past practice; and

 

(l) comply in all material respects with all Legal Requirements applicable to the conduct of the Company’s business or the ownership and use of the Company’s assets.

 

5.2 Communications to Company Employees . Prior to making any written or material broad-based oral communications to the current or former officers or employees of the Company, including the Company Employees, pertaining to compensation or benefit matters that are affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Sellers shall cause the Company to provide Purchaser with a copy of the intended communication, and Purchaser shall have a reasonable period of time to review and comment on the communication and shall promptly respond to the Company (such response to take no more than five (5) Business Days), and Purchaser and the Company shall cooperate in providing any such mutually agreeable communication.

 

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5.3 Control of Operations . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to give Purchaser or the Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the other prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, the Purchaser and Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its respective operations.

 

Article VI

Covenants

 

6.1 Access. Until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, the Company shall give Purchaser and its authorized representatives full access to all books, records, Contracts, personnel, offices and other facilities and properties of the Company; provided , however , that any such access to the Company’s facilities shall be conducted at a reasonable time during normal business hours, under the supervision of the Company’s personnel and in such a manner as to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and not to interfere unreasonably with the normal operation of the business of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither Seller nor the Company shall be required to disclose any information to Purchaser if such disclosure would, in Sellers’ sole discretion: (i) jeopardize any attorney-client or other privilege; or (ii) contravene any applicable Legal Requirements, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

6.2 Confidentiality .

 

(a) Each of the Parties (i) shall itself, (ii) shall cause its employees and other Representatives to, (iii) shall cause each of its Affiliates itself to, and (iv) shall cause each of its Affiliates to cause its employees and other Representatives to, in each case, keep confidential and not disclose the terms of this Agreement to any third party; provided , however , that disclosure of such aspects of this Agreement is permitted: (A) with the prior written consent of either a Purchaser (if the disclosing Party is a Seller) or the Sellers (if the disclosing Party is a Purchaser); (B) to a Party’s professional advisers on a need-to-know basis and subject to their agreement to keep such aspects of this Agreement confidential; (C) to the extent that enforcement of this Agreement’s terms, applicable Legal Requirements or legal process requires public disclosure; (D) in connection with the sale of or other disposition, in whole or in part, of Purchaser or the Company (or any person that controls either of them) following the Closing or any interest in any of them (but then only if such disclosure is subject to a non-disclosure agreement then customary in such transactions); or (E) in connection with a claim by a person that could give rise to a claim against a Party. If any public disclosure is required pursuant to clause (C) above, then the party required to make such disclosure (1) will give notice of such disclosure to the other so that the other may seek a protective order or other protective arrangement to the extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements or other similar or appropriate relief and (2) will undertake in good faith to limit the manner and extent of such disclosure, requiring to the extent practical that the person to whom the disclosure is made maintain the confidentiality of the disclosed terms to the extent possible.

 

(b) Each Seller (i) shall itself, (ii) shall cause its employees and other Representatives to, (iii) shall cause each of its Affiliates itself to, and (iv) shall cause each of its Affiliates to cause its employees and other Representatives to, in each case keep confidential and not disclose all information, whether written or oral, concerning the Business, except to the extent that disclosing Party can show that such information (A) is generally available to and known by the public through no fault of any Seller or (b) is lawfully acquired by a Seller from and after the Closing from sources which are not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation. Sellers will be responsible for violations of the obligations of this Section 6.2 by their Affiliates and their and their Affiliates’ Representatives.

 

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6.3 No Solicitation.

 

(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, each of the Sellers shall not, and shall cause each of the Company not to, nor shall any of them authorize or permit (to the extent within its power and authority) any of their respective managers, officers, Affiliates, trustees or employees or any investment banker, advisor, representative or other agent of the Company or Seller to, directly or indirectly, (i) encourage, solicit, initiate, facilitate or continue inquiries regarding an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) enter into discussions or negotiations with, or provide any information to, any Person concerning a possible Acquisition Proposal; or (iii) enter into any agreements or other instruments (whether or not binding) regarding an Acquisition Proposal. The Sellers shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated, and shall cause their Affiliates and all of their and their Affiliates’ Representatives to immediately cease and cause to be terminated, all existing discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted heretofore with respect to, or that could lead to, an Acquisition Proposal. For purposes hereof, “ Acquisition Proposal ” means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person (other than Purchaser or any of their Affiliates) concerning (i) a merger, consolidation, liquidation, recapitalization, equity exchange or other business combination transaction involving the Company; (ii) the issuance or acquisition of equity securities of any of the Company; or (iii) the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of any significant portion of the Company’s properties or assets.

 

(b) In addition to the obligations of the Sellers with respect to the Company set forth in Section 6.3(a) , the Sellers shall, as promptly as practicable (and in any event within three (3) Business Days after receipt thereof by the Company or Seller or their respective Representatives), notify Purchaser of any Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information or other inquiry which a Company or any Seller believes could lead to an Acquisition Proposal, the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry, and the identity of the Person or group making any such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry. The Company and Sellers shall keep Purchaser informed as promptly as practicable in all material respects of the status and details (including material amendments or proposed amendments) of any such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry. The Sellers agree that the rights and remedies for noncompliance with this Section 6.3 shall include having such provision specifically enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to Purchaser and that money damages would not provide an adequate remedy to Purchaser.

 

6.4 Public Disclosure. Purchaser and the Sellers, or any of the foregoing, shall not make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of Purchaser and the Sellers, except as may be required by any applicable Legal Requirement.

 

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6.5 Reasonable Efforts; Notification.

 

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Parties agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other Parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable (subject to any applicable Legal Requirements) to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using all commercially reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) causing the conditions precedent set forth in Article VIII to be satisfied, (ii) obtaining all necessary actions or non-actions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities including, without limitation, from the Texas Public Utilities Commission, and making all necessary registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities) and taking all lawful steps that may be necessary to avoid any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Authority, (iii) obtaining all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from, and giving all necessary notices to, third parties, (iv) defending any suits, claims, actions, investigations or proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Authority vacated or reversed, and (v) executing and delivering any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement.

 

(b) From the date hereof until the Closing, the Sellers shall promptly notify Purchaser in writing of:

 

(i) any fact, circumstance, event or action the existence, occurrence or taking of which (A) has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (B) has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, any representation or warranty made by the Sellers hereunder not being true and correct or (C) has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.2 to be satisfied;

 

(ii) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(iii) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

(iv) any actions commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the Business or the Company that, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to Section 3.12 or that relates to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c) Purchaser’s receipt of information pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall not operate as a waiver or otherwise affect any representation, warranty or agreement given or made by the Sellers in this Agreement and shall not be deemed to amend or supplement the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

 

6.6 Payoff Letters . Prior to the Closing, the Company shall obtain a letter from each holder of any Indebtedness of the Company, or any Person owed Company Transaction Costs in an amount in excess of $5,000, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Purchaser (collectively, the “ Payoff Letters ”), (i) setting forth the amount of such Indebtedness or Company Transaction Costs and wire instructions for payment of such amount as of the Closing, and (ii) confirming that upon the holder’s receipt of such payment, such Indebtedness or Company Transaction Costs will be fully satisfied and such holder will immediately release all Encumbrances relating to such Indebtedness or Company Transaction Costs. Concurrent with the Closing and to the extent such amounts are not paid by the Company prior to the Closing, Purchaser will cause the Company to pay the amount of such Indebtedness or Company Transaction Costs as set forth in the Payoff Letters and described more fully on the Company Closing Transaction Costs Certificate and the Company Closing Indebtedness Certificate.

 

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Article VII

Tax Matters

 

7.1 Covenants Regarding Taxes .

 

(a) All Taxes of the Company and the Sellers attributable to any Pre-Closing Tax Period (including any penalties and interest thereon) shall be borne and paid by the Sellers when due. The Sellers shall, at their own expense, timely file any Tax Return or other document with respect to such Taxes (and Purchaser shall cooperate with respect thereto as necessary).

 

(b) All income, transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added and other such Taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (including any real property transfer Tax and any other similar Tax) shall be borne and paid by the Sellers when due. The Sellers shall, at their own expense, timely file any Tax Return or other document with respect to such Taxes or fees (and Purchaser shall cooperate with respect thereto as necessary).

 

(c) Purchaser shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, all non-income Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company after the Closing with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period. Any such Tax Return shall be submitted by Purchaser to Sellers (together with schedules, statements and, to the extent requested by Sellers, supporting documentation) at least 30 days prior to the due date (including extensions) of such Tax Return. If Sellers object to any item on any such Tax Return that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely impact on the Sellers, it shall, within fifteen (15) days after delivery of such Tax Return, notify Purchaser in writing that it so objects, specifying with particularity any such item and stating the specific factual or legal basis for any such objection. If a notice of objection shall be duly delivered, Purchaser and Sellers shall negotiate in good faith and use their reasonable best efforts to resolve such items. If Purchaser and Sellers are unable to reach such agreement within ten days after receipt by Purchaser of such notice, the disputed items shall be resolved by a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by Purchaser and reasonably acceptable to Sellers (the “ Accounting Referee ”) and any determination by the Accounting Referee shall be final. The Accounting Referee shall resolve any disputed items within twenty (20) days of having the item referred to it pursuant to such procedures as it may require. If the Accounting Referee is unable to resolve any disputed items before the due date for such Tax Return, the Tax Return shall be filed as prepared by Purchaser and then amended to reflect the Accounting Referee’s resolution. The costs, fees and expenses of the Accounting Referee shall be borne equally by Purchaser and Sellers. The preparation and filing of any Tax Return of the Company that does not relate to a Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be exclusively within the control of Purchaser.

