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): April 1, 2016

 

 

 

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Colorado   001-34044   26-1851813
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

833 West South Boulder Road, Louisville, CO 80027-2452

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 222-8300

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

 

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

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Private Placement

 

On April 1, 2016 , Real Goods Solar, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with unaffiliated institutional investors identified therein (each, an "Investor"), relating to a private placement by the Company of $10,000,000 of units (each, a "Unit") consisting of $1.00 of senior secured notes due on April 1, 2019 (the "Notes") convertible into the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, (the "Common Stock"), on the terms further described below and a Series G warrant to purchase a fraction of a share of Common Stock (the "Warrants"). The purchase price for each Unit is $1.00.

 

On the same day the Company closed the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and issued Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 and Warrants exercisable into an aggregate of 4,979,460 shares of shares of Common Stock.

 

The Units will not be issued or certificated. The Notes and the Warrants were issued in physical form separately from each other and may be transferred separately immediately thereafter. The Notes and the Warrants will not be listed on any national securities exchange or other trading market, and no trading market for the Notes and the Warrants is expected to develop.

 

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Notes, the Company will receive $750,000 of the proceeds from the sale of the Units in unrestricted cash within one business day. The remaining $9.25 million of the proceeds will be held in five separate collateral accounts, each subject to a deposit account control agreement (the "Control Agreement') among the Bank of Hawaii, the Company and the applicable Investor.

 

Terms of the Notes

 

The Notes provide for distribution of the proceeds held pursuant to the Control Agreement as follows:

 

Release Date Release Amount
20 days after the earlier of the date (i) an initial registration statement registering for resale shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants (the “Registration Effectiveness Date”), and (ii) the holders of the Notes are eligible to resell such shares under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), without restrictions (“Freely Tradability Date”). Up to the least of (i) $2.0 million (the “First Release Amount”), (ii) a cash amount equal to the principal amount of Notes the conversion of which yields the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes in compliance with Nasdaq Rules (the “Nasdaq Amount”) and (iii) a cash amount equal to the principal amount of Notes the conversion of which yields the maximum number of shares of Common Stock registered for resale under an effective registration statement (the “Registered Principal Amount”).
   
Two business days after the date on which the Company obtains shareholder approval of the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and removal of the floor on the exercise price of the Warrants pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5635 (the “Shareholder Approval Date”). Any unreleased portion of the First Release Amount not exceeding the Registered Principal Amount.
   
90 days after the earlier of (i) the Registration Effectiveness Date, or (ii) the Freely Tradability Date; but in no event before the date that is 30 days after the Shareholder Approval Date. Up to the lesser of (i) $2.0 million (the “Second Release Amount”) and (ii) the Registered Principal Amount.
   
160, 190, 220 and 250 days after the later of (i) the Shareholder Approval Date and (ii) the earlier of (a) the Registration Effectiveness Date and (b) the Freely Tradability Date. On each occurrence, up to the lesser of (i) $1.325 million and (ii) the Registered Principal Amount (each a “Subsequent Release Amount”).
   
Two business day after the Free Tradability Date (or if later, the applicable release date described above). Any unreleased portion of the First Release Amount, the Second Release amount or any Subsequent Release Amount.

 

 

 

 

The amount released pursuant to the Notes and the Control Agreement on each of these dates will be reduced to an amount equal to the lesser of the value of the shares of Common Stock (i) covered by an effective resale registration statement, (ii) the Note holders are eligible to resell under Securities Act Rule 144, or (iii) eligible for issuance under the Nasdaq Rules without shareholder approval (which limitation is eliminated after the Company has obtained such shareholder approval), if applicable, based on the conversion formula in the Notes.

 

All amounts outstanding under the Notes mature and are due and payable on or before April 1, 2019. Prior to maturity, the Notes bear interest at 8% per annum (or 18% per annum during an event of default) with interest payable monthly in arrears on the Installment Dates (as defined below) and on conversion dates.

 

On the last business day of each month, commencing on July29, 2016 (each, an “Installment Date”), the Company is obligated to pay the holders of the Notes a total amount equal to (i) $312,500 (1/32nd of the original principal amount of the Notes) or the principal outstanding on the Installment Date, if less, plus (ii) the accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such principal, plus (iii) the accrued and unpaid late charges (if any) with respect to such principal and interest, and plus (iv) any amount deferred or accelerated by a Note holder, as discussed below. Each Installment Date payment may be made in cash, in shares of Common Stock, or in a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. The Company’s ability to make such payments with shares of Common Stock will be subject to satisfaction of various equity conditions during a 20 trading day-period before the applicable date of determination (the “Measurement Period”), including the existence of an effective registration statement covering the resale of the shares issued in payment (or, in the alternative, the eligibility of the shares issuable pursuant to the Notes for resale without restriction under Securities Act Rule 144), continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, and a certain minimum trading volume and minimum trading price of the Common Stock. If making an Installment Date payment in shares of Common Stock, the Company is required to deliver a preliminary number of shares of Common Stock 23 days before the applicable Installment Date and, if applicable, an additional number of shares of Common Stock on the Installment Date, in each case, based on formula set forth in the Notes. Generally, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock delivered in connection with an Installment Date will be valued at the lower of (i) the then applicable fixed conversion price (see below), (ii) a price that is 85% of the arithmetic average of the five lowest volume-weighted average prices of the Common Stock during the 20 trading day period ending the trading day immediately before the date of determination, and (iii) a price that is 85% of the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately before the date of determination. Any payments due to a Note holder may be off-set against any amount in such Note holder’s collateral account described above.

 

A Note holder may deliver a notice to the Company no later than the business day immediate before an Installment Date electing to have all or a portion of the payment otherwise due on such Installment Date deferred until a subsequent Installment Date elected by the Holder. Any deferred amount will continue to accrue interest. Further, a Note holder may deliver a notice to the Company no later than the third business day immediately before an Installment Date electing to accelerate all or a portion of any amounts scheduled to be paid on future Installment Dates after the applicable Installment Date and request that such accelerated amount be paid in shares of Common Stock on the applicable Installment Date.

 

The Notes are convertible at any time, at the option of the holders, into shares of Common Stock at the lower of a fixed and floating conversion price. The initial fixed conversion price is $0.7941 per share, subject to adjustment for stock splits and similar events. The floating conversion price is equal to the lowest of (i) 85% of the arithmetic average of the five lowest volume-weighted average prices of the Common Stock during the 20 consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable conversion notice by such holder of Notes, (ii) 85% of the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable conversion notice by such holder of Notes, and (iii) 85% of the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock on the trading day of the delivery of the applicable conversion notice by such holder of Notes.

 

Once every six months and subject to certain conditions, the Company has the right to require all holders of the Notes, but not less than all, to convert all or any portion of a Note equal to at least $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount outstanding under a Note) into shares of Common Stock at the conversion price described in the preceding paragraph.

 

 

 

 

The conversion price used to calculate the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes by the Company or the Note holders may not be less than $0.25 per share. If the conversion price to be used for calculating the shares of Common Stock issuable would have been less than $0.25 per share but for such limitation, the Company is obligated to issue shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.25 and pay cash to the Note holders in an amount calculated pursuant to formulas set forth in the Notes.

 

A holder may not convert a Note and the Company may not issue shares of Common Stock upon conversion of a Note, including as repayment of principal and interest on an Installment Date, if, after giving effect to the conversion, a holder together with is “attribution parties,” would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. At each holder’s option, the cap may be increased or decrease to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%, except that any increase will not be effective until the 61st day after notice to the Company.

 

The Company may not issue any shares of Common Stock under the Notes if the issuance would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock the Company may issue in the private placement under applicable Nasdaq Rules unless the Company first obtains shareholder approval of such issuance.

 

The Notes contain customary events of default, the occurrence of which trigger certain acceleration and redemption rights. These events of default include, among other things, failure to make payments or deliver shares of Common Stock under the Notes, breaches of representations, warranties or covenants under the transaction documents, certain indebtedness defaults, and material adverse events. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Notes, a holder of a Note may require the Company to redeem all or a portion of its Note. Each portion of the Note subject to such redemption must be redeemed by the Company, in cash, at a price equal to the greater of (i) 125% of the amount being redeemed (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and accrued and unpaid late charges) and (ii) the product resulting from multiplying (A) the amount being redeemed (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and accrued and unpaid late charges) by (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest closing sale price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the event of default and ending on the date the Company pays the entire redemption price to the holder, by (II) the lowest conversion price (see above) in effect during such period. The Note holders may also elect to convert the Notes after the occurrence of an event of default until the 20th trading day immediately following the date such event of default is cured or waived by the Note holders at an event of default conversion price equal to the lowest of (i) the conversion price then in effect, (ii) 70% of the lowest volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock during the 20 consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable event of default conversion notice, and (iii) 70% of the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable event of default conversion.

 

The terms of the Notes prohibits the Company from entering into a “fundamental transaction” (as defined in the Notes) unless the successor resulting from the fundamental transaction assumes all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the transaction documents, and, if a successor is publicly-traded, at a holder’s request, such successor issues substantially similar substitute securities. The definition of “fundamental transactions” includes, but is not limited to, mergers, a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, certain tender offers and other transactions that result in a change of control.

 

A Note holder may also require the Company to redeem all or a portion of its Note in connection with a transaction that results in a “change of control” (as defined in the Notes). Each portion of a Note subject to such redemption must be redeemed by the Company, in cash, at a price equal to the greater of (i) 125% of the amount being redeemed (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and accrued and unpaid late charges) and (ii) the product resulting from multiplying (A) the amount being redeemed (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and accrued and unpaid late charges) by (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest closing sale price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (x) the consummation of the change of control transaction and (y) the public announcement of the change of control transaction and ending on the date the holder delivers a redemption notice to the Company, by (II) the lowest conversion price in effect during such period. The definition of “change of control” means any “fundamental transactions” other than certain transactions that do not result in a change of control.

 

At any time, so long as certain equity conditions are satisfied, the Company has the right to redeem all or any portion of the amounts outstanding under the Notes, pro rata among Note holders, in cash at a price equal to the greater of (i) 118% of the amount being redeemed (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and accrued and unpaid late charges) and (ii) 115% of the product resulting from multiplying (A) the amount being redeemed (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and accrued and unpaid late charges) by (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest closing sale price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the date on which the Company delivers a notice of redemption to the Note holders and ending on the redemption date, by (II) the lowest conversion price in effect during such period. The Company may not affect more than one such redemption during any six month period.

 

 

 

 

The Note holders are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution of the Company’s assets (or rights to acquire its assets) on an “as if converted into Common Stock” basis. The Note holders are also entitled to acquire options, convertible securities or rights to purchase the Company’s securities or property granted, issued or sold pro rata to the holders of its Common Stock on an “as if converted into Common Stock” basis.

 

The Notes include certain covenants, including, among others, restrictions on (i) incurrence of indebtedness, (ii) repayment or redemption of indebtedness, (iii) redemption or repurchase of outstanding securities, (iv) making material changes to the Company’s business, and (v) affiliate transaction; and requirement to maintain subsidiaries, assets and insurance.

 

The Company granted a security interest in the collateral accounts described above to the Investors to secure the Company’s obligations under the Notes. Upon the occurrence of an “equity condition failure” or on any date after September 30, 2016 on which a “public information failure” (as defined in the Notes) exists or is reasonably expected to occur, a Note holder is entitled to cause any amount remaining in such Note holder’s collateral account to be released to such Note holder.

 

Warrants

 

The Warrants will be exercisable beginning on the six month anniversary after the date of issuance and will expire five years following the initial exercisability date. The initial exercise price of the Warrants will be equal to $0.8280, subject to adjustments for stock splits and similar events. Further, if the exercise price of the Warrants on March 31, 2017 the “closing bid price” (as defined in the Warrants) of the Common Stock on such date (the “Adjusted Exercise Price”), the exercise price will be reset to the Adjusted Exercise Price. Until the Company obtains shareholder approval of the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5635, the exercise price may not be adjusted below $0.71. Under certain circumstances, the holders of the Warrants may elect to exercise them through a cashless exercise, in which case the holders will receive upon such exercise the “net number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the formula set forth in the Warrant and the Company will not receive the exercise price.

 

A holder may not exercise any of the Warrants, and the Company may not issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of any of the Warrants if, after giving effect to the exercise or issuance, the holder together with is “attribution parties,” would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. At each holder’s option, the cap may be increased or decrease to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%, except that any increase will not be effective until the 61st day after notice to the Company.

 

The holders of the Warrants are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution of the Company’s assets (or rights to acquire its assets), at any time after the issuance of the Warrants, on an “as if exercised for Common Stock” basis. The holders of the Warrants are entitled to acquire options, convertible securities or rights to purchase the Company’s securities or property granted, issued or sold pro rata to the holders of its Common Stock on an “as if exercised for Common Stock” basis. The Warrants prohibit the Company from entering into transactions constituting a “fundamental transaction” (as defined in the Warrants) unless the successor entity assumes all of the Company’s obligations under the Warrants and the other transaction documents in a written agreement approved by the “required holders” (as defined in the Warrants) of the Warrants. The definition of “fundamental transactions” includes, but is not limited to, mergers, a sale of all or substantially all our assets, certain tender offers and other transactions that result in a change of control.

 

Purchase Agreement

 

The Company is obligated to reimburse the lead Investor for costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Purchase Agreement, which amount, at the option of the lead Investor, may be withheld from its purchase price at closing.

 

 

 

 

The Company has agreed to not issue any additional Notes offered in the private placement in the future so long as the Investor owns any of the securities purchased as part of the Units or any of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes or the Warrants. Further, until the earlier to occur of (i) the second anniversary of the closing of the private placement, and (ii) the date on which the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Notes is less than $4,000,000, the Company may not issue or sell any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Common Stock, unless the conversion, exchange or exercise price of any such security cannot be less than the then applicable conversion price of the Notes or the then applicable exercise price of the Warrants.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains the following restrictions with respect to future securities issuances:

 

· The Purchase Agreement prohibits the Company from offering, selling, granting any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of, or being part of any solicitations, negotiations or discussions with regard to, any of its or its subsidiaries’ equity securities or equity equivalent securities (a “Subsequent Placement”) and to grant certain registration rights until the 60th days following the earlier of (i) the date that one or more registrations statements covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes and the Warrants has become effective, and (ii) the date all of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes and the Warrants are eligible for resale without restriction or limitation pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144 (the “Trigger Date”).

 

· Until the second anniversary of the closing of the private placement, the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), issue any of its or its subsidiaries’ securities in respect to any existing indebtedness or existing securities, subject to some exceptions.

 

· From the Trigger Date until December 31, 2017, if the Company desires to affect a Subsequent Placement, the Company must first notify each Investor of its intent to affect a Subsequent Placement. The Investors have a right to participate in any Subsequent Placement for up to 50%.

 

· The foregoing limitations and restrictions do not apply to certain “excluded securities” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

 

The Company is obligated to seek shareholder approval of the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and the elimination of the floor price in the Warrants pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5635 at a shareholders meeting at or prior to the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders, but in no event later than the date that is 75 days after the closing of the private placement.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties made by the Company. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Purchase Agreement have been made solely for the benefit of the parties thereto. In addition, such representations and warranties (i) have been made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) in some cases, have been qualified by documents filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company before the date of the Purchase Agreement (and shareholders and investors should read the Purchase Agreement in the context of the Company’s other public disclosures in order to have a materially complete understanding of the Purchase Agreement disclosures), (iii) are subject to materiality qualifications contained therein which may differ from what may be viewed as material by shareholders and investors, (iv) were made only as of the date of the Purchase Agreement or such other date as is specified in the Purchase Agreement, and (v) have been included in the Purchase Agreement for the purpose of allocating risk between the contracting parties rather than establishing matters as facts.

 

The Purchase Agreement and the summary of the Purchase Agreement and the other disclosures included in this Current Report on Form 8-K are intended to provide shareholders and investors with information regarding the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the other transaction documents, and not to provide shareholders and investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their respective business. You should not rely on the representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. Other than as disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K, as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company is not aware of any material facts that are required to be disclosed under the federal securities laws that would contradict the representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement. The Company will provide additional disclosure in its public reports to the extent that it is aware of the existence of any material facts that are required to be disclosed under federal securities laws and that might otherwise contradict the representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement and will update such disclosure as required by federal securities laws. Further, information concerning the subject matter of these representation or warranties may have changed since the date of the Purchase Agreement. To the extent any such material change occurs in the future, the Company will include in its public reports any material information necessary to provide shareholders and investors a materially complete understanding of the Purchase Agreement disclosures. Accordingly, the Purchase Agreement should not be read alone, but should instead be read in conjunction with the other information regarding the Company and its subsidiaries that has been, is or will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Forms 10-K, Forms 10-Q, Forms 8-K, proxy statements, registration statements and other documents that the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

In connection with entering into the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to register the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes and the Warrants with the SEC for public resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file an initial registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC within 45 days after the closing of the private placement, registering for resale shares of Common Stock equal to 200% of the shares issuable upon the conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants calculated pursuant to formulas set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company is required to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the earlier of (i) 75 days after the closing of the private placement if the SEC does not review the initial registration statement, (ii) 90 days after the closing of the private placement if the SEC reviews the initial registration statement, or (iii) the fifth business day after the SEC notifies the Company that the initial registration statement will not be reviewed or any review has been completed. Further, the Company is required to file additional registrations statement if necessary to register for resale the aggregate amount of shares of Common Stock required by the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

The Company is required to maintain the effectiveness of a registration statements required to be filed under the Registration Rights Agreement until the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which the Investors may sell all of the securities covered by such registration statement without restriction or limitation under Securities Act Rule 144, or (ii) the date on which the Investors have sold all of the securities covered by such registration statement.

 

The Registration Rights Agreement further provides that in the event that (i) the initial Registration Statement fails to register the minimum number of shares of Common Stock required under the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) the Company does not file a registration statement required to be filed under the Registration Rights Agreement within the prescribed time period, (iii) the SEC has not declared effective a registration statement required to be filed under the Registration Rights Agreement within the prescribed time period, or (iv) a registration statement required to be filed under the Registration Rights Agreement ceases to be effective and available to the investors under certain circumstances, the Company shall pay to the holders of registrable securities, on the occurrence of each such event and on every 30 th day thereafter until the applicable event is cured, an amount in cash equal to 1.0% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Notes. If the Company fails to make any such payment in a timely manner, the outstanding amounts will accrue interest at a rate of 1.5% per month until paid in full. In no event shall the aggregate amount of such payments exceed 3% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Notes for any 30-day period.

 

Voting Agreement

 

In connection with executing the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Voting Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with its largest shareholder, Riverside Renewable Energy Investments, LLC (“Riverside”), pursuant to which Riverside agreed to, at any meeting of the Company’s shareholders called for this purpose or in any action by written consent of the Company’s shareholders in lieu of meeting, vote (i) “for” approval of the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and removal of the floor on the exercise price of the Warrants pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5635, as required pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5635, and (ii) against any proposal or any other corporate action or agreement that would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Purchase Agreement or which could result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement not being fulfilled.

 

 

 

 

Placement Agent

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC acted as the placement agent for the private placement (the “Placement Agent”) pursuant to the terms of an Engagement Letter, dated December 22, 2015, between the Company and the Placement Agent (the “Engagement Letter”). The Company will pay the Placement Agent an aggregate cash fee up to $580,000 payable as follows: (i) $43,500 at the closing of the private placement and (ii) the remainder as cash is released to the Company from the collateral account described above. The Company has agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent’s expenses up to a maximum of $25,000.

 

In connection with this private placement, the Placement Agent is eligible to receive warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 846,508 shares of Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrant”) at an exercise price of $__ per share. The Placement Agent Warrant will have substantially the same terms as the Warrants, as described above, other than that it (i) will expire five years after the effective date of the private placement, and (ii) will have cashless exercise rights regardless of whether an effective registration statement registering, or a current prospectus being available for, the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Placement Agent warrant.

 

Additionally, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Placement Agent against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Placement Agent may be required to make because of those liabilities.

 

Other Terms

 

The Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Control Agreement and the Voting Agreement contain ordinary and customary provisions for agreements and documents of this nature, such as representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnification obligations, as applicable. The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Control Agreement and the Voting Agreement do not purport to describe all of the terms and provisions thereof and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, the form of Note, the form of Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Form of Control Agreement and the Voting Agreement which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, 4.2, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements relating to matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “will,” “should,” “would” or comparable terminology or by discussions of strategy. While the Company believes its assumptions and expectations underlying forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that actual results will not be materially different. Risks and uncertainties that could cause materially different results include, among others, the Company’s ability to pay interest and principal on the Notes, the Company’s ability to satisfy the conditions under the Notes permitting release of funds from the collateral accounts and payments to be made in shares of Common Stock, and whether holders of the Warrants will exercise them for cash and other risks and uncertainties included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. The Company assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

 

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

 

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

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

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

 

The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants was exempt, and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants will be exempt, from registration under Securities Act Section 4(a)(2) and Securities Act Rule 506(b). The Investors are sophisticated and represented in writing that they were accredited investors and acquired the securities for their own accounts for investment purposes. A legend was placed on the Notes and the Warrants and will be placed on any stock certificates issued upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants, subject to the terms of the transaction documents, stating that the securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and cannot be sold or otherwise transferred without registration or an exemption therefrom.

 

 

 

 

The issuance of the Placement Agent Warrant was exempt, and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Warrants will be exempt, from registration under Securities Act Section 4(a)(2), because the Company issued it to one sophisticated and accredited recipient and the Company placed a legend on the warrant certificate stating that the issuance of it and the shares of Common Stock underlying it has not been registered under the Securities Act and cannot be sold or otherwise transferred without registration or an exemption therefrom.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
  Description
4.1   Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note issued to the investors under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 1, 2016
4.2   Form of Series G Warrants issued to the investors under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 1, 2016
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, among Real Goods Solar, Inc. and the investor parties thereto
10.2   Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, among Real Goods Solar, Inc. and the investor parties thereto
10.3   Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, among Real Goods Solar, Inc., Bank of Hawaii and the investor parties thereto
10.4   Voting Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, between Real Goods Solar, Inc. and Riverside Renewable Energy Investments, LLC

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Paul Anderson
    Paul Anderson
    Chief Administrative Officer and
     General Counsel

 

Date: April 1, 2016

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
  Description
4.1   Form of Senior Secured Convertible Note issued to the investors under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 1, 2016
4.2   Form of Series G Warrants issued to the investors under the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 1, 2016
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, among Real Goods Solar, Inc. and the investor parties thereto
10.2   Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, among Real Goods Solar, Inc. and the investor parties thereto
10.3   Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, among Real Goods Solar, Inc., Bank of Hawaii and the investor parties thereto
10.4   Voting Agreement, dated April 1, 2016, between Real Goods Solar, Inc. and Riverside Renewable Energy Investments, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

[FORM OF SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE]

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE 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 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. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND 21(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iii) OF THIS NOTE.

 

Real Goods Solar, Inc.

 

SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

Issuance Date:  April 1, 2016 Original Principal Amount: U.S. $[        ]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Company "), hereby promises to pay to [BUYER] or registered assigns (the " Holder ") in cash and/or in shares of Common Stock (as defined below) the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion, amortization or otherwise, the " Principal ") when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), on any Installment Date with respect to the Installment Amount due on such Installment Date, acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (" Interest ") on any outstanding Principal at the applicable Interest Rate from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the " Issuance Date ") until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon an Interest Date (as defined below), any Installment Date, the Maturity Date, acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof). This Senior Secured Convertible Note (including all Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this " Note ") is one of an issue of Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date (collectively, the " Notes " and such other Senior Secured Convertible Notes, the " Other Notes "). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 32.

 

 

 

 

(1)          PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL; PREPAYMENT . On each Installment Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to the Installment Amount due on such Installment Date in accordance with Section 8. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash (excluding any amounts paid in shares of Common Stock on the Maturity Date in accordance with Section 8) representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges (as defined in Section 27(b)) on such Principal and Interest. The " Maturity Date " shall be April 1, 2019, as may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default (as defined in Section 4(a)) shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) or any event shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default and (ii) through the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of a Change of Control in the event that a Change of Control is publicly announced or a Change of Control Notice (as defined in Section 5(b)) is delivered prior to the Maturity Date. Other than as specifically permitted by this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges on Principal and Interest, if any.

 

(2)          INTEREST .

 

(a)           Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date at the Interest Rate and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall be payable in arrears on each Installment Date (each, an " Interest Date "). Interest shall be payable on each Interest Date, to the record holder of this Note on the applicable Interest Date, in cash, in shares of Common Stock or in a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 8. Prior to the payment of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this Note shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable by way of inclusion of the Interest in the Conversion Amount (as defined in Section 3(b)(i)) on each Conversion Date (as defined in Section 3(c)(i)) in accordance with Section 3(c)(i) and/or on each Redemption Date in accordance with the provisions of this Note. From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall be increased to eighteen percent (18.0%). In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the date of such cure; provided , that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of cure of such Event of Default; provided , further , that for the purpose of this Section 2, such Event of Default shall not be deemed cured unless and until any accrued and unpaid Interest shall be paid to the Holder, including, without limitation, Interest accrued at the increased rate of eighteen percent (18.0%). The Company shall pay any and all taxes (other than the Holder's income taxes) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock as Interest pursuant to this Section 2.

 

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(b)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Interest payable on any Interest Date shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis for each dollar received by the Holder since the immediately preceding Interest Date (or, with respect to the first Interest Date hereunder, since the Issuance Date) as a Distribution in accordance with Section 6(a).

 

(3)          CONVERSION OF NOTES . At any time or times after the Issuance Date, this Note shall be convertible into shares of the Common Stock, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.

 

(a)           Conversion Right . Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes (excluding any income taxes of the Holder) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.

 

(b)           Conversion Rate . The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the " Conversion Rate ").

 

(i)          " Conversion Amount " means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be converted, amortized, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal and (C) accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, with respect to such Principal and Interest.

 

(ii)         " Conversion Price " means, as of any Conversion Date or other date of determination, a price per share equal to the lowest of (w) $0.8033 (the price set forth in this clause (w), the " Fixed Conversion Price "), (x) 85% of the arithmetic average of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices of the Common Stock during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice, (y) 85% of the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice and (z) 85% of the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day of the delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice, in each case, subject to adjustment as provided herein. For the avoidance of doubt, all such foregoing determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction during the applicable calculation period; provided , however , that the prices set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) shall not be less than the Conversion Floor Price.

  

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(c)           Mechanics of Conversion .

 

(i)           Optional Conversion . To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a " Conversion Date "), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile or electronic mail (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 6:00 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the " Conversion Notice ") to the Company and (B) if required by Section 3(c)(iii), but without delaying the Company's requirement to deliver shares of Common Stock on the applicable Share Delivery Date (as defined below), surrender this Note to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable on or following such date (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the first (1st) Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to the Holder and the Company's transfer agent (the " Transfer Agent "). On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the " Share Delivery Date "), (A) the Company shall (x) provided that the Conversion Shares are then immediately sold or transferred by the Holder either (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (2) pursuant to Rule 144 if the Holder indicates on the applicable Conversion Notice that the shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with such Conversion Notice are being sold contemporaneously by the Holder, or (3) pursuant to Rule 144 without having to comply with the information requirements under Rule 144(c)(1) , credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder's balance account with the Depository Trust Company (" DTC ") through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian system or (y) otherwise, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled and (B) in the event a Conversion Floor Price Condition occurs, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the applicable Conversion Cash Amount. If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion as required by Section 3(c)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 21(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date, irrespective of the date such Conversion Shares are credited to the Holder's account with DTC or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Conversion Shares, as the case may be. In the event that the Holder elects to convert a portion of the Principal amount of this Note prior to any applicable Installment Date, the Conversion Amount so converted shall be deducted in reverse order starting from the final Installment Amount to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in the applicable Conversion Notice.

