UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2018

 

Amedica Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-33624   84-1375299
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1885 West 2100 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 839-3500

 

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company [X]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

 

 

     

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Debt Assignment

 

On January 3, 2018, Amedica Corporation (the “Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary US Spine, Inc. entered into an Assignment Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (collectively the “Assignees” and each an “Assignee”), Hercules Technology III, L.P. (“HT III”) and Hercules Capital, Inc. (“HC” and, together with HT III, “Hercules”), pursuant to which Hercules assigned to the Assignees all amounts remaining due under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated June 30, 2014, as amended, between the Company and Hercules (the “Loan and Security Agreement”) and (2) the note (the “Hercules Note”) between the Company and Hercules evidencing the amounts due under the Loan and Security Agreement. The total amount assigned by Hercules to the Assignees equals in the aggregate $2,264,622.80, which is secured by the same collateral underlying the Loan and Security Agreement.

 

The foregoing description of the Assignment Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Assignment Agreement, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exchange

 

On January 3, 2018, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with the Assignees, pursuant to which the Company agreed to exchange (the “Exchange”) the Hercules Note held by the Assignees for senior secured convertible promissory notes each in the principal amount of $1,132,311.40 for an aggregate principal amount of $2,264,622.80 (the “Exchange Notes”). The Exchange Notes will mature on February 3, 2019 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

The Exchange Notes bear interest at a rate of 15% per annum, with the interest being guaranteed. Prior to the Maturity Date, all interest accrued under the Exchange Notes is payable in cash or, if certain conditions are met, payable in shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) at the Company’s option.

 

All principal accrued under the Exchange Notes is convertible into shares of Common Stock (“Conversion Shares”) at the election of the Assignees at any time at a fixed conversion price of $3.87 per share (the “Conversion Price”). If the entire principal amount under the Exchange Notes is converted to Common Stock at the Conversion Price, the Assignees would receive approximately 585,174 shares of Common Stock.

 

Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the Assignees are entitled to convert all or any part of their Exchange Note at a conversion price (the “Alternate Conversion Price”) equal to 70% of the lowest traded price of the Common Stock during the ten trading days prior to the conversion date, provided that (i) in no event may the Alternate Conversion Price be less than $1.75 per share and (ii) the Assignees shall not be entitled to receive more than 19.99% of the outstanding Common Stock.

 

If the maximum amount of principal and interest is converted to Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price, the Assignees would receive no more than 604,113 shares of Common Stock.

 

So long as this Exchange Notes remains outstanding or the Assignees hold any Conversion Shares, the Company is prohibited from entering into any financing transaction pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than $1.75 per share. In addition, the Company is prohibited from (i) exchanging any indebtedness or securities of the Company for any other indebtedness or securities of the Company, (ii) cooperating with any person to effect any exchange of indebtedness or securities of the Company in connection with a proposed sale of such securities from an existing holder of such securities to a third party, (iii) reducing or otherwise changing the exercise price, conversion price or exchange price of certain common stock equivalents of the Company or amending any non-convertible indebtedness of the Company to make it convertible into securities of the Company, (iv) issuing or selling any securities either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of, or quotations for, Common Stock, or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or price that is subject to being reset on one or more occasions at a future date or upon the occurrence of specified events, or (v) entering into any agreement to sell securities at a future determined price, including any equity line of credit or at-the-market offering.

 

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Beginning on January 17, 2018 and continuing on the first trading day of each of the following 11 successive months thereafter, the Company is required to redeem one-twelfth of the face amount of the Exchange Note and guaranteed interest. Each amortization payment is payable in whole or in part in cash equal to 115% of the amortization payment; however, if the Company is in compliance with certain conditions, the Company may elect to pay the amortization payments in Common Stock. The Holder is entitled to accelerate up to three future amortization payments and demand such accelerated amortization payments be made in Common Stock at a separate amortization conversion rate, which is equal to 85% of the average of the three lowest traded prices of the Common Stock during the ten consecutive trading days immediately prior to the applicable payment date of the amortization payment.

 

The Company has the option to prepay any portion of the principal and accrued but unpaid interest outstanding under the note with a premium payment of 115% of all amounts being prepaid. In the event the Company consummates a public or private offering or other financing or capital-raising transaction of any kind, in which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $3 million, the Company will be required to pay the Assignees an amount in cash equal to 115% of aggregate of the principal amount of the Exchange Note, any accrued and unpaid interest (including the guaranteed interest mentioned above) and any other amounts payable under the Exchange Note.

 

The Exchange Note contains events of default, which, if triggered, will result in certain increased interest rates and other penalties.

 

The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreements, the Exchange Notes and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Exchange Agreement and the Exchange Note, forms of which are filed as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On January 2, 2018, the Company received a notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5620(a) due to its failure to hold an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

 

The letter received from NASDAQ has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock. Under NASDAQ Listing Rules, the Company has until February 16, 2018 to submit a plan to regain compliance. If the Company’s plan is accepted, NASDAQ can grant an extension of up to 180 calendar days from December 31, 2016, or June 29, 2018, to regain compliance.

 

The Company intends to submit a plan to regain compliance to NASDAQ promptly for its approval. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance with the NASDAQ requirements or will otherwise be in compliance with other NASDAQ listing criteria.

 

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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

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

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Assignment Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among the Company, US Spine, Inc., MEF I, L.P., Anson Investments Master Fund LP, Hercules Technology III, L.P. and Hercules Capital, Inc.
     
10.2   Exchange Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and MEF I, L.P.
     
10.3   Exchange Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and Anson Investments Master Fund LP
     
10.4   Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and MEF I, L.P.
     
10.5   Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and Anson Investments

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  AMEDICA CORPORATION
     
Date: January 4, 2018    
     
  By: /s/ B. Sonny Bal
    B. Sonny Bal
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Assignment Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among the Company, US Spine, Inc., MEF I, L.P., Anson Investments Master Fund LP, Hercules Technology III, L.P. and Hercules Capital, Inc.
     
10.2   Exchange Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and MEF I, L.P.
     
10.3   Exchange Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and Anson Investments Master Fund LP
     
10.4   Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and MEF I, L.P.
     
10.5   Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated January 3, 2018, by and among Amedica Corporation and Anson Investments

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Assignment Agreement (the “ Assignment Agreement ”) is dated as of January 3, 2018 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and among Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), its wholly-owned subsidiary US Spine, Inc. (the “ Guarantor ”) (collectively, the Company and the Guarantor are referred to herein as the “ Borrower ”), MEF I, L.P. (“ MEF ”), Anson Investments Master Fund LP (“ Anson ”; and together with MEF, the “ Assignees ” and each an “ Assignee ”), and Hercules Capital, Inc. (f/k/a, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation and Hercules Technology III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively “ Hercules ”).

 

WHEREAS, Hercules entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement with the Borrower, dated as of June 30, 2014, as amended from time to time (the “ Agreement ’). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Assignment Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, Hercules loaned a principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) to Borrower (the “ Original Loan Amount ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Original Loan Amount is evidenced by the certain Secured Term Promissory Note (the “ Note ”) that was issued by Borrower to Hercules;

 

WHEREAS, Hercules desires to assign the Note and Two Million Two Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($2,264,622.80) of all remaining amounts due under the Agreement and the Note, for an aggregate purchase price of Two Million Two Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($2,264,622.80) , to the Assignees, and each of the Assignees desire to purchase the Note and such remaining amounts due under the Agreement and accept the assignment, all in accordance with the terms of this Assignment Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Borrower consents to such purchase by and assignment to each of the Assignees; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, based on the mutual promises provided herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Assignees, Borrower and Hercules agree as follows:

 

1. Assignment .

 

a. Assignment . On payment by the Assignees of an aggregate Two Million Two Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($2,264,622.80) to Hercules, as set forth on Schedule 1.a hereto, Hercules hereby assigns to the Assignees (i) the Note and (ii) Two Million Two Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($2,264,622.80) of all remaining amounts due under the Agreement and the Note (the “ Outstanding Loan Amount ”; the Outstanding Loan Amount and the Note, collectively referred to herein as the “ Assigned Loan ”). The Assigned Loan shall be secured by the Collateral to the same extent that the Collateral secures the Note and the Original Loan Amount. Payment for the Assigned Loan shall be made by wire transfer to Hercules on the Effective Date pursuant to the wire transfer instructions provided on Schedule 1.a hereto.

 

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b. Hercules hereby consents to the exchange transactions contemplated in those certain Exchange Agreements dated as of even date herewith, between Borrower and each of the Assignees.

 

c. Until all Obligations owed to Hercules are repaid in full, any principal of the Assigned Loan or other amounts (other than regularly scheduled interest) that would otherwise be required to be paid to the Assignees under the Agreement shall simply be deferred. If any interest or other amounts (other than principal) are not paid, such amounts shall instead be added to the principal balance of the Assigned Loan, with interest to accrue on the principal balance at the interest rate applicable under the Agreement.

 

d. Upon payment in full of the Obligations to Hercules, Hercules shall be deemed to assign, transfer and convey to the Assignees (i) the Loan Documents, including without limitation, those certain documents set forth on Schedule 1.d hereto and (ii) all rights as Agent under the Loan Documents. Additionally, Hercules agrees to consent the filing of a UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendment in the appropriate jurisdictions to evidence and perfect the Assignees security interests in the Collateral.

 

e. The assignment of the Assigned Loan is without recourse to Hercules.

 

2. Representations and Warranties .

 

a. Assignees . Each Assignee, severally and not jointly (i) represents and warrants that (A) it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment Agreement; (B) it has obtained all consents and approvals required to enter into this Assignment Agreement; (C) this Assignment Agreement is a binding legal obligation of the Assignee, enforceable against it in accordance with this Assignment Agreement’s terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability; (D) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Loan, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder; (E) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by such Assigned Loan and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire such Assigned Loan, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type; (F) it has, independently and without reliance upon Hercules and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement to purchase such Assigned Loan; and (G) it is not prohibited from being a Lender; (ii) confirms that, based on Borrower’s and Hercules’ representation, it has received a copy of the Loan Documents and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (iii) will independently and without reliance upon Hercules and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action permitted to be taken under the Loan Documents; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents (excluding the Warrants) are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

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b. Hercules . Hercules represents and warrants that (i) it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment Agreement, (ii) it has obtained all consents and approvals required to enter into this Assignment Agreement, (iii) this Assignment Agreement is binding legal obligation of Hercules, enforceable against it in accordance with this Assignment Agreement’s terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, (iv) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim, (v) to Hercules’ knowledge, the Loan Documents were duly authorized, executed, delivered and performed pursuant to all requisite corporate action on behalf of Hercules, and in accordance with all applicable law, including, without limitation, federal, state and securities law, (vi) to Hercules’ knowledge, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (vii) they are sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by such Assigned Loan and either they, or the Person exercising discretion in making their decision to sell such Assigned Loan, is experienced in disposing of assets of such type; (viii) they have, independently and without reliance upon the Assignees and based on such documents and information as they have deemed appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement to sell such Assigned Loan, (ix) they will independently and without reliance upon the Assignees and based on such documents and information as they shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make their own credit decisions in taking or not taking action permitted to be taken under the Loan Documents, and (x) each of the Assignees has received a complete, fully executed set of all the Loan Documents, as amended to date. Except as set forth in this Section (b)(i)-(x), Hercules make no representations or warranties and assume no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Documents, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant to the Loan Documents, or the financial condition of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by Borrower or any such Subsidiary of any of its obligations under the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto. Except for the representations and warranties provided in this Section 2(b)(i)-(vi), the Assigned Loan is sold and assigned “as is” and “where is” without representations or warranties of any kind, including without limitation, warranties of merchantability or fitness of purpose.

 

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c. Borrower . Borrower represents and warrants that (i) it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment Agreement, (ii) it has obtained all consents and approvals required to enter into this Assignment Agreement, (iii) this Assignment Agreement is binding legal obligation of Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with this Assignment Agreement’s terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, (iv) the Loan Documents were duly authorized, executed, delivered and performed pursuant to all requisite corporate action on behalf of Borrower and in accordance with all applicable law, including, without limitation, all federal and state securities law, (vi) Borrower has delivered to each of the Assignees Borrower’s most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Agreement.

 

3. Reserved .

 

4. Consent and Approval . Borrower hereby approves the foregoing Assignment Agreement, the modifications to the Agreement made herein, and the sale and assignment of the Assigned Loan to the Assignees.

 

5. General Provisions .

 

a. Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this Assignment Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Assignment Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent and duration of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Assignment Agreement.