 

7.2 Termination of Existing Tax Sharing Agreements. Sellers shall cause the Company to terminate any and all existing Tax sharing agreements (whether written or not) binding upon the Company prior to the Closing. After such date no Company shall have any further rights or liabilities thereunder.

 

7.3 Straddle Period. In the case of Taxes that are payable with respect to a taxable period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date (each such period, a “ Straddle Period ”), the portion of any such Taxes that are treated as Pre-Closing Taxes for purposes of this Agreement shall be:

 

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(a) in the case of Taxes that are either (A) based upon or related to income or receipts, or (B) imposed in connection with any sale or other transfer or assignment of property (real or personal, tangible or intangible), deemed equal to the amount that would be payable if the Tax period of a Company ended as of the close of business on the Closing Date; provided that exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis (including depreciation and amortization deductions) shall be allocated between the period ending on and including the Closing Date and the period beginning after the Closing Date in proportion to the number of days in each period; and

 

(b) in the case of Taxes that are imposed on a periodic basis with respect to the assets or capital of a Company, deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire taxable period (or, in the case of such Taxes determined on an arrears basis, the amount of such Taxes for the immediately preceding period), multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the portion of the period ending on the close of business on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire period.

 

7.4 Contests. Purchaser agree to give written notice to Sellers of the receipt of any written notice by Purchaser or its Affiliates which involves the assertion of any claim, or the commencement of any Action, in respect of which an indemnity may be sought by Purchaser pursuant to Article IX (a “ Tax Claim ”); provided, that failure to comply with this provision shall not affect Purchaser’s right to indemnification hereunder. Purchaser shall control the contest or resolution of any Tax Claim; provided, however , that Purchaser shall obtain the prior written consent of Sellers (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) before entering into any settlement of a claim or ceasing to defend such claim; and, provided further , that Sellers shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such claim and to employ counsel of its choice for such purpose, the fees and expenses of which separate counsel shall be borne solely by Sellers.

 

7.5 Cooperation and Exchange of Information. Purchaser and the Sellers shall provide each other with such cooperation and information as either of them reasonably may request of the other in filing any Tax Return pursuant to this Article VII or in connection with any audit or other proceeding in respect of Taxes of the Company. Such cooperation and information shall include providing copies of relevant Tax Returns or portions thereof, together with accompanying schedules, related work papers and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by tax authorities. Each of the Purchaser and the Sellers shall retain all Tax Returns, schedules and work papers, records and other documents in its possession relating to Tax matters of a Company for any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations of the taxable periods to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate, without regard to extensions except to the extent notified by the other party in writing of such extensions for the respective Tax periods. Prior to transferring, destroying or discarding of any Tax Returns, schedules and work papers, records and other documents in its possession relating to Tax matters of a Company for any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date, Purchaser and the Sellers (as the case may be) shall provide the other party with reasonable written notice and offer the other party the opportunity to take custody of such materials; provided, however, Purchaser shall not be required to provide such notice with respect to any taxable period ending more than 4 years prior to such transfer, destruction or discard.

 

7.6 Tax Treatment of Indemnification Payments. Any indemnification payments pursuant to this Article VII or any other provision of this Agreement shall be treated as an adjustment to the Closing Purchase Price by the parties for Tax purposes, unless otherwise required by Law.

 

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Article VIII

Closing Conditions

 

8.1 Conditions to Obligations of Sellers. The obligations of Sellers to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to take the other actions required to be taken by Sellers are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Sellers:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each representation and warranty of Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any schedule delivered pursuant hereto (i) that is qualified as to materiality, shall be true and correct when made and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) that is not qualified as to materiality, shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and on and as of the Closing Date, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date shall be true and correct as of such particular date), and the Sellers shall have received a certificate to such effect signed on behalf of Purchaser by an authorized officer of Purchaser to such effect.

 

(b) Agreements and Covenants. Purchaser shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Sellers shall have received a certificate to such effect signed on behalf of Purchaser by an authorized officer of Purchaser, provided that with respect to agreements, covenants and conditions that are qualified by materiality, Purchaser shall have performed such agreements, covenants and conditions, as so qualified, in all respects.

 

(c) No Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Legal Requirement or Order which is in effect and which has the effect of making illegal, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(d) Consents. All approvals, consents and waivers (including all material consents, approvals, permits of, authorizations from, notifications to and filings with any Governmental Entities including, without limitation, the Texas Public Utilities Commission) shall have been received and executed counterparts thereof shall have been delivered to the Sellers.

 

(e) Transaction Documents . Purchaser shall have delivered to the Sellers duly executed counterparts to the Transaction Documents (other than this Agreement) to which it is a party and such other documents and deliveries set forth in Section 2.7(b) and any third parties to the Transaction Documents shall have delivered executed counterparts to such Transaction Documents to the Sellers.

 

(f) Additional Documents . Purchaser shall have delivered to the Sellers such other documents or instruments as they reasonably request that are reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.2 Conditions to Obligations of Purchaser. The obligation of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to take the other actions required to be taken by Purchaser is subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Purchaser:(a)

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each representation and warranty of the Sellers contained in this Agreement or in any schedule delivered pursuant hereto (i) that are qualified as to materiality, shall be true and correct when made and as of the Closing Date and (ii) that are not qualified as to materiality, shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and on and as of the Closing Date, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date shall be true and correct as of such particular date), and Purchaser shall have received a certificate to such effect signed by each Seller.

 

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(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Sellers shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date and Purchaser shall have received a certificate to such effect signed by each Seller.

 

(c) No Order or Restraints. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Legal Requirement or Order which is in effect and which has the effect of making illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There shall not be pending any action, suit or proceeding shall have been commenced against Purchaser, the Company or the Sellers seeking to or which would prevent the Closing. No injunction or restraining order shall have been issued by any Governmental Authority, and be in effect, which restrains or prohibits any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

(d) Consents. All approvals, consents and waivers required to be obtained for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained (including those listed on Section 3.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, together with all material consents, approvals, permits of, authorizations from, notifications to and filings with any Governmental Entities including, without limitation, the Texas Public Utilities Commission) and executed counterparts thereof shall have been delivered to Purchaser.

 

(e) Luminant Contract . All approvals, consents and waivers shall have been obtained from Luminant as required by Luminant in connection with the Company change of control resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Company and Luminant have executed and delivered, effective as of the Closing Date, such assignments and amendments to the Luminant Contract, and to the agreements and other instruments entered into in connection therewith, as may be reasonably required by Luminant in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f) Company Material Adverse Effect. No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement, nor shall any event or events have occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, with or without the lapse of time, could reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(g) Transaction Documents. The Sellers shall have duly executed and delivered to Purchaser the Transaction Documents to which each is a party respectively and such other documents and deliveries set forth in Section 2.7(a) , including, without limitation, the Seller Disclosure Schedule in a form acceptable to Purchaser, and any third parties to the Transaction Documents shall have delivered executed counterparts to such Transaction Documents to Purchaser.

 

(h) Third-Party Obligations. The Sellers shall have delivered to Purchaser written evidence (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser) that the fees and expenses owing to the Company’s and the Sellers’ investment bankers, financial advisors, counsel, auditors and other advisors in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have been paid in full, and that no Company has any liability (including any indemnification obligations) to any of the Company’s and the Sellers’ investment bankers, counsel, auditors or other advisors.

 

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(i) Release of Encumbrances. The Sellers shall have caused the Company to have obtained releases of all Encumbrances (other than any Permitted Encumbrances) relating to the assets and properties of the Company or the Purchased Equity Interests, or confirmation that such Encumbrances will be released upon receipt of the amounts set forth in the applicable Payoff Letter.

 

(j) Retention of Key Employees . None of the Key Employees shall have been involuntarily terminated, voluntarily terminated his or her employment, or communicated any intention of voluntarily terminated his or her employment following the Closing.

 

(k) Additional Documents. The Sellers shall have delivered to Purchaser such other documents or instruments as are required to be delivered by the Sellers at the Closing pursuant to the terms hereof or that Purchaser reasonably request prior to the Closing Date to effect the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Article IX

Indemnification and Survival

 

9.1 Survival. Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and shall remain in full force and effect until the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in (i) Sections 3.1 , 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.31 (the “ Core Reps ”) shall survive indefinitely and (ii) Sections 3.14 , 3.15 and 3.29 (the “ Statutory Reps ”) shall survive for the full period of all applicable statutes of limitations with respect to the subject matter of such representation and warranty (giving effect to any waiver, mitigation or extension thereof) plus an additional thirty (30) days. All covenants and agreements of the parties contained herein shall survive the Closing indefinitely or for the period explicitly specified therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of the relevant representation or warranty and such claims shall survive until finally resolved and (b) the foregoing survival limitations would not apply in the event of fraud or willful breach of this Agreement.