 

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(ii)          Company's Failure to Timely Convert . If the Company shall fail on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Date to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC (provided that the Holder has initiated an appropriate Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian) or issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder, as required pursuant to the terms of Section 3(c)(i), for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount (a " Conversion Failure "), then the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Note that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice; provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company's obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if the Company shall fail on or prior to the Share Delivery Date to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC (provided that the Holder has initiated an appropriate Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian) or issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder, as required pursuant to the terms of Section 3(c)(i), for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount or on any date of the Company's obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock as contemplated pursuant to clause (y) below, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a " Buy-In "), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (x) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the " Buy-In Price "), at which point the Company's obligation to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC or issue and deliver such certificate, as required pursuant to the terms of Section 3(c)(i), for the shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's conversion of the applicable Conversion Amount shall terminate, or (y) promptly honor its obligation to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC or deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates, as required pursuant to the terms of Section 3(c)(i), for such shares of Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the applicable Share Delivery Date. Nothing shall limit the Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(iii)         Registration; Book-Entry . The Company shall maintain a register (the " Register ") for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the Principal amount of the Notes, Interest and Restricted Principal held by such holders (the " Registered Notes "). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and Interest, if any, hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate Principal amount as the Principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 20. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(c)(iii), a Holder may assign any Note or any portion thereof to an Affiliate of such Holder or a Related Fund of such Holder without delivering a request to assign or sell such Note to the Company and the recordation of such assignment or sale in the Register (a " Related Party Assignment "); provided , that (w) the Company may continue to deal solely with such assigning or selling Holder unless and until such Holder has delivered a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company for recordation in the Register; (x) the failure of such assigning or selling Holder to deliver a request to assign or sell such Note or portion thereof to the Company shall not affect the legality, validity, or binding effect of such assignment or sale, (y) such assigning or selling Holder shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Company, maintain a register (the " Related Party Register ") comparable to the Register on behalf of the Company, and any such assignment or sale shall be effective upon recordation of such assignment or sale in the Related Party Register and (z) such assignment is completed in compliance with the 1933 Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Note upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing any Control Account Release (as defined in Section (17)(b)(ii)), the Principal, Interest and Late Charges, and any, conversions thereof, and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion. If the Company does not update the Register to record such Principal, Interest and Late Charges converted and/or paid (as the case may be) or Control Account Release and the dates of such conversions, payments and/or Control Account Release (as the case may be) within two (2) Business Days of such occurrence, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such occurrence.

 

(iv)         Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes . In the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from the Holder and one or more holders of Other Notes for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such portions of this Note and such Other Notes submitted for conversion, the Company, subject to Section 3(d), shall convert from the Holder and each holder of Other Notes electing to have this Note or the Other Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of each such holder's portion of this Note and such Other Notes submitted for conversion based on the Principal amount of this Note and the Other Notes submitted for conversion on such date by such holder relative to the aggregate Principal amount of this Note and all Other Notes submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 26.

 

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(v)          Mandatory Conversion at the Company's Election . If at any time from and after the Issuance Date, no Equity Conditions Failure has occurred during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period relating to the applicable Mandatory Conversion (as defined below), the Company shall have the right to require the Holder and all, but not less than all, holders of Other Notes to convert all, or any portion equal to at least $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Notes, or such lesser amount that is then outstanding under this Note and the Other Notes, as designated in the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date (each as defined below) into fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof at the Conversion Rate as of the Mandatory Conversion Date (a " Mandatory Conversion "). The Company may exercise its right to require conversion under this Section 3(c)(v) by delivering within not more than five (5) Trading Days following the end of the relevant Equity Conditions Measuring Period a written notice thereof by facsimile or electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder and all, but not less than all, of the holders of Notes and the Transfer Agent (a " Mandatory Conversion Notice " and the date the Holder and all the holders of the Other Notes receive such notice is referred to as a " Mandatory Conversion Notice Date "). Each Mandatory Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable. Each Mandatory Conversion Notice shall (i) state (a) the Trading Day on which the Mandatory Conversion shall occur, which Trading Day shall not be less than ten (10) Trading Days nor more than twelve (12) Trading Days following the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date (the " Mandatory Conversion Date "), (b) the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes which the Company has elected to be subject to Mandatory Conversion from the Holder and all of the holders of the Other Notes pursuant to this Section 3(c)(v) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) and (c) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder on the Mandatory Conversion Date and (ii) certify that there has been no Equity Conditions Failure on any day during the period beginning on the first day of the Equity Conditions Measuring Period prior to the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice Date through the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice Date. If the Company confirmed that there was no such Equity Conditions Failure as of the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice Date but an Equity Conditions Failure occurs between such Mandatory Conversion Notice Date and any time through the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date (the " Mandatory Conversion Interim Period "), the Company shall provide the Holder and each holder of Other Notes a subsequent notice to that effect. If there is an Equity Conditions Failure (which is not waived in writing by the Holder) during such Mandatory Conversion Interim Period, then such Mandatory Conversion shall be null and void with respect to all or any part designated by the Holder of the unconverted Conversion Amount subject to such Mandatory Conversion and the Holder shall be entitled to all the rights of a holder of this Note with respect to such Conversion Amount. The Company may effect only one (1) Mandatory Conversion under the Notes during any six (6) month period; provided , however , that if Section 3(d) prevents the Company from effecting in full the Mandatory Conversion of the full aggregate Conversion Amount of this Note which the Company has elected to be subject to Mandatory Conversion from the Holder as set forth in the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice (the " Aggregate Mandatory Conversion Amount " and the amount not so converted, the " Mandatory Conversion Shortfall Amount "), the Company may from time to time effect one or more additional Mandatory Conversions (each, a " Supplemental Mandatory Conversion ") in accordance with the terms of this Section 3(c)(v), including, without limitation, the absence of any Equity Conditions Failure during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period relating to the applicable Supplemental Mandatory Conversion, in order to effect the Mandatory Conversion of the Mandatory Conversion Shortfall Amount so long as the aggregate Conversion Amount of this Note subject to a Mandatory Conversion (including any related Supplemental Mandatory Conversions) in any six (6) month period shall not exceed the Aggregate Mandatory Conversion Amount as set forth in the applicable Mandatory Conversion Notice for such period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(c)(v), until a Mandatory Conversion has occurred, the Conversion Amount subject to such Mandatory Conversion may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Sections 3(c)(i) and/or 7(c). All Conversion Amounts converted by the Holder after a Mandatory Conversion Notice Date shall reduce the Conversion Amount of this Note required to be converted on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates in the applicable Conversion Notice. If the Company elects to cause a Mandatory Conversion pursuant to this Section 3(c)(v), then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the Company elects to cause a Mandatory Conversion pursuant to this Section 3(c)(v) (or similar provisions under the Other Notes) with respect to less than all of the Conversion Amounts of the Notes then outstanding, then the Company shall effect a Mandatory Conversion of a Conversion Amount from each of the holders of the Notes equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Conversion Amount of Notes which the Company has elected to be subject to a Mandatory Conversion pursuant to this Section 3(c)(v), multiplied by (ii) the fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by such holder of outstanding Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by all holders holding outstanding Notes (such fraction with respect to each holder is referred to as its " Mandatory Conversion Allocation Percentage ", and such amount with respect to each holder is referred to as its " Pro Rata Mandatory Conversion Amount "); provided , however , that in the event that any holder's Pro Rata Mandatory Conversion Amount exceeds the outstanding Principal amount of such holder's Note, then such excess Pro Rata Mandatory Conversion Amount shall be allocated amongst the remaining holders of Notes in accordance with the foregoing formula. In the event that the initial holder of any Notes shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder's Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder's Mandatory Conversion Allocation Percentage and Pro Rata Mandatory Conversion Amount.

 

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(d)           Limitations on Conversions .

 

(i)           Beneficial Ownership . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, 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 Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the " Maximum Percentage ") of the number of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 3(d)(i). For purposes of this Section 3(d)(i), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the conversion of the Note without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the " Reported Outstanding Share Number "). If the Company receives a Conversion Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Conversion Notice would otherwise cause the Holder's beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 3(d)(i), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to such Conversion Notice. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail 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 and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion of this Note results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder's and the other Attribution Parties' aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the " Excess Shares ") shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of Notes that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Note in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 3(d)(i) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph (or any portion of this paragraph) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 3(d)(i) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Note.

 

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(ii)          Principal Market Regulation . The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to receive pursuant to the terms of this Note any shares of Common Stock, if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed that aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue pursuant to the terms of the Notes without breaching the Company's obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market (the " Exchange Cap "), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company (i) obtains the approval of its shareholders as required by the applicable rules of the Principal Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount or (ii) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. Until such approval or written opinion is obtained, no purchaser of the Notes pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (the " Purchasers ") shall be issued in the aggregate, pursuant to the terms of the Notes, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Principal amount of Notes issued to such Purchaser pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date (with respect to each Purchaser, the " Exchange Cap Allocation "). In the event that the Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of the Holder's Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the Holder's Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such transferee. In the event that any holder of Notes shall convert all of such holder's Notes into a number of shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less than such holder's Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between such holder's Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of the remaining holders of Notes on a pro rata basis in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then held by each such holder. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing any Conversion Shares for which a Conversion Notice has been received as a result of the operation of this Section 3(d)(ii) at any time from and after the earlier of (x) the Shareholder Meeting Deadline and (y) the date on which the Company holds the Shareholder Meeting (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), then unless the Holder elects to void such conversion, the Holder may require the Company to pay to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of the applicable attempted conversion, cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in exchange for cancellation of the applicable portion of the Conversion Amount that is subject to such Conversion Notice, which cash amount for each share of Common Stock that would have been issuable upon such conversion if this Section 3(d)(ii) were not in effect shall be equal to the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the applicable Conversion Date.

 

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(4)          RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT .

 

(a)           Event of Default . Each of the following events shall constitute an " Event of Default ":

 

(i)          (A) the suspension from trading or quotation on an Eligible Market for a period of two (2) consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of ten (10) Trading Days in any 365-day period or (B) or failure of the Common Stock to be listed or quoted on an Eligible Market;

 

(ii)         the Company's (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure or an Exercise Failure (as defined in the Warrants), other than solely as a result of the Holder's actions or omissions, by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within five (5) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Date or the date a holder of Warrants delivers an Exercise Notice (as defined in the Warrants) and the applicable Aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants), if any, to the Company or (B) notice, written or oral, to the Holder or any holder of the Other Notes or the Warrants, including by way of public announcement or through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of this Note or any Other Notes into, or exercise of the Warrants for, shares of Common Stock that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of this Note, the Other Notes or the Warrants, as applicable, other than pursuant to Section 3(d) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes and the Warrants);

 

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(iii)         at any time following the fifth (5 th ) consecutive Business Day that the Holder's Authorized Share Allocation (as defined in Section 11(a)) is less than 200% of the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon a conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note determined based on the Equity Conditions Conversion Price (without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3(d) or otherwise) and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon exercise in full of the Holder's Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrants);

 

(iv)        the Company's failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, Late Charges, Redemption Price or other amounts when and as due under this Note or any other Transaction Document or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to which the Holder is a party whether in Common Stock or cash, except, in the case of a failure to pay Interest and/or Late Charges when and as due, in which case only if such failure continues for a period of at least an aggregate of three (3) Business Days;

 

(v)         any default, which is not cured or waived during any applicable cure period, under, redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than with respect to this Note or any Other Notes;

 

(vi)        without limiting the generality of the Event of Default set forth in clause (vi) above, any "Event of Default" as such term is defined in the Permitted Senior Loan Agreement, which results in the Permitted Senior Lender's acceleration prior to maturity of such Permitted Senior Indebtedness;

 

(vii)       the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief of debtors (collectively, " Bankruptcy Law "), (A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official (a " Custodian "), (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(viii)      a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(ix)         a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $250,000 are rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided , however , that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the $250,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment;

 

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(x)          other than as specifically set forth in another clause of this Section 4(a), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries breaches, in any respect that is adverse in any material or immaterial respect to the Holder, any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document which is curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least an aggregate of seven (7) Business Days;

 

(xi)         any breach or failure in any respect to comply with Section 15 of this Note;

 

(xii)        the Company shall fail to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement contained in any Master Control Account Agreement (as defined in Section 17(b)(i)) and such failure shall continue beyond any cure periods expressly set forth therein;

 

(xiii)       any material provision of any Master Control Account Agreement shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto (other than the Holder), or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any Subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company or any Subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Master Control Account Agreement;

 

(xiv)      any Master Control Account Agreement or any other security document, after delivery thereof pursuant hereto, shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien (as defined in Section 17(b)) in favor of the Holder or holder of Other Notes on such holder's Master Control Account Collateral (as defined in Section 17(b)(iii)), as applicable purported to be covered thereby;

 

(xv)       any bank at which any deposit account, blocked account, lockbox account or other account of the Company or any Subsidiary which is subject to the terms of the Master Control Account Agreement shall fail to comply with any material term of the Master Control Account Agreement;

 

(xvi)      any material damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of, any Master Control Account Collateral, whether or not insured, or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or public enemy, or other casualty which causes, for more than fifteen (15) consecutive days, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at any facility of the Company or any Subsidiary, if any such event or circumstance could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(xvii)     a false or inaccurate certification (including a false or inaccurate deemed certification) by the Company that the Equity Conditions are satisfied or that there has been no Equity Conditions Failure or as to whether any Event of Default has occurred;

 

(xviii)     the Company's failure for any reason after the date that is six (6) months immediately following the Issuance Date to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) of the 1933 Act; provided, however, that if (A) the Company filed a Form 12b-25 within the applicable deadline imposed by Rule 12b-25 under the 1934 Act (or any successor thereto) with respect to any Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or any Annual Report on Form 10-K and (B) the Company subsequently files such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, as applicable, with the SEC within the applicable period provided in Rule 12b-25 under the 1934 Act, then such late filing of such report shall not be considered an Event of Default hereunder;

 

(xix)       if as of the applicable date of determination the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes and/or exercise of the Warrants are eligible to be resold by the Holder either (a) pursuant to an effective registration statement in favor of the Holder, (b) pursuant to Rule 144 without having to comply with Rule 144(c)(1), or (c) pursuant to Rule 144 and the Holder has indicated on a Conversion Notice that it is selling the Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144 while the Company is in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) contemporaneously with such conversion, the failure of such shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes and/or such Warrant, as applicable, to be issued and delivered to the Holder without any restrictive legends;

 

(xx)        any Material Adverse Effect occurs; or

 

(xxi)       any Event of Default (as defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.

  

(b)           Redemption Right . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days deliver written notice thereof via facsimile or electronic mail and overnight courier (an " Event of Default Notice ") to the Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder's receipt of an Event of Default Notice and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (an " Event of Default Redemption ") all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the " Event of Default Redemption Notice ") to the Company, which Event of Default Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to require the Company to redeem. Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds at a price equal to the greater of (x) 125% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding such Event of Default and ending on the date the Company makes the entire payment required to be made under this Section 4(b), by (II) the lowest Conversion Price in effect during such period (the " Event of Default Redemption Price "). Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4, but subject to Section 3(d), until the Event of Default Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 4(b) (together with any interest thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. In the event of a partial redemption of this Note pursuant hereto, the Principal amount redeemed shall be deducted in reverse order starting from the final Installment Amount to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in the applicable Event of Default Redemption Notice. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company's redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 4(b), the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any Event of Default redemption premium due under this Section 4(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

 

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(5)          RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION AND CHANGE OF CONTROL .

 

(a)           Assumption . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements, if so requested by the Holder, to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the Principal amount and the Interest Rate of the Notes then outstanding held by such holder, having similar conversion rights and having similar ranking and security to the Notes, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. Upon the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, shall succeed to, and the Company shall cause any Successor Entity or Successor Entities to jointly and severally succeed to, and be added to the term "Company" under this Note (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, each and every provision of this Note referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Note with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company in this Note, and, solely at the request of the Holder, if the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities is a publicly traded corporation whose common capital stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market, shall deliver (in addition to and without limiting any right under this Note) to the Holder in exchange for this Note a security of the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Note and convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities (the " Successor Capital Stock ") equivalent (as set forth below) 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 (such corresponding number of shares of Successor Capital Stock to be delivered to the Holder shall be equal to the greater of (I) the quotient of (A) the aggregate dollar value of all consideration (including cash consideration and any consideration other than cash (" Non-Cash Consideration "), in such Fundamental Transaction, as such values are set forth in any definitive agreement for the Fundamental Transaction that has been executed at the time of the first public announcement of the Fundamental Transaction or, if no such value is determinable from such definitive agreement, as determined in accordance with Section 26 with the term "Non-Cash Consideration" being substituted for the term "Conversion Price") that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction, had this Note been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note) (the " Aggregate Consideration ") divided by (B) the per share Closing Sale Price of such corresponding Successor Capital Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to the consummation or occurrence of the Fundamental Transaction and (II) the product of (A) the Aggregate Consideration and (B) the highest exchange ratio pursuant to which any shareholder of the Company may exchange Common Stock for Successor Capital Stock) ( provided , however , to the extent that the Holder's right to receive any such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity would result in the Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then the Holder shall not be entitled to receive such shares to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity as a result of such consideration to such extent) and the portion of such shares shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time or times, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be delivered such shares to the extent as if there had been no such limitation), and such security shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder, and with an identical conversion price to the Conversion Price hereunder (such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting after the consummation or occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction the economic value of this Note that was in effect immediately prior to the consummation or occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, as elected by the Holder solely at its option). Upon occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of this Note at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, as elected by the Holder solely at its option, shares of Common Stock, Successor Capital Stock or, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property purchasable upon the conversion of this Note prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights), which for purposes of clarification may continue to be shares of Common Stock, if any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction, had this Note been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Note), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Note. The provisions of this Section 5(a) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, by delivery of written notice to the Company, to waive this Section 5(a) and allow the Company to enter into or be a party to a Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Note pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5(a), provided , however , that any such waiver shall only be on the terms of such waiver and bind the Holder with respect to this Note and not any holder of Other Notes.

 

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(b)           Redemption Right . No sooner than twenty-five (25) days nor later than twenty (20) days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control, but not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile or electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder (a " Change of Control Notice "). At any time during the period beginning on the earlier to occur of (x) any oral or written agreement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, upon consummation of which the transaction contemplated thereby would reasonably be expected to result in a Change of Control, (y) the Holder becoming aware of a Change of Control and (z) the Holder's receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending twenty-five (25) Trading Days after the date of the consummation of such Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to redeem (a " Change of Control Redemption ") all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (" Change of Control Redemption Notice ") to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to require the Company to redeem. The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be redeemed by the Company in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds at a price equal to the greater of (x) 125% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (y) the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the earlier to occur of (x) the consummation of the Change of Control and (y) the public announcement of such Change of Control and ending on the date the Holder delivers the Change of Control Redemption Notice, by (II) the lowest Conversion Price in effect during such period (the " Change of Control Redemption Price "). Redemptions required by this Section 5(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 and shall have priority to payments to shareholders in connection with a Change of Control. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, but subject to Section 3(d), until the Change of Control Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 5(b) (together with any interest thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. In the event of a partial redemption of this Note pursuant hereto, the Principal amount redeemed shall be deducted in reverse order starting from the final Installment Amount to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in the applicable Change of Control Redemption Notice. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company's redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 5(b), the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any Change of Control redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

 

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(6)          DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS; RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS .

 

(a)           Distribution of Assets . If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distributions of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to any or all 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, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (the " Distributions "), at any time after the issuance of this Note, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to such Distributions as if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) immediately prior to the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for such Distributions ( provided , however , that to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

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(b)           Purchase Rights . If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class 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 taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) immediately prior to 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 , that to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right to be held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

(c)           Other Corporate Events . In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities, cash, assets or other property with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a " Corporate Event "), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that, and any applicable Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall ensure that, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event that, the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon conversion of this Note at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Corporate Event, shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock or, if so elected by the Holder, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the conversion of this Note prior to such Corporate Event (but not in lieu of such items still issuable under Sections 6(a) and 6(b), which shall continue to be receivable on the Common Stock or on such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property otherwise receivable with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights and any shares of Common Stock) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event, had this Note been converted immediately prior to such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event (without regard to any limitations on conversion of this Note). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events.

 

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(7)          RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER SECURITIES .

 

(a)           Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this Section 7(a) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(b)           Voluntary Adjustment by Company . The Company may at any time during the term of this Note, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders, reduce the then current Conversion Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(c)           Event of Default Conversion Price . At any time from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default and continuing after such occurrence until the date that is twenty (20) Trading Days immediately following the date such Event of Default is cured or waived in writing by the Holder and all holders of Other Notes, the Holder may at any time and from time to time, at the Holder's option, deliver one or more Conversion Notices to the Company indicating the Holder's election to convert (each, an " Event of Default Conversion ", and the date of such Event of Default Conversion, each, an " Event of Default Conversion Date ") all, or any part of, the Conversion Amount then outstanding hereunder or required to be paid to the Holder hereunder (whether payable in cash or shares of Common Stock) (such portion of the Conversion Amount subject to such Event of Default Conversion, the " Event of Default Conversion Amount ") into shares of Common Stock at the applicable Event of Default Conversion Price in lieu of the Conversion Price then in effect. On any Event of Default Conversion Date, the Holder may voluntarily convert any Event of Default Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(c) (with "Event of Default Conversion Price" replacing "Conversion Price" for all purposes hereunder with respect to such Event of Default Conversion) by designating in the Conversion Notice delivered pursuant to this Section 7(c) of this Note that the Holder is electing to use the Event of Default Conversion Price for such conversion according to this Section 7(c) by checking the box "Event of Default Conversion Price" on the applicable Conversion Notice. The Company shall be required to, on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Date: (A) honor such Event of Default Conversions by delivering shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3(c), but based on a Conversion Price equal to the Event of Default Conversion Price and (B) in the event a Conversion Floor Price Condition occurs, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the applicable Event of Default Conversion Cash Amount. In the event that the Holder elects to convert pursuant to this Section 7(c), the Principal amount of the Notes so converted shall be deducted from the final Installment Amounts to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in the applicable Conversion Notice(s). If the Company receives a notice from any holder of Notes seeking conversion pursuant to this Section 7(c), the Company will promptly notify all other holders of Notes in writing that a holder of Notes is seeking such conversion and setting forth the Event of Default Conversion Amount, the Event of Default Conversion Date and the Event of Default Conversion Price.

 

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(8)          COMPANY CONVERSION OR REDEMPTION .

 

(a)           General . On each applicable Installment Date, provided there has been no Equity Conditions Failure, the Company shall pay to the Holder of this Note the Installment Amount due on such date by converting all or some of such Installment Amount into Common Stock, in accordance with this Section 8 (a " Company Conversion "); provided , however , that the Company may, at its option following notice to the Holder as set forth below, pay the Installment Amount by redeeming such Installment Amount in cash (a " Company Redemption ") or by any combination of a Company Conversion and a Company Redemption so long as all of the outstanding applicable Installment Amount due on any Installment Date shall be converted and/or redeemed by the Company on the applicable Installment Date, subject to the provisions of this Section 8. On or prior to the date which is the twenty-sixth (26 th ) Trading Day prior to each Installment Date (each, an " Installment Notice Due Date "), the Company shall deliver written notice (each, a " Company Installment Notice " and the date the Holder and all of the holders of the Other Notes receive such notice is referred to as the " Company Installment Notice Date "), to the Holder and each holder of the Other Notes which Company Installment Notice shall (i) either (A) confirm that the applicable Installment Amount of the Holder's Note shall be converted to Common Stock in whole or in part pursuant to a Company Conversion (such amount to be converted, the " Company Conversion Amount ") or (B) (1) state that the Company elects to redeem for cash, or is required to redeem for cash in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, in whole or in part, the applicable Installment Amount pursuant to a Company Redemption and (2) specify the portion (including Interest and Late Charges, if any, on such amount and Interest) which the Company elects or is required to redeem pursuant to a Company Redemption (such amount to be redeemed, the " Company Redemption Amount ") and the portion (including Interest and Late Charges, if any, on such amount and Interest, if any) that is the Company Conversion Amount, which amounts, when added together, must at least equal the applicable Installment Amount and (ii) if the Installment Amount is to be paid, in whole or in part, in Common Stock pursuant to a Company Conversion, certify that the Equity Conditions have been satisfied as of the Company Installment Notice Date. Each Company Installment Notice shall be irrevocable. If the Company does not timely deliver a Company Installment Notice in accordance with this Section 8, then the Company shall be deemed to have delivered an irrevocable Company Installment Notice confirming a Company Conversion and shall be deemed to have certified that the Equity Conditions in connection with any such conversion on the Company Installment Notice Date and Installment Date have been satisfied. The Company shall convert and/or redeem the applicable Installment Amount of this Note pursuant to this Section 8 and the corresponding Installment Amounts of the Other Notes pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the Other Notes in the same ratio of the Installment Amount being converted and/or redeemed hereunder. The Company Conversion Amount (whether set forth in the Company Installment Notice or by operation of this Section 8) shall be converted in accordance with Section 8(b) and the Company Redemption Amount shall be redeemed in accordance with Section 8(c). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of any partial conversion or redemption of this Note, the Principal amount converted or redeemed shall be deducted in reverse order starting from the final Installment Amount to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in the applicable Conversion Notice or Redemption Notice, as applicable.