 

b. Notice . Any notice or service of process or other communication shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, delivered, and received upon the earlier of: (i) the day of transmission if sent by facsimile or email, (ii) the day of delivery if hand delivered or delivered by an overnight express service or overnight mail delivery service, in each case addressed to the party to be notified as follows:

 

  (a) If to Hercules:

 

HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.
Legal Department
Attention: Associate General Counsel
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Facsimile: 650-473-9194
Telephone: 650-289-3060

Email: dhuang@htgc.com

 

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  (b) If to MEF:

 

MEF I, L.P.

c/o Magna

Attn: Joshua Sason

40 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005

Email: joshua.sason@mag.na

 

  (c) If to Anson:

 

Anson Investments Master Fund LP

155 University Avenue, Suite 207

Toronto, ON Canada

M5H 3B7

Attn: Amin Nathoo

Email: anathoo@ansonfunds.com

 

If to Borrower:

 

A medica Corporation

Attn: David O’Brien

1885 West 2100 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Email: dobrien@amedica.com

 

or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice.

 

c. Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Assignment Agreement and the agreements referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede and replace in their entirety any prior proposals, term sheets, letters, negotiations or other documents or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof. None of the terms of this Assignment Agreement may be amended except by an instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

 

d. No Strict Construction . The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

e. No Waiver . No omission or delay by Hercules or any of the Assignees at any time to enforce any right or remedy reserved to it, or to require performance of any of the terms, covenants or provisions hereof by such Assignee at any time designated, shall be a waiver of any such right or remedy to which such party is entitled, nor shall it in any way affect such party’s right to enforce such provisions thereafter.

 

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f. Survival . All agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Assignment Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall survive the execution and delivery of this Assignment Agreement.

 

g. Governing Law . This Assignment Agreement has been negotiated and delivered to Hercules in the State of California, and shall have been accepted by Hercules in the State of California. Payment to Hercules is due in the State of California. This Assignment Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, excluding conflict of laws principles that would cause the application of laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

h. Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue . All judicial proceedings (to the extent that the reference requirement of Section 5(i) is not applicable) arising in or under or related to this Assignment Agreement may be brought in any state or federal court located in the State of California. By execution and delivery of this Assignment Agreement, each party hereto generally and unconditionally: (i) consents to nonexclusive personal jurisdiction in Santa Clara County, State of California; (ii) waives any objection as to jurisdiction or venue in Santa Clara County, State of California; (iii) agrees not to assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue in the aforesaid courts; and (iv) irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Assignment Agreement. Service of process on any party hereto in any action arising out of or relating to this Assignment Agreement shall be effective if given in accordance with the requirements for notice set forth in Section 5(b), and shall be deemed effective and received as set forth in Section 5(b). Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of either party to bring proceedings in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

 

i. Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial / Judicial Reference .

 

(A) Because disputes arising in connection with complex financial transactions are most quickly and economically resolved by an experienced and expert Person and the parties wish applicable state and federal laws to apply (rather than arbitration rules), the parties desire that their disputes be resolved by a judge applying such applicable laws. EACH OF THE ASSIGNEES AND HERCULES SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, CLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, THIRD PARTY CLAIM OR ANY OTHER CLAIM (COLLECTIVELY, “CLAIMS”) ASSERTED BY OR AGAINST EACH OTHER UNDER THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT. This waiver extends to all such Claims, including Claims that involve Persons other than the Assignees and Hercules, and any Claims for damages, breach of contract, tort, specific performance, or any equitable or legal relief of any kind, arising out of this Assignment Agreement.

 

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(B) If the waiver of jury trial set forth in Section 5(i)(A) is ineffective or unenforceable, the parties agree that all Claims shall be resolved by reference to a private judge sitting without a jury, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638, before a mutually acceptable referee or, if the parties cannot agree, a referee selected by the Presiding Judge of Santa Clara County, California. Such proceeding shall be conducted in Santa Clara County, California, with California rules of evidence and discovery applicable to such proceeding.

 

(C) In the event Claims are to be resolved by judicial reference, either party may seek from a court identified in Section 5(h) any prejudgment order, writ or other relief and have such prejudgment order, writ or other relief enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law notwithstanding that all Claims are otherwise subject to resolution by judicial reference.

 

j. Counterparts . This Assignment Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

k. No Third-Party Beneficiaries . No provisions of this Assignment Agreement are intended, nor will be interpreted, to provide or create any third-party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind in any Person other than Hercules, the Assignees and Borrower unless specifically provided otherwise herein.

 

l. Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Assignment Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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The terms set forth in this Assignment Agreement and Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement are hereby agreed to as of the date first provided above.

 

HERCULES CAPITAL, INC.  
     
Signature:    
Print Name: Zhuo Huang  
Title: Associate General Counsel  
     
HERCULES TECHNOLOGY III, L.P.  
     
By: Hercules Technology SBIC Management, LLC, its General Partner
     
By: Hercules Capital, Inc., its Manager  
     
Signature:    
Print Name: Zhuo Huang  
Title: Associate General Counsel  
     
MEF I, L.P.  
     
Signature:    
Print Name:    
Title:    
     
Anson Investments Master Fund LP  
     
Signature:    
Print Name:    
Title:    
     
AMEDICA CORPORATION  
     
Signature:    
Print Name:    
Title:    
     
US SPINE, INC.  
     
Signature:    
Print Name:    
Title:    

 

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Schedule 1.a

 

Payment and Wire Transfer Instructions

 

 

Payment

 

MEF shall pay (i) $564,789.56 to Hercules Capital Inc. and (ii) $567,521.84 to Hercules Technology III, L.P.

 

Anson shall pay (i) $564,789.56 to Hercules Capital Inc. and (ii) $567,521.84 to Hercules Technology III, L.P.

 

Wire Instructions

 

See attached.

 

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Schedule 1.d

 

Assigned Loan Documents

 

1. Loan and Security Agreement dated June 30, 2014 among Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“HTGC”), in its capacity as administrative and collateral agent for Lenders (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”), the financial institutions who are or hereafter become parties to the Agreement as lenders (together with HTGC, collectively the “Lenders”, and each individually, a “Lender”), Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), and the other Persons (as defined therein), if any, who are or hereafter become parties to the Agreement as guarantors, and all amendments thereto.
   
2. Perfection Certificate dated June 30, 2014 by Amedica Corporation, (“Company”), to Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.
   
3. Perfection Certificate dated June 30, 2014 by US Spine, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), to Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation
   
4. Automatic Payment Authorization Agreement
   
5. Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated as of June 30, 2014, by each of the entities listed on the signature pages thereof (each a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), in favor of Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (“HTGC”), as administrative and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Agent”) for the Agent and the Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement).
   
6. Deposit Account Control Agreement dated June 30, 2014 between Amedica Corporation, Hercules Technology Growth Capital and ZIONS First National Bank.
   
7. Secured Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 30, 2014, by and between US SPINE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”), and HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation, individually and as agent (in such capacity and together with any successors, endorsees and assigns, “Agent”) for itself and the lenders from time to time party to the Loan Agreement hereinafter defined (collectively, the “Lenders”).
   
8. Pledge Agreement dated as of June 30, 2014 (together with all amendments, if any, from time to time hereto, this “Pledge Agreement”), by and between AMEDICA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower” and together with any other Person that joins this Pledge Agreement as a Pledgor in accordance with Section 26, collectively, the “Pledgors” and each a “Pledgor”) and HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity as agent (in such capacity and together with any successors, endorsees and assigns, “Agent”) for itself and the lenders from time to time party to the Loan Agreement hereinafter defined (collectively, the “Lenders”).

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

THIS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated this 3 rd day of January, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and MEF I, L.P. (the “ Holder ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Holder entered into that certain Assignment Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (the “ Assignment Agreement ”), by and among, the Company, US Spine, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary and guarantor of the Company, Anson Investments Master Fund LP, Hercules Capital, Inc. (fka, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation (“ Hercules Technology Growth ”), and Hercules Technology III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Hercules Technology III ”; and together with Hercules Technology Growth, “ Hercules ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, Hercules assigned all of its rights, title, and interests contained in that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated June 30, 2014, as amended (the “ Loan Agreement ”), by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, and Hercules, to Holder, along with all rights, title, and interests contained in the ancillary transaction documents;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, Holder is now deemed the lender of the One Million One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Eleven and 40/100 Dollars ($1,132,311.40) outstanding under the Loan Agreement (the “ Loan ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Loan is evidenced by that certain Secured Term Promissory Note (the “ Note ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement the Holder beneficially owns and holds a portion of the Note, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Securities ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Holder desires to exchange the Securities for one of the Company’s Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the “ Exchange Securities ”) as set forth on Exhibit B , and the Company desires to issue the Exchange Securities in exchange for the Securities, all on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the reliance upon the representations made by the Holder and the Company in this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are such that the offer and exchange of securities by the Company under this Agreement will be exempt from registration under applicable United States securities laws as a result of this exchange offer being undertaken pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Holder hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Note (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 

 

 

 

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Securities.

 

Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, such Conversion Shares includes all shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to the terms of the Note, including without limitation, shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest, if any, on the Note in accordance with the terms of the Note, in each case without respect to any limitation or restriction on the conversion of the Note.

 

Disclosure Schedules ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.

 

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

 

FCPA ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.

 

Material Permits ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.13.

 

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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.

 

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

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1 and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Exchange Securities, that certain Assignment Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, the Holder, and Hercules Capital, Inc. (fka, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, and those certain UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendments.

 

Section 2. Exchange . Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Holder agrees to surrender to the Company the Securities (other than any Securities or portions thereof which have previously been paid or repaid in cash pursuant to their terms) and, in exchange therefore, the Company shall issue to the Holder the Exchange Securities (each, an “ Exchange ”).

 

2.1 Closing . On the date hereof (the “ Closing Date ”), the Company will issue and deliver (or cause to be issued and delivered) the Exchange Securities to the Holder, or in the name of a custodian or nominee of the Holder, or as otherwise requested by the Holder in writing, and the Holder will surrender to the Company an equal amount of the Securities.

 

2.2 Section 3(a)(9) . Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the Holder set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that the purpose of such representations and warranties is, among other things, to ensure that the Exchange qualifies as an exchange of securities under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

 

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2.3 Legal Opinion . At the Closing the Company shall have a legal opinion of its counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto. Such opinion shall opine on the availability of an exemption from registration under the Securities Act as it relates to the Exchange, the tacking of the holding period of the Exchange Securities to the original issuance date of the Securities under Rule 144 and other matters reasonably requested by the Holder. The Company shall be responsible for all costs and expenses related to the issuance of the legal opinion described in this Section 2.3.

 

2.4 Non-Shell Representation Letter . At the Closing, the Company shall provide in substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, a non-shell representation letter. Such letter shall represent that the Company is not and has not been an entity that fits within the definition of a “shell company” under Section 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and Rule 144.

 

2.5 Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instruction Letter . At the Closing, the Company shall provide an irrevocable transfer agent instruction letter, in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules (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, represents and warrants to the Holder that:

 

3.1 Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1 . The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1 and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof (a “ Subsidiary ”) 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 or any of them in the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Note) shall be disregarded.

 

3.2 Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document; (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

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3.3 Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies; and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

3.4 No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other transaction documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any lien (except liens in favor of the Holder) 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.

 

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3.5 Filings, Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5 , 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 by Section 21, and (ii) the filing of Form D (if applicable) and Form 8-K with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).

 

3.6 Issuance of the Securities . The Securities are duly authorized, 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 Exchange Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.

 

3.7 Capitalization . The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , which Schedule 3.7 shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , other than with regards to an Exempt Issuance (as defined in the Note), no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and securities issued to employees, officers or directors, or former employees, officers or directors and other service providers or former service providers of the Company pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan or otherwise, except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , 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 Holder) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , 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.

 

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3.8 SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

3.9 Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2017, except as set forth on Schedule 3.9 : (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 any stock option plan or as set forth in the SEC Reports. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

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3.10 Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10 , 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, and 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 that is likely to lead to action that can reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 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.

 

3.11 Labor Relations . No 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. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.12 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 agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived); (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority; or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.13 Regulatory Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

3.14 Title to Assets . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14 , the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, except for (i) liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. 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.

 

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3.15 Intellectual Property . 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 described in the SEC Reports, all as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as presently conducted and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.16 Transactions with Affiliates and Employees . Except for any Exempt Issuances, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 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 or stock award agreements under the Equity Incentive Plan.

 

3.17 Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17 , the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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3.18 Certain Fees . Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.18 , no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries 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 Holder 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 3.18 that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

3.19 Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the Holder’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Holder as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

 

3.20 Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

3.21 Registration Rights . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21 , no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.

 

3.22 Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the twelve (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.

 

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3.23 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 Holder as a result of the Holder 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 Holder’s ownership of the Securities.

 

3.24 Disclosure . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Holder or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Holder regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct 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 Company acknowledges and agrees that no Holder makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3 hereof.

 

3.25 No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Holder’s representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

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3.26 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 Holder and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

3.27 Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, 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 any Subsidiary (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 FCPA.

 

3.28 Accountants . The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.28 of the Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act.

 

3.29 No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers . There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company.

 

3.30 Acknowledgment Regarding Holder’s Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder 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 Holder is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Holder or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Holder’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Holder 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.

 

3.31 Regulation M Compliance . The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent (if applicable) in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

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3.32 Stock Option Plans . Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the applicable stock option plan of the Company and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

3.33 Office of Foreign Assets Control . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”).

 

3.34 U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation . The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon a Holder’s request.