 

9.2 Indemnification of Purchaser. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX , the Sellers and the Principals, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and defend Purchaser, and its managers, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, heirs, executors, personal representatives, successors and assigns, including, from and after the Closing, the Company (the “ Purchaser Indemnified Parties ”), and hold each of them harmless from and against, and shall pay and reimburse each of them for, any and all Losses incurred, sustained by, or imposed upon any Purchaser Indemnified Party based upon, arising out of, with respect to or as a result of:

 

(a) any breach of, or inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty contained in Article III of this Agreement, or any of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate or document delivered to Purchaser on behalf of the Company or the Sellers pursuant hereto (in each case as such representation or warranty would read if all qualifications as to materiality and material adverse effect or similar qualifications were deleted therefrom for the purpose of determining whether a breach thereof occurred and for determining the Losses for which the Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification hereunder);

 

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(b) any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant or agreement of the Sellers contained in this Agreement (including the Seller Disclosure Schedule), or any of the Transaction Documents;

 

(c) any liabilities for Taxes (including penalties or interest thereon) to the extent based upon, resulting from or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby or the business, operations, properties, assets or obligations of the Sellers, the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates conducted, relating to or arising on or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(d) any Indebtedness of the Company or Current Liabilities as of the Closing Date, or Company Transaction Costs, in each case to the extent not included on the Indebtedness Schedule or the Working Capital Schedule; and

 

9.3 Indemnification of the Sellers. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX , Purchaser shall indemnify and defend the Sellers and the Principals and their respective heirs, executors, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the foregoing Persons (the “ Seller Indemnified Parties ”), and hold each of them harmless from and against and shall pay and reimburse each of them for, any and all Losses incurred, sustained by, or imposed upon the Seller Indemnified Parties based upon, arising out of, with respect to or as a result of:

 

(a) any breach of, or inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty contained in Article IV of this Agreement or any certificate delivered by Purchaser at the Closing (in each case as such representation or warranty would read if all qualifications as to materiality and material adverse effect or similar qualifications were deleted therefrom for the purpose of determining whether a breach thereof occurred and for determining the Losses for which the Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification hereunder);

 

(b) any breach of any covenant or agreement of Purchaser contained in this Agreement, or any of the Transaction Documents; or

 

(c) any claim for payment of fees and/or expenses of any broker or finder in connection with the origin, negotiation or execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby based upon any agreement, arrangement or other understanding between the claimant and Purchaser or any of its agents or representatives.

 

9.4 Procedure for Claims between Parties. If a claim for Losses is to be made by a Person entitled to indemnification hereunder (an “ Indemnified Party ”), the Indemnified Party shall give written notice (a “ Claim Notice ”), in the case of claims pursuant to Section 9.2 , to the Sellers, and in the case of claims pursuant to Section 9.3 , to Purchaser (each Person so notified being referred to as the “ Indemnifying Party ”) as soon as practicable after the Indemnified Party becomes aware of any fact, condition or event which may give rise to Losses for which indemnification may be sought under this Article IX . Any failure to provide any such Claim Notice in a timely manner to the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability hereunder, except to the extent (and only to the extent) the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. Each Claim Notice shall set forth (i) the specific representation, warranty, covenant or agreement alleged to have been breached, (ii) the nature and amount of the claim asserted, together with sufficient facts relating thereto so that the Indemnifying Party may reasonably evaluate such claim and (iii) a calculation or good faith estimate, if such can be reasonably calculated, of the aggregate Losses to which the Indemnified Party believes it is entitled in connection with the claim. If the Indemnifying Party, within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Claim Notice, does not give written notice to the Indemnified Party stating its intent to contest such claim, the claim shall be deemed accepted and the amount of the claim shall be deemed a valid claim, and the Indemnifying Party shall, within ten (10) Business Days after expiration of the prior notice period, deliver to the Indemnified Party the amount of the Losses with respect to the claim, unless such claim is contingent or the amount not liquid, in which event the Indemnifying Party shall deliver such amount upon the Losses of such claim being determinable. If the Indemnifying Party shall contest the assertion of a claim by giving such written notice to the Indemnified Party within such period (a “ Dispute Notice ”), then the Parties shall act in good faith to reach agreement regarding such claim.

 

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9.5 Defense of Third-Party Claims. If any action, suit or proceeding is filed or any claim is made against any Indemnified Party by a third party, and such Indemnified Party may be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement with respect to such claim, such Indemnified Party shall give written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party as promptly as practicable. The failure of any Indemnified Party to give timely notice hereunder shall not affect any rights to indemnification hereunder, except to the extent (and only to the extent) that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. After such notice, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled, if it so elects and at its sole cost and expense (subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX ), (a) to take control of the defense and investigation of such action, suit, proceeding or claim; provided , however , that the Indemnifying Party must provide reasonable assurance to the Indemnified Party of the Indemnifying Party’s financial capacity to defend such proceeding and provide indemnification with respect to such proceeding; and provided further, if the Indemnifying Party is a Seller, such Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to defend or direct the defense of any such Third Party Claim that (x) is asserted directly by or on behalf of a Person that is a supplier or customer of the Business, or (y) seeks an injunction or other equitable relief against the Indemnified Party; (b) to employ and engage attorneys of its own choice to handle and defend the same; provided , however , that the Indemnified Party may participate in any action, suit, proceeding or claim with attorneys of its own choice and at its own expense; and provided, further , that if the named parties to such action, suit, proceeding or claim include both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and the Indemnified Party has been advised in writing by its counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such Indemnified Party that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, or there exists a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense (subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX ), to separate counsel of its own choosing, and (c) to negotiate, compromise or settle such claim, which compromise or settlement shall be made only with the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. The Indemnified Party shall cooperate in a commercially reasonable manner with the Indemnifying Party and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of such action, suit, proceeding or claim and any appeal arising therefrom. In the case of Purchaser, such cooperation shall include the retention, and the provision to the Sellers upon request, of records and information reasonably relevant to such third-party claim, and making employees of Purchaser reasonably available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any materials provided hereunder. The Parties shall cooperate with each other in any notifications to insurers. If the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense of such claim within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of notice of the third-party action, suit, proceeding or claim, the Indemnified Party against which such claim has been asserted will (upon delivering notice to such effect to the Indemnifying Party) have the right to undertake, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense (subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX ), the defense, compromise or settlement of such claim on behalf of the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnified Party assumes the defense of the claim, the Indemnified Party will keep the Indemnifying Party reasonably informed of the progress of any such defense, compromise or settlement. The Indemnifying Party shall be liable (subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX ) for any settlement of any action, suit, proceeding or claim effected pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 9.5 and for any final judgment (subject to any right of appeal), and the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless (subject to the limitations set forth in this Article IX an Indemnified Party from and against any Losses by reason of such settlement or judgment.

 

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9.6 Omitted.

 

9.7 Limitation on Indemnification Obligations.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Article IX or any other provision of this Agreement, the aggregate liability of the Sellers and the Principals for Losses under Section 9.2(a) shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the Base Purchase Price (the “ Indemnity Cap ”); provided, however that the above limitation shall not apply in the case of Fraud or with respect to any Core Rep, Statutory Rep, or the representations set forth in Sections 3.5 .

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Article IX or any other provision of this Agreement, the Sellers and Principals shall not be liable for Losses under Section 9.2 unless and until the aggregate Losses for which the Sellers and Principals would otherwise be liable exceed $15,000 (the “ Basket Amount ”), at which point the Sellers and Principals shall become liable for Losses back to the first dollar; provided, however, that Losses relating to claims based on Fraud shall not be subject to the Basket Amount.

 

(c) Any Liability for indemnification hereunder shall be determined without duplication of recovery by reason of the state of facts giving rise to such Liability constituting a breach of more than one representation, warranty, covenant or agreement; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit an Indemnified Party from selecting the theory or right of indemnification under which it may bring a claim.

 

9.8 Adjustments to Closing Purchase Price. All indemnification payments under this Article IX shall be deemed adjustments to the portion of the Closing Purchase Price received by Sellers.

 

9.9 Right of Offset. If any indemnification claim brought by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to Section 9.2 is not timely paid by the Sellers in accordance with Section 9.4 , the Purchaser Indemnified Parties may, but shall not be required to, offset any amount owing (even if not yet due) pursuant to the Seller Note by written notice to the Sellers. Following the delivery of such notice, the principal amount owing pursuant to the Seller Note shall be automatically reduced by such amount.

 

9.10 Indemnification Exclusive Remedy. Following the Closing, except for Tax matters (which will be governed by Article VII ) or claims for Fraud, indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX shall be the exclusive remedy of the Parties for any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty or covenant contained in or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement (without limiting, and without any prejudice to, any right or remedy set forth in any other Transaction Document). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Legal Requirements, any and all rights, claims and causes of action for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation set forth herein or otherwise relating to the subject matter of this Agreement it may have against the other parties hereto and their Affiliates arising under or based upon any Legal Requirements, except pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this Article IX . This Article IX shall not apply to Tax matters except to the extent provided in Article IX .