 

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(b)           Mechanics of Company Conversion . If the Company delivers a Company Installment Notice and confirms, or is deemed to have confirmed, in whole or in part, a Company Conversion in accordance with Section 8(a), then (1) on the third (3 rd ) Trading Day immediately following the delivery of the Company Installment Notice on the applicable Company Installment Notice Date (such date, the " Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date "), (A) the Company shall, or shall direct the Transfer Agent to, credit the Holder's account with DTC for a number of shares of Common Stock (the " Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares ") equal to the quotient of (x) the Company Conversion Amount as of the applicable Installment Date divided by (y) the Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price then in effect and (B) in the event a Conversion Floor Price Condition occurs, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the applicable Conversion Initial Pre-Installment Floor Amount, (2) in addition, in the event the Holder delivers an Acceleration Notice (as defined in Section 8(e)) at least three (3) Trading Days prior to the applicable Installment Date, on the Trading Day immediately following the Holder's delivery of such Acceleration Notice to the Company (such date, the " Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date "), (A) the Company shall, or shall direct the Transfer Agent to, credit the Holder's account with DTC for a number of shares of Common Stock (the " Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares " and together with the Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares, the " Pre-Installment Conversion Shares ") equal to the quotient of (x) the Accelerated Amount(s) (as defined in Section 8(e)) set forth in such Acceleration Notice divided by (y) the Additional Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price then in effect and (B) in the event a Conversion Floor Price Condition occurs, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the applicable Conversion Additional Pre-Installment Floor Amount and (3) on the applicable Installment Date, (A) the Company shall, or shall direct the Transfer Agent to, credit the Holder's account with DTC for an additional number of shares of Common Stock, if any, equal to the Installment Balance Conversion Shares and (B) in the event a Conversion Floor Price Condition occurs, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the applicable Conversion Balance Floor Amount; provided , that the Equity Conditions have been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder) on each day during the period commencing on such Company Installment Notice Date through the applicable Installment Date. On the second (2 nd ) Trading Day immediately after the end of the applicable calculation period, the Company shall deliver a notice setting forth the calculation of the Installment Balance Conversion Shares (and the calculation of the component parts of such calculation) to the Holders. If an Event of Default occurs during the period from any Company Installment Notice Date through the applicable Installment Date, then, at the option of the Holder indicated in writing to the Company, either (i) the Holder shall return to the Company all, or any part, of the Pre-Installment Conversion Shares previously delivered to the Holder in connection with the applicable Installment Date or (ii) the Conversion Amount used to calculate the applicable Event of Default Redemption Price shall be reduced by the product of (x) the number of Pre-Installment Conversion Shares previously delivered to the Holder in connection with the applicable Installment Date multiplied by (y) the Company Conversion Price relating to the applicable Installment Date. All Pre-Installment Conversion Shares and Installment Balance Conversion Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share). If the Equity Conditions are not satisfied as of the Company Installment Notice Date, then unless the Company has elected to redeem such Installment Amount, the Company Installment Notice shall indicate that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Installment Amount shall be redeemed for cash. If the Company confirmed (or is deemed to have confirmed by operation of Section 8(a)) the conversion of the applicable Company Conversion Amount, in whole or in part, and there was no Equity Conditions Failure as of the applicable Company Installment Notice Date (or is deemed to have certified that the Equity Conditions in connection with any such conversion have been satisfied by operation of Section 8(a)) but an Equity Conditions Failure occurred between the applicable Company Installment Notice Date and any time through the applicable Installment Date (the " Interim Installment Period "), the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect. If the Equity Conditions are not satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder) during such Interim Installment Period, then at the option of the Holder designated in writing to the Company, the Holder may require the Company to do either one of the following: (i) the Company shall redeem all or any part designated by the Holder of the Company Conversion Amount (such designated amount is referred to as the " First Redemption Amount ") on such Installment Date and the Company shall pay to the Holder on such Installment Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount in cash equal to 110% of such First Redemption Amount or (ii) the Company Conversion shall be null and void with respect to all or any part designated by the Holder of the unconverted Company Conversion Amount and the Holder shall be entitled to all the rights of a holder of this Note with respect to such amount of the Company Conversion Amount; provided , however , that the Conversion Price for such unconverted Company Conversion Amount shall thereafter be adjusted to equal the lesser of (A) the Company Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the Holder voided the Company Conversion and (B) the Company Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the Holder delivers a Conversion Notice relating thereto. If the Company fails to redeem any First Redemption Amount on or before the applicable Installment Date by payment of such amount on the applicable Installment Date, then the Holder shall have the rights set forth in Section 12(a) as if the Company failed to pay the applicable Company Installment Redemption Price (as defined below) and all other rights under this Note (including, without limitation, such failure constituting an Event of Default described in Section 4(a)(iv)). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8(b), but subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(d), until the Company credit the Holder's account with DTC for the shares of Common Stock representing the Company Conversion Amount to the Holder, the Company Conversion Amount may be converted by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. In the event that the Holder elects to convert the Company Conversion Amount prior to the applicable Installment Date as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company Conversion Amount so converted shall be deducted in reverse order starting from the final Installment Amount to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in the applicable Conversion Notice. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, with respect to any Installment Date, the number of Pre-Installment Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder exceeds the number of Post-Installment Conversion Shares with respect to such Installment Date, then the number of shares of Common Stock equal to such excess shall constitute a credit, at the option of the Holder, against the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder either (x) in any conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 3(c)(i) as selected by the Holder or (y) on the last Installment Date hereunder.

 

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(c)           Mechanics of Company Redemption . If the Company elects a Company Redemption in accordance with Section 8, then the Company Redemption Amount which is to be paid to the Holder on the applicable Installment Date shall be redeemed by the Company and the Company shall pay to the Holder on such Installment Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount in cash (the " Company Installment Redemption Price ") equal to 100% of the Company Redemption Amount. If the Company fails to redeem the Company Redemption Amount on the applicable Installment Date by payment of the Company Installment Redemption Price on such date, then at the option of the Holder designated in writing to the Company (any such designation shall be deemed a " Conversion Notice " pursuant to Section 3(c) for purposes of this Note), (i) the Holder shall have the rights set forth in Section 12(a) as if the Company failed to pay the applicable Company Installment Redemption Price and all other rights as a Holder of Notes (including, without limitation, such failure constituting an Event of Default described in Section 4(a)(iv)) and (ii) the Holder may require the Company to convert all or any part of the Company Redemption Amount at the Company Conversion Price as in effect on the applicable Installment Date; provided, however, that upon payment of such Company Redemption Amount during the applicable cure period provided by Section 4(a)(iv), such Event of Default shall be considered cured. Conversions required by this Section 8(c) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8(c), but subject to Section 3(d), until the Company Installment Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in full, the Company Redemption Amount (together with any interest thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. In the event the Holder elects to convert all or any portion of the Company Redemption Amount prior to the applicable Installment Date as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company Redemption Amount so converted shall be deducted in reverse order starting from the final Installment Amount to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in the applicable Conversion Notice.

 

(d)           Deferred Installment Amount . Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 8 to the contrary, the Holder may at any time or times, at its option and in its sole discretion, deliver a written notice to the Company no later than the Business Day immediately prior to any Installment Date electing to have the payment of all or any portion of an Installment Amount payable on such Installment Date deferred (such amount(s) deferred, the " Deferral Amount ") until any subsequent Installment Date selected by the Holder, in its sole discretion, in which case, the Deferral Amount shall be added to, and become part of, the Installment Amount to be paid on such subsequent Installment Date and such Deferral Amount shall continue to accrue Interest hereunder. Any notice delivered by the Holder pursuant to this Section 8(d) shall set forth (i) the Deferral Amount and (ii) the date that such Deferral Amount shall now be payable.

 

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(e)           Accelerated Installment Amount . Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 8 to the contrary, regardless of whether the Company elected to pay the Installment Amount payable on the applicable Installment Date in shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Company Conversion or in cash pursuant to a Company Redemption, the Holder may at any time or times, at its option and in its sole discretion, deliver a written notice to the Company (an " Acceleration Notice ") no later than the third (3 rd ) Business Day immediately prior to the applicable Installment Date, electing to have the payment of all or any portion of any or all Installment Amount(s) scheduled to be paid on future Installment Dates after the applicable Installment Date accelerated (such amount(s) accelerated, the " Accelerated Amount(s) ") to be paid on the applicable Installment Date, in which case, such Accelerated Amount(s) shall be added to, and become part of, the Installment Amount payable on such applicable Installment Date and shall be payable in Common Stock pursuant to a Company Conversion either by (x) including such Accelerated Amount(s) in the Company Conversion Amount for the applicable Installment Date in the event the Company elected to pay the Installment Amount scheduled to be paid on the applicable Installment Date, in whole or in part, in Common Stock pursuant to a Company Conversion or (y) creating a Company Conversion Amount for such Accelerated Amount(s) in the event the Company elected, or is required pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, to pay the Installment Amount scheduled to be paid on the applicable Installment Date, in whole or in part, in cash pursuant to a Company Redemption; provided , however , that in the event that the Holder delivers one or more Acceleration Notices relating to an applicable Installment Date, the aggregate of the Accelerated Amounts specified in all Acceleration Notices with respect to such Installment Date shall not be greater than four (4) times the Installment Amount payable on such applicable Installment Date, such that the amount payable on such Installment Date may equal up to five (5) times the Installment Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder may accelerate the Installment Amount payable on an applicable Installment Date pursuant to this Section 8(e) with respect to one or more Installment Dates hereunder. Any notice delivered by the Holder pursuant to this Section 8(e) shall set forth (i) the Accelerated Amount(s) and (ii) the date that such Accelerated Amount should have been paid if not for the Holder's right to accelerate such Installment Amount(s) pursuant to this Section 8(e). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Company be required to pay any Accelerated Amount(s) in cash. To the extent the Holder delivers an Acceleration Notice at a time that the Holder is aware of an Equity Conditions Failure, the Holder shall be deemed to have waived such Equity Conditions Failure with respect to any Accelerated Amount set forth in such Acceleration Notice.

 

(f)           Blocker Notice; Designated Specified Amounts . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Company has elected to effect an Company Conversion pursuant to this Section 8 with respect to the applicable Installment Date, (ii) the Company is permitted pursuant to this Section 8 to effect such Company Conversion on such Installment Date if not for the Equity Condition set forth in clause (iv) of such definition and (iii) prior to such Installment Date the Holder has delivered (via facsimile or otherwise) to the Company a written notice (a " Blocker Notice ") (A) stating that such Company Conversion would result in a violation of Section 3(d)(i) and (B) specifying the portion of the applicable Installment Amount with respect to which such Company Conversion would result in a violation of Section 3(d)(i) if such Company Conversion were effected (such amount so specified is referred to herein as the " Designated Specified Amount "), at the option of the Holder, the Holder may elect to either (x) defer such Designated Specified Amount to a future Installment Date pursuant to Section 8(d) or (y) require the Company to hold the shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder pursuant to such Company Conversion of the Designated Specified Amount in abeyance for the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be delivered such shares to the extent as if there had been no such limitation.

 

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(9)          OPTIONAL REDEMPTION AT THE COMPANY'S ELECTION .

 

(a)      General .     At any time after the Issuance Date, so long as there has been no Equity Conditions Failure during the period beginning on the first day of the applicable Equity Conditions Measuring Period prior to the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date (as defined below) through the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date (as defined below), the Company shall have the right to redeem all or any portion of the Conversion Amount then remaining under this Note and the Other Notes (the " Company Optional Redemption Amount ") as designated in the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date (each as defined below) (a " Company Optional Redemption "). The portion of this Note and the Other Notes subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 9 shall be redeemed by the Company on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire instructions provided by the Holder in writing to the Company at a price equal to the greater of (x) 118% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (y) 115% of the product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (I) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the date immediately preceding the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date and ending on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date (each as defined below), by (II) the lowest Conversion Price in effect during such period (the " Company Optional Redemption Price "). The Company may exercise its right to require redemption under this Section 9 by delivering a written notice thereof by facsimile or electronic mail and overnight courier to the Holder and all, but not less than all, of the holders of the Other Notes (the " Company Optional Redemption Notice " and the date all of the holders of the Notes received such notice is referred to as the " Company Optional Redemption Notice Date "). Each Company Optional Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable. Each Company Optional Redemption Notice shall (i) state the date on which the applicable Company Optional Redemption shall occur (the " Company Optional Redemption Date "), which date shall not be less than sixty (60) days nor more than seventy (70) days following the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date and (ii) state the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes which the Company has elected to be subject to Company Optional Redemption from the Holder and all of the holders of the Other Notes pursuant to this Section 9(a) (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date and (iii) certify that there has been no Equity Conditions Failure during the period beginning on the first day of the applicable Equity Conditions Measuring Period prior to the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date through the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date. If the Company confirmed that there was no such Equity Conditions Failure as of the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date but an Equity Conditions Failure occurs between the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date and any time through the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date (the " Company Optional Redemption Interim Period "), the Company shall provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect. If there is an Equity Conditions Failure (which is not waived in writing by the Holder) during such Company Optional Redemption Interim Period, then the applicable Company Optional Redemption shall be null and void with respect to all or any part designated by the Holder of the unconverted Company Optional Redemption Amount and the Holder shall be entitled to all the rights of a holder of this Note with respect to such amount of the applicable Company Optional Redemption Amount. The Company may not effect more than one (1) Company Optional Redemption during any six (6) month period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9, until the applicable Company Optional Redemption Price is paid, in full, the applicable Company Optional Redemption Amount may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. All Conversion Amounts converted by the Holder after the applicable Company Optional Redemption Notice Date shall reduce the applicable Company Optional Redemption Amount of this Note required to be redeemed on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates in the applicable Conversion Notice. Company Optional Redemptions made pursuant to this Section 9 shall be made in accordance with Section 12. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 9 are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. In the event of a partial redemption of this Note pursuant hereto, the Principal amount redeemed shall be deducted in reverse order starting from the final Installment Amount to be paid hereunder on the final Installment Date, unless the Holder otherwise indicates and allocates among any Installment Dates hereunder in a written notice to the Company. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company's redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 9, the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.

 

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(b)           Pro Rata Redemption Requirement . If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 9(a), then it must simultaneously take the same action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If the Company elects to cause a Company Optional Redemption pursuant to Section 9(a) (or similar provisions under the Other Notes) with respect to less than all of the Conversion Amounts of the Notes then outstanding, then the Company shall require redemption of a Conversion Amount from each of the holders of the Notes equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Company Optional Redemption Amount of Notes which the Company has elected to cause to be redeemed pursuant to Section 9(a), multiplied by (ii) the fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by such holder of outstanding Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by all holders holding outstanding Notes (such fraction with respect to each holder is referred to as its " Company Optional Redemption Allocation Percentage ", and such amount with respect to each holder is referred to as its " Pro Rata Company Optional Redemption Amount "); provided, however that in the event that any holder's Pro Rata Company Optional Redemption Amount exceeds the outstanding Principal amount of such holder's Note, then such excess Pro Rata Company Optional Redemption Amount shall be allocated amongst the remaining holders of Notes in accordance with the foregoing formula. In the event that the initial holder of any Notes shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder's Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder's Company Optional Redemption Allocation Percentage and Pro Rata Company Optional Redemption Amount.

 

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(10)         NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of this Note above the Conversion Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note and the Other Notes, and (iii) shall, so long as any of this Note and the Other Notes are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of this Note and the Other Notes, the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (as defined in Section 11(a)) to effect the conversion of the this Note and the Other Notes then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion).

 

(11)         RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES .

 

(a)           Reservation . The Company shall initially reserve out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock for each of this Note and the Other Notes equal to 200% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Conversion Amount of each such Note as of the Issuance Date determined utilizing the Equity Conditions Conversion Price . So long as any of this Note and the Other Notes are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of this Note and the Other Notes, the number of shares of Common Stock specified above in this Section 11(a) or such additional number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Notes then outstanding utilizing the Equity Conditions Conversion Price then in effect (in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversions) (the " Required Reserve Amount "). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of this Note and the Other Notes and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holder and the holders of the Other Notes based on the Principal amount of this Note and the Other Notes held by each holder at the Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the " Authorized Share Allocation "). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer this Note or any of such holder's Other Notes, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder's Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Notes shall be allocated to the Holder and the remaining holders of Other Notes, pro rata based on the Principal amount of this Note and the Other Notes then held by such holders.

 

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(b)           Insufficient Authorized Shares . If at any time while any of the Notes remain outstanding the Company does not have a number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock that is equal to or greater than the Required Reserve Amount (an " Authorized Share Failure "), then the Company shall promptly take all action reasonably necessary to increase the Company's authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Notes and Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than seventy-five (75) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall either (x) obtain the written consent of its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock and provide each shareholder with an information statement with respect thereto or (y) hold a meeting of its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its shareholders' approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its Board of Directors to recommend to the shareholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if during any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. If, upon any conversion of this Note, the Company does not have sufficient authorized shares to deliver in satisfaction of such conversion, then unless the Holder elects to void such attempted conversion, the Holder may require the Company to pay to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days of the applicable attempted conversion, cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in exchange for cancellation of the applicable portion of the Conversion Amount that is subject to such Conversion Notice, which cash amount for each share of Common Stock that the Company is unable to deliver pursuant to this Section 11 shall be equal to the highest trading price of the Common Stock in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Conversion Date and ending on the date the Company makes the payment provided for in this sentence.

 

(12)         REDEMPTIONS .

 

(a)           Mechanics . The Company shall deliver the applicable Event of Default Redemption Price to the Holder within three (3) Business Days after the Company's receipt of the Holder's Event of Default Redemption Notice (the " Event of Default Redemption Date "). If the Holder has submitted a Change of Control Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 5(b), the Company shall deliver the applicable Change of Control Redemption Price to the Holder (i) concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control if such notice is received prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and (ii) within three (3) Business Days after the Company's receipt of such notice if such notice is received after the consummation of such Change of Control (such date, the " Change of Control Redemption Date "). The Company shall deliver the applicable Company Installment Redemption Price to the Holder on the applicable Installment Date. The Company shall deliver the applicable Company Optional Redemption Price to the Holder on the applicable Company Optional Redemption Date. The Company shall pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire instruction provided by the Holder in writing to the Company on the applicable due date. In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Conversion Amount of this Note, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 21(d)) representing the outstanding Principal which has not been redeemed and any accrued Interest on such Principal which shall be calculated as if no Redemption Notice has been delivered. In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Conversion Amount that was submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Redemption Price (together with any Late Charges thereon) has not been paid. Upon the Company's receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Conversion Amount, (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue a new Note (in accordance with Section 21(d)) to the Holder representing such Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (z) the Conversion Price of this Note or such new Notes shall be adjusted to the lesser of (A) the Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided and (B) the lowest Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is delivered to the Company and ending on and including the date on which the applicable Redemption Notice is voided. The Holder's delivery of a notice voiding a Redemption Notice and exercise of its rights following such notice shall not affect the Company's obligations to make any payments of Late Charges which have accrued prior to the date of such notice with respect to the Conversion Amount subject to such notice.

 

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(b)           Redemption by Other Holders . Upon the Company's receipt of notice from any of the holders of the Other Notes for redemption or repayment as a result of an event or occurrence substantially similar to the events or occurrences described in Section 4(b), Section 5(b), Section 8 or Section 9 or pursuant to equivalent provisions set forth in the Other Notes (each, an " Other Redemption Notice "), the Company shall immediately, but no later than one (1) Business Day after its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by facsimile or electronic mail a copy of such notice. If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the Company's receipt of the Holder's Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Company's receipt of the Holder's Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all Principal, Interest and other amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from the Holder and each holder of the Other Notes (including the Holder) based on the Principal amount of this Note and the Other Notes submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven (7) Business Day period.

 

(c)           Insufficient Assets . If upon a Redemption Date, the assets of the Company are insufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price, the Company shall (i) take all appropriate action reasonably within its means to maximize the assets available for paying the applicable Redemption Price, (ii) redeem out of all such assets available therefor on the applicable Redemption Date the maximum possible Conversion Amount that it can redeem on such date, pro rata among the Holder and the holders of the Other Notes to be redeemed in proportion to the aggregate Principal amount of this Note and the Other Notes outstanding on the applicable Redemption Date and (iii) following the applicable Redemption Date, at any time and from time to time when additional assets of the Company become available to redeem the remaining Conversion Amount of this Note and the Other Notes, the Company shall use such assets, at the end of the then current calendar month, to redeem the balance of such Conversion Amount of this Note and the Other Notes, or such portion thereof for which assets are then available, on the basis set forth above at the applicable Redemption Price, and such assets will not be used prior to the end of such calendar month for any other purpose. Interest on the Principal amount of this Note and the Other Notes that have not been redeemed shall continue to accrue until such time as the Company redeems this Note and the Other Notes. The Company shall pay to the Holder the applicable Redemption Price hereunder unless expressly prohibited by applicable law or unless the payment of the applicable Redemption Price hereunder could reasonably be expected to result in personal liability to the directors of the Company.

 

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(13)         VOTING RIGHTS . The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law and as expressly provided in this Note.

 

(14)         SECURITY . This Note and the Other Notes are secured to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Holder's Master Control Account Agreement.

 

(15)         RANK . All payments due under this Note (a) shall rank pari passu with all Other Notes and (b) shall be senior to all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(16)         NEGATIVE COVENANTS . Until all of the Notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their respective terms, the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of the Required Holders to, directly or indirectly:

 

(a)          incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Indebtedness;

 

(b)          allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, " Liens ") other than Permitted Liens;

 

(c)          redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than this Note, the Other Notes and the Permitted Senior Indebtedness), whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, an event constituting, or that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(d)          redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (including, without limitation Permitted Indebtedness other than this Note and the Other Notes), by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) such Indebtedness. For clarity, such restriction shall not preclude the payment of regularly scheduled interest, principal and letter of credit payments or interest or penalties on past-due amounts which may accrue under such Permitted Indebtedness;

 

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(e)          redeem or repurchase its Equity Interest, or permit any Subsidiary to redeem or repurchase its Equity Interests (except on a pro rata basis among all holders thereof) or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on any Equity Interest of the Company or of its Subsidiaries without in each case the prior express written consent of the Required Holders; provided , however , that this Section 16(e) shall not prohibit the Company from exchanging warrants issued in the Company's February 2015 public offering (the " Existing Warrants ") for a number of shares of Common Stock not to exceed 15,000 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the Subscription Date); provided , further , that the Existing Warrants shall not be amended on or after the Subscription Date.

 

(f)          make any material change in the nature of its business as described in the Company's most recent Annual Report filed on Form 10-K with the SEC. The Company shall not modify its corporate structure or purpose in any material respect;

 

(g)          encumber or allow any Liens on, any of its copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions, and continuations-in-part of the same, trademarks, service marks and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, and the goodwill of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries connected with and symbolized thereby, know-how, operating manuals, trade secret rights, rights to unpatented inventions, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing, other than Permitted Liens; or

 

(h)          enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it or its Subsidiaries than would be obtainable in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate thereof.

 

(17)         AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS .

 

(a)           General . Until all of the Notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their respective terms, the Company shall, and the Company shall cause each Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

 

(i)          maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing, or with respect to each Subsidiary to maintain and preserve its existence, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(ii)         maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its material properties which are necessary in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply in all material respects, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply in all material respects, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder;

 

(iii)        maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its material properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated; and

 

(iv)        maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its material Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) which are necessary in the proper conduct of its business.

 

(b)           Holder's Master Restricted Account .

 

(i)           General . The Company shall establish and maintain a bank account for each holder of Notes (collectively, including the Holder's Master Restricted Account, the " Master Restricted Accounts ") at Bank of Hawaii (the " Control Account Bank "), which Master Restricted Account applicable to a holder of Notes shall be subject to an account control agreement in the form set forth in Exhibit D to the Securities Purchase Agreement (each, a " Master Control Account Agreement "). On the Issuance Date, the Company shall have directed the Purchasers to deposit an aggregate of $11,250,000 of the aggregate Purchase Prices (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) for all holders of Notes into Master Restricted Accounts.

 

(ii)          Control Account Release . Upon the occurrence of any Control Account Company Release Event, the Holder shall, as soon as commercially practicable, but in no event later than two (2) Trading Days thereafter, cause the applicable Control Account Release Amount to be released from the Holder's Master Restricted Account and deposited into the bank account of the Company specified in the Master Control Account Agreement (each a " Control Account Company Release "). Upon the occurrence of any Control Account Holder Release Event, the Holder shall be entitled to cause the applicable Control Account Release Amount to be released from the Holder's Master Restricted Account and deposited into the Holder's bank account (each a " Control Account Holder Release " and together with a Control Account Release, a " Control Account Release ").

 

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(iii)         Grant of Security Interest . The Company hereby grants and pledges to the Holder a continuing security interest in the Holder's Master Restricted Account, including any and all cash, proceeds, funds, credits, rights and other assets therein or arising therefrom, from time to time, and any additions, dividends, profits and interest in the foregoing and any replacements or substitutions therefore (collectively, the " Master Control Account Collateral ") to secure prompt repayment of any and all amounts outstanding hereunder from time to time and to secure prompt performance by the Company of each of its covenants and duties under the Transaction Documents. Such security interest constitutes a valid, first priority security interest in the presently existing Master Control Account Collateral, and will constitute a valid, first priority security interest in later-acquired Master Control Account Collateral. Notwithstanding any filings undertaken related to Holder's rights under the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the Holder's Lien on the Master Control Account Collateral shall remain in effect for so long as any Restricted Principal remains outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any Control Account Release, but solely with respect to such portion of the Restricted Principal hereunder subject to such Control Account Release (each, a " Control Account Release Amount "), the Holder hereby automatically releases any lien hereunder on such Control Account Release Amount.

 

(iv)         Cash Payment Obligations . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any redemption or other cash payment obligation of the Company that has then become due hereunder and/or pursuant to any other Transaction Document (each, a " Cash Payment Obligation ") due to the Holder, may be satisfied from the Master Control Account Collateral in the Holder's Master Restricted Account (and not any other Master Restricted Account of any holder of Other Notes), including, without limitation, in connection with any Event of Default, Change of Control, Company Installment Redemption or payment due on the Maturity Date, in each case, to the extent there is cash available in such Holder's Master Restricted Account. The Company shall pay to the Holder any Cash Payment Obligation that cannot be satisfied from the Master Control Account Collateral in the Holder's Master Restricted Account in accordance with the applicable provisions of the applicable Transaction Document giving rise to such Cash Payment Obligation. The Company hereby irrevocably consents to the Holder's delivery of an instruction letter to the Control Account Bank to release Master Control Account Collateral to the Holder from the Holder's Master Restricted Account, in each case, in an amount not to exceed any Cash Payment Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, upon any payment from the Holder's Master Restricted Account of any cash amount due hereunder, any default related to such cash payment shall be deemed cured if made in the applicable cure period, if any, and the Holder shall have no other rights hereunder with respect to such payment of such cash amount.

 

(v)          Breach of Master Control Account Agreement . If the Control Account Bank breaches any covenant or other term or condition of any Master Control Account Agreement or otherwise fails to promptly comply with the instructions of the Holder in connection with the Master Control Account Collateral, the Holder may, at its option, withdraw the Master Control Account Collateral from the Control Account Bank and hold such Master Control Account Collateral until such time as (x) the Company and the Holder have agreed upon a replacement of the Control Account Bank and (y) an account control agreement similar in form and substance to the Master Control Account Agreement that is reasonably acceptable to the Holder shall have been duly executed by the Company, the Holder and the replacement of the Control Account Bank and a new account shall have been opened. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives any of the Master Control Account Collateral in breach of any Master Control Account Agreement (or receives notice from any holder of Notes that an amount was wired to the Company from a Master Restricted Account attributable to such holder of Notes without the proper authorization of such holder of Notes), the Company shall promptly cause such amounts to be returned to such applicable Master Restricted Account.

 

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(18)         VOTE TO ISSUE, OR CHANGE THE TERMS OF, NOTES . The affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of the Required Holders shall be required for any change or amendment or waiver of any provision to this Note or any of the Other Notes. Any change, amendment or waiver by the Company and the Required Holders shall be binding on the Holder of this Note and all holders of the Other Notes.

 

(19)         TRANSFER . This Note and any portion hereof may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder upon five (5) Business Day prior written notice to the Company and shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, except that no such consent shall be required to offer, sell, assign or transfer this Note (or any portion hereof) to a Purchaser or to an Affiliate of the Holder; provided , however , that any such offer, sale, assignment or transfer shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of this Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company and, except for such shares sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, shall be offered for sale, sold, transferred, pledged or assigned in accordance with Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and subject to Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(20)         REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE .

 

(a)           Transfer . If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 21(d) and subject to Section 3(c)(iii)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 21(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 3(c)(iii) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.

 

(b)           Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 21(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

 

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(c)           Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations . This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 21(d) and in Principal amounts of at least $25,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.

 

(d)           Issuance of New Notes . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 21(a) or Section 21(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest and Late Charges, if any, on the Principal and Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

 

(21)         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 damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note; provided , however , that the Holder waives any consequential damages it may suffer for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. 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 breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

(22)         PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS . If (a) 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 (b) 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 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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(23)         CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS . This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Purchasers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note.

 

(24)         FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER . No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(25)         DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, the Conversion Price or any Redemption Price or any other calculation under this Note, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile or electronic mail within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Conversion Notice or Redemption Notice or other event giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within three (3) Business Days after such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within one (1) Business Day submit via facsimile or electronic mail (a) the disputed determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, Conversion Price or any Redemption Price to an independent, outside accountant, selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank's or accountant's determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

(26)         NOTICES; PAYMENTS .

 

(a)           Notices . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record, as applicable, (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of exercise specified by the Holder in each Conversion Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

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(b)           Payments . Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the Purchasers, shall initially be as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided , that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder's wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day. Any amount of Principal or other amounts due under the Transaction Documents which is not paid when due shall result in a late charge being incurred and payable by the Company in an amount equal to interest on such amount at the rate of eighteen percent (18.0%) per annum from the date such amount was due until the same is paid in full (" Late Charge ").

 

(27)         CANCELLATION . After all Principal, accrued Interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.

 

(28)         WAIVER OF NOTICE . To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby waives demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(29)         GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL . This Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. The Company 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 to the Company at the address set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company's obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(30)         Severability . If any provision of this Note is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Note so long as this Note as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

(31)         DISCLOSURE . Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Note, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates and agents, not to, provide the Holder with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without the express prior written consent of Holder and the Company shall not be in breach of the terms of this Note if such material, nonpublic information is not provided to the Holder because no such prior written consent is provided to the Company.

 

(32)         CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)          " 1933 Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

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(b)          " 1934 Act " means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(c)          " Actual Market Price " means 85% of the lower of (i) the arithmetic average of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices of the Common Stock during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and (ii) the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(d)          " Additional Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price " means, with respect to any Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date or other applicable date of determination, that price which shall be the lower of (i) the then applicable Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) the Pre-Delivery Market Price as of the applicable Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date; provided , however , that the Additional Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price shall not be less than the Conversion Floor Price.

 

(e)          " Affiliate " means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that "control" of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(f)          " Attribution Parties " means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder's investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder's and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(g)           " Bloomberg " means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

(h)          " Business Day " means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

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(i)          " Change of Control " means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger of a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company into the Company with the Company being the Successor Entity, (ii) any merger of a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company into another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock in which holders of the Company's voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, are, in all material respect, the holders of the voting power of the surviving entity (or entities with the authority or voting power to elect the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities) after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or (iv) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, any transaction or series of transaction that, directly or indirectly, results in the Company or the Successor Entity not having Common Stock or common stock, as applicable, registered under the 1934 Act and listed on an Eligible Market shall be deemed a Change of Control.

 

(j)          " Closing Bid Price " and " Closing Sale Price " means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link or "pink sheets" by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 26. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

(k)          " Closing Date " shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued the Notes and the Warrants pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(l)          " Control Account Company Release Event " means, as applicable:

 

For purposes of this Section 32(l), the following definitions shall apply:

 

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(1)         " Control Account Release Eligibility Date " means the later of (x) the date the Company obtains the Shareholder Approval and (y) the earlier of (I) the date the Initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and (II) the initial date the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note may be freely sold by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act without any volume limitation by the Holder (or such later date no Public Information Failure, if any, exists).

 

(2)         " First Maximum Amount " means the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $2,000,000, less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Closing Date.

 

(3)         " First Non-SEC Event Amount " means, if no SEC Event occurs, the lesser of (1) the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $2,000,000 and (2) the NASDAQ Principal Amount of Note, less, in each case, all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Closing Date.

 

(4)         " First Release Amount " means a dollar amount equal to the least of (A) the First SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (B) the First Non-SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (C) the First Maximum Amount and (D) the dollar amount available in the Holder's Master Restricted Account.

 

(5)         " First SEC Event Amount " means, solely if an SEC Event occurs, a dollar amount equal to the lesser of (1) the Registered Principal Amount of Note and (2) the NASDAQ Principal Amount of Note, in each case, less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Closing Date.

 

(6)         " First Stub Amount " means the difference between the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $2,000,000 and the First Release Amount.

 

(7)         " Free Tradability Date " means the date all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note may be freely sold by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act without any volume limitation by the Holder (or such later date no Public Information Failure, if any, exists).

 

(8)         " SEC Event " means that, if the First Initial Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event (as defined in Section 32(l)(iii)) is determined by clause (I) of such definition or if clause (y) of the definition of "Control Account Release Eligibility Date" is determined by clause (I) of such definition, the SEC requires a reduction in the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for resale on behalf of the Holder and the holders of the Other Notes pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement or requires that such Holder or holders be named as underwriters therein without such reduction, such that the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC fails to register for resale on behalf of the Holder and the holders of the Other Notes all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note and the Other Notes (assuming a conversion in full as of such time of determination without regard to any restriction or limitation on conversions contained herein or therein and determined utilizing the Equity Conditions Conversion Price).

 

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(9)         " Second Maximum Amount " means the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $2,000,000, less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the First Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(10)        " Second Non-SEC Event Amount " means, if no SEC Event occurs, the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $2,000,000, less, all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the First Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(11)        " Second Release Amount " means a dollar amount equal to the least of (A) the Second SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (B) the Second Non-SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (C) the Second Maximum Amount and (D) the dollar amount available in the Holder's Master Restricted Account.

 

(12)        " Second SEC Event Amount " means, solely if an SEC Event occurs, the Registered Principal Amount of Note less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the First Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(13)        " Second Stub Amount " means the difference between the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $2,000,000 and the Second Release Amount.

 

(14)        " Third Maximum Amount " means the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Second Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(15)        " Third Non-SEC Event Amount " means, if no SEC Event occurs, the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less, all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Second Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

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(16)        " Third Release Amount " means a dollar amount equal to the least of (A) the Third SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (B) the Third Non-SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (C) the Third Maximum Amount and (D) the dollar amount available in the Holder's Master Restricted Account.

 

(17)        " Third SEC Event Amount " means, solely if an SEC Event occurs, the Registered Principal Amount of Note less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Second Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(18)        " Third Stub Amount " means the difference between the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500 and the Third Release Amount.

 

(19)        " Fourth Maximum Amount " means the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Third Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(20)        " Fourth Non-SEC Event Amount " means, if no SEC Event occurs, the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less, all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Third Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(21)        " Fourth Release Amount " means a dollar amount equal to the least of (A) the Fourth SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (B) the Fourth Non-SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (C) the Fourth Maximum Amount and (D) the dollar amount available in the Holder's Master Restricted Account.

 

(22)        " Fourth SEC Event Amount " means, solely if an SEC Event occurs, the Registered Principal Amount of Note less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Third Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(23)        " Fourth Stub Amount " means the difference between the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500 and the Fourth Release Amount.

 

(24)        " Fifth Maximum Amount " means the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Fourth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

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(25)        " Fifth Non-SEC Event Amount " means, if no SEC Event occurs, the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less, all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Fourth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(26)        " Fifth Release Amount " means a dollar amount equal to the least of (A) the Fifth SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (B) the Fifth Non-SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (C) the Fifth Maximum Amount and (D) the dollar amount available in the Holder's Master Restricted Account.

 

(27)        " Fifth SEC Event Amount " means, solely if an SEC Event occurs, the Registered Principal Amount of Note less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Fourth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(28)        " Fifth Stub Amount " means the difference between the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500 and the Fifth Release Amount.

 

(29)        " Sixth Maximum Amount " means the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Fifth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(30)        " Sixth Non-SEC Event Amount " means, if no SEC Event occurs, the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500, less, all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Fifth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(31)        " Sixth Release Amount " means a dollar amount equal to the least of (A) the Sixth SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (B) the Sixth Non-SEC Event Amount, if applicable, (C) the Sixth Maximum Amount and (D) the dollar amount available in the Holder's Master Restricted Account.

 

(32)        " Sixth SEC Event Amount " means, solely if an SEC Event occurs, the Registered Principal Amount of Note less all Control Account Release Amounts released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 32(l) since the Fifth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event.

 

(33)        " Sixth Stub Amount " means the difference between the Holder Pro Rata Amount of $1,312,500 and the Sixth Release Amount.

 

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(i)          with respect to any Restricted Principal designated to be converted in a Conversion Notice, the Company's receipt of both (A) such Conversion Notice hereunder executed by the Holder in which all, or any part, of the Principal to be converted includes any Restricted Principal and (B) written confirmation by the Holder that the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to such Conversion Notice have been properly delivered in accordance with Section 3(c) (in each case, as adjusted, if applicable, to reflect the withdrawal of any Conversion Notice, in whole or in part, by the Holder, whether pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii) or otherwise);

 

(ii)         with respect to any cash amount elected by the Holder, the Company's receipt of a written notice by the Holder electing to effect a voluntary release of cash with respect to any Restricted Principal to the Company;

 

(iii)        with respect to the First Release Amount, the twentieth (20 th ) day after the earlier of (I) the date the Initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and (II) the Free Tradability Date (such release of cash, the " First Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event ");

 

(iv)        with respect to the portion of the First Stub Amount, if any, not exceeding a dollar amount equal to the NASDAQ Principal Amount of Note, less any amounts previously released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clause (v) below, the second (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the initial Free Tradability Date occurring after the First Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event;

 

(v)         with respect to the portion of the First Stub Amount, if any, not exceeding a dollar amount equal to the Registered Principal Amount of Note, less any amounts previously released by the Holder to the Company pursuant to clause (iv) above, the second (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the date the Company obtains the Shareholder Approval after the First Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event;

 

(vi)        with respect to the Second Release Amount, the ninetieth (90 th ) day after the earlier of (I) the date the Initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and (II) the Free Tradability Date, but in no event before the date that is thirty (30) days after the date the Company obtains the Shareholder Approval (such release of cash, the " Second Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event ");

 

(vii)       with respect to the Second Stub Amount, if any, the second (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the initial Free Tradability Date occurring after the Second Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event; and

 

(viii)      with respect to the Third Release Amount, the one hundred sixtieth (160 th ) day after the Control Account Release Eligibility Date (such release of cash, the " Third Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event ");

 

(ix)         with respect to the Third Stub Amount, if any, the second (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the initial Free Tradability Date occurring after the Third Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event;

 

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(x)          with respect to the Fourth Release Amount, the one hundred ninetieth (190 th ) day after the Control Account Release Eligibility Date (such release of cash, the " Fourth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event ");

 

(xi)         with respect to the Fourth Stub Amount, if any, the second (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the initial Free Tradability Date occurring after the Fourth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event;

 

(xii)        with respect to the Fifth Release Amount, the two hundred twentieth (220 th ) day after the Control Account Release Eligibility Date (such release of cash, the " Fifth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event ");

 

(xiii)       with respect to the Fifth Stub Amount, if any, the second (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the initial Free Tradability Date occurring after the Fifth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event;

 

(xiv)      with respect to the Sixth Release Amount, the two hundred fiftieth (250 th ) day after the Control Account Release Eligibility Date (such release of cash, the " Sixth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event ");

 

(xv)       with respect to the Sixth Stub Amount, if any, the second (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the initial Free Tradability Date occurring after the Sixth Scheduled Control Account Company Release Event;

 

(xvi)      in the event a Control Account Company Release Event would have occurred if not for the Additional Cash Release Conditions (as defined below) and the Company subsequently cures the failure to satisfy such Additional Cash Release Conditions, with respect to the applicable Control Account Release Amount that should have been released on such Control Account Company Release Event, the (2 nd ) Business Day immediately following the delivery by the Company to the Holder of a written notice certifying that all the conditions, including, without limitation, the Additional Cash Release Conditions, required to be satisfied with respect to such Control Account Release Event are satisfied and any prior failure to satisfy such conditions has been cured;

 

provided , in the case of clauses (iii) through (xv) above, that as of such date of determination, (I) no Equity Conditions Failure then exists and (II) the Permitted Senior Indebtedness is no longer outstanding or the maturity thereof is not on a date that is four (4) months or less from the applicable Control Account Company Release Event (clauses (I) and (II) together, the " Additional Cash Release Conditions "); provided , however , that if the number of days between the applicable date of determination and the Issuance Date is less than the number of days necessary in order to determine if an Equity Conditions Failure has occurred, such number of days shall be shortened to the number of days between the applicable date of determination and the Issuance Date.

 

(m)          " Control Account Holder Release Event " means, as applicable,

 

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(i)          with respect to the entire remaining Restricted Principal as of the applicable date of determination, the date of an Equity Conditions Failure; provided , however , that if the number of days between the applicable date of determination and the Issuance Date is less than the number of days necessary in order to determine if an Equity Conditions Failure has occurred, such number of days shall be shortened to the number of days between the applicable date of determination and the Issuance Date; or

 

(ii)         with respect to the entire remaining Restricted Principal as of the applicable date of determination, on any date occurring after the date that is six (6) months from the Issuance Date on which date a Public Information Failure exists or is reasonably expected to occur.

 

(n)          " Control Account Release Amount " means, with respect to any given Control Account Company Release Event or Control Account Holder Release Event, such amount of cash as specified in the applicable clause of the definition of "Control Account Company Release Event" or "Control Account Holder Release Event", as applicable.

 

(i)          " Common Stock " means (i) the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

 

(ii)         " Common Stock Equivalents " means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.

 

(o)          " Company Conversion Price " means as of any date of determination, that price which shall be the lower of (i) the Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) the Actual Market Price as of the applicable Installment Date; provided , however , that the Company Conversion Price shall not be less than the Conversion Floor Price.

 

(p)          " Contingent Obligation " means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

(q)          " Conversion Additional Pre-Installment Floor Amount " means an amount in cash, to be delivered by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire instructions delivered to the Company by the Holder in writing, equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the higher of (I) the highest price that the Common Stock trades at on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date and (II) the applicable Additional Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price and (2) the difference obtained by subtracting (I) the number of Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder on the applicable Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date from (II) the quotient obtain by dividing (x) the applicable Accelerated Amount that the Holder has elected to be the subject of the applicable Company Conversion, by (y) the applicable Additional Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price without giving effect to the proviso of such definition.

 

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(r)          " Conversion Balance Floor Amount " means an amount in cash, to be delivered by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire instructions delivered to the Company by the Holder in writing, equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the higher of (I) the highest price that the Common Stock trades at on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Installment Date and (II) the applicable Company Conversion Price and (2) the difference obtained by subtracting (I) the number of Installment Balance Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder on the applicable Installment Date from (II) the Installment Balance Floor Conversion Shares.

 

(s)          " Conversion Cash Amount " means an amount in cash, to be delivered by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire instructions delivered to the Company by the Holder in writing, equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the higher of (I) the highest price that the Common Stock trades at on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Conversion Date and (II) the applicable Conversion Price and (2) the difference obtained by subtracting (I) the number of Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder on the applicable Share Delivery Date related to the applicable Conversion Date from (II) the quotient obtain by dividing (x) the applicable Conversion Amount that the Holder has elected to be the subject of the applicable Conversion Notice pursuant to Section 3(c), by (y) the applicable Conversion Price without giving effect to the proviso of such definition.

 

(t)          " Conversion Floor Price " means $0.25.

 

(u)          " Conversion Floor Price Condition " means that the relevant Conversion Price, Event of Default Conversion Price, Company Conversion Price, Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price or Additional Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price, as applicable, is being determined based on the proviso of such definitions.

 

(v)         " Conversion Initial Pre-Installment Floor Amount " means an amount in cash, to be delivered by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire instructions delivered to the Company by the Holder in writing, equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the higher of (I) the highest price that the Common Stock trades at on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date and (II) the applicable Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price and (2) the difference obtained by subtracting (I) the number of Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder on the applicable Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date from (II) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the applicable Installment Amount that is the subject of the applicable Company Conversion, by (y) the applicable Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price without giving effect to the proviso of such definition.

 

(w)          " Conversion Shares " means shares of Common Stock issuable by the Company pursuant to the terms of any of the Notes, including, without limitation, any Principal, Interest and Late Charges so converted, amortized or redeemed.

 

(x)          " Convertible Securities " means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

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(y)          " Eligible Market " means the Principal Market, the NYSE MKT LLC, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the OTC Bulletin Board, the OTC QX or the OTC QB.

 

(z)          " Equity Conditions " means each of the following conditions: (i) either (x) if the event requiring the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions is a Mandatory Conversion, Company Conversion or Company Optional Redemption, all Registration Statements filed and required to be filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be effective and available for the resale of all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount that is subject to the applicable Mandatory Conversion, Company Conversion or Company Optional Redemption (in each case, without regard to any restriction or limitation on conversions and determined utilizing the Equity Conditions Conversion Price) requiring the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions or (y) all shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without regard to any restriction or limitation on exercises) and issued and issuable pursuant to the terms of this Note and the Other Notes, including the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount that is subject to the applicable Mandatory Conversion, Company Conversion or Company Optional Redemption (without regard to any restriction or limitation on conversions and determined utilizing the Equity Conditions Conversion Price), requiring the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions, shall be issuable without any restrictive legend and eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 without any volume limitation by the Holder and no Public Information Failure exists and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws (other than if the Holder becomes an "Affiliate" (as defined in Rule 144 of the 1933 Act) of the Company after the Issuance Date so long as the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Holder is not such an Affiliate of the Company merely by virtue of holding the securities of the Company on the Closing Date subject to a beneficial ownership limitation similar to the beneficial ownership limitation set forth in Section 3(d)(i) set at 4.99% or 9.99%; (ii) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Common Stock is designated for quotation on the Principal Market or any other Eligible Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or market (other than suspensions of not more than two (2) days and occurring prior to the applicable date of determination due to business announcements by the Company) nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market been commenced or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market, which has not been cured, provided , that if the Company is still within a cure period allowed by the applicable Eligible Market, this Equity Condition shall not be deemed failed until the lapse of such cure period and the Company's failure to cure such failure; (iii) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall have delivered all shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Note and the Other Notes and upon exercise of the Warrants to the holders on a timely basis as set forth in Section 3(c) hereof (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) and Section 1(a) of the Warrants; (iv) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount that is subject to the applicable Mandatory Conversion or Company Conversion, as applicable, requiring the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions may be issued in full without violating Section 3(d) hereof (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) (after giving effect to any action pursuant to Section 8(f)) and the rules or regulations of the Principal Market or any other applicable Eligible Market; (v) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall not have failed to timely make any payments within five (5) Business Days of when such payment is due pursuant to any Transaction Document; (vi) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred either (A) the public announcement of a pending, proposed or intended Fundamental Transaction which has not been abandoned, terminated or consummated, (B) an Event of Default, which has not been cured during the applicable cure period, if any, set forth in Section 4(a) or waived in writing by the Holder or (C) an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default, which has not been cured during the applicable cure period, if any, set forth in Section 4(a) or waived in writing by the Holder; (vii) the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause the Equity Condition set forth in clause (i) to fail; (viii) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company otherwise shall have been in compliance with and shall not have breached, in any respect that is adverse in any material respect to the Holder, any provision, covenant, representation or warranty of any Transaction Document; (ix) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Holder shall not be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any Subsidiary or its respective agent or Affiliates; (x) 200% of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Conversion Amount that is subject to the applicable Mandatory Conversion, Company Conversion, Company Optional Redemption or Control Account Release, as applicable, requiring the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions, as determined utilizing the Equity Conditions Conversion Price, are duly authorized and reserved for issuances pursuant to the terms hereof and listed and eligible for trading on an Eligible Market; (xi) to the extent the Shareholder Meeting Deadline has expired as of the applicable date of determination, the Company shall have obtained the Shareholder Approval on or before the applicable Shareholder Meeting Deadline; (xii) the daily dollar trading volume of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg on every Trading Day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, except on two (2) such Trading Days, shall be at least $100,000; (xiii) on each Trading Day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period occurring after the Issuance Date, (A) if the event requiring the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions is a Mandatory Conversion, the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 300% of the Fixed Conversion Price in effect as of the applicable date of determination (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the Subscription Date), (B) if the event requiring the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions is a Control Account Release, the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds the greater of (x) $0.25 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the Subscription Date) and (y) $0.35 and (C) otherwise, the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $0.25 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the Subscription Date) and (ix) the Initial Registration Statement registering any Registrable Securities for resale is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date that is four (4) months immediately following the Issuance Date.

 

(aa)         " Equity Conditions Conversion Price " means a Conversion Price equal to the lowest of (w) the then applicable Conversion Price, (x) the Company Conversion Price, (y) the Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price and (z) the Additional Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price, in each case, as in effect as of the applicable date of determination.

 

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(bb)         " Equity Conditions Failure " means that on any day during the period commencing two (2) Trading Days prior to the applicable date of determination through the applicable date of determination, the Equity Conditions have not each been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder).

 

(cc)         " Equity Conditions Measuring Period " means each day during the period beginning twenty (20) Trading Days prior to the applicable date of determination and ending on and including the applicable date of determination.

 

(dd)         " Equity Interests " means (a) all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common capital stock or preferred capital stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting and (b) all securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

(ee)          " Event of Default Conversion Price " means, with respect to any Event of Default Conversion, that price which shall be the lowest of (i) the Conversion Price then in effect, (ii) 70% of the lowest Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Event of Default Conversion (such Weighted Average Prices to be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split, share combination, reclassification or similar transaction during such twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period) and (iii) 70% of the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Event of Default Conversion; provided , however , that the Event of Default Conversion Price shall not be less than the Conversion Floor Price.

 

(ff)         " Event of Default Conversion Cash Amount " means an amount in cash, to be delivered by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to wire instructions delivered to the Company by the Holder in writing, equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the higher of (I) the highest price that the Common Stock trades at on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Event of Default Conversion Date and (II) the applicable Event of Default Conversion Price and (2) the difference obtained by subtracting (I) the number of Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder on the applicable Share Delivery Date related to the applicable Event of Default Conversion Date from (II) the quotient obtain by dividing (x) the applicable Event of Default Conversion Amount that the Holder has elected to be the subject of the applicable Conversion Notice pursuant to Section 7(c), by (y) the applicable Event of Default Conversion Price without giving effect to the proviso of such definition.

 

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(gg)         " Fundamental Transaction " means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its "significant subsidiaries" (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the Subscription Date calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the shares of Common Stock issued in connection with the conversion of the Notes or the exercise of the Warrants shall be excluded for purposes of determining whether a Fundamental Transaction has occurred.

 

(hh)         " GAAP " means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

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(ii)         " Group " means a "group" as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(jj)         " Holder Pro Rata Amount " means a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the original Principal amount of this Note on the Closing Date and (ii) the denominator of which is $12,000,000.

 

(kk)         " Indebtedness " of any Person means, without duplication (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including (without limitation) "capital leases" in accordance with GAAP (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

 

(ll)         " Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price " means, with respect to any Company Installment Notice Date or other applicable date of determination, that price which shall be the lower of (i) the then applicable Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) the Pre-Delivery Market Price as of the applicable Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date; provided , however , that the Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price shall not be less than the Conversion Floor Price.

 

(mm)         " Initial Registration Statement " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(nn)         " Installment Amount " means with respect to each Installment Date, an amount equal to the sum of the (i) lesser of (A)[●] 2 and (B) the Principal outstanding on such Installment Date, (ii) any Deferral Amount deferred pursuant to Section 8(d) and included in such Installment Amount, (iii) any Accelerated Amount accelerated pursuant to Section 8(e) and included in such Installment Amount, (iv) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal (including, without limitation, any applicable Deferral Amount(s) and/or Accelerated Amount(s)) and (v) accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, with respect to such Principal and Interest, as any such Installment Amount for each Holder may be reduced pursuant to the terms hereof, whether upon conversion, redemption or otherwise. In the event the Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer or assign any portion of this Note, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of each unpaid Installment Amount hereunder.

 

 

2 Insert 1/32 nd of the Holder's Original Principal Amount.

 

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(oo)         " Installment Balance Conversion Shares " means, for any Installment Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the Post-Installment Conversion Shares for such date minus (ii) the amount of any Pre-Installment Conversion Shares delivered in respect of the applicable Installment Date; provided , that in the event that the amount of Pre-Installment Conversion Shares exceeds the Post-Installment Conversion Shares for such date (such excess, the " Installment Conversion Shares Excess "), the Installment Conversion Shares Excess shall reduce the number of Pre-Installment Conversion Shares payable on the next Initial Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date or Additional Pre-Installment Conversion Shares Date, if any.

 

(pp)         " Installment Balance Floor Conversion Shares " means, for any Installment Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the Post-Installment Floor Conversion Shares for such date minus (ii) the amount of any Pre-Installment Floor Conversion Shares that would have been delivered in respect of the applicable Installment Date if there were no Conversion Floor Price; provided , that in the event that the amount of Pre-Installment Floor Conversion Shares exceeds the Post-Installment Floor Conversion Shares for such date, the Installment Balance Floor Conversion Shares shall equal the number of Installment Balance Conversion Shares delivered to the Holder on the related Installment Date.

 

(qq)         " Installment Date " means July 29, 2016 and the last Business Day of every calendar month thereafter through and including the Maturity Date.

 

(rr)         " Interest Rate " means 8.00% per annum, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 2.

 

(ss)        " Lead Investor " means Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.

 

(tt)         " Master Restricted Account " means, solely with respect to the Holder, account number [●] at Bank of Hawaii, or such other account as may be directed by the Holder, from time to time, subject to the Master Control Account Agreement in favor of the Holder.

 

(uu)       " Material Adverse Effect " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(vv)       " NASDAQ Principal Amount of Note " means the principal amount of this Note determined by multiplying the Equity Conditions Conversion Price in effect as of the applicable date of determination by the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Holder's Exchange Cap Allocation.

 

(ww)      " Options " means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

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(xx)        " Parent Entity " of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person, including such entity whose common capital stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, any other market, exchange or quotation system), or, if there is more than one such Person or such entity, the Person or such entity designated by the Required Holders or in the absence of such designation, such Person or entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(yy)         " Permitted Indebtedness " means (i) Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes, (ii) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Company that is made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, as reflected in a written agreement acceptable to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders in writing, and which Indebtedness does not provide at any time for (a) the payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon until ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date or later and (b) total interest and fees at a rate in excess of 8.00% per annum, (iv) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens described in clauses (iv) of the definition of Permitted Liens, (v) Permitted Senior Indebtedness and (vi) letters of credit provided to vendors, customers or surety companies in the ordinary course of business in connection with purchase orders, construction projects or warranty obligations.

 

(zz)         " Permitted Liens " means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen's liens, mechanics' liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment, (v) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clause (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase, (vi) leases or subleases and licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of the Company's business, not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (vii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods, (viii) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 4(a)(ix), (ix) Liens securing Permitted Senior Indebtedness as in effect on the Subscription Date, (x) Liens as may be consented to from time to time in writing by the Required Holders and (xi) Liens securing this Note and the Other Notes.