 

3.35 Bank Holding Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “ BHCA ”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve ”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

3.36 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 (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

 

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3.37 Seniority. No Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Loan Agreement in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).

 

3.38 Money Laundering . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

3.39 Promotional Stock Activities . Neither the Company, its officers, or any affiliates or agents of the Company have engaged in any stock promotional activity that could give rise to a complaint or inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging (i) a violation of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws, (ii) violations of the anti-touting provisions, (iii) improper “gun-jumping; or (iv) promotion without proper disclosure of compensation.

 

3.40 Withdrawal or Payments of Cash . Neither the Company, its officers, or any affiliates or agents of the Company have withdrawn or paid cash to any Person in an aggregate amount that exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), except in connection with payments made in the ordinary course of business, such as the payment of employees’ salaries, payment of fees to members of the Board of Directors, and interest payments made to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer with respect to a loan that he made to the Company.

 

Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Holder . The Holder represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

4.1 Ownership of the Securities . The Holder is the legal and beneficial owner of its pro-rata portion of the Securities. The Holder paid for the Securities, and has continuously held the Securities since its issuance or purchase. The Holder, individually or through an affiliate, owns the Securities outright and free and clear of any options, contracts, agreements, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances.

 

4.2 No Public Sale or Distribution . The Holder is acquiring its pro-rata portion of the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of business for its own account and not with a view toward, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Holder does not agree to hold any of the Exchange Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Exchange Securities at any time in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Holder does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute, or transfer any interest or grant participation rights in, the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

 

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4.3 Accredited Investor and Affiliate Status . At the time the Holder was offered the Exchange Securities, it was, as of the date hereof, it is, and as of the date it converts the Exchange Securities, it will be, an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. The Holder is not, and has not been, for a period of at least three (3) months prior to the date of this Agreement (a) an officer or director of the Company, (b) an “affiliate” of the Company (as defined in Rule 144) (an “ Affiliate ”) or (c) a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the common stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act).

 

4.4 Reliance on Exemptions . The Holder understands that the Exchange is being made in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Holder set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Holder to complete the Exchange and to acquire its pro-rata portion of the Exchange Securities.

 

4.5 Information . The Holder has been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the Exchange which have been requested by the Holder. The Holder has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by the Holder or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Holder’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. The Holder acknowledges that all of the documents filed by the Company with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 14(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that have been posted on the SEC’s EDGAR site are available to the Holder, and the Holder has not relied on any statement of the Company not contained in such documents in connection with the Holder’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the Exchange.

 

4.6 Risk . The Holder understands that its investment in the Exchange Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Holder is able to bear the risk of an investment in the Exchange Securities including, without limitation, the risk of total loss of its investment. The Holder has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Exchange.

 

4.7 No Governmental Review . The Holder understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement in connection with the Exchange or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Exchange Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Exchange Securities.

 

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4.8 Organization; Authorization . The Holder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of formation and has the requisite organizational power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

4.9 Validity; Enforcement . This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Holder and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Holder enforceable against the Holder in accordance with its terms. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Holder and the consummation by the Holder of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the irrevocable surrender of the Securities) will not result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Holder.

 

4.10 Prior Investment Experience . The Holder acknowledges that it has prior investment experience, including investment in securities of the type being exchanged, including the Securities or the Exchange Securities, and has read all of the documents furnished or made available by the Company to it and is able to evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment on its behalf, and that it recognizes the highly speculative nature of this investment.

 

4.11 Tax Consequences . The Holder acknowledges that the Company has made no representation regarding the potential or actual tax consequences for the Holder which will result from entering into the Agreement and from consummation of the Exchange. The Holder acknowledges that it bears complete responsibility for obtaining adequate tax advice regarding the Agreement and the Exchange.

 

4.12 No Registration, Review or Approval . The Holder acknowledges, understands and agrees that its pro-rata portion of the Exchange Securities are being exchanged hereunder pursuant to an exchange offer exemption under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company . The obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Holder with prior written notice thereof:

 

5.1 Delivery . The Holder shall have delivered to the Company the Securities.

 

5.2 No Prohibition . No order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority shall be in effect which purports to enjoin or restrain any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

5.3 Representations . The accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Holder contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein).

 

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Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Holder . The obligation of the Holder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Holder’s sole benefit and may be waived by the applicable Holder at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

 

6.1 No order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority shall be in effect which purports to enjoin or restrain any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

6.2 The accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein);

 

6.3 All obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

6.4 There is no event of default then existing on the Securities on such date; and

 

6.5 From the date hereof to the relevant Closing Date, trading in the Company’s common stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or any trading market and, at any time prior to the 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 Holder makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Exchange Securities at the closing.

 

6.6 The Company consents to the filing of a UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendment in the appropriate jurisdictions to evidence and perfect Holder’s security interests in the Collateral (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

 

Section 7. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the state of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law or choice of law that would permit or require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Holder each hereby agrees that all actions or proceedings arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with this Agreement shall be litigated only in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York located in New York County, New York. The Company and the Holder each consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing courts and consents that any process or notice of motion or other application to either of said courts or a judge thereof may be served inside or outside the State of New York or the Southern District of New York by generally recognized overnight courier or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to such party at its or his address set forth below (and service so made shall be deemed “personal service”) or by personal service or in such other manner as may be permissible under the rules of said courts. THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LITIGATION PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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Section 8. Indemnification of Holder . Subject to the provisions of this Section 8, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Holder and its directors, officers, managers, 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 Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, managers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “ Holder 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 Holder Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by any Company in this Agreement or in the other document related to this exchange or (b) any action instituted against Holder Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Holder Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this exchange (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Holder Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the exchange or any agreements or understandings such Holder Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Holder Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Holder Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Holder Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Holder 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 Holder Party. Any Holder 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 Holder 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 counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Holder 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 Holder Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Holder 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 Holder Party’s breach of its representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Holder Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Holder Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Holder Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance. The indemnification required by this Section 8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred; however, each Holder Party who receives such interim payment agrees to reimburse the Company for any such payment made by the Company to such Holder Party if it is finally determined in such action or proceeding that such Holder Party is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Holder Party against any Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.

 

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Section 9. Fees and Expenses . Except as expressly set forth below, 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 acknowledges and agrees that it was obligated to previously pay to Holder’s legal counsel a cash deposit of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) for its initial legal fees and initial out of pocket due diligence costs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall pay: (i) the Holder’s legal counsel for all of its legal fees and all of its out of pocket due diligence costs on the Closing Date; (ii) all transfer agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any conversion or exercise notice delivered by the Holder), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Exchange Securities to the Holder; and (iii) the costs and expenses of the issuance of any and all legal opinions with respect to the conversion and sale by the Holder of the Exchange Securities.

 

Section 10. Certain Transactions . The Holder 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 of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending on the later of (i) the Maturity Date (as defined in the Exchange Securities) or (ii) the date that the Exchange Securities are no longer outstanding (provided that this provision shall not prohibit any sales made where a corresponding Notice of Conversion (as defined in the Exchange Securities) is tendered to the Company and the shares received upon such conversion or exercise are used to close out such sale).

 

Section 11. Certificates . Certificates evidencing the shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the Exchange Securities (the “ Underlying Shares ”) shall not contain any legend: (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act; (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144; or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after any of the events described in (i)-(iii) in the preceding sentence if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder (with a copy to the Holder and its broker). If all or any portion of an Exchange Security is converted at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 11, it will, no later than two (2) Trading Days following the delivery by the Holder to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Company’s transfer agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 11. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent to the applicable Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by the Holder.

 

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Section 12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which 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; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

 

Section 13. Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

Section 14. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 15. Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Holder, the Company, its affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and 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 Holder make any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters; provided, however, that all representations and warranties contained in the Loan Agreement, shall be incorporated herein. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Company and the Holder. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 

Section 16. Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (a) upon receipt, when delivered personally; or (b) one calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and national banking holidays) after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.

 

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The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

A medica Corporation

1885 West 2100 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Attn: VP Operations and General Manager

 

If to the Holder:

 

MEF I, L.P.

c/o Magna

40 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005

Attn: Joshua Sason

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck P.C.
875 Third Avenue, 9 th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attn: David E. Danovitch, Esq.

 

or to such other address and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change.

 

Section 17. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Exchange Securities. The Holder may assign some or all of their rights hereunder without the consent of any of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be the Holder hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

 

Section 18. No 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.

 

Section 19. Survival of Representations . The representations and warranties of the Company and the Holder contained in Sections 3 and 4, respectively, will survive the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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Section 20. Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 21. Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Holder that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Holder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and the Holder or any of its Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Holder, or include the name of the Holder in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Holder, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Holder with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

Section 22. Non-Public Information . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 21, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided nor will provide the Holder or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Holder shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to the Holder without the Holder’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Holder shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Exchange Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Amedica Corporation

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

MEF I, L.P.

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1

List of Subsidiaries

 

Name of Entity   Jurisdiction of Incorporation   Ownership
US Spine, Inc.   Delaware   100% Amedica Corporation


 

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SCHEDULE 3.5

Filings, Consents and Approvals

 

Nasdaq Listing Of Additional Shares Notification Form

 

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SCHEDULE 3.7

Capitalization

 

   

Number of

Common Stock

or Equivalents

 
       
Common Stock Outstanding     3,022,073  
         
Common Stock Warrants Outstanding     1,537,688  
Unit Option (Dawson James)     3,178  
Options Outstanding     11,446  
Total Derivative Securities Outstanding     1,552,312  
         
Total Shares Outstanding & Derivative Securities     4,574,385  
         
Common Shares Owned and Beneficially Owned by Affiliates     61,985  
         
Common Shares Authorized     250,000,000  

 

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SCHEDULE 3.8

SEC Reports; Financial Statements

 

The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 11, 2017, wherein the Company disclosed under Item 4.02 that the Company will restate the audited consolidated financial statements contained in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017, and that the consolidated financial statements contained in these reports should no longer be relied upon. In this regards, on December 27, 2017, the Company filed Amendment No. 2 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, and also filed Amendment No. 2 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016. Additionally, on December 29, 2017, the Company filed amendments to its previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly periods ended, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.9

Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments

 

The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017, wherein the Company disclosed under Item 4.02 that the Company will restate the audited consolidated financial statements contained in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017, and that the consolidated financial statements contained in these reports should no longer be relied upon.

 

On January 2, 2018, the Company received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that because the Company has not yet held an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year end, it no longer complies with its Listing Rules (the “Rules”) for continued listing. The Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and if Nasdaq accepts the plan, Nasdaq can grant an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2018, to regain compliance.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.10

Litigation

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.14

Title to Assets

 

Hercules Technology Loan and Security Agreement

 

North Stadium Investments Security Agreement

 

Stratasys filed on 4/7/16 - Lease for a 3D printer in our Product Development lab

 

Revco Leasing Company files on 7/18/13 - Lease for our multi-function devices in the office area

 

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SCHEDULE 3.16

Transactions with Affiliates and Employees

 

North Stadium Investments $2.5 million loan to the Company. Sonny Bal, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Company is also the owner of North Stadium Investments.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.17

Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls

 

The Company included the following report in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 3 rd Quarter 2017, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2017:

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

This Report includes the certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). See Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2. This Item 4 includes information concerning the controls and control evaluations referred to in those certifications.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified by the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act are properly recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods required by the Commission’s rules and forms.

 

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer and principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e), as of September 30, 2017. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2017, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q due to the material weaknesses described below.

 

As defined in SEC Regulation S-X, a material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Based on this assessment, management determined that, as of December 31, 2016, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective because of the material weaknesses described below.

 

The design and operating effectiveness of our controls were inadequate to ensure that complex accounting matters are properly accounted for and reviewed in a timely manner. As a result, we failed to accurately record a complex equity transaction which caused the restatement of our third quarter 2016 financial results as set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter filing 2016. In addition, we failed to properly evaluate and test certain long-lived assets for impairment, which ultimately resulted in recognition of an impairment charge. These errors are a result of the following control deficiencies:

 

Control Environment and Risk Assessment – The Company did not have an effective control environment with the structure necessary for effective internal controls over financial reporting. Furthermore, the Company did not have an effective risk assessment to identify and assess risks associated with changes to the Company’s structure and the resultant impact on internal controls. With the dismissal of the Company’s CFO, the Company did not have qualified personnel necessary to meet the Company’s control objectives. The Company does not have personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge and experience with U.S. GAAP to properly review and evaluate the work performed by other Company personnel and experts related to complex accounting matters.

 

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Control Activities – The Company did not have control activities that were designed and operating effectively including management review controls, controls related to monitoring and assessing the work of technical experts and consultants, and controls to verify the completeness and adequacy of information. Specifically, the Company did not have procedures for competent personnel to review work performed by technical experts and consultants in relation to complex debt and equity transactions and impairment evaluations.