 

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Article X

Termination, Amendment and Waiver

 

10.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:

 

(a) by the mutual written consent of Purchaser and the Sellers;

 

(b) by either Sellers (on the one hand) or Purchaser (on the other hand) if the Closing shall not have been consummated within sixty (60) days of the date hereof for any reason; provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(b) shall not be available to (i) the Sellers if any action or failure to act by the Company or Seller shall have been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act shall have constituted a material breach of this Agreement, or (ii) Purchaser if any action or failure to act by a Purchaser shall have been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act shall have constituted a material breach of this Agreement;

 

(c) by either the Sellers or Purchaser if a Governmental Authority shall have issued an Order or taken any other action, including, without limitation, the failure or refusal of the Texas Public Utilities Commission to consent to or otherwise approve the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, in any case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Closing, which Order or other action is final and non-appealable;

 

(d) by the Sellers, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Purchaser set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Purchaser shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.1(a) or Section 8.1(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue; provided , however , that if such breach by Purchaser or such inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of Purchaser is curable by Purchaser, then the Sellers may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(d) until thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice to Purchaser of such breach and intent to terminate, provided Purchaser continue to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (it being understood that the Sellers may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(d) if such breach by Purchaser is cured during such thirty (30) day period, or if the Sellers shall have materially breached this Agreement);

 

(e) by Purchaser in the event that Purchaser is not reasonably satisfied with or has not otherwise agreed in good faith with the Sellers as to the final form of the Seller Disclosure Schedule within thirty (30) days following the Purchaser’s receipt thereof pursuant to Section 2.6 above; or

 

(f) by Purchaser, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of any Seller set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of any Seller shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.2(a) or Section 8.2(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue; provided , however , that if such breach by such Seller or such inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of such Seller is curable by such Seller, then Purchaser may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(e) until thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice to the Sellers of such breach and intent to terminate, provided such Seller continue to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (it being understood that Purchaser may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.1(e) if such breach by such Seller is cured during such thirty (30) day period, or if Purchaser shall have materially breached this Agreement).

 

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10.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination. Any proper termination of this Agreement under Section 10.1 will be effective immediately upon the delivery of written notice of termination by the terminating Party, in the case of Purchaser, to the Sellers, and in the case of the Sellers, to Purchaser (it being understood that, in the case of any termination pursuant to Section 10.1(d) or Section 10.1(e) based on any breach or inaccuracy which is curable, delivery of notice of intent to terminate pursuant to Section 10.1(d) or Section 10.1(e) shall not be construed as notice of termination). In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 10.1 , this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect, except (a) as set forth in Section 10.1 , this Section 10.2 and Sections 11.1 through 11.10 , each of which shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and (b) nothing herein shall relieve any Party from liability for any breach of this Agreement.

 

10.3 Fees and Expenses. Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated.

 

10.4 Amendment. Subject to applicable Legal Requirements, this Agreement may be amended by the Parties hereto at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of Purchaser and the Sellers.

 

10.5 Waiver. Any Party hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of the other Parties hereto to such Party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such Party contained herein. Any agreement by a Party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by such Party. Delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right.

 

Article XI

General Provisions

 

11.1 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon delivery either personally or by commercial delivery service, or sent via facsimile (receipt confirmed) to the Parties at the following addresses or facsimile numbers (or at such other address or facsimile numbers for a Party as such Party shall specify by like notice):

 

(a) if to Purchaser (and the Company after the Closing), to:

 

Zen Energy, Inc.

Attn: Alex Rodriguez, Chairman and CEO

5851 Legacy Circle, Suite 600

Plano, Texas 75024

Facsimile:

E-mail:

 

with a copies to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen, Benson & Jones, LLP

Attn: J. Bradley Jones

2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite 400

San Antonio, Texas 78213

Facsimile: (210) 892-1610

E-mail: bjones@pulmanlaw.com

 

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(b) if to the Sellers or Principals:

 

Luccirelli & Gomez, LLC

Attn: Genaro Gomez Castanares

_______________________

Houston, Texas __________

Facsimile:__________

E-mail: ggcastanares@gmail.com

 

TCN Holdings, LLC

Attn: Donnie Goodwin

15 E. Loftwood Circle

Spring, Texas 77382

Facsimile:__________

E-mail: donnied68@hotmail.com

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Chapoton Sanders Scarborough, LLP

Attn: J. Patrick LaRue

Two Riverway, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77056

Facsimile: (713) 999-0025

E-mail: plarue@css-firm.com

 

The Law Office of John W. Wood, P.C.

4900 Woodway Drive, Suite 1110

Houston, Texas 77056

Facsimile: 713-529-7378

Email: jw@johnwoodlaw.com

 

11.2 Interpretation; Certain Defined Terms. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Exhibits, such reference shall be to an Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are only for reference purposes and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. When reference is made herein to “the business of” an entity, such reference shall be deemed to include the business of all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such entity. Reference to the Subsidiaries of an entity shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such entity.

 

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11.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile of PDF signatures, in multiple counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Purchaser and Sellers and delivered to each of Purchaser and the Sellers, it being understood that all such Parties need not sign the same counterpart.

 

11.4 Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, its Exhibits and the documents and instruments and other agreements among the Parties hereto as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (a) constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and (b) except as expressly set forth in Section 6.6 and except for the rights and remedies of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties and the Seller Indemnified Parties set forth in Article IX , are not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies hereunder.

 

11.5 Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the Parties hereto. The Parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.

 

11.6 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof. The Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Harris County, Texas for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (and the Parties agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts), and further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by certified mail shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against the Parties in any such court. The Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement in the state or federal courts located in Harris County, Texas, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

11.7 No Specific Performance. The Sellers agree that notwithstanding any breach by Purchaser of this Agreement, none of the Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates shall be entitled to specific performance of any covenants, agreements or other provisions hereof or any other injunctive or other equitable relief hereunder.

 

11.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH OF THE PURCHASER AND SELLERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY OF THE PURCHASER OR SELLERS IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

 

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11.9 Rules of Construction. The Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Legal Requirement, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.

 

11.10 Assignment. No Party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Purchaser and the Sellers. Subject to this Section 11.10 , this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 11.10 shall be void.

 

11.11 Attorney Client Privilege . All communications involving attorney-client confidences between the Seller, its Affiliates, the Company and Chapoton Sanders Scarborough LLP and John Wood, Attorney-at-Law, in the course of the negotiation, documentation and consummation of the transaction and Transaction Documents shall be deemed to be attorney-client confidences that belong solely to the Sellers and its Affiliates (and not the Company). Accordingly, the Company shall not have access to any such communications, or to the files of Chapoton Sanders Scarborough LLP or John Wood, Attorney-at-Law, relating to the engagement, whether or not the Closing shall have occurred.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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Execution Copy

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Purchaser and Sellers have caused this Equity Interest Purchase Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

 

  PURCHASER:
   
  Zen Energy, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Alex Rodriguez
  Name: Alex Rodriguez
  Title: President & CEO
     
  Sellers:
     
  Luccirelli & Gomez, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Genaro Gomez Castanares
  Name: Genaro Gomez Castanares
  Title: President
     
  TCN Holdings, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Donnie Goodwin
  Name: Donnie Goodwin
  Title: Managing Partner

 

  Principals :
   
  /s/ Genaro Gomez Castanares
  Genaro Gomez Castanares
   
  /s/ Donnie Goodwin
  Donnie Goodwin

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO EQUITY INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

     
     

 

EXHIBIT A

DEFINITIONS

 

Accounting Referee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(c) .

 

Acquisition Proposal ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a) .

 

Adjustment Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i)(C) .

 

Adjustment Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d) .

 

Affiliate ” of a specified Person means each other Person who Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with the specified Person.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Amended Company Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5 .

 

Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a) .

 

Balance Sheet Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a) .

 

Base Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

 

Basket Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(b) .

 

Books and Records ” means all files, documents, instruments, papers, books and records relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, financial statements, Tax Returns and related work papers and letters from accountants, budgets, pricing guidelines, ledgers, journals, deeds, title policies, minute books, stock certificates and books, stock transfer ledgers, Contracts, licenses, customer lists, computer files and programs, retrieval programs, operating data and plans, environmental studies and plans and payroll and benefits information pertaining to employees of the Company.

 

Business ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Business Day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks located in Dallas, Texas are authorized or required by Law to be closed for business.

 

Castanares ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Claim Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 .

 

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

 

Closing Date Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) .

 

Closing Company Indebtedness Certificate ” means a certificate executed by the Sellers, certifying the amount of (i) the Closing Indebtedness as of the Closing and the amount, if any, paid or to be paid directly by Purchaser on behalf of the Company at the Closing (including an itemized list of each such indebtedness amount and the creditor to whom such amount is owed).

 

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Closing Company Transaction Costs Certificate ” means a certificate executed by the Sellers, certifying the amount of (i) the Transaction Costs to be paid by the Company concurrent with or immediately prior to the Closing and (ii) the Company Transaction Costs, if any, or to be paid directly by Purchaser on behalf of the Company at the Closing (including an itemized list of each such unpaid Company Transaction Costs with a description of the nature of such expense and the Person to whom such expense is owed).

 

Closing Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

 

Closing Indebtedness ” means the aggregate amount of the Company’s Indebtedness as of the Closing Date.

 

Closing Indebtedness Adjustment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i)(B) .

 

Closing Transaction Costs Adjustment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i)(C) .

 

COBRA ” means the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company Closing Certificates ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(iv) .

 

Company Contract ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a) .

 

Company Employees ” means all those individuals that are employees of the Company as of the date of this Agreement (including interns and part-time employees) and those individuals that become employees of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice between the date of this Agreement and immediately prior to the Closing Date. For purposes of this Agreement, a “former” Company Employee is any individual who would have been a Company Employee but for the termination of such individual’s employment with a Company, by a Company or otherwise, prior to the date hereof.

 

Company IP ” means IP owned in whole or in part by the Company.