 

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(aaa)        " Permitted Senior Indebtedness " means Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Permitted Senior Loan Agreement, as such Indebtedness may be refinanced, replaced, amended or extended from time to time; provided , however , that such Indebtedness shall not be amended to become Indebtedness of the Company that is, directly or indirectly, convertible or exercisable into, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents.

 

(bbb)        " Permitted Senior Loan Agreement " means that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 30, 2016, by and between the Company, certain of the Company's Subsidiaries and the Permitted Senior Lender, as such may be amended from time to time and as such Permitted Senior Loan Agreement may be refinanced, replaced, amended or extended from time to time.

 

(ccc)        " Permitted Senior Lender " means Solar Solutions and Distribution, LLC, any transferee or assignee thereof or any other lender in any permitted refinancing or replacement of the Permitted Senior Indebtedness.

 

(ddd)        " Person " means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(eee)        " Post Installment Conversion Shares " means, for any Installment Date and without taking into account the delivery of any Pre-Installment Conversion Shares, that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Company Conversion Amount (including, without limitation, the addition of any Deferral Amounts and/or Accelerated Amounts to such Company Conversion Amount in accordance with Section 8(d) and/or Section 8(e), respectively, on such Installment Date) divided by the Company Conversion Price as in effect on the applicable Installment Date, rounded up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock.

 

(fff)        " Post-Installment Floor Conversion Shares " means, for any Installment Date and without taking into account the number of Pre-Installment Floor Conversion Shares, that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Company Conversion Amount (including, without limitation, the addition of any Deferral Amounts and/or Accelerated Amounts to such Company Conversion Amount in accordance with Section 8(d) and/or Section 8(e), respectively, on such Installment Date) divided by the Company Conversion Price but determined without giving effect to the proviso of such definition, as of the applicable Installment Date, rounded up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock.

 

(ggg)        " Pre-Delivery Market Price " means 85% of the five (5) lowest daily Weighted Average Prices of the Common Stock during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during such period.

 

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(hhh)        " Pre-Installment Floor Conversion Shares " means, for any Installment Date, that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Company Conversion Amount (including, without limitation, the addition of any Deferral Amounts and/or Accelerated Amounts to such Company Conversion Amount in accordance with Section 8(d) and/or Section 8(e), respectively, on such Installment Date) divided by the Initial Company Pre-Installment Conversion Price but determined without giving effect to the proviso of such definition, as of the applicable Installment Notice Date, rounded up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock.

 

(iii)          " Principal Market " means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

(jjj)          " Public Information Failure " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(kkk)       " Redemption Dates " means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Dates, the Change of Control Redemption Dates, the Installment Dates and the Company Optional Redemption Dates, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Date.

 

(lll)         " Redemption Notices " means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Notices, the Change of Control Redemption Notices, the Company Installment Notices and the Company Optional Redemption Notices, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Notice.

 

(mmm)   " Redemption Prices " means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Price, the Change of Control Redemption Price, the Company Installment Redemption Price and the Company Optional Redemption Price, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Price.

 

(nnn)     " Registered Principal Amount of Note " means the principal amount of this Note determined by multiplying the Equity Conditions Conversion Price in effect as of the applicable date of determination by the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Registrable Securities registered for resale by the Holder pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC.

 

(ooo)     " Registrable Securities " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(ppp)     " Registration Rights Agreement " means that certain registration rights agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and among the Company and the Purchasers relating to, among other things, the registration of the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note and the Other Notes and exercise of the Warrants.

 

(qqq)     " Registration Statement " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(rrr)        " Related Fund " means, with respect to any Person, a fund or account managed by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

 

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(sss)        " Required Holders " means the holders of Notes representing at least fifty-five (55%) of the aggregate Principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and shall include the Lead Investor so long as the Lead Investor and/or any of its Affiliates collectively hold at least five percent (5%) of the Notes.

 

(ttt)          " Restricted Principal " means, as of any given date, the cash amounts held in the Master Restricted Account of the Holder.

 

(uuu)       " Rule 144 " means Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule thereto.

 

(vvv)       " SEC " means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(www)     " Securities Purchase Agreement " means that certain securities purchase agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and among the Company and the Purchasers pursuant to which the Company issued the Notes and Warrants.

 

(xxx)         " Shareholder Approval " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(yyy)       " Shareholder Meeting Deadline " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(zzz)         " Subject Entity " means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(aaaa)      " Subscription Date " means April 1, 2016.

 

(bbbb)     " Subsidiary " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(cccc)      " Successor Entity " means one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(dddd)     " Trading Day " means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that "Trading Day" shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

(eeee)      " Transaction Document " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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(ffff)      " Warrants " has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

(gggg)      " Weighted Average Price " means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading), as reported by Bloomberg through its "Volume at Price" function, 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 (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official close of trading) 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 OTC Link or "pink sheets" by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.). If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 26 with the term "Weighted Average Price" being substituted for the term "Conversion Price". All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  Real Goods Solar, Inc.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT I

 

REAL GOODS SOLAR, inc.

 

CONVERSION NOTICE

 

Reference is made to the Senior Secured Convertible Note (the " Note ") issued to the undersigned by Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Company "). In accordance with and pursuant to the Note, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Note) of the Note indicated below into shares of Common Stock par value $0.001 per share (the " Common Stock ") of the Company, as of the date specified below. 

Date of Conversion:  
Aggregate Conversion Amount to be converted:  
Aggregate accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such portion of the Aggregate Principal and such Aggregate Interest to be converted:  
Please confirm the following information:
Conversion Price:  
Please check the following box if the Conversion Price is being determined by:
Event of Default Conversion Price:    ¨
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:  
¨           Check here if all or any portion of the aggregate Principal being converted includes any Restricted Principal.  
Amount of Restricted Principal:  
¨           Check here if the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with this Conversion Notice are being sold contemporaneously herewith by the Holder.
Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted in the following name and to the following address:
Issue to:  
   
   
           

 

 

 

 

Facsimile Number and Electronic Mail:  
Authorization:  
By:  
Title:  
Dated:  
Account Number:  
  (if electronic book entry transfer)  
Transaction Code Number:  
  (if electronic book entry transfer)  
Installment Amounts to be reduced and amount of reduction:  
Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:
¨           Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address
Issue to:  
   
   
Facsimile Number and Electronic Mail:  
   
¨           Check here if requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:
DTC Participant:  
DTC Number:  
Broker Telephone #:  
Account Number:  
Transaction Code Number:  
                   

 

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs Computershare Trust Company, N.A. to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated April 1, 2016 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

 

  Real Goods Solar, Inc.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

[FORM OF SERIES G WARRANT]

 

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 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.

 

real goods solar, INC.

 

SERIES G Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: G-[  ]

Number of Shares of Common Stock: [         ]

Date of Issuance: April 1, 2016 (" Issuance Date ")

 

Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Company "), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged , [PURCHASER] , the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the " Holder "), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, at any time or times on or after the date that is six (6) months after the Issuance Date (the " Initial Exercisability Date "), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, (as defined below), up to such number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to [        ] 1 (the " Warrant Share Number "), subject to adjustment as provided herein (the " Warrant Shares "). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this " Warrant "), shall have the meanings set forth in Section 17. This Warrant is one of the Series G Warrants to purchase Common Stock (the " SPA Warrants ") issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2016 (the " Subscription Date "), by and among the Company and the investors (the " Buyers ") referred to therein (the " Securities Purchase Agreement "). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the definitions ascribed to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

 

1 Insert 40% of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder if the Holder elected to convert the SPA Securities at the Fixed Conversion Price (as defined in the SPA Securities) purchased by the Holder pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained therein) on the Closing Date.

  

 

 

 

1.             EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)   Mechanics of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercisability Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the " Exercise Notice "), of the Holder's election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the " Aggregate Exercise Price ") in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) if the provisions of Section 1(d) are applicable, by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1 st ) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder and the Company's transfer agent (the " Transfer Agent "). On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice, so long as the Holder delivers the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) on or prior to the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise Notice (the " Share Delivery Date ") (provided that if the Aggregate Exercise Price has not been delivered by such date, the Share Delivery Date shall be one (1) Trading Day after the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) is delivered), the Company shall (X) provided that the Warrant Shares can be immediately sold or transferred by the Holder either (1) pursuant to an effective registration statement, (2) pursuant to Rule 144 if the Holder indicates on the applicable Exercise Notice that the shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with such Exercise Notice are being sold contemporaneously by the Holder, or (3) pursuant to Rule 144 without having to comply with the information requirements under Rule 144(c)(1) , credit such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with The Depository Trust Company (" DTC ") through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, or (Y) otherwise, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company's share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. The Company shall be responsible for all fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent and all fees and expenses with respect to the issuance of Warrant Shares via DTC, if any. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder's DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares, as the case may be. If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Warrant Shares to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all taxes (other than the Holder's income taxes) which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company's obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions 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. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS WARRANT TO THE CONTRARY, NO MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM ELIGIBILITY NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES SHALL BE EXERCISABLE HEREUNDER.

 

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(b)   Exercise Price . For purposes of this Warrant, " Exercise Price " means $0.8280, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)   Company's Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If (I) the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Date, to credit the Holder's balance account with DTC or issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register, as required pursuant to the terms of Section 1(a), for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder's exercise of this Warrant, (II) the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of all of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the " Unavailable Warrant Shares "), to the extent all such Unavailable Warrant Shares are required to be included in such Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a " Notice Failure " and together with the event described in clause (I) above, an " Exercise Failure "), or (III) if the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company's share register or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC, as required pursuant to the terms of Section 1(a)), for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to the Company's obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder (or any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock equal to or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a " Buy-In "), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the " Buy-In Price "), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit such Holder's balance account with DTC for such shares of Common Stock shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder's balance account with DTC, as applicable, and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 3(c). Nothing shall limit the Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(d)   Cashless Exercise . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the resale of the Unavailable Warrant Shares is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the "Net Number" of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a " Cashless Exercise "):

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

D

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A=  the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B=  the arithmetic average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.

 

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C=  the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

D=  the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the Exercise Notice.

 

For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the date hereof, the Warrant Shares issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(e)   Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.

 

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(f)   Beneficial Ownership Limitation on Exercises . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the " Maximum Percentage ") of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f). For purposes of this Section 1(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " 1934 Act "). For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC "), as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the " Reported Outstanding Share Number "). If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder's beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be purchased pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the " Reduction Shares ") and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail 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 Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder's and the other Attribution Parties' aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the " Excess Shares ") shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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(g)   Insufficient Authorized Shares . If at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 200% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of this Warrant then outstanding (the " Required Reserve Amount " and the failure to have such sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock, an " Authorized Share Failure "), then the Company shall promptly take all action reasonably necessary to increase the Company's authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for this Warrant and the other SPA Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than seventy-five (75) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall either ( x) obtain the written consent of its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock and provide each shareholder with an information statement with respect thereto or (y) hold a meeting of its shareholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its shareholders' approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the shareholders that they approve such proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such time of an Authorized Share Failure, the Company is able to obtain the written consent of a majority of the shares of its issued and outstanding Common Stock to approve the increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company may satisfy this obligation by obtaining such consent and submitting for filing with the SEC an Information Statement on Schedule 14C. The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for exercise of this Warrant and the other SPA Warrants and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holder and the holders of the other SPA Warrants, based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations in exercise) issued to the Holder on the Issuance Date (the " Authorized Share Allocation "). In the event that the Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer this Warrant, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder's Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any SPA Warrants shall be allocated to the Holder and the remaining holders of SPA Warrants, pro rata based on the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the SPA Warrants).

 

2.      ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES . The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a)   Voluntary Adjustment By Company . The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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(b)   Adjustment Upon Subdivision or Combination of Shares of Common Stock . If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(b) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(c)   Adjustment . If the Exercise Price in effect on March 31, 2017 exceeds the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on March 31, 2017 (the " Adjusted Exercise Price "), the Exercise Price hereunder shall be reset to the Adjusted Exercise Price on April 3, 2017 and shall be further subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(d)   Other Events . If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, as mutually determined by the Company's Board of Directors and the Required Holders, so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(d) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2.

 

(e)   Maximum Eligibility Numbe r. For the avoidance of doubt, all of the Warrant Share Number, whether or not the Warrant is exercisable in full at the time of such adjustment by virtue of the Maximum Eligibility Number limitation or otherwise, shall be exercisable at the Exercise Price in effect at the time of exercise as adjusted on or prior to such date pursuant to this Section 2.

 

(f)    Exercise Floor Price . Unless and until such time as the Company obtains Shareholder Approval (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) as required by the rules and regulations of the Principal Market, no adjustment pursuant to Section 2 shall cause the Exercise Price to be less than $0.71, as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction (the " Exercise Floor Price "). For the avoidance of doubt, if an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2 would cause the Exercise Price to be lower than the Exercise Floor Price but for the immediately preceding sentence, then the Exercise Price shall be equal to the Exercise Floor Price. Upon the receipt of such Shareholder Approval, any adjustment to the Exercise Price that would have been made pursuant to this Section 2, but for this Section 2(f), shall be made on the date of such receipt.

 

 

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3.            RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS . 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, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a " Distribution "), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) 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 , that to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

4.             PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS .

 

(a)           Purchase Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the " Purchase Rights "), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) 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 , that to the extent that the Holder's right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

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(b)   Fundamental Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements, if so requested by the Holder, to deliver to each holder of the SPA Warrants in exchange for such SPA Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to the Required Holders, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, shall succeed to, and the Company shall cause any Successor Entity or Successor Entities to jointly and severally succeed to, and be added to the term "Company" under this Warrant (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, and the provisions of this Warrant referring to the "Company" shall refer instead to each of the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally), and the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, may exercise every right and power of the Company prior thereto and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company prior thereto under this Warrant with the same effect as if the Company and such Successor Entity or Successor Entities, jointly and severally, had been named as the Company in this Warrant, and, solely at the request of the Holder, if the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market, shall deliver (in addition to and without limiting any right under this Warrant) to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of the Successor Entity and/or Successor Entities (the " Successor Capital Stock ") equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction (such corresponding number of shares of Successor Capital Stock to be delivered to the Holder shall be equal to the greater of (A) the quotient of (i) the aggregate dollar value of all consideration (including cash consideration and any consideration other than cash (" Non-Cash Consideration "), in such Fundamental Transaction, as such values are set forth in any definitive agreement for the Fundamental Transaction that has been executed at the time of the first public announcement of the Fundamental Transaction or, if no such value is determinable from such definitive agreement, as determined in accordance with Section 12 with the term "Non-Cash Consideration" being substituted for the term "Exercise Price") that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) (the " Aggregate Consideration ") divided by (ii) the per share Closing Sale Price of such Successor Capital Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to the consummation or occurrence of the Fundamental Transaction and (B) the product of (i) the Aggregate Consideration and (ii) the highest exchange ratio pursuant to which any shareholder of the Company may exchange Common Stock for Successor Capital Stock) (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder's right to receive any such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity would result in the Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, if applicable, then the Holder shall not be entitled to receive such shares to such extent (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity as a result of such consideration to such extent) and the portion of such shares shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time or times, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and its other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be delivered such shares to the extent as if there had been no such limitation), and such security shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder, and with an identical exercise price to the Exercise Price hereunder (such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting after the consummation or occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction the economic value of this Warrant that was in effect immediately prior to the consummation or occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, as elected by the Holder solely at its option). Upon occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Fundamental Transaction that, the Company and the Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, as elected by the Holder solely at its option, shares of Common Stock, Successor Capital Stock or, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights), which for purposes of clarification may continue to be shares of Common Stock, if any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the occurrence or consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities, cash, assets or other property with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a " Corporate Event "), the Company shall make appropriate provision to ensure that, and any applicable Successor Entity or Successor Entities shall ensure that, and it shall be a required condition to the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event that, the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the occurrence or consummation of the Corporate Event, shares of Common Stock or Successor Capital Stock or, if so elected by the Holder, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Corporate Event (but not in lieu of such items still issuable under Sections 3 and 4(a), which shall continue to be receivable on the Common Stock or on the such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property otherwise receivable with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock), such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights and any shares of Common Stock) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence or consummation of such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Event or the record, eligibility or other determination date for the event resulting in such Corporate Event (without regard to any limitations on exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. The provisions of this Section 4(b) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may elect, in its sole discretion, by delivery of written notice to the Company, to waive this Section 4(b) and allow the Company to enter into or be a party to a Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4(b), provided , however , that any such waiver shall only be on the terms of such waiver and bind the Holder with respect to this Warrant and not any holder of any other SPA Warrants.

 

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(c)  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall be required to obtain the prior written consent of the Required Holders to enter into, allow and/or consummate a Fundamental Transaction other than one in which a Successor Entity that is a publicly traded corporation whose stock is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market assumes this Warrant such that the Warrant shall be exercisable for the publicly traded Common Stock of such Successor Entity.

 

5.      NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, the Required Reserve Amount to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

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6.             WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A SHAREHOLDER . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person's capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the shareholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the shareholders.

 

7.             REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS .

 

(a)   Transfer of Warrant . If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.

 

(b)   Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.

 

(c)   Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new warrant or warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided , however , that no SPA Warrants for fractional Warrant Shares shall be given.

 

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(d)   Issuance of New Warrants . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other new warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.

 

8.           NOTICES . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation; provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of exercise specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

9.           AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended or waived and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders.

 

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10.          GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL . This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. The Company 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 to the Company at the address set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company's obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

11.          CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS . This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.

 

12.          DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile or electronic mail within two (2) Business Days after receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days after such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to an independent, outside accountant, selected by the Holder and approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank's or accountant's determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

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13.          REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and 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 right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. 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 of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

14.          TRANSFER .         This Warrant and the Warrant Shares may be offered for sale, sold, transferred, pledged or assigned without the consent of the Company and, except for the Warrant Shares sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, shall be offered for sale, sold, transferred, pledged or assigned in accordance with Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

15.          SEVERABILITY .         If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

16.          DISCLOSURE . Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to such Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

17.           CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)  " 1933 Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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(b)  " Affiliate " means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that "control" of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(c)  " Attribution Parties " means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holder's investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock would or could be aggregated with the Holder's and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.

 

(d)  " Bloomberg " means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

(e)  " Business Day " means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(f)   " Closing Bid Price " and " Closing Sale Price " means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or the last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the OTC Link or "pink sheets" by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink OTC Markets Inc.). If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

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(g)  " Common Stock " means (i) the Company's shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.

 

(h)  " Convertible Securities " means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

(i)   " Eligible Market " means the Principal Market, the NYSE MKT LLC, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the OTC Bulletin Board, the OTC QX or the OTC QB.

 

(j)   " Expiration Date " means the date that is sixty (60) months after the Initial Exercisability Date, or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a " Holiday "), the next day that is not a Holiday.

 

(k)  " Fundamental Transaction " means (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its "significant subsidiaries" (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iv) consummate a share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding shares of Common Stock, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock not held by all such Subject Entities as of the Subscription Date calculated as if any shares of Common Stock held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other shareholders of the Company to surrender their shares of Common Stock without approval of the shareholders of the Company or (C) directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.

 

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(l)  " Group " means a "group" as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.

 

(m) " Lead Investor " means Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.

 

(n)  " Master Restricted Account " shall have the meaning attributed to such term in the SPA Securities.

 

(o)  " Maximum Eligibility Increase Factor " means a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Warrant Share Number and (ii) the Percentage Interest.

 

(p)  " Maximum Eligibility Number " means initially ______________ (_____________) 2 and such number shall be increased each time the Holder releases cash from the Holder's Master Restricted Account to the Company, by a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Eligibility Increase Factor.

 

(q)  " Options " means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

 

2 Insert 7.50% of the Warrant Share Number.

  

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(r)  " Parent Entity " of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person, including such entity whose common shares or common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, any other market, exchange or quotation system), or, if there is more than one such Person or such entity, the Person or such entity designated by the Required Holders or in the absence of such designation, such Person or entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(s) " Percentage Interest " means a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the cash amount being released by the Holder to the Company from the Holder's Master Restricted Account, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Holder's aggregate Purchase Price (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) as set forth in column (5) opposite the Holder' name in the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(t)  " Person " means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(u) " Principal Market " means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

(v) " Registration Rights Agreement " means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and among the Company and the Buyers.

 

(w) " Required Holders " means the holders of the SPA Warrants representing at least fifty-five (55%) of the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then outstanding and shall include the Lead Investor so long as the Lead Investor and/or any of its Affiliates collectively hold at least five percent (5%) of the SPA Warrants.

 

(x)  " Rule 144 " means Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule thereto.

 

(y) " Subject Entity " means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(z)  " Successor Entity " means one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or one or more Person or Persons (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Company or the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(aa)         " Trading Day " means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that "Trading Day" shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.  
     
  By:___________________________  
  Name:  
  Title:  

  

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase _________________ of the shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the " Warrant Shares "), of Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Company "), evidenced by the attached Series G Warrant to purchase Common Stock No. G-______ (the " Warrant "). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1. Form of Exercise Price. The holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:

 

____________ a " Cash Exercise" with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares; or

 

____________ a "Cashless Exercise" with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares.

 

2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $___________________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

3. Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder __________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. 

 

¨           Check here if the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with this Exercise Notice are being sold contemporaneously herewith by the Holder.
 
Please issue the Warrant Shares in the following name and to the following account:
 
Issue to:  
   
   

 

Facsimile Number and Electronic Mail:  

 

Authorization:  

 

By:  

 

Title:  

 

 

 

  

Dated:  

 

Broker Name:  

 

Broker DTC #:  

 

Broker Telephone #:  

 

Account Number:  

  (if electronic book entry transfer)  

 

Transaction Code Number:  

  (if electronic book entry transfer)  

 

 

 

 

TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.

 

____________ __, 20__

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

8742 Lucent Blvd. Suite 225

Highlands Ranch CO 80129

Telephone: (303) 262-0684

Facsimile: (303) 226-0609

Attention: Brenda Baril

 

Re: Order to Issue Common Stock of Real Goods Solar, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to (A) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2016, by and among Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Company "), and the investors named on the Schedule of Buyers attached thereto (collectively, the " Buyers ") pursuant to which the Company is issuing to the Buyers and certain other investors (collectively " Holders ") (i) senior secured convertible notes (the " Notes ") which are convertible into shares of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the " Common Stock ") and (ii) Series G Warrants (the " Warrants "), each of which is exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock; (B) the related Transfer Agent Instructions, dated April 1, 2016 (the " 2016 Instruction "); (C) the exercise notice attached hereto (the " Exercise Notice "); and (D) the attached copy of a written instruction from the General Counsel of the Company (or its outside legal counsel) that either (1) a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock subject to this letter has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, naming the holder as a selling shareholder thereunder, (2) that the holder may then transfer such shares of Common Stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (" Rule 144 ") or (3) that the holder may transfer such shares of Common Stock under Rule 144, without having to comply with the information requirements under Rule 144(c)(1) (the " Counsel Instruction ").

 

This instruction letter shall serve as our authorization and direction to you to issue:

 

· to the recipient identified under "Issue to" in the Exercise Notice,
· in book entry form,
· such number of shares of Common Stock as set forth under " Delivery of Warrant Shares," respectively, in the Exercise Notice,
· out of the Transfer Agent Reserve (as defined in the 2016 Instruction),
· by crediting the designated recipient's balance account with the Depository Trust Company, identified in the Exercise Notice under "Broker Name," "Broker DTC#," "Account Number," and "Transaction Code Number" through its Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian system

 

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Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at 303-222-8344.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the " Agreement "), dated as of April 1, 2016, by and among Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation, with headquarters located at 833 West South Boulder Road, Louisville, Colorado 80027-2452 (the " Company "), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a " Buyer " and collectively, the " Buyers ").

 

WHEREAS :

 

A.            The Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the " 1933 Act "), and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D (" Regulation D ") as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC ") under the 1933 Act.

 

B.             The Company has authorized a new series of senior secured convertible notes of the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the " Notes "), which Notes shall be convertible into the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the " Common Stock ") (the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes, including, without limitation, upon conversion, upon amortization or otherwise, collectively, the " Conversion Shares "), in accordance with the terms of the Notes.  

 

C.            Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (which aggregate principal amount of Notes for all Buyers shall be $10,000,000), and (ii) Series G Warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the " Warrants "), representing the right to acquire that number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised, collectively, the " Warrant Shares ").

 

D.            Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the " Registration Rights Agreement "), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

 

E.             In connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company and each Buyer will enter into, at or prior to the Closing (as defined below), a Master Control Account Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, each a " Master Control Account Agreement " and collectively, the " Master Control Account Agreements ") with Bank of Hawaii (the " Bank ").  A bank account governed by the Master Control Account Agreement shall be referred to herein as a " Master Restricted Account " and collectively, the " Master Restricted Accounts ".

 

 

 

 

F.             The Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the " Securities ".

 

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

 

1.              PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS .

 

(a)           Purchase of Notes and Warrants .  Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below), (x) a principal amount of Notes as is set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers and (y) related Warrants to acquire up to that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer's name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers (the " Closing ").

 

(b)           Closing .  The date and time of the Closing (the " Closing Date ") shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date hereof (or such other date and time as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, at the offices of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

 

(c)           Purchase Price .  The aggregate purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer at the Closing (the " Purchase Price ") shall be the amount set forth opposite each Buyer's name in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers.  Each Buyer shall pay $1,000 for each $1,000 of principal amount of Notes and related Warrants to be purchased by such Buyer at the Closing.  The Buyers and the Company agree that the Notes and the Warrants constitute an "investment unit" for purposes of Section 1273(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the " Code ").  The Buyers and the Company mutually agree that the allocation of the issue price of such investment unit between the Notes and the Warrants in accordance with Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2(h) shall be an aggregate amount of $49,794.60 allocated to the Warrants and the balance of the Purchase Price allocated to the Notes, and neither the Buyers nor the Company shall take any position inconsistent with such allocation in any tax return or in any judicial or administrative proceeding in respect of taxes.

 

(d)           Form of Payment .  On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay for the Notes and the Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing by paying: (1) 7.5% of its applicable Purchase Price to the Company (less, in the case of Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd. (" Hudson Bay "), the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)), by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company's written wire instructions and (2) 92.5% of its Purchase Price to such Buyer's Master Restricted Account by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire instructions set forth in such Buyer's Master Control Account Agreement, such portion of such Buyer's Purchase Price to be held and released by the Bank in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions of such Buyer's Master Control Account Agreement and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Notes (allocated in the principal amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder along with the Warrants (allocated in the amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is purchasing hereunder, in each case duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.

 

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2.              BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .  Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to only itself that :

 

(a)           No Public Sale or Distribution .  Such Buyer is (i) acquiring the Notes and the Warrants, (ii) upon conversion by the Buyer of the Notes, will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, and (iii) upon exercise of the Warrants, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided , however , that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws.  Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.  Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person (as defined below) to distribute any of the Securities.  For purposes of this Agreement, " Person " means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(b)          Accredited Investor Status .  Such Buyer is an "accredited investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

 

(c)           Reliance on Exemptions .  Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it 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 such Buyer's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

(d)          Information .  Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by such Buyer.  Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties contained herein.  Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk.  Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

 

(e)           No Governmental Review .  Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

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(f)           Transfer or Resale .  Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement:  (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by such Buyer, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (" Rule 144 ") or Rule 144A (" Rule 144A ")  promulgated under the 1933 Act, as amended, (or a successor rule thereto); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 or Rule 144A may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 or Rule 144A, as applicable, and further, if Rule 144 or Rule 144A is not available, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person) through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.  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 and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(f).