 

Monitoring Activities The Company did not maintain effective monitoring controls related to the financial reporting process. The Company did not effectively monitor the changes in internal control related to changes in the roles and responsibilities associated with the changes in personnel and organizational structure. The failure to properly monitor impacted the timing, accuracy, and completion of the work related to significant accounting matters.

 

Our Chief Executive Officer is in the preliminary stage of a review of our controls relating to complex accounting matters. Although our analysis is not complete, we will be adding additional resources with expertise in accounting for complex accounting matters including timely review and evaluation of assets for potential impairment. We are also considering redesigning controls to add additional layers of review and approval whenever entering into or subsequently converting, exercising, amending, repricing, exiting or otherwise experiencing changes in or to complex financial instruments.

 

Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses, the Company believes the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly represent in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows at and for the periods presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.18

Certain Fees

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.21

Registration Rights

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.22

Listing and Maintenance Requirements

 

On August 17, 2016, Amedica Corporation (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the bid price for the Company’s common stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share threshold for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Rule”), for the prior 30 consecutive trading days. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was ultimately provided with two consecutive 180 calendar day periods to demonstrate compliance with the Bid Price Rule, which expired on August 14, 2017.

 

The Company did not regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule by August 14, 2017; accordingly, on August 22, 2017, the Company received notice from the Staff that based upon the Company’s continued non-compliance with the Rule, the Company’s securities would be subject to delisting from Nasdaq unless the Company timely requests a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). The Staff’s August 22, 2017 notice also indicated that, notwithstanding the extension previously granted by the Staff to the Company to file its delinquent periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, and the Forms 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, and thereby evidence compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Filing Rule”) the Company’s non-compliance with the Filing Rule could serve as a separate basis for delisting.

 

On November 27, 2017, the Company received formal notice from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company has evidenced full compliance with all requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Accordingly, the previously-disclosed listing matter has been resolved and the Company’s securities will continue to be listed on Nasdaq.

 

Additionally, the Company has not held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders for 2017. On January 2, 2018, the Company received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that because the Company has not yet held an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year end, it no longer complies with its Listing Rules (the “Rules”) for continued listing. The Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and if Nasdaq accepts the plan, Nasdaq can grant an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2018, to regain compliance.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.28

Accountants

 

Tanner LLC,

36 S State St #600

City Creek Center

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

 

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SCHEDULE 3.32

Stock Option Plans

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

The following table sets forth information relating to all of our equity compensation plans:

 

 

Plan Category   (a)
Number of Shares
to be Issued upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options
    (b)
Weighted-
average
Exercise Price
of Outstanding
Options
    (c)
Number of Securities
Remaining Available
for Future Issuance
under Equity
Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Referenced in
Column (a))
 
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders     11,446 (1)   $ 367.08 (2)     75,600  
Equity compensation plans not approved by Stockholders     -       -       -  
Total     11,446 (1)   $ 367.08 (2)     75,600  

 

(1) Includes options outstanding under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
   
(2) Represents weighted-average exercise price per share of common stock acquirable upon exercise of outstanding stock options.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.28

Accountants

 

Tanner LLC,

36 S State St #600

City Creek Center

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

 

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SCHEDULE 3.32

Stock Option Plans

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

The following table sets forth information relating to all of our equity compensation plans:

 

Plan Category   (a)
Number of Shares
to be Issued upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options
    (b)
Weighted-average
Exercise Price
of Outstanding
Options
    (c)
Number of Securities
Remaining Available
for Future Issuance
under Equity
Compensation Plans
(Excluding Securities
Referenced in
Column (a))
 
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders     11,446 (1)   $ 367.08 (2)     75,600  
Equity compensation plans not approved by Stockholders     -       -       -  
Total     11,446 (1)   $ 367.08 (2)     75,600  

 

(1) Includes options outstanding under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
   

(2)

Represents weighted-average exercise price per share of common stock acquirable upon exercise of outstanding stock options.

 

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Exhibit A

 

Securities

 

42

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Exchange Securities

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Legal Opinion

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

Form of Non-Shell Representation Letter

 

45

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instruction Letter

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

THIS EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated this 3 rd day of January, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Anson Investments Master Fund LP (the “ Holder ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Holder entered into that certain Assignment Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (the “ Assignment Agreement ”), by and among, the Company, US Spine, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary and guarantor of the Company, MEF I, L.P., Hercules Capital, Inc. (fka, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation (“ Hercules Technology Growth ”), and Hercules Technology III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Hercules Technology III ”; and together with Hercules Technology Growth, “ Hercules ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, Hercules assigned all of its rights, title, and interests contained in that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated June 30, 2014, as amended (the “ Loan Agreement ”), by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, and Hercules, to Holder, along with all rights, title, and interests contained in the ancillary transaction documents;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, Holder is now deemed the lender of the One Million One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Eleven and 40/100 Dollars ($1,132,311.40) outstanding under the Loan Agreement (the “ Loan ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Loan is evidenced by that certain Secured Term Promissory Note (the “ Note ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement the Holder beneficially owns and holds a portion of the Note, as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Securities ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Holder desires to exchange the Securities for one of the Company’s Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the “ Exchange Securities ”) as set forth on Exhibit B , and the Company desires to issue the Exchange Securities in exchange for the Securities, all on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the reliance upon the representations made by the Holder and the Company in this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are such that the offer and exchange of securities by the Company under this Agreement will be exempt from registration under applicable United States securities laws as a result of this exchange offer being undertaken pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Holder hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement: (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Note (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 

     

 

 

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Securities.

 

Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Exchange Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, such Conversion Shares includes all shares of Common Stock issued and issuable pursuant to the terms of the Note, including without limitation, shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest, if any, on the Note in accordance with the terms of the Note, in each case without respect to any limitation or restriction on the conversion of the Note.

 

Disclosure Schedules ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.

 

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

 

FCPA ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.

 

Material Permits ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.13.

 

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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.

 

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

 

Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1 and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Exchange Securities, that certain Assignment Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, the Holder, and Hercules Capital, Inc. (fka, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, and those certain UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendments.

 

Section 2. Exchange . Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Holder agrees to surrender to the Company the Securities (other than any Securities or portions thereof which have previously been paid or repaid in cash pursuant to their terms) and, in exchange therefore, the Company shall issue to the Holder the Exchange Securities (each, an “ Exchange ”).

 

2.1 Closing . On the date hereof (the “ Closing Date ”), the Company will issue and deliver (or cause to be issued and delivered) the Exchange Securities to the Holder, or in the name of a custodian or nominee of the Holder, or as otherwise requested by the Holder in writing, and the Holder will surrender to the Company an equal amount of the Securities.

 

2.2 Section 3(a)(9) . Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the Holder set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that the purpose of such representations and warranties is, among other things, to ensure that the Exchange qualifies as an exchange of securities under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

 

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2.3 Legal Opinion . At the Closing the Company shall have a legal opinion of its counsel, substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto. Such opinion shall opine on the availability of an exemption from registration under the Securities Act as it relates to the Exchange, the tacking of the holding period of the Exchange Securities to the original issuance date of the Securities under Rule 144 and other matters reasonably requested by the Holder. The Company shall be responsible for all costs and expenses related to the issuance of the legal opinion described in this Section 2.3.

 

2.4 Non-Shell Representation Letter . At the Closing, the Company shall provide in substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, a non-shell representation letter. Such letter shall represent that the Company is not and has not been an entity that fits within the definition of a “shell company” under Section 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and Rule 144.

 

2.5 Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instruction Letter . At the Closing, the Company shall provide an irrevocable transfer agent instruction letter, in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

Section 3. Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules (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, represents and warrants to the Holder that:

 

3.1 Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1 . The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1 and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof (a “ Subsidiary ”) 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 or any of them in the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Note) shall be disregarded.

 

3.2 Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document; (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

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3.3 Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies; and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

3.4 No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other transaction documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any lien (except liens in favor of the Holder) 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.

 

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3.5 Filings, Consents and Approvals . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5 , 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 by Section 21, and (ii) the filing of Form D (if applicable) and Form 8-K with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “ Required Approvals ”).

 

3.6 Issuance of the Securities . The Securities are duly authorized, 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 Exchange Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.

 

3.7 Capitalization . The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , which Schedule 3.7 shall also include the number of shares of Common Stock owned beneficially, and of record, by Affiliates of the Company as of the date hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , other than with regards to an Exempt Issuance (as defined in the Note), no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities and securities issued to employees, officers or directors, or former employees, officers or directors and other service providers or former service providers of the Company pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan or otherwise, except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , 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 Holder) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.7 , 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.

 

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3.8 SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“ GAAP ”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

3.9 Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2017, except as set forth on Schedule 3.9 : (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 any stock option plan or as set forth in the SEC Reports. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

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3.10 Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10 , 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, and 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 that is likely to lead to action that can reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 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.

 

3.11 Labor Relations . No 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. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.12 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 agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived); (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority; or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.13 Regulatory Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“ Material Permits ”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

3.14 Title to Assets . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.14 , the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, except for (i) liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. 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.

 

3.15 Intellectual Property . 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 described in the SEC Reports, all as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as presently conducted and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.16 Transactions with Affiliates and Employees . Except for any Exempt Issuances, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 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 or stock award agreements under the Equity Incentive Plan.

 

3.17 Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.17 , the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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3.18 Certain Fees . Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.18 , no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiaries 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 Holder 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 3.18 that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

3.19 Private Placement . Assuming the accuracy of the Holder’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Holder as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Trading Market.

 

3.20 Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

3.21 Registration Rights . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21 , no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiaries.

 

3.22 Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the twelve (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.

 

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3.23 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 Holder as a result of the Holder 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 Holder’s ownership of the Securities.

 

3.24 Disclosure . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Holder or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Holder regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct 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 Company acknowledges and agrees that no Holder makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3 hereof.

 

3.25 No Integrated Offering . Assuming the accuracy of the Holder’s representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of (i) the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act, or (ii) any applicable shareholder approval provisions of any Trading Market on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated.

 

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3.26 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 Holder and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

3.27 Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, 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 any Subsidiary (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 FCPA.

 

3.28 Accountants . The Company’s accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.28 of the Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act.

 

3.29 No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers . There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company.

 

3.30 Acknowledgment Regarding Holder’s Purchase of Securities . The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder 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 Holder is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Holder or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Holder’s purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to the Holder 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.

 

3.31 Regulation M Compliance . The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent (if applicable) in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

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3.32 Stock Option Plans . Each stock option granted by the Company was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the applicable stock option plan of the Company and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

3.33 Office of Foreign Assets Control . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”).

 

3.34 U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation . The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon a Holder’s request.

 

3.35 Bank Holding Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “ BHCA ”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “ Federal Reserve ”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

3.36 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 (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

 

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3.37 Seniority. No Indebtedness or other claim against the Company is senior to the Loan Agreement in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, other than indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests (which is senior only as to underlying assets covered thereby) and capital lease obligations (which is senior only as to the property covered thereby).

 

3.38 Money Laundering . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

3.39 Promotional Stock Activities . Neither the Company, its officers, or any affiliates or agents of the Company have engaged in any stock promotional activity that could give rise to a complaint or inquiry by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging (i) a violation of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws, (ii) violations of the anti-touting provisions, (iii) improper “gun-jumping; or (iv) promotion without proper disclosure of compensation.

 

3.40 Withdrawal or Payments of Cash . Neither the Company, its officers, or any affiliates or agents of the Company have withdrawn or paid cash to any Person in an aggregate amount that exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), except in connection with payments made in the ordinary course of business, such as the payment of employees’ salaries, payment of fees to members of the Board of Directors, and interest payments made to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer with respect to a loan that he made to the Company.

 

Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Holder . The Holder represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

4.1 Ownership of the Securities . The Holder is the legal and beneficial owner of its pro-rata portion of the Securities. The Holder paid for the Securities, and has continuously held the Securities since its issuance or purchase. The Holder, individually or through an affiliate, owns the Securities outright and free and clear of any options, contracts, agreements, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances.

 

4.2 No Public Sale or Distribution . The Holder is acquiring its pro-rata portion of the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of business for its own account and not with a view toward, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the Holder does not agree to hold any of the Exchange Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Exchange Securities at any time in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Holder does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute, or transfer any interest or grant participation rights in, the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

 

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4.3 Accredited Investor and Affiliate Status . At the time the Holder was offered the Exchange Securities, it was, as of the date hereof, it is, and as of the date it converts the Exchange Securities, it will be, an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. The Holder is not, and has not been, for a period of at least three (3) months prior to the date of this Agreement (a) an officer or director of the Company, (b) an “affiliate” of the Company (as defined in Rule 144) (an “ Affiliate ”) or (c) a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the common stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act).

 

4.4 Reliance on Exemptions . The Holder understands that the Exchange is being made in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Holder set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Holder to complete the Exchange and to acquire its pro-rata portion of the Exchange Securities.