 

Company Material Adverse Effect ” means any change, event, circumstance, development or effect that is, or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the business, assets, financial condition, operations, results of operations or prospects of the Company; provided, however, that “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (v) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of Purchaser; (vi) any changes in applicable Legal Requirements or accounting rules (including GAAP) or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof; (vii) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with the Company; (viii) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God; or (ix) any failure by the Company to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions (provided that the underlying causes of such failures (subject to the other provisions of this definition) shall not be excluded).

 

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Company Permits ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(b) .

 

Company Secretary Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(viii).

 

“Company Transaction Costs” means the total amount of all fees, costs and expenses (including any attorney’s, accountant’s (which shall not include regular audit fees), financial advisors, broker’s or finder’s fees) incurred by the Company, the Sellers or for the benefit of the Company on or prior to the Closing that remain unpaid as of the Closing Date, in connection with (a) any due diligence conducted by the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the negotiation, preparation and review of this Agreement (including the Seller Disclosure Schedule) and all related agreements and opinions delivered or to be delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (c) the preparation and submission of any filing or notice required to be made or given in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (d) the obtaining of any Consent required to be obtained in connection with any transactions contemplated hereby, (e) any change of control payments, transaction bonus payments and stay bonus obligations (and all other Liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses related to such payments or obligations, including any Taxes related thereto), if any, and (f) otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Company Transaction Costs Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i).

 

Contract ” means, with respect to any Person, any contract, agreement, instrument, license, lease, mortgage, note, bond, debenture, indenture, guarantee, franchise, concession, plan, warranty, purchase order, insurance policy, or other legally binding obligation, arrangement or other commitment to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or such Person’s properties or assets are bound.

 

Control ,” “ Controlled ” and “ Controlling ” means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Core Reps ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 .

 

Current Assets ” means any current assets of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date of the type required to be set forth on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, including, without limitation, accounts receivable, inventory, marketable securities, prepaid expenses and other liquid assets that can be readily converted to cash, all of which are to be reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet (and any estimates thereof) (but excludes cash and cash equivalents).

 

Current Liabilities ” means any current Liabilities and obligations of the Company as of the close of business on the Closing Date of the type required to be set forth on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied including, without limitation, (i) any Liabilities and obligations of the Company that are required to be accrued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) Liabilities contingent upon the consummation of, or arising in connection with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and incurred on or prior to the anticipated Closing, all of which are to be reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet (and any estimates thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Current Liabilities” does not mean and shall not include (x) the Company Transaction Costs or (y) the current portion of any Indebtedness to the extent included in the Closing Indebtedness or (z) intercompany or Seller loans or payables.

 

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Dispute Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 .

 

Encumbrances ” means restrictions on title or transfer, including liens, charges, security interests, options, claims, mortgages, pledges, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, or similar obligations or encumbrances of any kind.

 

Enforceability Limitations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) .

 

Environmental and Safety Requirements ” means all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, regulations, ordinances and other provisions having the force or effect of law, all judicial and administrative orders and determinations, all contractual obligations and all common law, in each case concerning public health and safety, worker health and safety, exposure to hazardous substances or materials, pollution or protection of the environment, including all those relating to the presence, use, production, generation, handling, transport, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control or cleanup of, or exposure to, any hazardous or otherwise regulated materials, substances or wastes, chemical substances or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants, contaminants, toxic chemicals, petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, noise, radiation or radon, each as amended and as now or hereafter in effect.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means all employers (whether or not incorporated) that would be treated together with the Company or any of its Affiliates as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.

 

Estimated Adjustments ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a)(i) .

 

Estimated Adjustment Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) (ii).

 

Estimated Adjustment Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) .

 

Estimated Closing Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) .

 

Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) .

 

Estimated Closing Indebtedness ” means the amount of the estimated Closing Indebtedness, as set forth in the Estimated Closing Indebtedness Schedule.

 

Estimated Closing Indebtedness Adjustment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a)(ii) .

 

Estimated Company Transaction Costs ” means the amount of the estimated Company Transaction Costs, as set forth in the Estimated Company Transaction Costs Schedule.

 

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Estimated Closing Indebtedness Adjustment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a)(iii) .

 

Estimated Company Transaction Costs Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) .

 

Estimated Indebtedness Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) .

 

Estimated Transaction Costs Adjustment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a)(iii) .

 

Estimated Working Capital ” means the amount (positive or negative) equal to (i) estimated Current Assets minus (ii) estimated Current Liabilities, each as set forth in the Estimated Working Capital Schedule.

 

Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a)(i) .

 

Estimated Working Capital Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) .

 

Final Closing Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i) .

 

Final Company Transaction Costs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i) .

 

Final Working Capital ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i) .

 

Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a) .

 

Fraud ” means, with respect to a Person, an actual and intentional fraud with respect to the making of the representations and warranties pursuant to Article III and Article IV (as applicable), provided , that such actual and intentional fraud of such Person shall only be deemed to exist if any of the individuals included in the definition of “knowledge of the Purchaser” or “Knowledge of the Company” included in this Agreement had actual knowledge (as opposed to implied or constructive knowledge) that the representations and warranties made by such Person pursuant to, in the case of the Sellers, Article III , as qualified by the Seller Disclosure Schedule, or, in the case the Purchaser, Article IV , were actually breached when made, with express intention that the other party rely thereon to its detriment.

 

GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (as set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or agencies with similar functions of comparable status and authority within the U.S. accounting profession, applicable to the circumstances).

 

Goodwin ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any: (i) principality, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (ii) federal, state, local, municipal or other government; (iii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, subdivision, department, agency, bureau, branch, office, commission, council, board, instrumentality, officer, official, representative, organization, unit, or body and any court or other tribunal, or the Company, corporation, organization, or any other instrumentality that is owned or controlled by any Governmental Authority); or (iv) Person or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any governmental executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, regulatory, audit, investigative, police, military or taxing authority or power on behalf of the above noted entities.

 

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GSE ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a) .

 

GSE Services Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b) .

 

GSE Subscription Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b) .

 

Immediate Family ” means any spouse, parent, child, grandchild, sibling, mother and father-in-law, son and daughter-in-law, brother and sister-in-law, niece, nephew and anyone (other than domestic employees) sharing the same home.

 

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person (and except for accounts payable and accrued liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and not overdue for more than sixty (60) days which are expressly excluded from this definition):

 

(i) all Liabilities, including principal, interest, fees, premiums, prepayment penalties, breakage amounts, expense reimbursements or other amounts payable in connection therewith, for borrowed money;

 

(ii) all Liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property or services;

 

(iii) all Liabilities that are evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument;

 

(iv) all Liabilities, contingent or otherwise, in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty or bankers’ acceptances, if drawn;

 

(v) all Liabilities under financing and capital leases;

 

(vi) all Liabilities payable upon termination of interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements or other interest rate or exchange rate hedging or swap arrangements;

 

(vii) all Liabilities, contingent or otherwise, which in accordance with GAAP would be required to be presented upon such Person’s balance sheet as Liabilities other than Current Liabilities;

 

(viii) all other Liabilities, contingent or otherwise, which would not be required by GAAP to be presented upon such Person’s balance sheet as Liabilities, but of which such Person has Knowledge; and

 

(ix) all guarantees of any of the obligations and liabilities described in clauses (i) through (viii) above.

 

Indebtedness Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i) .

 

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 .

 

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 .

 

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Indemnity Cap ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7(a) .

 

Independent Accounting Firm ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e) .

 

Insurance Policies ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.22(a) .

 

Intellectual Property Rights ” means any and all of the following statutory and common law rights throughout the world in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (i) all patents, utility models, statutory invention registrations, and applications therefor and all reissues, reexaminations, divisionals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof; (ii) all inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, discoveries, improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know-how and technology; (iii) all works of authorship, copyrights and copyright registrations and applications therefor, mask works, and any moral rights associated therewith; (iv) all industrial designs and registered designs and any registrations and applications therefor; (v) all trade names, logos, trademarks, service marks, and registrations and applications therefor; (vi) all databases and data collections (including knowledge databases, customer and supplier lists and customer and supplier databases); (vii) all rights in computer hardware, firmware, and software, including but not limited to source code, object code, and executable code and any associated documentation; (viii) rights to Uniform Resource Locators, Web site addresses and domain names; (ix) any similar, corresponding or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing or in any Technology; and (x) any goodwill associated with any of the foregoing.

 

IP ” means Intellectual Property Rights and Technology.

 

IRS ” means the Internal Revenue Service.

 

IT Systems ” means the hardware, software, data, databases, data communication lines, network and telecommunications equipment, Internet-related information technology infrastructure, wide area network and other information technology equipment, owned, leased or licensed by the Company.

 

Knowledge of the Company ” means with respect to a particular fact or matter: the actual knowledge of such fact or matter by any Seller.

 

L&G ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Legal Requirement ” means any federal, state, local, municipal, provincial, foreign, international or other law, statute, constitution, treaty, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

Liability ” means any liability, debt obligation, deficiency, Tax, penalty, fine, claim, cause of action or other loss, cost or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due and regardless of when asserted.

 

Losses ” means any and all demands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, costs, disbursements, losses, diminution in value, Liabilities, obligations, fines, charges, penalties, awards, damages and expenses (including expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in the investigation or defense of any of the same or in asserting rights hereunder), arising directly and reasonably as a consequence of such matter but shall not include any special, incidental, consequential, multiple of earnings, indirect, punitive or similar, including declines in value, lost opportunities, lost profits, business interruption or lost reputation except to the extent arising from a Third Party Claim.

 

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Luminant ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b).

 

Luminant Contract ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b).