 

(g)           Legends .  Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Notes and the Warrants and, until the earlier of (i) the date the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 without having to comply with Rule 144(c)(1), unless the Buyer indicates that it is selling the applicable Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144 while the Company is in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) contemporaneously with receipt of such Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares, and (ii) such time as the resale of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock certificates representing the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):  

 

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[ NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [ CONVERTIBLE ] [ EXERCISABLE ] HAVE BEEN ][ THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT 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 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.

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at The Depository Trust Company (" DTC "), if (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer exempt from registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws and such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel selected by such holder, in a generally acceptable form for opinions of counsel in connection with such transactions to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, (iii) the date the holder of the Securities is eligible to sell, assign or transfer the Securities pursuant to Rule 144 without having to comply with the information requirements under Rule 144(c)(1), or Rule 144A, or (iv) the date Securities are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 while the Company is in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) contemporaneously with the sale, assignment or transfer of such Securities.  In the event the legend set forth above has been removed because the Securities are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, each Buyer agrees to sell such Securities only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act (including the Registration Statement), or in a transaction exempt from registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws and such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel selected by such holder, in a generally acceptable form for opinions of counsel in connection with such transactions to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act.  Each Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the Securities remain “restricted securities” as such term is defined in Rule 144 notwithstanding removal of the legend set forth above until such Securities are sold or transferred under an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act (including the Registration Statement) or under Rule 144 or Rule 144A.  The Company shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance.  

 

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(h)          Validity; Enforcement .  This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies.

 

(i)           No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(j)           Residency .  Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.

 

3.              REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY .

 

The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that:  

 

(a)           Organization and Qualification .  Each of the Company and its " Subsidiaries " (which, for the purposes of this Agreement means any entity or joint venture in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest) are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own or lease their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.  The Company's significant Subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC) include those listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the " Annual Report "), other than Real Goods Syndicated, Inc., which has liquidated its assets since December 31, 2013.  The Subsidiaries are the only subsidiaries, direct or indirect, of the Company. The Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3(a) under the heading "Significant Subsidiaries" are referred to herein as the " Significant Subsidiaries ."  The Subsidiaries which are not Significant Subsidiaries are not significant subsidiaries as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As used in this Agreement, " Material Adverse Effect " means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or on the other Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. The outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding, except, in each case, as described on Schedule 3(a) .

 

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(b)          Authorization; Enforcement; Validity .  The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)), the Voting Agreement (as defined in Section 4(s)), the Master Control Account Agreements and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the " Transaction Documents ") and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and (other than the filing of a Form D and one or more Registration Statements (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement with the SEC, filings with The NASDAQ Capital Market (the " Principal Market ") and other filings as may be required by state securities agencies) no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its shareholders.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors' rights and remedies.

 

(c)           Issuance of Securities .  The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants are duly authorized and, upon issuance, shall be validly issued and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof.   As of the Closing, a number of shares of Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance which equals or exceeds (the " Initial Required Reserved Amount ") 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Notes based on the Equity Conditions Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) (without taking into account any limitations on the issuance thereof pursuant to the terms of the Notes) and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants), each as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination.   As of the date hereof, there are 137,438,057 shares of Common Stock authorized and unissued.  Neither the offering nor sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock.  Upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens, charges and other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.  Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3(c) , there are no securities or instruments issued by the Company containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities.

 

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(d)          No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation (as defined in Section 3(u)) or Bylaws (as defined in Section 3(u)), any memorandum of association, articles of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws, any certificate of designations or other constituent documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the articles of association or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument, including, without limitation, under the Permitted Senior Loan Agreement (as defined in the Notes), to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is bound, or (iii) after complying with NASDAQ Rule 5250(e)(2), result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market and including all applicable laws of the State of Colorado and any foreign, federal and state laws, rules and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected.

 

(e)           Consents .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than the filing of a Form D with the SEC, any registration statement as required under the Registration Rights Agreement, other filings as may be required by state securities agencies, and filings required by the Principal Market), any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof which have not been previously obtained or made.  All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date (or in the case of the filings detailed above, will be made timely after the Closing Date in accordance with the requirements of Regulation D in the case of the Form D filing and in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement in the case of the registration statement), and the Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence.  Except as previously disclosed on the Company’s Form 8-K filed on December 24, 2015, the Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock in the foreseeable future.  The issuance by the Company of the Securities shall not have the effect of delisting or suspending the Common Stock from the Principal Market.  

 

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(f)           Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer's Purchase of Securities .  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm's length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an "affiliate" of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 144) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a "beneficial owner" of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " 1934 Act ")).  The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer's purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company's decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

 

(g)          No General Solicitation; Placement Agent's Fees .  Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.  The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent's fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers' commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, placement agent fees payable to ROTH Capital Partners, LLC, as placement agent (the " Placement Agent ") in connection with the sale of the Securities.  The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney's fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim.  The Company acknowledges that it has engaged the Placement Agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.  Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.

 

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(h)          No Integrated Offering .  None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on 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 require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, or the rules, regulations or the interpretations thereof by the SEC, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of shareholders of the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated for quotation.  None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps referred to in the preceding sentence that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings for purposes of any such applicable shareholder approval provisions.

 

(i)            Dilutive Effect .  The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to terms of the Notes will increase in certain circumstances.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares pursuant to the terms of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Company.

 

(j)            Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement .  The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested shareholder, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company's issuance of the Securities and any Buyer's ownership of the Securities.  The Company has not adopted a shareholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries .

 

(k)           SEC Documents; Financial Statements .  During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely filed (which includes in reliance on, and after compliance with the deadlines required by, Rule 12b-25 of the 1934 Act) all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or prior to the Closing Date, as applicable, and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the " SEC Documents ").  The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system.  As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, 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.  As of their respective filing dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments, which will not be material either individually or in the aggregate).  No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 2(d) of this Agreement or in the disclosure schedules to this Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading.

 

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(l)           Absence of Certain Changes .  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l) , since December 31, 2014, there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l) , since December 31, 2014, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $500,000 outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) had capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $350,000.  The Company and the Subsidiaries have no material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in the Company's consolidated financial statements which are included in the Annual Report.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding-up nor does the Company nor any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of its respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact that would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.  The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below).  For purposes of this Section 3(l), " Insolvent " means, with respect to any Person, (i) the present fair saleable value of such Person's assets is less than the amount required to pay such Person's total Indebtedness (as defined in the Notes), (ii) such Person is unable to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature or (iv) such Person has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

 

(m)          No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances .  No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is contemplated to occur with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, prospects, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced.

 

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(n)           Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under any certificate of designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company (if any), its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or their organizational charter or memorandum of association or articles of incorporation or articles of association or bylaws, respectively.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(n) , neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth in Schedule 3(n) , the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by the Principal Market in the foreseeable future.  During the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Common Stock has been designated for quotation on the Principal Market.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(n) , during the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, (i) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (ii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market.  The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.

 

(o)           Foreign Corrupt Practices .  Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

 

(p)           Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the applicable money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the " Anti-Money Laundering Laws "), the Company has in place policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that its and its Subsidiaries’ operations will continue to be conducted in compliance with all applicable 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 of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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(q)           No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws.    Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, or to the Company’s knowledge, employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, affiliates is, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a Person that is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (" OFAC ") or the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce and including, without limitation, the designation as a "specially designated national" or "blocked person"), the United Nations Security Council (" UNSC "), the European Union, Her Majesty's Treasury (" HMT ") or any other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, " Sanctions "), nor is the Company, any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a " Sanctioned Country "); no action of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Securities or (iii) the direct or indirect  use of proceeds from the Securities or the consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will result in the proceeds of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents being used, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available, directly or indirectly, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of (i) funding or facilitating any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) funding or facilitating any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

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(r)          Anti-Bribery .  Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director, officer, or to the Company’s knowledge, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, has (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, to any employee or agent of a private entity with which the Company does or seeks to do business (a " Private Sector Counterparty ") or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions or any applicable provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the U.K Bribery Act 2010, or any other similar law of any other jurisdiction in which the Company operates its business, including, in each case, the rules and regulations thereunder, (iv) taken, is currently taking or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, gift or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any person while knowing that all or some portion of the money or value will be offered, given or promised to anyone to improperly influence official action, to obtain or retain business or otherwise to secure any improper advantage or (v) otherwise made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, unlawful kickback or other unlawful payment; the Company and each of its respective subsidiaries has instituted and has maintained, and will continue to maintain, policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with the laws referred to in (iii) above and with this representation and warranty; and none of the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates will directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the convertible securities or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture partner or other person or entity for the purpose of financing or facilitating any activity that would violate the laws and regulations referred to in (iii) above.

 

(s)         Sarbanes-Oxley Act .  The Company is in compliance in all material respects with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.

 

(t)         Transactions With Affiliates .  None of the officers, directors or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such officer, director, or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, employee, trustee or partner.

 

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(u)         Equity Capitalization .  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 12,561,943 shares are issued and outstanding, 1,844,161 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option and purchase plans and 1,221,443 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to securities (other than the aforementioned options, the Notes and the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Common Stock, (ii) 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, none of which are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, (iii) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, none of which are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof and (iii) there are 10,857,067 shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Company.  All of such outstanding shares have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.  Except as disclosed in (i) Schedule 3(u)(i) , none of the Company's capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) Schedule 3(u)(ii) , there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) Schedule 3(u)(iii) , there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) Schedule 3(u)(iv) ,  there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) Schedule 3(u)(v) , there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) Schedule 3(u)(vi) , there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) Schedule 3(u)(vii) , there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) Schedule 3(u)(viii) , neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or "phantom stock" plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) Schedule 3(u)(ix) , the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company's or any of its Subsidiary's' respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has furnished or made available to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the " Articles of Incorporation "), and the Company's Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the " Bylaws "), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.  The form of certificates for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, as applicable, will conform to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company's incorporation.

 

(v)         Indebtedness and Other Contracts .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Notes)) (i) has any outstanding Indebtedness, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,0000, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company's officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

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(w)        Absence of Litigation .  There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company's Subsidiaries or any of the Company's or its Subsidiaries' officers or directors, whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise, in their capacities as such, except as set forth in Schedule 3(w) . The matters set forth in Schedule 3(w) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(x)          Insurance .  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(x) , neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(y)         Employee Relations .  

 

(i)          Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union.  The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their respective employees are good.  No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer's employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary.  No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, 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.

 

(ii)         The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(z)          Title .  The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except for liens for the benefit of the Permitted Senior Lender (as defined in the Notes) as disclosed in the Annual Report and other Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes), which, in the case of such other Permitted Liens do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(aa)       Intellectual Property Rights .  The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, original works of authorship, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications and registrations therefor (" Intellectual Property Rights ") necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any patents.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(aa) , none of the Company's  or its Subsidiaries' Intellectual Property Rights have expired or terminated or have been abandoned or are expected to expire or terminate or are expected to be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement.  The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others.  There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, being threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights.  None of the technology employed by the Company and material to the Company's business has been obtained or is being used by the Company in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company's knowledge, any of its officers, directors or employees or, to the Company's knowledge, otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons; the Company has not received any written or oral communications alleging that the Company has violated, infringed or conflicted with, or, by conducting its business as presently proposed to be conducted, would violate, infringe or conflict with, any of the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity. The Company knows of no material infringement by others of Intellectual Property Rights owned by or licensed to the Company.

 

(bb)       Environmental Laws .  The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  The term " Environmental Laws " means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, " Hazardous Materials ") into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

 

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(cc)        Subsidiary Rights .  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.

 

(dd)       Investment Company Status .  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities, and for so long any Buyer holds any Securities, will not be, an "investment company," a company controlled by an "investment company" or an "affiliated person" of, or "promoter" or "principal underwriter" for, an "investment company" as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(ee)        Tax Status .  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(ee) , the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all U.S. federal, state and foreign income and all other 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, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes 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.

 

(ff)         Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls .  The Company and each of its 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 generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference.  The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act) that are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(ff), n either the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has during the twelve (12) months prior to the date hereof (i) received any notice or correspondence from any accountant relating to any material weakness in any part of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (ii) become aware of any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting or change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

 

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(gg)       Off Balance Sheet Arrangements .  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

(hh)       Ranking of Notes .  No Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Permitted Senior Indebtedness is senior to or ranks pari passu with the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect of payment of redemptions, interest, damages or upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.

 

(ii)          Eligibility for Registration .  The Company is eligible to use Form S-3 promulgated under the 1933 Act to register shares of Common Stock for resale.

 

(jj)          Transfer Taxes .  On the Closing Date, all stamp duties, stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.

 

(kk)        Manipulation of Price .  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, or that could reasonably be expected to cause or 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) other than the Placement Agent, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) other than the Placement Agent, paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.

 

(ll)          Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers' Trading Activity .  Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding, it is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that none of the Buyers has been asked by the Company or its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or "derivative" securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that past or future open market or other transactions by any Buyer, including, without limitation, short sales or "derivative" transactions, before or after the closing of this or future transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company's publicly-traded securities; (iii) that any Buyer, and counter-parties in "derivative" transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a "short" position in the Common Stock, and (iv) each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm's length counter-party in any "derivative" transaction.  The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Conversion Shares and/or the Warrant Shares are being determined and (b) such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing shareholders' equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants or any of the documents executed in connection herewith.

 

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(mm)      U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation .  The Company is not, has never been, and so long as any Securities remain outstanding, shall not become, a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code and the Company shall so certify upon any Buyer's request.

 

(nn)       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 (25%) 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.

 

(oo)       No Additional Agreements .  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any agreement or understanding with any Buyer with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.

 

(pp)       Disclosure .  The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Buyers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the existence if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  All disclosure provided to the Buyers regarding the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, their businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the disclosure schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All of the written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to you pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, taken as a whole, will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date on which such information is so provided and will 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.  Each press release issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the twelve (12) months preceding the date of this Agreement did not at the time of release contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or conditions (financial or otherwise), which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure at or before the date hereof or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.

 

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(qq)       Shell Company Status .  The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1) of the 1933 Act.

 

(rr)         Stock Option Plans .  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(rr) , 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.

 

(ss)        Employee Benefits .  The Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (" ERISA "); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company and each Subsidiary would have any material liability; the Company and each Subsidiary has not incurred and does not expect to incur material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

 

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(tt)         No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers .  Except as set forth in Schedule 3(tt) , there are no material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company's ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.  In addition, on or prior to the date hereof, the Company had discussions with its accountants about its financial statements previously filed with the SEC.  Based on those discussions, the Company has no reason to believe that it will need to restate any such financial statements or any part thereof.

 

(uu)       No Disqualification Events .  With respect to Securities to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the 1933 Act (" Regulation D Securities "), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company's outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an " Issuer Covered Person " and, together, " Issuer Covered Persons ") is subject to any of the "Bad Actor" disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the 1933 Act (a " Disqualification Event "), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event.  The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Buyers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

(vv)       Other Covered Persons . The Company is not aware of any Person (other than the Placement Agent) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of Buyers or potential purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.

 

4.         COVENANTS .

 

(a)         Best Efforts .  Each party shall use its best efforts timely to satisfy each of the covenants and the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

 

(b)         Form D and Blue Sky .  The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing.  The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or "Blue Sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date.  The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities or "Blue Sky" laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date.

 

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(c)          Reporting Status .  Until the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall have sold all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and none of the Notes or Warrants are outstanding (the " Reporting Period "), the Company shall timely file (which includes in reliance on, and after compliance with the deadlines required by, Rule 12b-25 of the 1934 Act) all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination, and the Company shall take all actions necessary to maintain its eligibility to register the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares for resale by the Investors pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(d)         Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities solely as set forth on Schedule 4(d) .

 

(e)         Financial Information .  The Company agrees to send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period unless the following are filed with or furnished to the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system (i) within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, any Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K (or any analogous reports under the 1934 Act) and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile or e-mailed copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the shareholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the shareholders.  As used herein, " Business Day " means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(f)          Listing .  The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities upon the Principal Market or on the Eligible Market (as defined in the Warrants) on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents  on the Principal Market or any other Eligible Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.  The Company shall maintain the authorization for quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market, or if such authorization is not able to be maintained, on another Eligible Market (as defined in the Warrants).  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market or on the Eligible Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.  The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).

 

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(g)         Fees .  The Company shall reimburse Hudson Bay (a Buyer) or its designee(s) (in addition to any other expense amounts paid to any Buyer or its counsel prior to the date of this Agreement) for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including all legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith, documentation and implementation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence in connection therewith), which amount, at the option of such Buyer, may be withheld by such Buyer from its purchase price for any Notes purchased at the Closing to the extent not previously reimbursed by the Company.  The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent's fees, financial advisory fees, or broker's commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Placement Agent and all fees payable to the Bank in connection with the Master Control Account Agreement.  The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment.  Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

 

(h)         Pledge of Securities .  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by an Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities.  The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(f) hereof; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(f) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee.  The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by an Investor.

 

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(i)           Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information .  On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date this Agreement has been executed, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyers, describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules and exhibits to this Agreement), the form of the Note, the form of the Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of Voting Agreement and the form of the Master Control Account Agreement as exhibits to such filing (including all attachments), the " 8-K Filing ").  From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC, no Buyer shall be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents, that is not disclosed in the 8-K Filing.  In addition, effective upon the filing of the 8-K Filing, 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, employees, affiliates or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Buyers or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate and be of no force or effect.  The Company understands and confirms that each of the Buyers will rely on the foregoing in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without the express prior written consent of such Buyer ( provided that the Company shall not be in breach of the terms of the Notes, the Warrants or this Agreement if such material, nonpublic information is not provided to the Buyer because no such prior written consent is provided to the Company).  If a Buyer has, or believes it has, received any such material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, other than in compliance with the terms of the Notes, the Warrants and this Agreement, it may provide the Company with written notice thereof.  The Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days (as defined in the Warrants) of receipt of such notice, make public disclosure of such material, nonpublic information.  In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents.  No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees, shareholders or agents for any such disclosure.  To the extent that the Company, its affiliates or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents, delivers any material, non-public information to a Buyer without such Buyer's consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Buyer shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agent with respect to, or a duty to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agent or not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information.  Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release).  Except for the Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and with respect to the 8-K Filing, without the prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise.

 

(j)           Additional Notes; Variable Securities .  So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company will not issue any Notes other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes.  Until the earlier to occur of (i) the second anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) the date on which the aggregate principal amount outstanding under all Notes is less than four million dollars ($4,000,000) , the Company shall not, in any manner, issue or sell any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to any fixed price unless the conversion, exchange or exercise price of any such security cannot be less than the then applicable Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) with respect to the Common Stock into which any Note is convertible or the then applicable Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) with respect to the Common Stock into which any Warrant is exercisable.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may issue shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Options and Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date hereof; provided , that the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed on or after the date hereof without the prior written consent of the Required Holders; provided , further, that the Company shall be permitted to effect an Option repricing with respect to employee options under its existing Long Term Incentive Plan as in effect on the date hereof.

 

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(k)          Corporate Existence .  So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company shall (i) maintain its corporate existence and (ii) not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants.

 

(l)           Reservation of Shares .  So long as any Buyer owns any Securities, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than the Initial Required Reserve Amount or such additional number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Notes determined based on the Equity Conditions Conversion Price as of the applicable date of determination and the exercise of all of the Warrants then outstanding (in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversions or exercises) (the " Required Reserve Amount ").  If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of shareholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company's obligations under Section 3(c), in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain shareholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserved Amount.  Upon any increase in the number of authorized or unreserved shares of Common Stock of the Company following the date hereof, the Company shall use such increased number of authorized shares to satisfy its obligations to keep the Required Reserve Amount of shares reserved for the Securities before reserving or using shares for any other purpose. The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Buyers, based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants) issued to each Buyer on the Closing Date (the " Authorized Share Allocation ").  In the event that a Buyer shall sell or otherwise transfer any of its Notes or Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder's Authorized Share Allocation.  Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Notes and Warrants shall be allocated to the holders of the remaining Notes and Warrants, pro rata based on the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants).  

 

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(m)         Conduct of Business .  The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(n)          Additional Issuances of Securities .  

 

(i)          For purposes of this Section 4(n), the following definitions shall apply.

 

(1)           " Approved Stock Plan " means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company's securities may be issued to any employee, officer, director or consultant for services provided to the Company.

 

(2)           " Convertible Securities " means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.

 

(3)           " Common Stock Equivalents " means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.

 

(4)           " Excluded Securities " means any Company security issued or issuable: (i) in connection with any Approved Stock Plan, provided , however , that no more than an aggregate of 150,000 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the date hereof) shares of Common Stock are issued or issuable to consultants hereunder as Excluded Securities, (ii) upon exercise of any Warrants and the warrants issued to the Placement Agent by the Company as compensation for the transactions contemplated hereby (the " Agent Warrants "); provided , that the terms of such Warrants and Agent Warrants are not amended, modified or changed on or after the date hereof without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, (iii) upon conversion or exercise of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date hereof; provided , that the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed on or after the date hereof; (iv) to vendors or consultants for services rendered to the Company; provided , however , that no more than an aggregate of 150,000 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the date hereof) shares of Common Stock are issued or issuable to vendors or consultants hereunder as Excluded Securities; (v) to the Permitted Senior Lender under the Permitted Senior Loan Agreement provided , however , that no more than an aggregate of 100,000 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the date hereof) shares of Common Stock are issued or issuable to the Permitted Senior Lender hereunder as Excluded Securities; and (vi) to holders of the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C warrants issued in the Company’s February 2015 in exchange for such warrants on substantially the same terms as the exchange consummated by the Company on June 30, 2015.

 

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(5)           " Options " means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

(ii)         The Company shall not, until the sixtieth (60th) day following the earlier of (x) the date that one or more Registration Statement(s) covering the resale of all Registrable Securities has become effective and available for the resale of all such Registrable Securities and (y) the date all the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares are eligible for sale without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act if the Company is in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) at such time; provided, however, that if the Company ceases to be in compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) at a time such requirements are necessary for the Buyers to rely on Rule 144 and the Trigger Date has been determined pursuant to this clause (y), the restrictions under this Section 4(n)(ii) shall again apply as if clause (y) had never been satisfied and shall continue to apply until the earlier to occur of clause (x) and clause (y)(the "Trigger Date") (x) directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or its Subsidiaries' equity or equity equivalent securities, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during its life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (any such offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a " Subsequent Placement ") or be party to any solicitations, negotiations or discussions with regard to foregoing or (y) grant any registration rights to any Person that can be exercised prior to such date other than registration rights included in agreements disclosed in the SEC Documents provided that the terms of such agreements are not amended, modified or changed on or after the date hereof without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.

 

(iii)        In addition to the foregoing, until the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, directly or indirectly, issue any of its or its Subsidiaries' securities in respect of, including, without limitation, as an amendment to or in exchange for, any existing Indebtedness or existing securities, including, without limitation, any warrants, Options or Convertible Securities, of the Company without obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Holders.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may issue shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Options and Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the date hereof; provided that the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed on or after the date hereof without the prior written consent of the Required Holders; provided, further, that the Company shall be permitted to effect an Option repricing with respect to employee options under any Approved Stock Plan as in effect on the date hereof and an exchange of the Series A, Series B and Series C warrants issued in the Company’s February 2015 public offering for shares of Common Stock on substantially the same terms as the exchange consummated by the Company on June 30, 2015.

 

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(iv)        From the Trigger Date until December 31, 2017, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(n)(iv).

 

(1)         The Company shall deliver to each Buyer an irrevocable written notice to the contact information as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (2) of the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (the " Offer Notice ") of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the " Offer ") of the securities being offered (the " Offered Securities ") in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Buyers at least fifty percent (50%) of the Offered Securities, allocated among such Buyers (a) based on such Buyer's pro rata portion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased hereunder (the " Basic Amount "), and (b) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the " Undersubscription Amount "), which process shall be repeated until the Buyers shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.

 

(2)         To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the tenth (10 th ) Business Day after such Buyer's receipt of the Offer Notice (the " Offer Period "), setting forth the portion of such Buyer's Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either case, the " Notice of Acceptance ").  If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided , however , that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the " Available Undersubscription Amount "), each Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent its deems reasonably necessary.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to the Buyers a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the tenth (10th) Business Day after such Buyer's receipt of such new Offer Notice.

 

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(3)         The Company shall have five (5) Business Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Buyers (the " Refused Securities ") pursuant to a definitive agreement (the " Subsequent Placement Agreement ") but only to the offerees described in the Offer Notice (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring Person or Persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer Notice and (ii) to publicly announce (a) the execution of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, and (b) either (x) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Subsequent Placement Agreement or (y) the termination of such Subsequent Placement Agreement, which, if required to ensure that the Buyers will not be in possession of material, non public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be filed with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K with such Subsequent Placement Agreement and any documents contemplated therein filed as exhibits thereto.

 

(4)         In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4(n)(iv)(3) above), then each Buyer may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that such Buyer elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4(n)(iv)(2) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Buyers pursuant to Section 4(n)(iv)(3) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities.  In the event that any Buyer so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Buyers in accordance with Section 4(n)(iv)(1) above.

 

(5)         Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Buyers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Buyers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(n)(iv)(4) above if the Buyers have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer.  The purchase by the Buyers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Buyers of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities on the same principal business terms provided to other purchasers of the Offered Securities with modifications to such form purchase agreement reasonably requested by the Buyers and their respective counsel to accommodate the Buyers' particular circumstances.

 

(6)         Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Buyers or other persons in accordance with Section 4(n)(iv)(3) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Buyers under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

(7)         The Company and the Buyers agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the Offer, (x) neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the " Subsequent Placement Documents ") shall include any term or provisions whereby any Buyer shall be required to agree to any restrictions in trading as to any securities of the Company owned by such Buyer prior to such Subsequent Placement, and (y) the Buyers shall be entitled to the same registration rights provided to the other investors in the such Subsequent Placement Documents.

 

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(8)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(n) and unless otherwise agreed to by the Buyers, the Company shall either confirm in writing to the Buyers that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case in such a manner such that the Buyers will not be in possession of material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, by the fifteenth (15 th ) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice.  If by the fifteenth (15 th ) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by the Buyers, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and the Buyers shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company.  Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide each Buyer with another Offer Notice and each Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4(n)(iv).  The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to the Buyers in any 30 day period.

 

(v)        The restrictions contained in this Section 4(n) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities.  

 

(vi)       Solely in connection with the issuance of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, each Buyer hereby waives any notice requirement set forth in Section 4(o)(iii) of the Securities Purchase Agreements dated as of February 23, 2015, and June 26, 2015, by and among the Company and the investors listed on the signature pages attached thereto to the extent such Buyer is a party thereto.