 

4.5 Information . The Holder has been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the Exchange which have been requested by the Holder. The Holder has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by the Holder or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect the Holder’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein. The Holder acknowledges that all of the documents filed by the Company with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 14(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that have been posted on the SEC’s EDGAR site are available to the Holder, and the Holder has not relied on any statement of the Company not contained in such documents in connection with the Holder’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the Exchange.

 

4.6 Risk . The Holder understands that its investment in the Exchange Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Holder is able to bear the risk of an investment in the Exchange Securities including, without limitation, the risk of total loss of its investment. The Holder has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Exchange.

 

4.7 No Governmental Review . The Holder understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement in connection with the Exchange or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Exchange Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Exchange Securities.

 

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4.8 Organization; Authorization . The Holder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of formation and has the requisite organizational power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

4.9 Validity; Enforcement . This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Holder and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Holder enforceable against the Holder in accordance with its terms. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Holder and the consummation by the Holder of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the irrevocable surrender of the Securities) will not result in a violation of the organizational documents of the Holder.

 

4.10 Prior Investment Experience . The Holder acknowledges that it has prior investment experience, including investment in securities of the type being exchanged, including the Securities or the Exchange Securities, and has read all of the documents furnished or made available by the Company to it and is able to evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment on its behalf, and that it recognizes the highly speculative nature of this investment.

 

4.11 Tax Consequences . The Holder acknowledges that the Company has made no representation regarding the potential or actual tax consequences for the Holder which will result from entering into the Agreement and from consummation of the Exchange. The Holder acknowledges that it bears complete responsibility for obtaining adequate tax advice regarding the Agreement and the Exchange.

 

4.12 No Registration, Review or Approval . The Holder acknowledges, understands and agrees that its pro-rata portion of the Exchange Securities are being exchanged hereunder pursuant to an exchange offer exemption under Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Company . The obligation of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Holder with prior written notice thereof:

 

5.1 Delivery . The Holder shall have delivered to the Company the Securities.

 

5.2 No Prohibition . No order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority shall be in effect which purports to enjoin or restrain any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

5.3 Representations . The accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Holder contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein).

 

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Section 6. Conditions Precedent to Obligations of the Holder . The obligation of the Holder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Holder’s sole benefit and may be waived by the applicable Holder at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

 

6.1 No order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority shall be in effect which purports to enjoin or restrain any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

6.2 The accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein);

 

6.3 All obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

6.4 There is no event of default then existing on the Securities on such date; and

 

6.5 From the date hereof to the relevant Closing Date, trading in the Company’s common stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC or any trading market and, at any time prior to the 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 Holder makes it impracticable or inadvisable to purchase the Exchange Securities at the closing.

 

6.6 The Company consents to the filing of a UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendment in the appropriate jurisdictions to evidence and perfect Holder’s security interests in the Collateral (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

 

Section 7. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the state of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law or choice of law that would permit or require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The Company and the Holder each hereby agrees that all actions or proceedings arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with this Agreement shall be litigated only in the Supreme Court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York located in New York County, New York. The Company and the Holder each consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing courts and consents that any process or notice of motion or other application to either of said courts or a judge thereof may be served inside or outside the State of New York or the Southern District of New York by generally recognized overnight courier or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to such party at its or his address set forth below (and service so made shall be deemed “personal service”) or by personal service or in such other manner as may be permissible under the rules of said courts. THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LITIGATION PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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Section 8. Indemnification of Holder . Subject to the provisions of this Section 8, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Holder and its directors, officers, managers, 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 Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, managers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “ Holder 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 Holder Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by any Company in this Agreement or in the other document related to this exchange or (b) any action instituted against Holder Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Holder Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this exchange (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Holder Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the exchange or any agreements or understandings such Holder Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Holder Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Holder Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Holder Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Holder 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 Holder Party. Any Holder 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 Holder 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 counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Holder 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 Holder Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Holder 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 Holder Party’s breach of its representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Holder Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Holder Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Holder Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance. The indemnification required by this Section 8 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or are incurred; however, each Holder Party who receives such interim payment agrees to reimburse the Company for any such payment made by the Company to such Holder Party if it is finally determined in such action or proceeding that such Holder Party is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Holder Party against any Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.

 

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Section 9. Fees and Expenses . Except as expressly set forth below, 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 acknowledges and agrees that it was obligated to previously pay to Holder’s legal counsel a cash deposit of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) for its initial legal fees and initial out of pocket due diligence costs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall pay: (i) the Holder’s legal counsel for all of its legal fees and all of its out of pocket due diligence costs on the Closing Date; (ii) all transfer agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any conversion or exercise notice delivered by the Holder), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Exchange Securities to the Holder; and (iii) the costs and expenses of the issuance of any and all legal opinions with respect to the conversion and sale by the Holder of the Exchange Securities.

 

Section 10. Certain Transactions . The Holder 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 of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending on the later of (i) the Maturity Date (as defined in the Exchange Securities) or (ii) the date that the Exchange Securities are no longer outstanding (provided that this provision shall not prohibit any sales made where a corresponding Notice of Conversion (as defined in the Exchange Securities) is tendered to the Company and the shares received upon such conversion or exercise are used to close out such sale).

 

Section 11. Certificates . Certificates evidencing the shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the Exchange Securities (the “ Underlying Shares ”) shall not contain any legend: (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act; (ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144; or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after any of the events described in (i)-(iii) in the preceding sentence if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder (with a copy to the Holder and its broker). If all or any portion of an Exchange Security is converted at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Underlying Shares, or if such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144 or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) then such Underlying Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 11, it will, no later than two (2) Trading Days following the delivery by the Holder to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to the Company’s transfer agent that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 11. Certificates for Underlying Shares subject to legend removal hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent to the applicable Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company System as directed by the Holder.

 

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Section 12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which 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; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.

 

Section 13. Headings . The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

Section 14. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 15. Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Holder, the Company, its affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and 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 Holder make any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters; provided, however, that all representations and warranties contained in the Loan Agreement, shall be incorporated herein. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Company and the Holder. No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 

Section 16. Notices . Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (a) upon receipt, when delivered personally; or (b) one calendar day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and national banking holidays) after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.

 

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The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

A medica Corporation

1885 West 2100 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Attn: VP Operations and General Manager

If to the Holder:

 

Anson Investments Master Fund LP

155 University Avenue, Suite 207

Toronto, ON Canada

M5H 3B7

Attn: Amin Nathoo

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck P.C.
875 Third Avenue, 9 th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attn: David E. Danovitch, Esq.

 

or to such other address and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change.

 

Section 17. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Exchange Securities. The Holder may assign some or all of their rights hereunder without the consent of any of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be the Holder hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

 

Section 18. No 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.

 

Section 19. Survival of Representations . The representations and warranties of the Company and the Holder contained in Sections 3 and 4, respectively, will survive the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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Section 20. Further Assurances . Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 21. Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Holder that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Holder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and the Holder or any of its Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Holder, or include the name of the Holder in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Holder, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Holder with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

Section 22. Non-Public Information . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 21, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided nor will provide the Holder or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Holder shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to the Holder without the Holder’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Holder shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Exchange Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Amedica Corporation  
     

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

     
Anson Investments Master Fund LP  

     
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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SCHEDULE 3.1

List of Subsidiaries

 

Name of Entity   Jurisdiction of Incorporation   Ownership
US Spine, Inc.   Delaware   100% Amedica Corporation

 

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SCHEDULE 3.5

Filings, Consents and Approvals

 

Nasdaq Listing Of Additional Shares Notification Form

 

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SCHEDULE 3.7

Capitalization

 

    Number of
Common Stock
or Equivalents
 
         
Common Stock Outstanding     3,022,073  
         
Common Stock Warrants Outstanding     1,537,688  
Unit Option (Dawson James)     3,178  
Options Outstanding     11,446  
Total Derivative Securities Outstanding     1,552,312  
         
Total Shares Outstanding & Derivative Securities     4,574,385  
         
Common Shares Owned and Beneficially Owned by Affiliates     61,985  
         
Common Shares Authorized     250,000,000  

 

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SCHEDULE 3.8

SEC Reports; Financial Statements

 

The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC on December 11, 2017, wherein the Company disclosed under Item 4.02 that the Company will restate the audited consolidated financial statements contained in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017, and that the consolidated financial statements contained in these reports should no longer be relied upon. In this regards, on December 27, 2017, the Company filed Amendment No. 2 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, and also filed Amendment No. 2 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016. Additionally, on December 29, 2017, the Company filed amendments to its previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly periods ended, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.9

Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments

 

The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017, wherein the Company disclosed under Item 4.02 that the Company will restate the audited consolidated financial statements contained in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as well as the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017, and that the consolidated financial statements contained in these reports should no longer be relied upon.

 

On January 2, 2018, the Company received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that because the Company has not yet held an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year end, it no longer complies with its Listing Rules (the “Rules”) for continued listing. The Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and if Nasdaq accepts the plan, Nasdaq can grant an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2018, to regain compliance.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.10

Litigation

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.14

Title to Assets

 

Hercules Technology Loan and Security Agreement

 

North Stadium Investments Security Agreement

 

Stratasys filed on 4/7/16 - Lease for a 3D printer in our Product Development lab

 

Revco Leasing Company files on 7/18/13 - Lease for our multi-function devices in the office area

 

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SCHEDULE 3.16

Transactions with Affiliates and Employees

 

North Stadium Investments $2.5 million loan to the Company. Sonny Bal, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Company is also the owner of North Stadium Investments.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.17

Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls

 

The Company included the following report in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 3 rd Quarter 2017, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2017:

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

This Report includes the certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). See Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2. This Item 4 includes information concerning the controls and control evaluations referred to in those certifications.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified by the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act are properly recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods required by the Commission’s rules and forms.

 

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer and principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e), as of September 30, 2017. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2017, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q due to the material weaknesses described below.

 

As defined in SEC Regulation S-X, a material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Based on this assessment, management determined that, as of December 31, 2016, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective because of the material weaknesses described below.

 

The design and operating effectiveness of our controls were inadequate to ensure that complex accounting matters are properly accounted for and reviewed in a timely manner. As a result, we failed to accurately record a complex equity transaction which caused the restatement of our third quarter 2016 financial results as set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter filing 2016. In addition, we failed to properly evaluate and test certain long-lived assets for impairment, which ultimately resulted in recognition of an impairment charge. These errors are a result of the following control deficiencies:

 

Control Environment and Risk Assessment – The Company did not have an effective control environment with the structure necessary for effective internal controls over financial reporting. Furthermore, the Company did not have an effective risk assessment to identify and assess risks associated with changes to the Company’s structure and the resultant impact on internal controls. With the dismissal of the Company’s CFO, the Company did not have qualified personnel necessary to meet the Company’s control objectives. The Company does not have personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge and experience with U.S. GAAP to properly review and evaluate the work performed by other Company personnel and experts related to complex accounting matters.

 

Control Activities – The Company did not have control activities that were designed and operating effectively including management review controls, controls related to monitoring and assessing the work of technical experts and consultants, and controls to verify the completeness and adequacy of information. Specifically, the Company did not have procedures for competent personnel to review work performed by technical experts and consultants in relation to complex debt and equity transactions and impairment evaluations.

 

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Monitoring Activities The Company did not maintain effective monitoring controls related to the financial reporting process. The Company did not effectively monitor the changes in internal control related to changes in the roles and responsibilities associated with the changes in personnel and organizational structure. The failure to properly monitor impacted the timing, accuracy, and completion of the work related to significant accounting matters.

 

Our Chief Executive Officer is in the preliminary stage of a review of our controls relating to complex accounting matters. Although our analysis is not complete, we will be adding additional resources with expertise in accounting for complex accounting matters including timely review and evaluation of assets for potential impairment. We are also considering redesigning controls to add additional layers of review and approval whenever entering into or subsequently converting, exercising, amending, repricing, exiting or otherwise experiencing changes in or to complex financial instruments.

 

Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses, the Company believes the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly represent in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows at and for the periods presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.18

Certain Fees

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.21

Registration Rights

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.22

Listing and Maintenance Requirements

 

On August 17, 2016, Amedica Corporation (the “Company”) received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the bid price for the Company’s common stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share threshold for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price Rule”), for the prior 30 consecutive trading days. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was ultimately provided with two consecutive 180 calendar day periods to demonstrate compliance with the Bid Price Rule, which expired on August 14, 2017.

 

The Company did not regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule by August 14, 2017; accordingly, on August 22, 2017, the Company received notice from the Staff that based upon the Company’s continued non-compliance with the Rule, the Company’s securities would be subject to delisting from Nasdaq unless the Company timely requests a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). The Staff’s August 22, 2017 notice also indicated that, notwithstanding the extension previously granted by the Staff to the Company to file its delinquent periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, and the Forms 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, and thereby evidence compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Filing Rule”) the Company’s non-compliance with the Filing Rule could serve as a separate basis for delisting.

 

On November 27, 2017, the Company received formal notice from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company has evidenced full compliance with all requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Accordingly, the previously-disclosed listing matter has been resolved and the Company’s securities will continue to be listed on Nasdaq.