 

Material Contract ” means any Contract that is disclosed or required to be disclosed in Section 3.11(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

 

Membership Interest Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(iii) .

 

New Equity Interests ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a) .

 

Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d) .

 

Order ” means any decision, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, award or determination (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) of any Governmental Authority.

 

Organizational Documents ” means (a) the articles or certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of a corporation; (b) the certificate of organization or formation and company agreement of a limited liability company; (c) the limited partnership agreement and the certificate of limited partnership of a limited partnership; (d) any charter or similar document adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation, or organization of a Person; and (e) any amendment to any of the foregoing.

 

Outstanding Equity Interests ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

Payoff Letters ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6 .

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means (i) statutory liens for Taxes or other governmental charges or assessments or levies not yet due and payable, (ii) liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, vendors or materialmen securing obligations arising in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable and which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business of the Company, and (iii) easements, rights of way, zoning ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting Real Property which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business of the Company.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association, organization, entity or Governmental Authority.

 

Plans ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(a) .

 

Post-Closing Tax Period ” means any taxable period beginning after the Closing Date and, with respect to any taxable period beginning before and ending after the Closing Date, the portion of such taxable period beginning after the Closing Date.

 

Pre-Closing Tax Period ” means any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date and, with respect to any taxable period beginning before and ending after the Closing Date, the portion of such taxable period ending on and including the Closing Date.

 

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Pre-Closing Taxes ” means Taxes of the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period.

 

Principals ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Purchased Equity Interests ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Purchaser ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Purchaser Closing Certificates ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b)(v) .

 

Purchaser Disclosure Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to Article IV .

 

Purchaser Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2 .

 

Real Property ” means the real property owned, leased or subleased by the Company, together with all buildings, structures or facilities located thereon.

 

Registered Intellectual Property Rights ” means all United States and foreign: (i) patents, utility model registrations, statutory invention registrations, registered industrial designs, and applications therefor and all reissues, reexaminations, divisionals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, and international equivalents thereof; (ii) registered trademarks and service marks, applications to register trademarks and service marks, including actual use and intent-to-use applications, and other registrations or applications related to trademarks or service marks; (iii) registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration; and (iv) domain name registrations.

 

Related Party Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(a) .

 

Relevant Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.29(a) .

 

Representative ” means, with respect to any Person, any of such Person’s employees, officers, directors, managers, shareholders, members or other owners, trustees, trust beneficiaries, agents, consultants or other representatives (including any investment bankers).

 

Seller Disclosure Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to Article III .

 

Seller Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3 .

 

Seller Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) .

 

Seller Note Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) .

 

Sellers ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Sellers Services Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4 .

 

Statutory Reps ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 .

 

Straddle Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3 .

 

Subsidiary ” of a specified entity means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture or other legal entity of which the specified entity (either alone or through or together with any other Subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the stock or other equity, partnership or other ownership interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal entity.

 

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Tangible Assets ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10 .

 

Target Working Capital ” means an amount equal to $0.00.

 

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” (and, with correlative meaning, “ Taxable ” and “ Taxation ”) means any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code), 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, state nonresident withholding, unclaimed and abandoned property or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

 

Tax Claim ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4 .

 

Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes (including federal, state, local and foreign Tax returns), including any such document prepared on a consolidated, combined or unitary basis and also including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.

 

TCN ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Technology ” means all technology of any kind, including but not limited to all know-how, show-how, methods, apparatus, compositions of matter, machines, techniques, designs, diagrams, design rules, formulas, trade secrets, ideas, discoveries, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), business materials, algorithms, routines, computer hardware, firmware, and software (including but not limited to source code, object code, and executable code and any associated documentation), flowcharts, files, databases, spreadsheets, works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), processes, test methodologies, any media on which any of the foregoing is recorded, any other tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing and all devices, prototypes, hardware, equipment, development tools and test systems, but not the Intellectual Property Rights in any of the foregoing.

 

Third-Party Claim ” means any claim or proceeding that is asserted or threatened by a Person other than the Parties, their successors and permitted assigns, against any Indemnified Party or to which any Indemnified Party is subject.

 

Transaction Documents ” means the Seller Note, the GSE Subscription Agreement, the GSE Services Agreement, the Sellers Services Agreement, the Amended Company Agreement, the Membership Interest Assignment, and the other agreements, instruments and documents required to be delivered prior to or at the Closing.

 

Treasury Regulations ” means regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury or a delegate of the Secretary of the Treasury, as amended from time to time.

 

WARN Act ” means the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, and similar state, local and foreign laws related to plant closings, relocations, mass layoffs and employment losses.

 

Working Capital ” means the amount (positive or negative) equal to (i) Current Assets minus (ii) Current Liabilities, each as set forth in the Working Capital Schedule. Working Capital shall not include any Company Transaction Costs included as Current Liabilities.

 

Working Capital Adjustment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i)(A) .

 

Working Capital Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(i) .

 

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of March 17, 2017, between The Chron Organization, Inc., Inc. a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and the purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto (including its successors and assigns, the “ Purchaser ”).

 

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 Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser 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 Debentures (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 4.7.

 

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 intermediary, 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 Saturday, 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.

 

Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Debentures pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

Closing Date ” means the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the Purchaser’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Debentures have been satisfied or waived.

 

Closing Statement ” means the Closing Statement in the form Annex A attached hereto.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value$.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed into.

 

   
 

 

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

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Debentures.

 

Debentures ” means the Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, twelve months from the Closing Date, issued by the Company to the Purchaser hereunder, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

Disclosure Schedules ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1.

 

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) up to 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan or agreement duly adopted for such purpose by 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, exchange or conversion of any Debentures or Warrants issued hereunder and/or other securities, options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to acquire, exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into, shares of Common Stock, in each case that are 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, exchange or conversion price of such securities, (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions of companies, assets or intellectual property (or licensing of assets or intellectual property) or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, if any, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company, a university or other nonfinancial institution and in which the Company receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds, (d) securities issued in connection with real property leasing arrangement or debt financing from a bank or similar financial institution approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, provided that the primary purpose of such transaction is not for the purpose of raising capital and/or the securities issued or issuable in such transaction are not issued or issuable to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities (e) shares issued or issuable where the holders of a majority of the outstanding notes waive their anti-dilution rights pursuant to any agreements entered into after the Company has securities registered under the Exchange Act and is required to file reports under the Exchange Act. Such transaction is not for the purpose of raising capital and/or the securities issued or issuable in such transaction are not to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

GAAP ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(gg).

 

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, 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).

 

Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.17.

 

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.

 

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 4.10.

 

Required Approvals ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(e).

 

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 conversion in full of the Debentures (including Underlying Shares issuable as payment of interest on the Debentures) and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein multiplied by three.

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

SEC Reports ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Securities ” means the Debentures, the Underlying Shares, the Warrant and the Common Stock issuable or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

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

 

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).

 

Subscription Amount ” means the aggregate amount to be paid for the Debentures purchased hereunder as specified below the 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 with respect to any entity at any date, any direct or indirect corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, association, joint venture or other business entity of which (A) more than 30% of (i) the outstanding capital stock having (in the absence of contingencies) ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managing body of such entity, (ii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership or limited liability company or (iii) in the case of a trust, estate, association, joint venture or other entity, the beneficial interest in such trust, estate, association or other entity business is, at the time of determination, owned or controlled directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such entity, or (B) is under the actual control of the Company.

 

   
 

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or OTCPink maintained by the OTC Markets Group, Inc.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Debentures, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

Transfer Agent ” means Securities Transfer Corporation and a telephone number of (469) 633-0101 and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Underlying Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock (i) issued and issuable upon conversion or redemption of the Debentures and issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on the Debentures in accordance with the terms of the Debentures and (ii) issued and issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

 

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the Common Stock is is quoted on the OTCPink, the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTCPink as then listed or quoted for trading by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Purchaser and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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 Purchaser agrees to purchase, for a purchase price of an aggregate of $165,000 in principal amount of the Notes. The Notes will be funded as follows:

 

Funding Schedule   Amount of Note     Purchase Price (10% Original Issue Discount)  
On the date of this Agreement   $ 82,500     $ 75,000 *

(i)Provided there has not been a Material Adverse Effect and

(ii) provided the Company is not in breach of this Agreement or the Debenture within five Trading Days of the date the Form 10 filed by the Company.

  $ 82,500     $ 75,000  

 

*Does not reflect $10,000 payable by the Company for Purchaser’s legal fees.

 

   
 

 

The Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to its Subscription Amount and the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser its Note, as set forth in Section 2.2, and the Company and the Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.2 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3, the initial Closing shall occur at the offices of Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree. In the event that there is a Material Adverse Effect or the Company is in breach of this Agreement or the Debenture the Purchaser will not be required to make the Subsequent Funding.

 

2.2 Deliveries .

 

(a) On or prior to the initial Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser the following:

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;

 

(ii) an originally executed Note registered in the name of Purchaser in the principal amount of $82,500;

 

(iii) an irrevocable transfer agent letter to reserve the amount of shares issuable upon conversion of the Debenture which letter shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser;

 

(iv) an originally executed Warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

(b) On or prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

 

(i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;

 

(ii) $75,000 representing the purchase price which is the principal amount net of the $7,500 OID;

 

(c) On the subsequent Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser the following:

 

(i) an originally executed Note registered in the name of such Purchaser in the principal amount that corresponds to the schedule set forth above;

 

(ii) a Warrant to purchase 500,000 of the Company’s Common Stock in the form attached hereto;

 

   
 

 

(iii) a certificate duly executed by the Company’s chief executive officer in a form that is acceptable to the Purchaser; and

 

(d) On each subsequent Closing Date, the Purchaser shall deliver (by wire transfer pursuant to wire instructions provided by the Company to the Purchaser) to the applicable purchase price for the amount of the Note being funded according to the schedule above, provided that the Purchaser may deduct the amount of $5,000 from the amount due for the second closing note for payment of Purchaser’s legal fees.