 

(o)         Public Information .  At any time during the period commencing from the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date and ending at such time that all of the Securities, if a registration statement is not available for the resale of all of the Securities, may be sold without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1), if the Company shall (i) fail for any reason to satisfy the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) (other than with respect to such failure during the grace periods provided by Rule 12b-25 promulgated under the 1934 Act), including, without limitation, the failure to satisfy the current public information requirement under Rule 144(c) or (ii) if the Company has ever been an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) or becomes such an issuer in the future, and the Company shall fail to satisfy any condition set forth in Rule 144(i)(2) (a " Public Information Failure ") then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder of Securities by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the Securities (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each such holder an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price of such holder's Securities on the day of a Public Information Failure and on every thirtieth day (pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) thereafter until the earlier of (i) the date such Public Information Failure is cured and (ii) such time that such Public Information Failure no longer prevents a holder of Securities from selling such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 without any restrictions or limitations.  The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 4(o) are referred to herein as " Public Information Failure Payments ."  Public Information Failure Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (I) the last day of the calendar month during which such Public Information Failure Payments are incurred and (II) the third Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Public Information Failure Payments is cured.  In the event the Company fails to make Public Information Failure Payments in a timely manner, such Public Information Failure Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.

 

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(p)         Shareholder Approval .  The Company shall provide each shareholder entitled to vote at the next special or annual meeting of shareholders of the Company (the " Shareholder Meeting "), which shall be promptly called and held not later than seventy-five (75) calendar days after the Closing Date (the " Shareholder Meeting Deadline "), a proxy statement, substantially in the form which has been previously reviewed by the Buyers and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, at the expense of the Company, soliciting each such shareholder's affirmative vote at the Shareholder Meeting for approval of resolutions providing for the Company's issuance of all of the Securities as described in the Transaction Documents in accordance with applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market without giving effect to the Exchange Cap provisions set forth in the Notes and without giving effect to the Exercise Floor Price as set forth in the Warrants 1 (such affirmative approvals being referred to herein as the " Shareholder Approval "), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its shareholders' approval of such resolutions and to cause the Board of Directors of the Company to recommend to the shareholders that they approve such resolutions.  The Company shall be obligated to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Shareholder Approval by the Shareholder Meeting Deadline.  If, despite the Company's reasonable best efforts the Shareholder Approval is not obtained on or prior to the Shareholder Meeting Deadline, the Company shall cause an additional Shareholder Meeting to be held every three (3) months thereafter until such Shareholder Approval is obtained or the Notes are no longer outstanding.

 

(q)         Notice of Disqualification Events . The Company will notify the Buyers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

(r)          FAST Compliance .  While any Notes or Warrants are outstanding, the Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.

 

(s)         Voting Agreement .  The Company shall use its best efforts to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Voting Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the " Voting Agreement "), executed by the Company and Riverside Renewable Energy Investments, LLC (the " Principal Shareholder ").  The Company shall not amend or waive any provision of the Voting Agreement and shall enforce the provisions of the Voting Agreement in accordance with its terms. If the Principal Shareholder breaches any provisions of the Voting Agreement, the Company shall promptly use its best efforts to seek specific performance of the terms of the Voting Agreement in accordance with Section 4.02 thereof.  In addition, if the Company receives any notice from the Principal Shareholder pursuant to the Voting Agreement, the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days, deliver a copy of such notice to each Buyer.

 

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(t)          Closing Documents .  On or prior to twenty-five (25) calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP a complete closing set of the executed Transaction Documents, Securities and any other documents required to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof or otherwise.  

 

5.               REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS .

 

(a)         Register .  The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Notes and the Warrants in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes and the Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the principal amount of Notes held by such Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person.  The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.

 

(b)           Transfer Agent Instructions .  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto (the " Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions ") to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares issued at the Closing or pursuant to the terms of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants.  The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(f) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(f), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment.  In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without any restrictive legend.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

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6.              CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL .

 

The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue, sell and deliver the Notes and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:

 

(i)          Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.

 

(ii)         Such Buyer shall have delivered for the Notes and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing: (1) 7.5% of its Purchase Price to the Company (less, in the case of Hudson Bay, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)), by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company and (2) 92.5% of the Purchase Price to such Buyer's Master Restricted Account by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions set forth in such Buyer's Master Control Account Agreement, such portion of portion of such Buyer's Purchase Price to be held and released by the Bank in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and conditions of such Buyer's Master Control Account Agreement.

 

(iii)        The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such specified date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(iv)        No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(v)         The Company shall have received any necessary approvals from the Principal Market.  

 

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7.              CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE .

 

The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes and the related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer's sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

 

(i)          The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the following documents to which it is a party: (A) each of the Transaction Documents, (B) the Notes (allocated in such principal amounts as such Buyer shall request), being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement and (C) the related Warrants (allocated in such amounts as such Buyer shall request) being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(ii)         Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, the Company's outside counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit G attached hereto.

 

(iii)        The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a copy of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company's transfer agent.

 

(iv)        The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each of its Significant Subsidiaries in such entity's jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction, as of a date within ten (10) days before the Closing Date.

 

(v)         The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company's qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of each jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business, as of a date within ten (10) days before the Closing Date.

 

(vi)        The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company's Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H .

 

(vii)       The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such specified date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.  Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I .

 

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(viii)      The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company's transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a date within five (5) days before the Closing Date.

 

(ix)        The Common Stock (I) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and (II) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Market, other than as disclosed in the Company's Form 8-K filed on December 24, 2015.  

 

(x)         The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and all payments thereunder.

 

(xi)        The Company shall have delivered to each Buyer such Buyer's Master Control Account Agreement, duly executed by all parties thereto and declared effective by the Bank.

 

(xii)       No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(xiii)      The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

(xiv)      The Voting Agreement shall have been executed and delivered to such Buyer by the Company and the Principal Shareholder.

 

(xv)       The Company shall have received any necessary approvals from the Principal Market.  

 

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8.              TERMINATION .  In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer on or before five (5) Business Days from the date hereof due to the Company's or such Buyer's failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the nonbreaching party's failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the nonbreaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date by delivering a written notice to that effect to each other party to this Agreement and without liability of any party to any other party; provided , however , that if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8, the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse Hudson Bay or its designee(s), as applicable, for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above.

 

9.              MISCELLANEOUS .

 

(a)        Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  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 to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.   EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(b)        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 or .pdf 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 or .pdf signature.

 

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

 

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(d)        Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties.  The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

(e)        Entire Agreement; Amendments .  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein 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 any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters.  Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of at least fifty-five (55%) of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities issued or issuable under the Notes and Warrants (without regard to any restriction or limitation on the conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants contained therein) and shall include Hudson Bay so long as Hudson Bay or any of its affiliates holds at least five percent (5%) of Registrable Securities (the " Required Holders ").  Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9(e) shall be binding upon each Buyer and holder of Securities and the Company.  No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the Buyers or holders of Securities.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, holders of Notes or holders of the Warrants, as the case may be.  The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.

 

(f)         Notices .  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party) or by electronic mail; or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:

 

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If to the Company:

 

Real Goods Solar, Inc.

833 West South Boulder Road,

Louisville, CO 80027

Telephone: (303) 222-8541
Facsimile: 1-877-835-4834
E-mail: Dennis.Lacey@rgsenergy.com
Attention: Dennis Lacey

 

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200

Denver, CO 80202

Telephone: (303) 223-1100
Facsimile: (303) 223-1111
E-mail: KMacdonald@BHFS.com
Attention: Kristin M. Macdonald
E-mail: RLundberg@BHFS.com
Attention: Rikard Lundberg

 

If to the Transfer Agent:

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

8742 Lucent Blvd. Suite 225

Highlands Ranch CO 80129

Telephone: (303) 262-0684

Facsimile: (303) 226-0609

Attention: Brenda Baril

 

If to a Buyer, to its address, facsimile number and e-mail address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers,

 

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York  10022

Telephone: (212) 756-2000
Facsimile: (212) 593-5955
Attention: Eleazer N. Klein, Esq.
E-mail: eleazer.klein@srz.com

 

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or to such other address, facsimile number and/or e-mail 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.  Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine or e-mail containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

(g)        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 Notes or the Warrants.  The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, including by way of a Fundamental Transaction (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants).  A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

 

(h)        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, except that each Indemnitee shall have the right to enforce the obligations of the Company with respect to Section 9(k).

 

(i)         Survival .  Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing.  Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

 

(j)         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.

 

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(k)        Indemnification .  In consideration of each Buyer's execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company's other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the Securities and all of their shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons' agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the " Indemnitees ") from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements (the " Indemnified Liabilities "), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (iii) any disclosure made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(i), or (iv) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities that is permissible under applicable law.   Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k) shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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

 

(m)        Remedies .  Each Buyer and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law.  Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law.  Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers.  The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.

 

(n)        Rescission and Withdrawal Right .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

 

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(o)        Payment Set Aside .  To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

(p)        Independent Nature of Buyers' Obligations and Rights .  The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company acknowledges and each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors.  Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Dennis Lacey
    Name:  Dennis Lacey
    Title:    Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

      BUYERS:
       
     

HUDSON BAY MASTER FUND LTD.

 

By: Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, as its Investment Manager

         
      By:

/s/ George Antonopoulos

        Name:  George Antonopoulos
        Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

      BUYERS:
       
      Empery Asset Master, Ltd.
       
      By: Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent
         
      By:

/s/ Brett Director

        Name: Brett Director
        Title: General Counsel

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

      BUYERS:
       
      Empery Tax Efficient, LP
       
      By: Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent
         
      By:

/s/ Brett Director

        Name: Brett Director
        Title: General Counsel

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

      BUYERS:
       
      Empery Tax Efficient II, LP
       
      By: Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent
         
      By:

/s/ Brett Director

        Name: Brett Director
        Title: General Counsel

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

      BUYERS:
       
      Alto Opportunity Master Fund, SPC
         
      By:

/s/ Daniel H. Kochav

        Name: Daniel H. Kochav
        Title: Director

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
           

Buyer

Address and
Facsimile Number

Aggregate
Principal
Amount of Notes

Number of
Warrant Shares

Purchase Price

Legal Representative's Address
and Facsimile Number

 

Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.

 

777 Third Avenue, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Attention: Yoav Roth
                  George Antonopoulos
Facsimile:  646-214-7946
Telephone: 212-571-1244

Residence: Cayman Islands
E-mail: investments@hudsonbaycapital.com

operations@hudsonbaycapital.com

 

$6,000,000

 

2,987,676

 

$6,000,000

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York  10022
Attention:  Eleazer Klein, Esq.
Facsimile: (212) 593-5955
Telephone:  (212) 756-2376

 

Empery Asset Master, Ltd.

 

c/o Empery Asset Management, LP

One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1205

New York, New York

10020

Attention: Ryan M. Lane

Facsimile: (212) 608-3307

Telephone: (212) 608-3300

Email: notices@emperyam.com

 

$712,452

 

354,763

 

$712,452

 

 

Empery Tax Efficient, LP

 

c/o Empery Asset Management, LP

One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1205

New York, New York

10020

Attention: Ryan M. Lane

Facsimile: (212) 608-3307

Telephone: (212) 608-3300

Email: notices@emperyam.com

 

$529,023

 

263,425

 

$529,023

 

 

Empery Tax Efficient II, LP

 

c/o Empery Asset Management, LP

One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1205

New York, New York

10020

Attention: Ryan M. Lane

Facsimile: (212) 608-3307

Telephone: (212) 608-3300

Email: notices@emperyam.com

 

$258,525

 

128,731

 

$258,525

 

 

Alto Opportunity Master Fund, SPC

 

c/o Tenor Capital Management

1180 Avenue of Americas, Suite 1940

New York, NY 10036

 

Attention:

Waqas Khatri (wkhatri@tenorcapital.com, +1-212-918-5213)

operations@tenorcapital.com (Ravi Patel, Vidhi Patel, Carine Tabet, 212-918-5303)

 

$2,500,000

 

1,244,865

 

$$2,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Form of Notes
Exhibit B Form of Warrants
Exhibit C Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Master Control Account Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Voting Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
Exhibit G Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
Exhibit H Form of Secretary's Certificate
Exhibit I Form of Officer's Certificate

 

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 3(a) Subsidiaries
Schedule 3(c) Issuance of Securities
Schedule 3(l) Absence of Certain Changes
Schedule 3(n) Regulatory Permits
Schedule 3(u) Equity Capitalization
Schedule 3(w) Absence of Litigation
Schedule 3(x) Insurance
Schedule 3(aa) Intellectual Property Rights
Schedule 3(ee) Tax Status
Schedule 3(ff) Internal Controls
Schedule 3(rr) Stock Option Plans
Schedule 3(tt) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers
Schedule 4(d) Use of Proceeds

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(a)  Subsidiaries/Significant Subsidiaries

 

Entity Name   State or country of
Incorporation or
Registration
 
       
Significant Subsidiaries      
       
Alteris Renewables, Inc.   Delaware 1
Elemental Energy LLC   Hawaii 1
Real Goods Energy Tech, Inc.   Colorado 1
RGS Financing, Inc.   Colorado 1
Mercury Energy, Inc.   Delaware 1
Real Goods Solar, Inc. - Mercury   New York 2
       
Other entities without material assets      
       
Alteris RPS, LLC   Delaware 3
Real Goods Syndicated, Inc.   Delaware 1
Richmond Peck Solar Farm, LLC   Delaware 3
Sunetric Management LLC   Delaware 4
Mercury Commercial Solar Fund I, LLC   New York 2
Mercury Solar Birch, LLC   Delaware 2
Mercury Solar, Cedar, LLC   Delaware 2
Mercury Solar Pine, LLC   Delaware 2
Mercury Residential Solar Fund I, LLC   New York 2
RGS Energy, LLC   Puerto Rico 2
       
1. Subsidiary of Real Goods Solar, Inc.      
2. Subsidiary of Mercury Energy, Inc.      
3. Subsidiary of Alteris Renewables, Inc.      
4. Subsidiary of Elemental Energy,  LLC      

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(c) – Issuance of Securities

 

In June, 2013 the company issued warrants to purchase 1,683,488 shares of Common Stock (the “June 2013 Warrants), which contain a “formula” anti-dilution provision as well as a provision adjusting the shares and conversion price for stock splits, reverse stock splits and the like. There are currently a total of 332,434 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the June 2013 Warrants at an exercise price of $11.20 per share, after adjusting for the 1:20 reverse stock split in May, 2014 and subsequent issuances of securities but prior to giving effect to the securities issuable under this Agreement. As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, approximately 425,000 additional shares will be issuable upon exercise of the June 2013 Warrants and the Exercise Price thereof will be adjusted to approximately $4.90 per share. The number of warrant shares and the Exercise Price are subject to further adjustments depending on the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants.

 

In addition, there are warrants to purchase 3,209 shares of Common Stock issued in February, 2015 (the currently outstanding with the right to have their exercise price adjusted to the price of the securities issued under this Agreement or exchanged for 3,690 shares of Common Stock. There is no increase in the number of shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(l) – Absence of Certain Changes

 

The following sections of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q describe further material adverse changes and developments in the Company’s business since December 31, 2014:

Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015:

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Part I Financial Information

 

Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015:

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Part I Financial Information

Part II – Other Information, Item 1 Legal Proceedings and Item 1A Risk Factors

 

Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2015

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Part I Financial Information

Part II – Other Information, Item 1 Legal Proceedings, Item 1A Risk Factors, and Item 5 Other Information.

 

In April, 2015 the Company sold inventory in California to Solar Service Center for $783,000 in conjunction with the closure of the Company’s offices in California.

 

As disclosed in the “Liquidity and Financial Resources Update”  in Note 1 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and elsewhere in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, the Company has reported recurring operating losses and negative cash from operations, resulting in not paying vendors on a timely basis and its need to raise additional capital in the fourth quarter of 2015. As a result of the delays in closing this transaction and its amended and restated loan agreement, the Company continues to be behind in its accounts payable. The Company has shared its financing activities under non-disclosure with certain key vendors.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(n) – Regulatory Permits

 

On December 15, 2014, the Company received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) notifying the Company that for the last 30 consecutive business days the bid price of the Company’s Common Stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued inclusion on NASDAQ based on Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), and describing a timetable for bringing the Company into compliance with that rule. The Company disclosed this notification on a Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2014. The Company completed a one-for-twenty reverse stock split of its Common Stock on May 17, 2015, and as a result the Company’s stock price closed above the minimum $1.00 per share requirement beginning on that date bringing the Company back into compliance.

 

On April 14, 2015, the Company received a letter from NASDAQ notifying the Company that it was no longer in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(b)(2) because the minimum Market Value of Listed Securities (MVLS) of the Company’s Common Stock had fallen below $35 million for the 30 business day period between February 24, 2015 and April 13, 2015, and describing a timetable for bringing the Company into compliance with that rule. On August 17, 2015, NASDAQ notified the Company that based on its Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015 evidencing stockholders’ equity of $7.3 million, the Company had regained compliance with the NASDAQ rules by becoming compliance with the alternate requirement for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market set forth in Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million, and that as a result this matter was closed.

 

On December 23, 2015, the Company received a letter from the NASDAQ notifying the Company that for the last 30 consecutive business days the bid price of the Company’s Common Stock had closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for continued inclusion on NASDAQ based on Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), and describing a timetable for bringing the Company into compliance with that rule. The Company disclosed this notification on a Form 8-K filed on December 24, 2015.

 

In addition, the Company may not be able to continue to meet the Shareholder Equity listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market and may in the future receive a delisting notification with respect to a failure to meet that standard.

 

On March 23, 2016 the qualifying individual for the Company’s Hawaii contractor’s resigned as the qualifying employee. The Company’s contractor’s license may be suspended if the Company does not hire a replacement within 90 days.

 

 

 

 

Section 3(u) – Equity Capitalization

 

Schedule 3(u)(i) – None

 

Schedule 3(u)(ii)  Outstanding options, warrants and the like 146,979 options outstanding under the Company’s 2008 stock option plan.

 

Warrants warrant shares
outstanding
current exercise
price
Anti-dilution;
redemption
June 2013 Warrants 332,434.00  $  11.20 Formula anti-dilution (shares and exercise price); purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; redemption for fundamental transactions and going private
November 2013 warrants 250,750.00  $ 68.20 Adjustment of shares and exercise price for splits; purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; redemption for fundamental transactions and going private
June 2014 Warrants 46,426.00  $   63.80 Adjustment of shares and exercise price for splits; purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; redemption for fundamental transactions and going private.
SVB Warrants 24,943.00 $3.29-$47.20 ratchet for 12 months (expired); Adjustment of shares and exercise price for splits;
Feb 2015 A & C Warrants 3,210.00  $    1.24 full ratchet anti-dilution (exercise price); purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; Adjustment of shares and exercise price for splits;  purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; redemption in certain circumstances in fundamental transactions.  

 

 

 

 

Feb 2015 Westpark warrants 28,000.00  $   10.00 Adjustment of shares and exercise price for splits; purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; adjustment of exercise price for splits; purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; redemption in certain circumstances in fundamental transactions.
June 2015 Series F warrants 410,969.00  $    1.24 one time adjustment of exercise price on July 9, 2015; a Adjustment of shares and exercise price for splits;   purchase rights for pro-rata issuances;
June 2015 Westpark warrants 109,589.00  $   4.20 Adjustment of shares and exercise price for splits; purchase rights for pro-rata issuances; adjustment of exercise price for splits; purchase rights for pro-rata issuances;
total 1,206,321.00    

 

In addition, the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement between the Company and Solar Solutions and Distributions, LLC (“Solar Solutions”) dated March 30, 2016 (the “Loan Agreement”) provides that if, at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of any Advances exceeds the lesser of either the Revolving Line or the Borrowing Base under the Loan Agreement (such excess amount being an “Overadvance”), the Company shall immediately pay to Solar Solutions in cash such Overadvance.   The Revolving Line is currently set at $ 5 million, and is reduced to $ 4 million on October 1, 2015 and to $3 million on January 1, 2016. To the extent an Overadvance occurs as a result of the Company’s failure to repay the outstanding principal amount of any Advances at the time the Revolving Line is reduced, at Solar Solution’s election, (a) within five business days the Overadvance shall be repaid, subject to compliance with applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market set forth in Section 2.2(b), with an issuance shares of the Company’s Common Stock using a per share conversion price of ninety percent (90%) of the per share closing price on the day of such Overadvance, or (b) Solar Solutions shall permit the Company to sell certain Collateral, including leasing assets of RGSF, with such sale proceeds used to repay the Overadvance.  

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(u)(iii) outstanding notes, credit facilities.

The Loan Agreement between the Company and Solar Solutions as further described in Schedule 3(u)(ii).

 

Schedule 3(u)(iv) outstanding financing statements

Financing statements filed by Solar Solutions.

 

Schedule 3(u)(v) –

The Company has granted registration rights under the following:

The Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2011, by and among the Company, Gaiam, Inc., and Riverside Renewable Energy Investments, LLC. [Note: On November 5, 2013, Gaiam ceased to be a party to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to the terms of an Agreement, dated November 5, 2013, among the parties.]

The Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2013, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto.

The Warrants to purchase the Company’s Class A common stock, issued November 20, 2013.

The Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2014, by and among the Company and the investors party thereto.

The Conversion Agreement dated as of June 24, 2015 by and between the Company and Riverside Fund III, L.P.

Registration right granted to the Placement Agent.

 

Schedule 3(u)(vi) – See Schedule 3(c) and 3(u)(ii) above.

 

Schedule 3(u)(vii) instruments with anti-dilution provisions: See schedule 3(c) and 3(u)(ii) above.

 

Schedule 3(u)(viii) – None.

 

Schedule 3(u)(ix) – None.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3 (w) Absence of Litigation

 

Matter Description
SEC Subpoena See Part II, Item 1, Legal Proceedings of the Company’s 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Wind Turbine warranty claim Demand to repair wind turbine constructed in 2009. The Company has agreed to arbitrate or mediate this matter.
Commission claim Claim for commissions by former employee and counterclaim from the company for theft of IP. Trial scheduled for May 2016.
Residential customer warranty claim Claim for removal and reinstallation of residential system due to deterioration of roofing material from sealant.  Settlement terms have been agreed to by the customer and Company, but the involvement of third parties (including the GC and other subs) in the pending arbitration related to other construction issues is delaying final resolution.
Commercial customer warranty claim Demand to repair roof issues alleged to have been caused during Company’s warranty work on the system.  These are disputed by Company as largely pre-existing. Currently Company’s insurer is investigating.
Residential customer production claim Claim for damages for failure to turn system on.
Claim for lost wages and attorneys’ fees Wage claim for former employee.  Primary liability determined, but claimant has filed for attorney’s fees despite the case having been previously dismissed.
Property damage claim Claim for $6,991.07 from landlord for the Company’s former office in Fresno, CA.
Overdue accounts payable claim Demand for approximately $42,000 in principal and interest for overdue AP.
Residential customer warranty claim Arbitration filed for alleged defects in 2009 system subsequently modified by customer.  Settlement terms approved.  Awaiting execution.
Residential customer claim. Demand for lost SRECs related to delay in registration of auto-reporting meter.  We have made demands for contribution to two other parties to meet customer’s settlement demand of approximately $1,500.

 

 

 

 

Commercial customer reimbursement claim Demand received related to outstanding payment obligation assumed by Company for project.  Payment schedule under negotiation.
Residential customer warranty claim Demand for repairs relating to roof leaks. The Company disputes that the leaks are attributable to the solar system.
Subcontractor claim Small claims issue related to time and materials service work.  Set for small claims hearing on 3/31/16.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(x) Insurance

 

On March 18, 2016 the Company received a notice from Continental Casualty Company that its directors and officers liability insurance policy which expires on May 8, 2015, would not be renewed and that there would be no coverage available after that date, based upon the risk no longer meeting underwriter guidelines. The Company intends to seek replacement coverage from another carrier.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(aa) Intellectual Property Rights

 

The Company acquired the trademarks “Mercury Solar”, “Mercury Energy” and “Syndicated Solar” in 2014, and has abandoned such trademarks.

 

 

 

 

Schedule (ee) – Tax Status

 

On October 13, 2015 the California Board of Equalization issued a determination that the Company owes $272,333.69 in past due sales taxes for the period from October 1, 2011 to March 31, 2014. The Company has booked this liability on its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015. The Company intends to pay this assessment in installments and evaluate this determination and the opportunity to obtain a refund of some or all of this amount.

 

 

 

 

Schedule (ff) – Internal Controls

 

See Item 8, Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, and Item 9A., Controls and Procedures, to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which are hereby incorporated by reference, regarding the deficiencies in the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

 

Schedule (rr) – Stock Option Plans

 

The Company previously granted stock options to two of its former executives outside of any stock option plan. These options have now expired.

 

 

 

 

Schedule (tt) – No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers

 

The Company currently owes its accountants and the outside counsel involved in the Transaction past due amounts.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 4(d) – Use of Proceeds

 

Working Capital; payment of overdue accounts payable.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this " Agreement "), dated as of April 1, 2016, by and among Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation, with headquarters located at 833 West South Boulder Road, Louisville, CO 80027 (the " Company "), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (each, a " Buyer " and collectively, the " Buyers ").

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.           In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the " Securities Purchase Agreement "), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to each Buyer (i) senior secured convertible notes of the Company (the " Notes "), which will, among other things, be convertible (upon conversion, amortization or otherwise) into the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the " Common Stock ") (the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes, collectively, the " Conversion Shares ") and (ii) warrants (the " Warrants ") which will be exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock (as exercised, collectively, the " Warrant Shares ") in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.

 

B.           In accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the " 1933 Act "), and applicable state securities laws.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Buyers hereby agree as follows:

 

1.            Definitions .

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)          " Additional Effective Date " means the date an Additional Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

 

(b)          " Additional Effectiveness Deadline " means the date which is the earlier of (x) (i) in the event that the Additional Registration Statement is not subject to a review by the SEC, forty-five (45) calendar days after the earlier of the Additional Filing Date and the Additional Filing Deadline or (ii) in the event that the Additional Registration Statement is subject to a review by the SEC, sixty (60) calendar days after the earlier of the Additional Filing Date and the Additional Filing Deadline and (y) the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Additional Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review; provided, however, that if the Additional Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the SEC is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the SEC is open for business.

 

     

 

 

(c)          " Additional Filing Date " means the date on which an Additional Registration Statement is filed with the SEC.

 

(d)          " Additional Filing Deadline " means if Cutback Shares are required to be included in any Additional Registration Statement, (I) the later of (i) the date sixty (60) days after the date substantially all of the Registrable Securities registered under the immediately preceding Registration Statement are sold and (ii) the date six (6) months from the Initial Effective Date or the most recent Additional Effective Date, as applicable or (II) if the staff of the SEC requires pursuant to written comments a date that is later than the date set forth in clause (I) above, such earliest date permitted by the staff of the SEC.

 

(e)          " Additional Registrable Securities " means, (i) any Cutback Shares not previously included on a Registration Statement and (ii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, or the Cutback Shares, as applicable, as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants, in each case, not previously included on a Registration Statement.

 

(f)           " Additional Registration Statement " means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the resale of any Additional Registrable Securities.

 

(g)          " Additional Required Registration Amount " means any Cutback Shares not previously included on a Registration Statement, without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants.