 

Additionally, the Company has not held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders for 2017. On January 2, 2018, the Company received notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that because the Company has not yet held an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year end, it no longer complies with its Listing Rules (the “Rules”) for continued listing. The Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and if Nasdaq accepts the plan, Nasdaq can grant an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until June 29, 2018, to regain compliance.

 

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SCHEDULE 3.28

Accountants

 

Tanner LLC,

36 S State St #600

City Creek Center

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

 

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SCHEDULE 3.32

Stock Option Plans

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

The following table sets forth information relating to all of our equity compensation plans:

 

Plan Category   (a)
Number of Shares to be Issued upon Exercise of Outstanding Options
    (b)
Weighted-average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options
    (c)
Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans (Excluding Securities Referenced in Column (a))
 
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders     11,446 (1)   $ 367.08 (2)     75,600  
Equity compensation plans not approved by Stockholders     -       -          
Total     11,446 (1)   $ 367.08 (2)     75,600  

 

(1) Includes options outstanding under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan

 

(2) Represents weighted-average exercise price per share of common stock acquirable upon exercise of outstanding stock options.

 

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Exhibit A

 

Securities

 

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Exhibit B

 

Exchange Securities

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Legal Opinion

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

Form of Non-Shell Representation Letter

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instruction Letter

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

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.

 

Original Issue Date: January 3, 2018 Principal Amount: $1,132,311.40

 

SENIOR SECURED

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

DUE FEBRUARY 3, 2019

 

THIS SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Senior Secured Convertible Notes of Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (the “ Company ”), having its principal place of business at 1885 West 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, designated as its Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due February 3, 2019 (this “ Note ”, or the “ Note ” and collectively with the other Notes of such series, the “ Notes ”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to MEF I, L.P. or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $1,132,311.40 on February 3, 2019 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this Note 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 Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1 . Definitions . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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Alternate Conversion Price ” means seventy percent (70%) of the lowest traded price in the ten (10) Trading Days prior to the Conversion Date, provided that such Alternate Conversion Price shall in no event be lower than the Floor Price (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5(a) below).

 

Amortization Conversion Rate ” means eighty-five percent (85%) of the average of the three (3) lowest traded prices on the Trading Market during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Amortization Payment Date.

 

Amortization Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Amortization Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any 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 Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement, (c) the Company or any 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 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 sixty (60) calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any 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 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(b)(v).

 

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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 thirty-three percent (33%) of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion of the Notes and the Conversion Shares issued together with the Notes); (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 sixty-six percent (66%) 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 sixty-six percent (66%) of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction; (d) a replacement at one time or within a one (1) year period of more than one-half (1/2) of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof); or (e) 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 (d) above...

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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 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 Note in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation, shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion, redemption, or amortization of this Note, and shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on this Note in accordance with the terms of this Note.

 

Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

DTC ” means the Depository Trust Company.

 

DTC/FAST Program ” means the DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.

 

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DWAC Eligible ” means that (a) the Common Stock is eligible at DTC for full services pursuant to DTC’s Operational Arrangements, including without limitation transfer through DTC’s DWAC system, (b) the Company has been approved (without revocation) by the DTC’s underwriting department, (c) the Transfer Agent is approved as an agent in the DTC/FAST Program, (d) the Conversion Shares are otherwise eligible for delivery via DWAC, and (e) the Transfer Agent does not have a policy prohibiting or limiting delivery of the Conversion Shares via DWAC.

 

Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question, (a) no Event of Default shall have occurred, (b) the Company has timely filed (or obtained extensions in respect thereof and filed within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Company has met the current public information requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act as of the end of the period in question, (c) on any date that the Company desires to make a payment of interest and/or principal in shares of Common Stock instead of cash, the average daily dollar volume of the Common Stock for the previous fifteen (15) trading days must be greater than $100,000, (d) the Company shares of common stock must be DWAC Eligible and not subject to a “DTC chill”, (e) the Holder has not been issued by the Company greater than 19.99% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company unless shareholder approval has been obtained for any such issuance, (f) the Common Stock has closed above the Floor Price on the Trading Market with respect to the Trading Day immediately prior to any Conversion Date, (g) the Common Stock has closed above $2.25 per share on the Trading Market with respect to the Trading Day immediately prior to any Amortization Payment Date and (g) this Note is registered under the Securities Act or the Conversion Shares are deemed “free trading” shares.

 

Exchange Agreement ” means that certain Exchange Agreement, dated January 3, 2018 (the “ Exchange Agreement ”), between the Company and the Holder

 

Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of the Notes issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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

 

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

 

Floor Price ” with respect to the Trading Market that the Company’s Common Stock is listed or quoted, shall be a closing sale price equal to One and 75/100 Dollars ($1.75) .

 

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

 

Late Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 

Mandatory Default Amount ” means the payment of one hundred thirty-five percent (135%) of the outstanding principal amount of this Note 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 Note.

 

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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 this Note, including any Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion in full of this Note (including Conversion Shares issuable as payment of interest on this Note), ignoring any conversion limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Amortization Conversion Rate is at all times on and after the date of determination one hundred percent (100%) of the then Amortization Conversion Rate on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.

 

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).

 

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Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1 to the Exchange Agreement and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT; the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; the New York Stock Exchange; the NYSE MKT, any level of the OTC Markets operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Note, the Exchange Agreement, that certain Assignment Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, the Holder, and Hercules Capital, Inc. (fka, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, and those certain UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendments.

 

Variable Rate Transaction ” means, collectively, an “Equity Line of Credit” or similar agreement, or a Variable Priced Equity Linked Instrument. For purposes hereof, “Equity Line of Credit” means any transaction involving a written agreement between the Company and an investor or underwriter whereby the Company has the right to “put” its securities to the investor or underwriter over an agreed period of time and at future determined price or price formula (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions that are not Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments), and “Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments” means: (A) any debt or equity securities which are convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or carry the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (1) at any conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security, or (2) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset on more than one occasion at some future date at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security due to a change in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock since date of initial issuance (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions), and (B) any amortizing convertible security which amortizes prior to its maturity date, where the Company is required or has the option to (or any investor in such transaction has the option to require the Company to) make such amortization payments in shares of Common Stock which are valued at a price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security (whether or not such payments in stock are subject to certain equity conditions).

 

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VWAP ” means, for or as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Trading Market (or, if the Trading Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

Section 2 . Interest .

 

a) Payment of Interest in Cash or Kind . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum, which twelve (12) months’ interest amount shall be guaranteed. All interest payments hereunder will be payable in cash, or subject to the Equity Conditions, in cash or Common Stock in the Company’s discretion. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due on payable on each Conversion Date, Amortization Payment Date, prepayment date, and on the Maturity Date, or as otherwise set forth herein.

 

b) Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve (12) thirty (30) 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 Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note (the “ Note Register ”).

 

c) Late Fee . All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “ Late Fees ”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

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d) Amortization Payments . Commencing on the date that is fourteen (14) days after the Original Issue Date, and continuing on the first (1 st ) Trading Day of each of the following eleven (11) successive months thereafter (each an “ Amortization Payment Date ”), the Company shall redeem one-twelfth (1/12 th ) of the face amount of this Note and guaranteed interest (each, an “ Amortization Payment ”). Each Amortization Payment shall, at the option of the Company, be made in whole or in part, in cash equal to the sum of the Amortization Payment multiplied by one hundred fifteen percent (115%) or, subject to the Company complying with the Equity Conditions, in Common Stock pursuant to the Amortization Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2(d), the Holder, at its option, during each month that this Note remains outstanding, shall be entitled to accelerate up to three (3) future Amortization Payments and demand such payments in Common Stock pursuant to the Amortization Conversion Rate. For example, if the first (1 st ) Amortization Payment is due on December 15, 2017, the Holder, at its option, shall be entitled to accelerate all or any portion of the second (2 nd ) Amortization Payment (which originally would have been due on January 2, 2018), the third (3 rd ) Amortization Payment (which originally would have been due on February 1, 2018), and the fourth (4 th ) Amortization Payment (which originally would have been due on March 1, 2018) and demand such payments at any time during the month of December, in Common Stock pursuant to the Amortization Conversation Rate.

 

e) Voluntary Prepayment . So long as no Event of Default (as defined in Section 6(a)) exists, at any time upon ten (10) days written notice to the Holder, but subject to the Holder’s conversion rights set forth herein, the Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Note, any accrued and unpaid interest (including, without limitation, guaranteed interest), and any other amounts due under this Note. If the Company exercises its right to prepay the Note, 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 Note and guaranteed interest (including, without limitation, guaranteed interest) multiplied by one hundred fifteen percent (115%). The Holder may continue to convert the Note from the date notice of the prepayment is given until the date of prepayment.

 

f) Mandatory Prepayment . In the event that the Company consummates any public or private offering or other financing or capital-raising transaction of any kind (each a “ Subsequent Offering ”), in which the Company receives gross proceeds of three million dollars ($3,000,000), the Company shall make payment to the Holder of an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of this Note, any accrued and unpaid interest (including, without limitation, guaranteed interest), and any other amounts due under this Note, multiplied by one hundred fifteen percent (115%). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Subsequent Offering is consummated prior to the Maturity Date, the Company shall make payment to the Holder in the amounts set forth in Section 2(f). The Holder may continue to convert the Note until the date of payment.

 

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Section 3.   Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

 

a) Different Denominations . This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Note 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 Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

 

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

 

Section 4.   Conversion .

 

a) Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Note is no longer outstanding, this Note 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 of this Note 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. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, 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 Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain a Conversion Schedule 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 Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

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b) Conversion Price . The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $3.87 (the “ Fixed Conversion Price ”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to, at such Holder’s option and otherwise in accordance with the provisions for conversion herein, convert all or any part of this Note into Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price. All such foregoing determinations will be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that proportionately decreases or increases the Common Stock during such measuring period. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6 hereof 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.

 

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 Note to be converted and any accrued and unpaid interest to be converted by (y) the Fixed 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, which such opinion must be acceptable to the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion (which opinion the Company shall be responsible for obtaining at its sole cost and expense) shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions, representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note. All certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) 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 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.”

 

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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, upon request and at the sole cost and expense of the Company, shall obtain a legal opinion that is acceptable to the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion, 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 Note 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 Note 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; 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 Note shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal or interest 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, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought. If the injunction is not granted, the Company shall promptly comply with all conversion obligations herein. If the injunction is obtained, the Company must post a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, which is subject to the injunction, 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 seeking 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, $1,000 per Trading Day 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.

 

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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 Note 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 Note 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 Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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vi. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that 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 two hundred percent (200%) of the Required Minimum (the “ Reserve Amount ”) for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Notes). 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 Note. 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 Fixed 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 Note 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 Note 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.

 

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d) Holder’s Conversion Limitations . The Company shall not effect any conversion of principal and/or interest of this Note, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any principal and/or interest of this Note, 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 Note 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 Note 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 (including, without limitation, any other Notes) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(e), 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 Note is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Note 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 Note may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Note 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(e), 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 Note, 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 Note held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than sixty-one (61) days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(e), 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 Note held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(e) shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the sixty-first (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 Note.

 

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e) Conversion Cap . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, unless shareholder approval has been obtained, the Company shall not effect the conversion of any portion of this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Note and any such conversion shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes issued in the Exchange Agreement collectively would exceed 19.99% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Original Issue Date.

 

Section 5 . Certain Adjustments .

 

a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Note 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, this Note), (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 Fixed 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.

 

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b) Anti-Dilution . If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, 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 Fixed 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 Fixed Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price, provided that the Fixed Conversion Price shall in no event be reduced below the Floor Price (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5(a) above). 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 is 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 in the Notice of Conversion.

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (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).

 

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d) Pro Rata Distributions . During such time as this Note is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Note, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Note (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution ( provided , however , to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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e) Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Note 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 fifty percent (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 fifty percent (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 Note, 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(e) on the conversion of this Note), 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 Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Note). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Fixed 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 Fixed 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 Note 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 Note and any document ancillary hereto, 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 Note, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note 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 Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) 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 Note 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 Note 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 Note and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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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 Fixed Conversion Price . Whenever the Fixed Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Fixed 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 Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note 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 Note 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.