 

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 (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on a Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to a Closing Date shall have been performed; and

 

(iii) the delivery by Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

(b) The obligation of the Purchaser hereunder in connection with the closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on a Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to an applicable Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

(iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Agreement;

 

(iv) there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof and the Company shall not be in breach of any Transaction Document;

 

(v) from the date hereof to a Closing Date, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the Company’s principal Trading Market, and, at any time prior to a Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg L.P. shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New York State authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity of such magnitude in its effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial market which, in each case, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Securities at on the Closing Date.

 

   
 

 

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise 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:

 

(a) Subsidiaries . The Company has two Subsidiaries. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary, in the amounts set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), free and clear of any 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. If the Company has no Subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.

 

(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.

 

(c) Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the 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 therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each 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 the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it to which it is a party of the other 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 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 4.6 and (ii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).

 

(f) Issuance of the Securities . The issuance of the Debentures and Common Stock being issued pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, and have been 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. The Company has reserved the Required Minimum for issuance of the Underlying Shares.

 

(g) Capitalization . The capitalization of the Company immediately prior to Closing is, in all material respects, as set forth on Schedule 3.1(g) . Except as provided on Schedule 3.1(g) , no Person has (i) 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 for such, if any, as will have been validly waived before the Closing and (ii) 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 Purchaser) 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 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. 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.

 

   
 

 

(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements, shell status . The Company is not required to file reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”). The financial statements of the Company included published with the OTCPink 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. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“ 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. The Company is not now nor has it even been a “shell” as such term is defined in Rule 144 (i)(1) under the Exchange Act or “blank check” company.

 

(i) Material Changes . Except as provided in Schedule 3.1(i) , since the date of the latest financial statements included published with the OTCPink : (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not 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 and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity incentive plans. 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, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations 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 one Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(j) Litigation . 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 ”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 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. 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.

 

   
 

 

(k) Labor Relations . No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 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, to the knowledge of the Company, 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. To the Company’s knowledge, 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.

 

(l) Compliance . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) 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 material 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 order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment, except in each of the foregoing cases as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(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, 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.

 

(n) Title to Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by it that, in each case, is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for 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 and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties in any material respect. 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.

 

(o) Patents and Trademarks . To the Company’s knowledge (without having conducted any independent investigation): (i) the Company and the Subsidiaries have, 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 as necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights “); (ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person; (iii) all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights, except where the failure to be so enforceable or for such infringements as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

   
 

 

(p) Transactions with Affiliates and Employees . None of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company 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, 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 or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 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 agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

(q) Environmental Laws . The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except in each of the above cases where noncompliance could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls . The Company is in material compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries will as of the filing of the Form 10, 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.

 

(s) Certain Fees . Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.1(s), no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company 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 Purchaser 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 Purchaser’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Debentures by the Company to the Purchaser as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Debentures 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 subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(v) Registration Rights . No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.

 

(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is not required to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act. 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 Purchaser as a result of the Purchaser 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 Purchaser’s ownership of the Securities.

 

(y) Disclosure . Except with respect to (i) the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and (ii) information given to the Investor, if any, which the Company hereby confirms will not constitute material non-public information six months from the date hereof, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Purchaser or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct 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 the Purchaser has not 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 Purchaser’s 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 the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act.

 

(aa) Tax Status . Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(bb) 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 Purchaser and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

(cc) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

(dd) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers; Outstanding SEC Comments. 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 or immediately after the Closing Date will be current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents. There are no unresolved comments or inquiries received by the Company or its Affiliates from the Commission which remain unresolved as of the date hereof.

 

(ee) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser 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 the 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 Purchaser’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the 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.

 

   
 

 

(ff) Disqualification . No executive officer, member of the Board of Directors of the Company or shareholder of the Company beneficially owning more than 10% of the Company’s securities is currently subject to a Disqualifying Event. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disqualifying Event” means any conviction, order, judgment, decree, suspension, expulsion, event or other matter set out in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii) of Regulation D that is currently in effect or which occurred within the periods set out in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii).

 

(gg) 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 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, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business 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, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. As of the date hereof, the Company has no intention to file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(gg ) 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 $10,000 (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 $10,000 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. On each closing the Notes shall be senior to the Company’s existing debt and there are no existing Liens or security interest on any of the Company’s assets or any Subsidiary of the Company.

 

3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser . The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows:

 

(a) Organization; Authority . The Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership 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. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Purchaser, and when delivered by the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the 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.

 

   
 

 

(b) Own Account . The 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 (this representation and warranty not limiting the Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities pursuant to a registration statement or otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law. The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c) Purchaser Status . At the time the Purchaser was offered the Debentures, it was, and as of the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it converts any Debentures it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Experience of the Purchaser . The 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. The 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 . The Purchaser is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

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 in connection with a pledge as contemplated in Section 4.1(b), 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, including the representations and warranties made by each Purchaser herein, and shall have the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement.

 

   
 

 

(b) The Purchaser agrees 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 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser may from time to time grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement and subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, the Purchaser may transfer secured Securities to the secured parties. Absent special circumstances, such a transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the secured party shall be required in connection therewith. At the Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities.

 

(c) Certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares (or, if Underlying Shares are issued in uncertificated form, comparable share notices) shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (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 otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission), as reasonably determined by the Company. Upon the Purchaser’s request in connection with a proposed sale of Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144 and if the Company reasonably determines it is so required, upon receipt of customary documentation from Purchaser’s broker (if the Underlying Shares are sold in brokers transactions), the Company shall, at its own cost and effort, retain legal counsel to provide an opinion letter to the Company’s transfer agent opining that the Underlying Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act, pursuant to Rule 144, promulgated thereunder, so long as the requirements of Rule 144 are met for any Underlying Shares to be resold thereunder. The Company shall arrange for any such opinion letter to be provided not later than two (2) business days after the date of delivery to and receipt by the Company of a written request by the Purchaser together with (if required in order to render the opinion) any broker’s representation letter of other customary documentation reasonably requested by the Company evidencing compliance with Rule 144 (the “ Legend Removal Date ”).

 

(d) In addition to the Purchaser’s other available remedies, the Company shall pay to the Purchaser, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date such Securities are submitted to the Transfer Agent) delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to Section 4.1(c), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day 5 Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Legend Removal Date until such certificate (or, if the Underlying Shares are in uncertificated form, a comparable notice of share ownership) is delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit the Purchaser’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates representing any Securities as required by the Transaction Documents, and the Purchaser shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief.

 

   
 

 

(e) The Purchaser agrees that the Purchaser will sell any Securities only pursuant to either an exemption from registration or a registration statement under the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, 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.

 

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, which dilution may be substantial under certain market conditions. 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 the 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 Information . Beginning no later than ninety days from the date of this Agreement, and until) the Purchaser owns no Securities the Company covenants that it will maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to use all commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. As long as the Purchaser owns Securities, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and make publicly available in accordance with Rule 144(c) such information as is required for the Purchaser to sell the Securities under Rule 144. The Company further covenants that it will use all commercially reasonable efforts to take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request, to the extent required from time to time to enable such Person to sell such Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the requirements of the exemption provided by Rule 144.

 

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 to the Purchaser in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchaser.

 

4.5 Conversion and Exercise Procedures . The form of Notice of Conversion included in the Debentures sets forth the totality of the procedures required of the Purchaser in order to convert the Debentures. No additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Purchaser to convert their Debentures. The Company shall honor conversions of the Debentures and shall deliver Underlying Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

   
 

 

4.6 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto. The Company and the Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor the 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 the Purchaser, or without the prior consent of the 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, other than in connection with the Company’s SEC Reports or disclosures to any regulatory agency or Trading Market that the Company determines are necessary or appropriate, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Purchaser, or include the name of the Purchaser, in any press release or similar public statement, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser.

 

4.7 Shareholder Rights Plan . No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that the 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 that the Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or any other agreement between the Company and the Purchaser.

 

4.8 Non-Public Information . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that after the Closing Date neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide the Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. Purchaser acknowledges that it is aware that the United States securities laws prohibit any person who has material non-public information about a company from purchasing or selling securities of such company, or from communicating such information to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities, and Purchaser agrees not to engage in any unlawful trading in securities of the Company or unlawful misuse or misappropriation of any such information. Purchaser agrees to maintain the confidentiality of and not disclose or use (except for purposes relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) any confidential, proprietary or non-public information disclosed by the Company to Purchaser.

 

4.9 Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes. The Company shall not use any of the net proceeds from the sale of the Debentures for: (a) the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or (c) the settlement of any litigation.

 

4.10 Indemnification of Purchaser . Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Company will indemnify and hold the 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 the 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 person (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 any action, suit, claim or proceeding brought by a third party against such Purchaser Party arising out 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 a Purchaser in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of the Purchaser, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings the Purchaser may have with any such stockholder or any violations by the Purchaser of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by the Purchaser which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against the 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 the Purchaser Party. 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 separate 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.