 

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h) Variable Rate Transaction . So long as this Note remains outstanding or the holder of this Note holds any Conversion Shares, the Company shall not directly or indirectly (i)(A) consummate any exchange of any Indebtedness and/or securities of the Company for any other securities and/or Indebtedness of the Company, (B) cooperate with any person to effect any exchange of securities and/or Indebtedness of the Company in connection with a proposed sale of such securities from an existing holder of such securities to a third party), and/or (C) reduce and/or otherwise change the exercise price, conversion price and/or exchange price of any Common Stock Equivalent of the Company and/or amend any non-convertible Indebtedness of the Company to make it convertible into securities of the Company, (ii) issue or sell any of its securities either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of, or quotations for, Common Stock, and/or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange rate and/or price that is subject to being reset on one or more occasions either (1) at some future date after the initial issuance of such securities or (2) upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock, and/or (iii) enter into any agreement (including, without limitation, an “equity line of credit” or an “at-the-market offering”) whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price. Any transaction contemplated in this Section 5(h) , shall be referred to as a “ Variable Rate Transaction ”. The Buyer shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any Variable Rate Transaction (without the need for the posting of any bond or similar item, which the Company hereby expressly and irrevocably waives the requirement for), which remedy shall be in addition to any right of the Buyer to collect damages. A “Variable Rate Transaction” shall also include mean, collectively, an “Equity Line of Credit” or similar agreement, or a Variable Priced Equity Linked Instrument. For purposes hereof, “ Equity Line of Credit ” means any transaction involving a written agreement between the Company and an investor or underwriter whereby the Company has the right to “put” its securities to the investor or underwriter over an agreed period of time and at future determined price or price formula (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions that are not Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments), and “ Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments ” means: (A) any debt or equity securities which are convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or carry the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (1) at any conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security, or (2) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset on more than one occasion at some future date at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security due to a change in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock since date of initial issuance (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions), and (B) any amortizing convertible security which amortizes prior to its maturity date, where the Company is required or has the option to (or any investor in such transaction has the option to require the Company to) make such amortization payments in shares of Common Stock which are valued at a price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security (whether or not such payments in stock are subject to certain equity conditions).

 

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i) Lower Priced Transaction . So long as this Note remains outstanding or the holder of this Note holds any Conversion Shares, the Company shall not enter into any financing transaction pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than the Floor Price (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5(a) above) without the written consent of the Holder.

 

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 this Note or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on this Note, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date, Amortization Payment Date, or the Maturity 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 three (3) Trading Days;

 

ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, provision, or agreement contained in this Note (and other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion or amortization, which breaches are addressed in clauses (x) and (xvii) below, respectively) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five (5) Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) ten (10) Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

iii. a material default or material 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 agreement, contract, 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 Note, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto, any other agreement, contract, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (including those covered by clause (vi) below), or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

 

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v. the Company or any 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 on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, 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 Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) 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 (5) Trading Days or the transfer of shares of Common Stock through the Depository Trust Company System is no longer available or “chilled”;

 

viii. the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction (A) without first giving the Holder ten (10) calendar days’ prior written notice of the closing of such Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction and (B) prior to or simultaneous with the closing of such Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction, the Holder is not repaid in accordance with Section 2(e) herein;

 

ix. the Company does not meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144, which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within two (2) Trading Days after the expiration of the applicable grace period permitted under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act, further provided that the Company files a Form 12b-25 for the relevant report required to meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144 ;

 

x. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior to the third (3 rd ) 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 this Note in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

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xi. 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), which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within two (2) Trading Days after the expiration of the applicable grace period permitted under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act, further provided that the Maker files a Form 12b-25 for such report ;

 

xii. the Company or any 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 a 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 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 (as the case may be) in excess of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) individually or in the aggregate, 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 the Reserve Amount;

 

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 One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000), and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days;

 

xvii. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder on or prior to the third (3 rd ) Trading Day after the Amortization Payment Date pursuant to Section 2(d) (if such Holder requests that the Amortization Payment be made in Common Stock at the Amortization Conversion Rate and subject to the Equity Conditions), 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 amortizations of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

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xviii. The Company shall fail to comply with the “use of proceeds” of this Note as set forth in Section 7(m);

 

xix. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, provision, or agreement contained in any other agreement, contract, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (including those covered by clause (vi) above);

 

xx. the Company does not include in its next proxy statement a proposal to permit the Company to issue Conversion Shares that equate to more than 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock as of the Original Issue Date;

 

xxi. the Company, if necessary, fails to hire a proxy solicitation firm reasonably acceptable to the Holder to assist the Company in assuring that it receives the requisite stockholder approval to permit the Company to issue Conversion Shares that equate to more than 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock as of the Original Issue Date; and

 

xxii. the Company, its officers, or any affiliates or agents of the Company have withdrawn or paid cash to any Person in an aggregate amount that exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), except in connection with payments made in the ordinary course of business, such as the payment of employees’ salaries, payment of fees to members of the Board of Directors, and interest payments made to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer with respect to a loan that he made to the Company.

 

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default . Subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation as set forth in Section 4(d), if any Event of Default occurs, then the outstanding principal amount of this Note, 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, immediately due and payable at the Holder’s option, in cash or in shares of Common Stock (subject to the Equity Conditions and at the Alternate Conversion Price), at the Mandatory Default Amount. After the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on this Note shall accrue at an additional interest rate equal to the lesser of two percent (2%) per month (twenty-four percent (24%) per annum) or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount in cash or in shares of Common Stock, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note 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 (other than the Holder’s election to declare such acceleration), 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 Note 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.

 

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Section 7 . Miscellaneous .

 

a) Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email or facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company at 1885 West 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, or such other address, facsimile number, or email address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 7(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email or facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the email address, facsimile number, or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such email address, facsimile number, or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

b) Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu with all other Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.

 

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

 

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d) Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note 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 Note 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 Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

e) Waiver . Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note 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 Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note 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 Note on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

 

f) Amending the Terms of this Note . The prior written consent of the Holder shall be required for any change or amendment to this Note.

 

g) Severability . If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note 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 Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, 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.

 

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h) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note 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 Note. 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 Note.

 

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) Payment of Collection, Enforcement and Other Costs . If (i) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (ii) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

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

 

l) Security Interest . The obligations of the Company under this Note shall be secured by that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated June 30, 2014, as amended and assigned, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, and the Holder.

 

m) Use of Proceeds . The gross proceeds of the funding to the Company related to this Note shall be used to repay any and all debt owed by the Company to Hercules Capital, Inc. (f/k/a, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation.

 

n) Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Holder that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Holder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and the Holder or any of its Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Holder, or include the name of the Holder in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Holder, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Holder with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

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o) Non-Public Information . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 7(n), the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided nor will provide the Holder or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Holder shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to the Holder without the Holder’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Holder shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company

 

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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

 

  AMEDICA CORPORATION
     
  By:                    
  Name:  
  Title:  

  Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices:  

 

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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, due February 3, 2019 of Amedica Corporation, a Delaware 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 Note, 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 Note to be Converted:
   
  Payment of Interest in Common Stock __ yes __ no
  If yes, $_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.
   
  Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
   
  Signature:
   
  Name:
   
  Delivery Instructions:

 

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Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

This Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, due on February 3, 2019, in the original principal amount of $1,132,311.40 is issued by Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Note.

 

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
                 
                 
                 

 

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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.

 

Original Issue Date: January 3, 2018 Principal Amount: $1,132,311.40

 

SENIOR SECURED

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

DUE FEBRUARY 3, 2019

 

THIS SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Senior Secured Convertible Notes of Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (the “ Company ”), having its principal place of business at 1885 West 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, designated as its Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note due February 3, 2019 (this “ Note ”, or the “ Note ” and collectively with the other Notes of such series, the “ Notes ”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Anson Investments Master Fund LP or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $1,132,311.40 on February, 2019 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this Note 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 Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1 . Definitions . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

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Alternate Conversion Price ” means seventy percent (70%) of the lowest traded price in the ten (10) Trading Days prior to the Conversion Date, provided that such Alternate Conversion Price shall in no event be lower than the Floor Price (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5(a) below).

 

Amortization Conversion Rate ” means eighty-five percent (85%) of the average of the three (3) lowest traded prices on the Trading Market during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Amortization Payment Date.

 

Amortization Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Amortization Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any 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 Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement, (c) the Company or any 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 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 sixty (60) calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any 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 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(b)(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 thirty-three percent (33%) of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion of the Notes and the Conversion Shares issued together with the Notes); (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 sixty-six percent (66%) 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 sixty-six percent (66%) of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction; (d) a replacement at one time or within a one (1) year period of more than one-half (1/2) of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the date hereof); or (e) 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 (d) above...

 

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Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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 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 Note in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation, shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion, redemption, or amortization of this Note, and shares of Common Stock issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of interest on this Note in accordance with the terms of this Note.

 

Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

DTC ” means the Depository Trust Company.

 

DTC/FAST Program ” means the DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.

 

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DWAC Eligible ” means that (a) the Common Stock is eligible at DTC for full services pursuant to DTC’s Operational Arrangements, including without limitation transfer through DTC’s DWAC system, (b) the Company has been approved (without revocation) by the DTC’s underwriting department, (c) the Transfer Agent is approved as an agent in the DTC/FAST Program, (d) the Conversion Shares are otherwise eligible for delivery via DWAC, and (e) the Transfer Agent does not have a policy prohibiting or limiting delivery of the Conversion Shares via DWAC.

 

Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question, (a) no Event of Default shall have occurred, (b) the Company has timely filed (or obtained extensions in respect thereof and filed within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Company has met the current public information requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act as of the end of the period in question, (c) on any date that the Company desires to make a payment of interest and/or principal in shares of Common Stock instead of cash, the average daily dollar volume of the Common Stock for the previous fifteen (15) trading days must be greater than $100,000, (d) the Company shares of common stock must be DWAC Eligible and not subject to a “DTC chill”, (e) the Holder has not been issued by the Company greater than 19.99% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company unless shareholder approval has been obtained for any such issuance, (f) the Common Stock has closed above the Floor Price on the Trading Market with respect to the Trading Day immediately prior to any Conversion Date, (g) the Common Stock has closed above $2.25 per share on the Trading Market with respect to the Trading Day immediately prior to any Amortization Payment Date and (g) this Note is registered under the Securities Act or the Conversion Shares are deemed “free trading” shares.

 

Exchange Agreement ” means that certain Exchange Agreement, dated January 3, 2018 (the “ Exchange Agreement ”), between the Company and the Holder

 

Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of the Notes issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

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

 

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

 

Floor Price ” with respect to the Trading Market that the Company’s Common Stock is listed or quoted, shall be a closing sale price equal to One and 75/100 Dollars ($1.75) .

 

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

 

Late Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 

Mandatory Default Amount ” means the payment of one hundred thirty-five percent (135%) of the outstanding principal amount of this Note 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 Note.

 

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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 this Note, including any Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion in full of this Note (including Conversion Shares issuable as payment of interest on this Note), ignoring any conversion limits set forth therein, and assuming that the Amortization Conversion Rate is at all times on and after the date of determination one hundred percent (100%) of the then Amortization Conversion Rate on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination.

 

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).

 

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Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1 to the Exchange Agreement and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT; the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; the New York Stock Exchange; the NYSE MKT, any level of the OTC Markets operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Note, the Exchange Agreement, that certain Assignment Agreement, dated January 3, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, the Holder, and Hercules Capital, Inc. (fka, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation, and those certain UCC-3 Financing Statement Amendments.

 

Variable Rate Transaction ” means, collectively, an “Equity Line of Credit” or similar agreement, or a Variable Priced Equity Linked Instrument. For purposes hereof, “Equity Line of Credit” means any transaction involving a written agreement between the Company and an investor or underwriter whereby the Company has the right to “put” its securities to the investor or underwriter over an agreed period of time and at future determined price or price formula (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions that are not Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments), and “Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments” means: (A) any debt or equity securities which are convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or carry the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (1) at any conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security, or (2) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset on more than one occasion at some future date at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security due to a change in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock since date of initial issuance (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions), and (B) any amortizing convertible security which amortizes prior to its maturity date, where the Company is required or has the option to (or any investor in such transaction has the option to require the Company to) make such amortization payments in shares of Common Stock which are valued at a price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security (whether or not such payments in stock are subject to certain equity conditions).

 

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VWAP ” means, for or as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Trading Market (or, if the Trading Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

Section 2 . Interest .

 

a) Payment of Interest in Cash or Kind . The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum, which twelve (12) months’ interest amount shall be guaranteed. All interest payments hereunder will be payable in cash, or subject to the Equity Conditions, in cash or Common Stock in the Company’s discretion. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due on payable on each Conversion Date, Amortization Payment Date, prepayment date, and on the Maturity Date, or as otherwise set forth herein.

 

b) Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve (12) thirty (30) 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 Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note (the “ Note Register ”).

 

c) Late Fee . All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “ Late Fees ”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

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d) Amortization Payments . Commencing on the date that is fourteen (14) days after the Original Issue Date, and continuing on the first (1 st ) Trading Day of each of the following eleven (11) successive months thereafter (each an “ Amortization Payment Date ”), the Company shall redeem one-twelfth (1/12 th ) of the face amount of this Note and guaranteed interest (each, an “ Amortization Payment ”). Each Amortization Payment shall, at the option of the Company, be made in whole or in part, in cash equal to the sum of the Amortization Payment multiplied by one hundred fifteen percent (115%) or, subject to the Company complying with the Equity Conditions, in Common Stock pursuant to the Amortization Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2(d), the Holder, at its option, during each month that this Note remains outstanding, shall be entitled to accelerate up to three (3) future Amortization Payments and demand such payments in Common Stock pursuant to the Amortization Conversion Rate. For example, if the first (1 st ) Amortization Payment is due on December 15, 2017, the Holder, at its option, shall be entitled to accelerate all or any portion of the second (2 nd ) Amortization Payment (which originally would have been due on January 2, 2018), the third (3 rd ) Amortization Payment (which originally would have been due on February 1, 2018), and the fourth (4 th ) Amortization Payment (which originally would have been due on March 1, 2018) and demand such payments at any time during the month of December, in Common Stock pursuant to the Amortization Conversation Rate.