 

   
 

 

4.11 Reservation and Listing of Securities .

 

(a) The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common 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 the Required Minimum on such date, 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, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 60th calendar day after such date.

 

(c) The Company shall, if applicable: (i) in the time and manner required by the principal Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date of such application, (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such shares of Common Stock to be approved for listing on such Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter, (iii) provide to the Purchaser evidence of such listing and (iv) maintain the listing of such Common Stock on any date at least equal to the Required Minimum on such date on such Trading Market or another Trading Market.

 

   
 

 

4.12 Form D; Blue Sky Filings . The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of the Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchaser at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of the Purchaser.

 

4.13 Corporate Existence . So long as any of the Debentures remain outstanding, the Company shall not directly or indirectly consummate any merger, reorganization, restructuring, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, an “ Organizational Change ”) unless, prior to the consummation an Organizational Change, the Company obtains the written consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In any such case, the Company will make appropriate provision with respect to such holders’ rights and interests to insure that the provisions of this Section 4.13 will thereafter be applicable to the Debentures.

 

4.14 Transfer Agent . The Company covenants and agrees that it will at all times while the Debentures remains outstanding maintain a duly qualified independent transfer agent.

 

4.15 Reserved .

 

4.16 No Short Selling . The Purchaser has and shall not, directly or indirectly, his, her or itself, through related parties, affiliates or otherwise, (i) sell “short” or “short against the box” (as those terms are generally understood) any equity security of the Company or (ii) otherwise engage in any transaction that involves hedging of the Purchaser’s position in any equity security of the Company, until the later of (i) the date the Debentures owned by the Purchaser is no longer owned by the Purchaser, or (ii) the Maturity Date (as such term is defined in the Debentures) and the Conversion Date.

 

4.17 Subsequent Rights Offerings . If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock, 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 conversion of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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 (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent).

 

4.18 Registration Rights (a) Within 60 days of the filing of the Form 10, the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”) to register the resale by the Purchaser of all Registrable Securities within. “Registrable Securities” means all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures issued pursuant to this Agreement and all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement; provided that a share of Common Stock shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of the following: (a) its sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or (B) it becomes eligible for resale by its holder under Rule 144 without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required thereunder and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions. As long as the Purchaser owns any Registrable Securities the Company shall keep the Registration Statement effective and shall file such post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as is required to keep such Registration Statement effective with the SEC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the consent of the Purchaser except for the Registrable Securities, no other securities shall be included on or in the Registration Statement and the Company shall not file another registration statement with the SEC until the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC or the Registrable Securities cease to be Registerable Securities as provided herein.

 

   
 

 

(b) While the Registration Statement remains effective, Purchaser hereunder may sell its Registrable Securities in accordance with the plan of distribution contained in the Registration Statement and if it does so it will comply therewith and with the related prospectus delivery requirements unless an exemption therefrom is available. Purchaser shall, if notified by the Company in writing at any time that the Registration Statement is not effective or that the prospectus included in such Registration Statement no longer complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, refrain from selling such Shares until such time as the Company notifies the Purchaser in writing that the Registration Statement is effective or the prospectus is compliant with Section 10 of the Securities Act, unless such Purchaser is able to, and does, sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act. Purchaser agrees to promptly furnish to the Company such information that the Company reasonably requires from that Purchaser for use in the Registration Statement and consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.

 

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated by the Purchaser, as to the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the Purchaser, by written notice to the other parties, if the second Closing has not been consummated on or before May 31, 2017; provided , however , that such termination will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).

 

5.2 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, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchaser. The Company agrees to pay counsel for the Purchaser $10,000 in fees., of which $5,000 has been paid. The Purchaser may withhold $5,000 of the purchase price of the second Debenture in order to pay the balance of the fees due its counsel.

 

5.3 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 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.

 

   
 

 

5.4 Notices . Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, all notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (i) personally served, (ii) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (iv) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, email addressed as set forth on the signature pages to this Agreement or to such other address or email address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (a) upon hand delivery or delivery by email at the address designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (b) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The addresses for such communications shall be as set forth on the signature page to this Agreement.

 

5.5 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 Purchaser 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.

 

5.6 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.

 

5.7 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 the Purchaser (other than by merger). The Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom the Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transfer complies with all applicable federal and state securities laws and that such transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the Purchaser.

 

5.8 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 4.10.

 

5.9 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 New York, 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, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, 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. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

   
 

 

5.10 Survival . The representations and warranties shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Debentures until, with respect to the Purchaser, the Debentures held by the Purchaser has been paid in full or converted into Underlying Shares, at which time they shall expire such respect to Purchaser and shall no longer be of any force or effect.

 

5.11 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 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.

 

5.12 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.

 

5.13 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 the 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 the 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 a Debentures, the Purchaser shall be required to return any shares of Common Stock subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.

 

5.14 Replacement of Securities . If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

   
 

 

5.15 Remedies . In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchaser 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 agrees 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.

 

5.16 Payment Set Aside . To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or the 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.

 

5.17 Usury . To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any claim, action or proceeding that may be brought by the Purchaser in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “ Maximum Rate ”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to the Purchaser with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by the Purchaser to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at the Purchaser’s election.

 

5.18 Liquidated Damages . The Company’s obligations to pay any partial liquidated damages or other amounts owing under the Transaction Documents is a continuing obligation of the Company and shall not terminate until all unpaid partial liquidated damages and other amounts have been paid notwithstanding the fact that the instrument or security pursuant to which such partial liquidated damages or other amounts are due and payable shall have been canceled.

 

   
 

 

5.19 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.

 

5.20 Construction . The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has 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 hereto.

 

5.21 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.

 

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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.

 

THE CHRON ORGANIZATION, INC.

 

By: /s/ Alex Rodriguez  
Name: Alex Rodriguez  
Title: CEO  

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

EMAIL ADDRESS FOR NOTICE    

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]

 

   
 

 

[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGES TO THE CHRON ORGNAIZATION, INC. SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser: Bellridge Capital, LLC  
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Purchaser : /s/ Robert Klimov
Name of Authorized Signatory: Robert Klimov  
Title of Authorized Signatory: Managing Partner  
Email Address of Authorized Signatory:  
Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Address for Notice of Purchaser:

 

Address for Delivery of Securities for Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):

 

EIN Number: [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]

 

   
 

 

Annex A

 

CLOSING STATEMENT

 

Pursuant to the attached Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereto, the purchaser shall purchase an aggregate of $165,000 Original Discount Debentures from The Chron Organization, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) for a purchase price of an aggregate of up to $150,000. The Purchase Directs that the funds for the purchase of $82,500 Debenture for a purchase price of $75,000 be disbursed as follows:

 

First Closing

 

Disbursement Date: March __, 2017

 

I. FACE AMOUNT OF DEBENTURE   $ 82,500  
         
Less: OID     (7,500 )
         
II. DISBURSEMENTS        
         
Total Amount Disbursed:   $ 75,000  

 

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS :

Bank: Bank of America

Bank Routing #: 026009593

 

Account Name: The Chron Organization, Inc.

Account Address: 5851 Legacy Circle, Suite 600, Plano, TX 75024

Account #: 4880 5973 0354

 

Second Closing

 

Disbursement Date: ___, 2017

 

I. FACE AMOUNT OF DEBENTURE   $ 82,500  
         
Less: OID     (7,500 )
         
Legal Fees     (5,000 )

Gross Proceeds to be Received        

 

II. DISBURSEMENTS        
         
Total Amount Disbursed:   $ 70,000  

 

WIRE INSTRUCTIONS :

 

Bank: Bank of America

Bank Routing #: 026009593

 

Account Name: The Chron Organization, Inc.

Account Address: 5851 Legacy Circle, Suite 600, Plano, TX 75024

Account #: 4880 5973 0354

 

[additional disbursements to be inserted]

 

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THE CHRON ORGANIZATIONI, INC.

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

   
 

 

Schedule 3.1(a)

Wholly owned Subsidiaries

 

The Company has two wholly owned Subsidiaries as follows:

 

Zen Energy, Inc., a Texas corporation, incorporated June 1, 2016 with 1,000,000 shares of no par value common stock authorized, Texas filing #802470038

 

Zen Technologies, Inc., a Texas corporation, incorporated May 31, 2016 with 1,000,000 shares of no par value common stock authorized, Texas filing #802469065

 

Schedule 3.1(g)

Capitalization Table

 

The capitalization of the Company immediately prior to Closing is, as follows:

 

Class A Common Stock, 1,450,000,000 authorized

 

Issued and Outstanding     874,307,570  
Reserved for Issuance:        
Convertible Promissory Notes     25,000,000  
Related Party Convertible Notes     64,333,333  
Warrants     10,000,000  
Related Party Warrants     32,166,667  
Fully Diluted     1,005,807,570  

 

Class B Common Stock, 10,000,000 Authorized

 

Issued and Outstanding     10,000,000  

 

Preferred Stock, 40,000,000 Authorized

 

Issued and Outstanding     -0-  

 

   
 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Convertible Debenture

 

   
 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Warrant

 

   
 

 

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

 

The Chron Organization, Inc.

 

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

 

Name   Jurisdiction of Incorporation
Chron Home Services, Inc.    Texas
Zen Energy, Inc.   Texas
Zen Technologies, Inc.   Texas