 

e) Voluntary Prepayment . So long as no Event of Default (as defined in Section 6(a)) exists, at any time upon ten (10) days written notice to the Holder, but subject to the Holder’s conversion rights set forth herein, the Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Note, any accrued and unpaid interest (including, without limitation, guaranteed interest), and any other amounts due under this Note. If the Company exercises its right to prepay the Note, 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 Note and guaranteed interest (including, without limitation, guaranteed interest) multiplied by one hundred fifteen percent (115%). The Holder may continue to convert the Note from the date notice of the prepayment is given until the date of prepayment.

 

f) Mandatory Prepayment . In the event that the Company consummates any public or private offering or other financing or capital-raising transaction of any kind (each a “ Subsequent Offering ”), in which the Company receives gross proceeds of three million dollars ($3,000,000), the Company shall make payment to the Holder of an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of this Note, any accrued and unpaid interest (including, without limitation, guaranteed interest), and any other amounts due under this Note, multiplied by one hundred fifteen percent (115%). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Subsequent Offering is consummated prior to the Maturity Date, the Company shall make payment to the Holder in the amounts set forth in Section 2(f). The Holder may continue to convert the Note until the date of payment.

 

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Section 3.   Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

 

a) Different Denominations . This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Note 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 Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

 

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

 

Section 4.   Conversion .

 

a) Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Note is no longer outstanding, this Note 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 of this Note 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. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, 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 Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain a Conversion Schedule 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 Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

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b) Conversion Price . The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $3.87 (the “ Fixed Conversion Price ”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to, at such Holder’s option and otherwise in accordance with the provisions for conversion herein, convert all or any part of this Note into Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price. All such foregoing determinations will be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction that proportionately decreases or increases the Common Stock during such measuring period. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6 hereof 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.

 

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 Note to be converted and any accrued and unpaid interest to be converted by (y) the Fixed 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, which such opinion must be acceptable to the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion (which opinion the Company shall be responsible for obtaining at its sole cost and expense) shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions, representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note. All certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(d) 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 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.”

 

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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, upon request and at the sole cost and expense of the Company, shall obtain a legal opinion that is acceptable to the Holder in its sole and absolute discretion, 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 Note 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 Note 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; 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 Note shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal or interest 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, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought. If the injunction is not granted, the Company shall promptly comply with all conversion obligations herein. If the injunction is obtained, the Company must post a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, which is subject to the injunction, 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 seeking 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, $1,000 per Trading Day 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.

 

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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 Note 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 Note 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 Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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vi. Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Company covenants that 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 two hundred percent (200%) of the Required Minimum (the “ Reserve Amount ”) for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Notes). 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 Note. 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 Fixed 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 Note 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 Note 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.

 

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d) Holder’s Conversion Limitations . The Company shall not effect any conversion of principal and/or interest of this Note, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any principal and/or interest of this Note, 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 Note 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 Note 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 (including, without limitation, any other Notes) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(e), 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 Note is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Note 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 Note may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Note 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(e), 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 Note, 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 Note held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less than sixty-one (61) days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(e), 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 Note held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 4(e) shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the sixty-first (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 Note.

 

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e) Conversion Cap . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, unless shareholder approval has been obtained, the Company shall not effect the conversion of any portion of this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Note and any such conversion shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes issued in the Exchange Agreement collectively would exceed 19.99% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Original Issue Date.

 

Section 5 . Certain Adjustments .

 

a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Note 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, this Note), (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 Fixed 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.

 

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b) Anti-Dilution . If, at any time while this Note is outstanding, 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 Fixed 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 Fixed Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price, provided that the Fixed Conversion Price shall in no event be reduced below the Floor Price (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5(a) above). 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 is 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 in the Notice of Conversion.

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 5(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (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).

 

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d) Pro Rata Distributions . During such time as this Note is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the issuance of this Note, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Note (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution ( provided , however , to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

e) Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Note 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 fifty percent (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 fifty percent (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 Note, 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(e) on the conversion of this Note), 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 Note is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) on the conversion of this Note). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Fixed 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 Fixed 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 Note 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 Note and any document ancillary hereto, 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 Note, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note 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 Note (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) 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 Note 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 Note 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 Note and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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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 Fixed Conversion Price . Whenever the Fixed Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Fixed 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 Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note 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 Note 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.

 

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h) Variable Rate Transaction . So long as this Note remains outstanding or the holder of this Note holds any Conversion Shares, the Company shall not directly or indirectly (i)(A) consummate any exchange of any Indebtedness and/or securities of the Company for any other securities and/or Indebtedness of the Company, (B) cooperate with any person to effect any exchange of securities and/or Indebtedness of the Company in connection with a proposed sale of such securities from an existing holder of such securities to a third party), and/or (C) reduce and/or otherwise change the exercise price, conversion price and/or exchange price of any Common Stock Equivalent of the Company and/or amend any non-convertible Indebtedness of the Company to make it convertible into securities of the Company, (ii) issue or sell any of its securities either (A) at a conversion, exercise or exchange rate or price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of, or quotations for, Common Stock, and/or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange rate and/or price that is subject to being reset on one or more occasions either (1) at some future date after the initial issuance of such securities or (2) upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock, and/or (iii) enter into any agreement (including, without limitation, an “equity line of credit” or an “at-the-market offering”) whereby the Company may sell securities at a future determined price. Any transaction contemplated in this Section 5(h) , shall be referred to as a “ Variable Rate Transaction ”. The Buyer shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any Variable Rate Transaction (without the need for the posting of any bond or similar item, which the Company hereby expressly and irrevocably waives the requirement for), which remedy shall be in addition to any right of the Buyer to collect damages. A “Variable Rate Transaction” shall also include mean, collectively, an “Equity Line of Credit” or similar agreement, or a Variable Priced Equity Linked Instrument. For purposes hereof, “ Equity Line of Credit ” means any transaction involving a written agreement between the Company and an investor or underwriter whereby the Company has the right to “put” its securities to the investor or underwriter over an agreed period of time and at future determined price or price formula (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions that are not Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments), and “ Variable Priced Equity Linked Instruments ” means: (A) any debt or equity securities which are convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or carry the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (1) at any conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security, or (2) with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset on more than one occasion at some future date at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security due to a change in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock since date of initial issuance (other than customary “preemptive” or “participation” rights or “weighted average” or “full-ratchet” anti-dilution provisions or in connection with fixed-price rights offerings and similar transactions), and (B) any amortizing convertible security which amortizes prior to its maturity date, where the Company is required or has the option to (or any investor in such transaction has the option to require the Company to) make such amortization payments in shares of Common Stock which are valued at a price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security (whether or not such payments in stock are subject to certain equity conditions).

 

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i) Lower Priced Transaction . So long as this Note remains outstanding or the holder of this Note holds any Conversion Shares, the Company shall not enter into any financing transaction pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than the Floor Price (subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5(a) above) without the written consent of the Holder.

 

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 this Note or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on this Note, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date, Amortization Payment Date, or the Maturity 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 three (3) Trading Days;

 

ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, provision, or agreement contained in this Note (and other than a breach by the Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion or amortization, which breaches are addressed in clauses (x) and (xvii) below, respectively) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five (5) Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) ten (10) Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

iii. a material default or material 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 agreement, contract, 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 Note, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto, any other agreement, contract, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (including those covered by clause (vi) below), or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made;

 

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v. the Company or any 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 on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, 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 Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) 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 (5) Trading Days or the transfer of shares of Common Stock through the Depository Trust Company System is no longer available or “chilled”;

 

viii. the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction (A) without first giving the Holder ten (10) calendar days’ prior written notice of the closing of such Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction and (B) prior to or simultaneous with the closing of such Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction, the Holder is not repaid in accordance with Section 2(e) herein;

 

ix. the Company does not meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144, which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within two (2) Trading Days after the expiration of the applicable grace period permitted under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act, further provided that the Company files a Form 12b-25 for the relevant report required to meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144 ;

 

x. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior to the third (3 rd ) 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 this Note in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

xi. 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), which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within two (2) Trading Days after the expiration of the applicable grace period permitted under Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act, further provided that the Maker files a Form 12b-25 for such report ;

 

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xii. the Company or any 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 a 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 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 (as the case may be) in excess of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) individually or in the aggregate, 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 the Reserve Amount;

 

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 One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000), and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of forty-five (45) calendar days;

 

xvii. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder on or prior to the third (3 rd ) Trading Day after the Amortization Payment Date pursuant to Section 2(d) (if such Holder requests that the Amortization Payment be made in Common Stock at the Amortization Conversion Rate and subject to the Equity Conditions), 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 amortizations of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

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xviii. The Company shall fail to comply with the “use of proceeds” of this Note as set forth in Section 7(m);

 

xix. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, provision, or agreement contained in any other agreement, contract, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (including those covered by clause (vi) above);

 

xx. the Company does not include in its next proxy statement a proposal to permit the Company to issue Conversion Shares that equate to more than 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock as of the Original Issue Date;

 

xxi. the Company, if necessary, fails to hire a proxy solicitation firm reasonably acceptable to the Holder to assist the Company in assuring that it receives the requisite stockholder approval to permit the Company to issue Conversion Shares that equate to more than 19.99% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock as of the Original Issue Date; and

 

xxii. the Company, its officers, or any affiliates or agents of the Company have withdrawn or paid cash to any Person in an aggregate amount that exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), except in connection with payments made in the ordinary course of business, such as the payment of employees’ salaries, payment of fees to members of the Board of Directors, and interest payments made to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer with respect to a loan that he made to the Company.

 

b) Remedies Upon Event of Default . Subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation as set forth in Section 4(d), if any Event of Default occurs, then the outstanding principal amount of this Note, 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, immediately due and payable at the Holder’s option, in cash or in shares of Common Stock (subject to the Equity Conditions and at the Alternate Conversion Price), at the Mandatory Default Amount. After the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on this Note shall accrue at an additional interest rate equal to the lesser of two percent (2%) per month (twenty-four percent (24%) per annum) or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount in cash or in shares of Common Stock, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note 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 (other than the Holder’s election to declare such acceleration), 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 Note 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.

 

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Section 7 . Miscellaneous .

 

a) Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email or facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company at 1885 West 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84119, or such other address, facsimile number, or email address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 7(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email or facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the email address, facsimile number, or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such email address, facsimile number, or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

b) Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu with all other Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.

 

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

 

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d) Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note 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 Note 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 Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

e) Waiver . Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note 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 Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note 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 Note on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

 

f) Amending the Terms of this Note . The prior written consent of the Holder shall be required for any change or amendment to this Note.

 

g) Severability . If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note 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 Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, 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.

 

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h) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note 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 Note. 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 Note.

 

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) Payment of Collection, Enforcement and Other Costs . If (i) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (ii) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

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

 

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l) Security Interest . The obligations of the Company under this Note shall be secured by that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated June 30, 2014, as amended and assigned, by and among the Company, the subsidiaries and guarantor of the Company, and the Holder.

 

m) Use of Proceeds . The gross proceeds of the funding to the Company related to this Note shall be used to repay any and all debt owed by the Company to Hercules Capital, Inc. (f/k/a, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.), a Maryland corporation.

 

n) Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . The Company shall (a) by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the Commission within the time required by the Exchange Act. From and after the issuance of such press release, the Company represents to the Holder that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Holder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the issuance of such press release, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates on the one hand, and the Holder or any of its Affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Holder, or include the name of the Holder in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of the Holder, except (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Holder with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

o) Non-Public Information . Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which shall be disclosed pursuant to Section 7(n), the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided nor will provide the Holder or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes, or the Company reasonably believes constitutes, material non-public information, unless prior thereto the Holder shall have consented to the receipt of such information and agreed with the Company to keep such information confidential. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to the Holder without the Holder’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees or Affiliates not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information, provided that the Holder shall remain subject to applicable law. To the extent that any notice provided pursuant to any Transaction Document constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company understands and confirms that the Holder shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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

 

  AMEDICA CORPORATION

 

  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

  Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices:  

 

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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, due February 3, 2019 of Amedica Corporation, a Delaware 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 Note, 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 Note to be Converted:

 

Payment of Interest in Common Stock __ yes __ no

If yes, $_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

Signature:

 

Name:

 

Delivery Instructions:

 

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Schedule 1

 

CONVERSION SCHEDULE

 

This Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note, due on February 3, 2019, in the original principal amount of $1,132,311.40 is issued by Amedica Corporation, a Delaware corporation. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Note.

 

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
             
             
             

 

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