 

(h)          " Business Day " means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(i)           " Closing Date " shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(j)           " Cutback Shares " means any of the Initial Required Registration Amount or the Additional Required Registration Amount of Registrable Securities not included in all Registration Statements previously declared effective hereunder as a result of a limitation on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of the Company permitted to be registered by the staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415. The number of Cutback Shares shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors with each Investor entitled to elect the portion of its Conversion Shares and/or Warrant Shares that are to be considered Cutback Shares. For the purpose of determining the Cutback Shares, in order to determine any applicable Required Registration Amount, unless an Investor gives written notice to the Company to the contrary with respect to the allocation of its Cutback Shares, first the Warrant Shares shall be excluded on a pro rata basis among the Investors until all of the Warrant Shares have been excluded, and second the Conversion Shares shall be excluded on a pro rata basis among the Investors until all of the Conversion Shares have been excluded.

 

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(k)          " Effective Date " means the Initial Effective Date and the Additional Effective Date, as applicable.

 

(l)           " Effectiveness Deadline " means the Initial Effectiveness Deadline and the Additional Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable.

 

(m)         " Eligible Market " means the Principal Market, the NYSE MKT LLC, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the OTC Bulletin Board, the OTC QX or the OTC QB.

 

(n)          " Filing Deadline " means the Initial Filing Deadline and the Additional Filing Deadline, as applicable.

 

(o)          " Initial Effective Date " means the date that the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

(p)          " Initial Effectiveness Deadline " means the date which is the earlier of (x) (i) in the event that the Initial Registration Statement is not subject to a review by the SEC, seventy-five (75) calendar days after the Closing Date or (ii) in the event that the Initial Registration Statement is subject to a review by the SEC, ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date and (y) the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such Initial Registration Statement will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review; provided, however, that if the Initial Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the SEC is closed for business, the Initial Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the SEC is open for business.

 

(q)          " Initial Filing Date " means the date on which the Initial Registration Statement is filed with the SEC.

 

(r)           " Initial Filing Deadline " means the date which is forty-five (45) calendar days after the Closing Date.

 

(s)          " Initial Registrable Securities " means (i) the Conversion Shares issued or issuable pursuant to the terms of the Notes, (ii) the Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and (iii) any capital stock of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares or the Warrants as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, in each case without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants.

 

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(t)           " Initial Registration Statement " means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the 1933 Act covering the resale of the Initial Registrable Securities.

 

(u)          " Initial Required Registration Amount " means 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of Conversion Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Notes determined utilizing the Equity Conditions Conversion Price (as defined in the Notes) and (ii) the maximum number of Warrant Shares issued and issuable pursuant to the Warrants, each as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination, without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants.

 

(v)          " Investor " means a Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.

 

(w)         " Lead Investor " means Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.

 

(x)           " Person " means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(y)          " Principal Market " means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

(z)          " register ," " registered ," and " registration " refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the 1933 Act and pursuant to Rule 415, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC.

 

(aa)        " Registrable Securities " means the Initial Registrable Securities and the Additional Registrable Securities.

 

(bb)        " Registration Statement " means the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement, as applicable.

 

(cc)        " Required Holders " means the holders representing at least fifty-five (55%) of the Registrable Securities and shall include the Lead Investor so long as the Lead Investor and/or any of its Affiliates collectively hold at least five percent (5%) of the Registrable Securities.

 

(dd)        " Required Registration Amount " means either the Initial Required Registration Amount or the Additional Required Registration Amount, as applicable.

 

(ee)        " Rule 415 " means Rule 415 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

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(ff)          " SEC " means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(gg)         " Trading Day " means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that "Trading Day" shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).

 

2.            Registration .

 

(a)           Initial Mandatory Registration . The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Initial Filing Deadline, file with the SEC the Initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Initial Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e). The Initial Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Initial Required Registration Amount determined as of the date the Initial Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2(f). The Initial Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the SEC upon a review of the Initial Registration Statement or if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the " Plan of Distribution " and " Selling Shareholders " sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B . The Company shall use its best efforts to have the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Initial Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the Business Day following the Initial Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Initial Registration Statement.

 

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(b)           Additional Mandatory Registrations . The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Additional Filing Deadline, file with the SEC an Additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Additional Registrable Securities not previously registered on an Additional Registration Statement hereunder. To the extent the staff of the SEC does not permit the Additional Required Registration Amount to be registered on an Additional Registration Statement, the Company shall file no later than the Additional Filing Deadline, Additional Registration Statements successively trying to register on each such Additional Registration Statement the maximum number of remaining Additional Registrable Securities until the Additional Required Registration Amount has been registered with the SEC. In the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e). Each Additional Registration Statement prepared pursuant hereto shall register for resale at least that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Additional Required Registration Amount determined as of the date such Additional Registration Statement is initially filed with the SEC. Each Additional Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the SEC upon a review of such Additional Registration Statement or if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) the " Plan of Distribution " and " Selling Shareholders " sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B . The Company shall use its best efforts to have each Additional Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Additional Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 a.m. New York time on the Business Day following the Additional Effective Date, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Additional Registration Statement.

 

(c)           Allocation of Registrable Securities . The initial number of Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement and any increase or decrease in the number of Registrable Securities included therein shall be allocated pro rata among the Investors based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Investor at the time the Registration Statement covering such initial number of Registrable Securities or increase or decrease thereof is declared effective by the SEC. In the event that an Investor sells or otherwise transfers any of such Investor's Registrable Securities, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the then remaining number of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement for such transferor. Any shares of Common Stock included in a Registration Statement and which remain allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall be allocated to the remaining Investors, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities then held by such Investors which are covered by such Registration Statement. In no event shall the Company include any securities other than Registrable Securities on any Registration Statement without the prior written consent of the Required Holders.

 

(d)           Legal Counsel . Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (" Legal Counsel "), which shall be Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated by the Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the Company's obligations under this Agreement.

 

(e)           Ineligibility for Form S-3 . In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

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(f)            Sufficient Number of Shares Registered . Subject to Section 2(b), in the event the number of shares available under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) is insufficient to cover the Required Registration Amount of Registrable Securities required to be covered by such Registration Statement or an Investor's allocated portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(c), the Company shall amend the applicable Registration Statement (if permissible), or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover at least the Required Registration Amount as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the filing of such amendment or new Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the necessity therefor arises (but taking into account any position of the staff of the SEC with respect to the date on which the staff of the SEC will permit such amendment to the Registration Statement and/or such new Registration Statement (as the case may be) to be filed with the SEC). The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such amendment and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof. For purposes of the foregoing provision, the number of shares available under a Registration Statement shall be deemed "insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities" if at any time the number of shares of Common Stock available for resale under the Registration Statement is less than the Required Registration Amount. The calculation set forth in the foregoing sentence shall be made without regard to any limitations on the conversion, amortization and/or redemption of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants and such calculation shall assume (i) that the Notes are then convertible in full into shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Conversion Rate (as defined in the Notes) (ii) the initial outstanding principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding through the scheduled Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes) and no redemptions of the Notes occur prior to the scheduled Maturity Date and (iii) the Warrants are then exercisable in full into shares of Common Stock at the then prevailing Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants).

 

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(g)           Effect of Failure to File and Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement . If (i) the Initial Registration Statement when declared effective fails to register the Initial Required Registration Amount of Initial Registrable Securities other than as a result of a limitation on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of the Company permitted to be registered by the staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 (a " Registration Failure "), (ii) a Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered thereby and required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement is (A) not filed with the SEC on or before the applicable Filing Deadline (a " Filing Failure ") or (B) not declared effective by the SEC on or before the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (an " Effectiveness Failure ") or (iii) on any day after the applicable Effective Date, sales of all of the Registrable Securities required to be included on such Registration Statement cannot be made (other than during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in Section 3(r)) pursuant to such Registration Statement or otherwise (including, without limitation, because of the suspension of trading or any other limitation imposed by an Eligible Market, a failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, a failure to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, a failure to register a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or a failure to maintain the listing of the Common Stock) (a " Maintenance Failure ") then, as partial relief for the damages to any holder by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance or the additional obligation of the Company to register any Cutback Shares), the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to one percent (1.0%) of the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Notes as of the applicable date of determination, whether or not included in such Registration Statement, on each of the following dates: (i) the day of a Registration Failure, (ii) the day of a Filing Failure; (iii) the day of an Effectiveness Failure; (iv) the initial day of a Maintenance Failure; (v) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Registration Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (in each case pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Registration Failure is cured; (vi) on the thirtieth day after the date of a Filing Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (in each case pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Filing Failure is cured; (vii) on the thirtieth day after the date of an Effectiveness Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (in each case pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Effectiveness Failure is cured; and (viii) on the thirtieth day after the initial date of a Maintenance Failure and every thirtieth day thereafter (in each case pro rated for periods totaling less than thirty days) until such Maintenance Failure is cured. The payments to which a holder shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 2(g) are referred to herein as " Registration Delay Payments ." Registration Delay Payments shall be paid on the earlier of (I) the dates set forth above and (II) the third Business Day after the event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the aggregate amount of Registration Delay Payments exceed, in the aggregate, 3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding for any thirty (30) day period as determined on the last day of such thirty (30) day period. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to pay any Registration Delay Payments with respect to any Registration Failure, Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure or Maintenance Failure to an Investor resulting solely from a failure of such Investor to perform its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the failure to provide, after timely written request by the Company, information necessary for inclusion in a Registration Statement to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall a Registration Failure, Filing Failure, Effectiveness Failure or Maintenance Failure be deemed to arise as a result of, but solely to the extent of, a limitation on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of the Company permitted to be registered by the staff of the SEC pursuant to Rule 415.

 

3.            Related Obligations .

 

At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), 2(b), 2(e) or 2(f), the Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:

 

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(a)          The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline). Subject to Allowable Grace Periods (as defined in Section 3(r)), the Company shall keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement without restriction or limitation pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act or (ii) the date on which the Investors shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (the " Registration Period "). The Company shall ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading. The term "best efforts" shall mean, among other things, that the Company shall submit to the SEC, within two (2) Business Days after the later of the date that (i) the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, and (ii) the approval of Legal Counsel pursuant to Section 3(c) (which approval is immediately sought), a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than two (2) Business Days after the submission of such request. The Company shall respond in writing to comments made by the SEC in respect of a Registration Statement as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the SEC that an amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective.

 

(b)          The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " 1934 Act "), the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the 1934 Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.

 

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(c)          The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel reasonably objects. The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto without the prior approval of Legal Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel, without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the Company's obligations pursuant to this Section 3.

 

(d)          The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

(e)          The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or "blue sky" laws of all applicable jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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(f)           The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event but in any event on the same Trading Day as such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel or such Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel and each Investor by facsimile or email on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company's reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. By 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the date following the date any post-effective amendment has become effective, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

(g)          The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(h)          In the event that the staff of the SEC requires any Investor seeking to sell securities under a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement to be specifically identified as an "underwriter" in order to permit such Registration Statement to become effective, and such Investor does not consent in writing to being so named as an underwriter in such Registration Statement, then, in each such case, the Company shall reduce the total number of Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of such Investor, until such time as the staff of the SEC does not require such identification (which may result in none of the Registrable Securities to be registered on behalf of such Investor being included in such Registration Statement) or until such Investor accepts in writing such identification and the manner thereof. If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter or an Investor believes that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, at the reasonable request of such Investor, the Company shall furnish to such Investor, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as an Investor may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company's independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Investors.

 

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(i)           If any Investor is required under applicable securities laws to be described in the Registration Statement as an underwriter or an Investor believes that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) such Investor, (ii) Legal Counsel and (iii) one firm of accountants or other agents retained by the Investors (collectively, the " Inspectors "), all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the " Records "), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree in writing to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to an Investor) or use of any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the 1933 Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and any Investor) shall be deemed to limit the Investors' ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

 

(j)           The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to such Investor and allow such Investor, at the Investor's expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

 

(k)          The Company shall use its best efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (ii) secure the inclusion for quotation of all of the Registrable Securities on The NASDAQ Capital Market or (iii) if, despite the Company's best efforts, the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), to secure the inclusion for quotation on another Eligible Market for such Registrable Securities and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its best efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (" FINRA ") as such with respect to such Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(k).

 

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(l)           The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend in accordance with Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.

 

(m)         If requested by an Investor, the Company shall as soon as practicable (i) incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities.

 

(n)          The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

(o)          The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the applicable Effective Date of a Registration Statement.

 

(p)          The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

 

(q)          Within two (2) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

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(r)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after the Effective Date, the Company may delay the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company the disclosure of which at the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company and its counsel, in the best interest of the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a " Grace Period "); provided, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material, non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each notice the Company will not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and, provided further, that no Grace Period shall exceed five (5) consecutive days and during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of twenty (20) days and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5) Trading Days after the last day of any prior Grace Period (each, an " Allowable Grace Period "). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale, prior to the Investor's receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

(s)          Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof shall identify any Investor as an underwriter in any public disclosure or filing with the SEC, the Principal Market or any Eligible Market without such Investor's prior written consent and any Investor being deemed an underwriter by the SEC shall not relieve the Company of any obligations it has under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from including the disclosure found in the "Plan of Distribution" section attached hereto as Exhibit B in the Registration Statement.

 

(t)           Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Buyers in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

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4.            Obligations of the Investors .

 

(a)          At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated Filing Date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor's Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect and maintain the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

 

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

 

(c)          Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor's receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor's receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of Section 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

(d)          Each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

5.            Expenses of Registration .

 

All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall also reimburse the Investors for the fees and disbursements of Legal Counsel in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement which amount shall be limited to $15,000 for each such registration, filing or qualification.

 

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6.            Indemnification .

 

In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

(a)          To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, representatives of such Investor, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an " Indemnified Person "), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, " Claims "), incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an Indemnified Party is or may be a party thereto (" Indemnified Damages "), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (" Blue Sky Filing "), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, " Violations "). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): shall not apply to (i) a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation (x) which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (y) solely arising out of or based upon a violation or alleged violation by the Indemnified Person of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, or (z) solely arising out of or based upon a violation by the Indemnified Person of this Agreement; and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

 

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(b)          In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, the directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives of the Company, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (each, an " Indemnified Party "), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(c), such Investor shall reimburse the Indemnified Party, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

 

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(c)          Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for all such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, as applicable, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

(d)          The indemnification required by this Section 6 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 Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

(e)          The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

7.            Contribution .

 

To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

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8.            Reports Under the 1934 Act .

 

With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (" Rule 144 "), the Company agrees to:

 

(a)          make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

 

(b)          file with the SEC in a timely manner (which includes in reliance on, and after compliance with the deadlines required by, Rule 12b-25 of the 1934 Act) all reports and other documents required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

 

(c)          furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

 

9.            Assignment of Registration Rights .

 

The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of such Investor's Registrable Securities if: (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee is restricted under the 1933 Act or applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

10.          Amendment of Registration Rights .

 

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration (other than the reimbursement of legal fees) also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

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11.          Miscellaneous .

 

(a)          A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

(b)          Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iii) when sent, when sent by electronic mail; or (iv) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and email addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Real Goods Solar, Inc.

833 West South Boulder Road,

Louisville, CO 80027

Telephone:     (303) 222-8541

Facsimile:      1-877-835-4834

E-mail:           Dennis.Lacey@rgsenergy.com

Attention:       Dennis Lacey

 

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200

Denver, CO 80202

Telephone:     (303) 223-1100

Facsimile:      (303) 223-1111

E-mail:           KMacdonald@BHFS.com

Attention:       Kristin M. Macdonald

 

If to the Transfer Agent:

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

8742 Lucent Blvd. Suite 225

Highlands Ranch CO 80129

Telephone: (303) 262-0684

Facsimile: (303) 226-0609

Attention: Brenda Baril

 

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If to Legal Counsel:

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Telephone:    (212) 756-2000

Facsimile:     (212) 593-5955

Attention:      Eleazer Klein, Esq.

Email:           eleazer.klein@srz.com

 

If to a Buyer, to its address, facsimile number and/or email address set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer's representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers, or to such other address, facsimile number and/or email address 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. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine or email containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number or e-mail address and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

(c)          Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

(d)          All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. 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 to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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(e)          If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

(f)           This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(g)          Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

(h)          The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(i)           This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

(j)           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.

 

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(k)          All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders, determined as if all of the outstanding Notes then held by the Investors have been converted for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on redemption, amortization and/or conversion of the Notes and the outstanding Warrants then held by Investors have been exercised for Registrable Securities without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants.

 

(l)           The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

(m)         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.

 

(n)          The obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any obligations on any Investor vis-à-vis any other Investor. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Dennis Lacey
    Name: Dennis Lacey
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  BUYERS:
     
  Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.
     
  By: Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, as its Investment Manager
     
  By: /s/ George Antonopoulos
    Name: George Antonopoulos
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BUYERS:
       
Empery Asset Master, Ltd.
         
      By: Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent
         
By:

/s/ Brett Director

Name:  Brett Director
Title: General Counsel

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

BUYERS:
       
Empery Tax Efficient, LP
       
      By: Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent
       
By:

/s/ Brett Director

Name:  Brett Director
Title: General Counsel

 

 
 

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

BUYERS:
       
Empery Tax Efficient II, LP
       
      By: Empery Asset Management, LP, its authorized agent
       
By:

/s/ Brett Director

Name:  Brett Director
Title: General Counsel

 

 
 

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Buyer and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

BUYERS:
       
Alto Opportunity Master Fund, SPC
       
By:

/s/ Daniel H. Kochav

Name: Daniel H. Kochav
Title: Director

 

     

 

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

 

Buyer

  Buyer Address
and Facsimile Number
  Buyer's Representative's Address
and Facsimile Number
   
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd.  

c/o Hudson Bay Capital Management LP

777 Third Avenue, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Yoav Roth
George Antonopoulos
Facsimile: 646-214-7946
Telephone: 212-571-1244
E-mail: investments@hudsonbaycapital.com

operations@hudsonbaycapital.com

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attn: Eleazer Klein, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 593-5955

Telephone: (212) 756-2000

Email: eleazer.klein@srz.com

         
Empery Asset Master, Ltd.  

c/o Empery Asset Management, LP

One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1205

New York, New York

10020

Attention: Ryan M. Lane

Facsimile: (212) 608-3307

Telephone: (212) 608-3300

Email: notices@emperyam.com

 
         
Empery Tax Efficient, LP  

c/o Empery Asset Management, LP

One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1205

New York, New York

10020

Attention: Ryan M. Lane

Facsimile: (212) 608-3307

Telephone: (212) 608-3300

Email: notices@emperyam.com

 
         
Empery Tax Efficient II, LP  

c/o Empery Asset Management, LP

One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1205

New York, New York

10020

Attention: Ryan M. Lane

Facsimile: (212) 608-3307

Telephone: (212) 608-3300

Email: notices@emperyam.com

 
         
Alto Opportunity Master Fund, SPC  

c/o Tenor Capital Management

1180 Avenue of Americas, Suite 1940

New York, NY 10036 

Attention:

Waqas Khatri (wkhatri@tenorcapital.com, +1-212-918-5213)

operations@tenorcapital.com (Ravi Patel, Vidhi Patel, Carine Tabet, 212-918-5303)

 

   

     

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

8742 Lucent Blvd. Suite 225

Highlands Ranch CO 80129

Telephone: (303) 262-0684

Facsimile: (303) 226-0609

Attention: Brenda Baril

 

Re: Real Goods Solar, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

[We are][I am] counsel to Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Company "), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2016 (the " Securities Purchase Agreement "), entered into by and among the Company and the buyers named therein (collectively, the " Holders ") pursuant to which the Company issued to the Holders senior secured convertible notes (the " Notes ") pursuant to which shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the " Common Stock ") are issuable thereunder and warrants exercisable for shares of Common Stock (the " Warrants "). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Holders (the " Registration Rights Agreement ") pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the resale of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), including the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and upon exercise of the Warrants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the " 1933 Act "). In connection with the Company's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ___, 2016, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-_____________) (the " Registration Statement ") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC ") relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Holders as a selling shareholder thereunder.

 

In connection with the foregoing, [we][I] advise you that a member of the SEC's staff has advised [us][me] by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at [ ENTER TIME OF EFFECTIVENESS ] on [ ENTER DATE OF EFFECTIVENESS ] and [we][I] have no knowledge that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for resale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

This letter shall serve as our standing instruction to you that the shares of Common Stock are freely transferable by the Holders pursuant to the Registration Statement. You need not require further letters from us to effect any future legend-free issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holders as contemplated by the Company's Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated April 1, 2016.

   

  Very truly yours,
   
  [ ISSUER'S COUNSEL ]
   
  By:_____________________

 

CC: [ LIST NAMES OF HOLDERS ]

 

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EXHIBIT B

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

The shares of Class A common stock being offered by the selling shareholders are those issuable to the selling shareholders pursuant to the terms of the convertible notes and upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuance of those convertible notes and warrants, see "Private Placement of Convertible Notes and Warrants" above. We are registering the shares of Class A common stock in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the convertible notes and the warrants issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and [INSERT DESCRIPTION OF ANY OTHER MATERIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ANY SELLING SHAREHOLDER], the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of Class A common stock by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the convertible notes and warrants, as of ________, 2016, assuming conversion of all convertible notes at the Conversion Price in effect as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the registration statement is initially filed with the SEC and exercise of all warrants held by the selling shareholders on that date, after giving effect to the Beneficial Ownership Blockers (as defined below).

 

The third column lists the shares of Class A common stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders and does not take into account any limitations on conversion, amortization, redemption or exercise of the notes and the warrants. The fourth column lists the shares of Class A common stock held by each selling shareholder after completion of this offering and assumes that each selling shareholder sells all of the shares covered by this prospectus and assumes full conversion of the Notes at the Conversion Price in effect as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the registration statement is initially filed with the SEC and the full exercise of the warrants held by each of the selling shareholders on that date, in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization, redemption or exercise. The fifth column lists the percentage ownership held by each selling shareholder after completion of this offering to the extent such percentage exceed 1& of the total number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding. The information presented regarding the selling shareholders is based, in part, on information the selling shareholders provided to us in writing specifically for use herein.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of at least 200% of the sum of (i) the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock issued and issuable pursuant to the convertible notes as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the registration statement is initially filed with the SEC, and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock issued and issuable upon exercise of the related warrants as of the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the registration statement is initially filed with the SEC, in each case without regard to any limitations on conversion, amortization, redemption or exercise. Because the conversion price of the convertible notes may be adjusted, the number of shares that will actually be issued may be more or less than the number of shares being offered by this prospectus.

 

  Annex I- 1  

 

 

Under the terms of the convertible notes and the warrants, a selling shareholder may not convert the convertible notes or exercise the warrants to the extent such conversion or exercise would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates, to beneficially own a number of shares of Class A common stock which would exceed 9.99% of our then outstanding shares of Class A common stock following such conversion or exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the convertible notes which have not been converted and upon exercise of the warrants which have not been exercised (the " Beneficial Ownership Blockers "). The number of shares in the second column reflects this limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See "Plan of Distribution."

 

[Each selling shareholder who is a broker-dealer or affiliated with a broker-dealer have confirmed to us that they purchased the securities to be sold in the ordinary course of business and had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities at the time of their purchase.] 1

 

In addition to the assumptions described above, beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power over securities. To our knowledge, unless otherwise indicated, all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares of Class A common stock. Percentage of beneficial ownership is based on [●] shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of [●], 2016.

 

 

1 Insert to the extent necessary.

 

  Annex I- 2  

 

 

Name of Selling Shareholder   Number of Shares of
Class A Common Stock
Owned Prior to
Offering
  Maximum Number of
Shares of Class A
Common Stock to be
Sold Pursuant to this
Prospectus
  Number of Shares of
Class A Common
Stock Owned After
Offering
  Percentage of
Shares of Class A
Common Stock
Owned After
Offering (to the
extent greater than
1%)
                 
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd. (1)   (2)       0    
                 
[Other Buyers] (3)   (4)            

 

(1)         Hudson Bay Capital Management, L.P., the investment manager of Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd., has voting and investment power over these securities. Sander Gerber is the managing member of Hudson Bay Capital GP LLC, which is the general partner of Hudson Bay Capital Management, L.P. Each of Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd. and Sander Gerber disclaims beneficial ownership over these securities.

 

(2)         Includes [●] shares of Class A common stock issuable (i) under the Notes and/or (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants, which together represent 9.99% of our outstanding shares of Class A common stock as of [●], 2016. Does not include additional shares of Class A common stock issuable under the Notes and/or Warrants because the selling shareholder does not have the right to any shares of Class A common stock with respect to the Notes or the Warrants if the selling shareholder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the outstanding shares of our Class A common stock.

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

  Annex I- 3  

 

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We are registering the shares of Class A common stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the convertible notes and upon exercise of the warrants to permit the resale of these shares of Class A common stock by the holders of the convertible notes and warrants from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the shares of Class A common stock. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the shares of Class A common stock.

 

The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the shares of Class A common stock held by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the shares of Class A common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent's commissions. The shares of Class A common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions, pursuant to one or more of the following methods,

 

· on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;

 

· in the over-the-counter market;

 

· in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market;

 

· through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

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

 

· block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

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

 

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

 

· privately negotiated transactions;

 

· short sales;

 

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

 

  Annex I- 4  

 

 

· a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 

· any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The selling shareholders may also sell shares of Class A common stock under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus. In addition, the selling shareholders may transfer the shares of Class A common stock by other means not described in this prospectus.

 

If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling shares of Class A common stock to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of Class A common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the shares of Class A common stock or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the shares of Class A common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell shares of Class A common stock short and deliver shares of Class A common stock covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. We have advised each selling shareholder that it is the view of the SEC that they may not use shares registered on the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part to cover short sales of Class A common stock made prior to the date on which the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part shall have been declared effective by the SEC. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge shares of Class A common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares.

 

The selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the convertible notes, warrants or shares of Class A common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of Class A common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, amending, if necessary, the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate the shares of Class A common stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.

 

The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the shares of Class A common stock may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the shares of Class A common stock is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares of Class A common stock being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling shareholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.

 

  Annex I- 5  

 

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of Class A common stock may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the shares of Class A common stock may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

There can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the shares of Class A common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

The selling shareholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of Class A common stock by the selling shareholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of Class A common stock to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Class A common stock. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Class A common stock.

 

We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the registration rights agreement, estimated to be $[     ] in total, including, without limitation, Securities and Exchange Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or "blue sky" laws; provided, however, that a selling shareholder will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, in accordance with the registration rights agreements, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related registration rights agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution.

 

Once sold under the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, the shares of Class A common stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.

 

  Annex I- 6  

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT AND

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

Deposit Account Holder: Real Goods Solar, Inc.________ _   Secured Party:  
Address: 833 West South Boulder Road   Address:  
  Louisville, CO 80027      
         

 

 

NOTICE TO BANK OF HAWAII

 

TO: Bank of Hawaii   DATE  
  130 Merchant Street, 17 th Floor      
  Honolulu, HI 96813      

 

RE: Deposit Account Holder: Real Goods Solar, Inc.  

  Bank Institution:   Bank of Hawaii    

 

Dear Madam or Sir:

 

This is to notify Bank of Hawaii (the “Bank”) that, pursuant to a Senior Secured Convertible Note issued by Deposit Account Holder(s) identified above (individually and collectively, the “Owner”), the secured party identified above (the “Secured Party”) has been granted a security interest in the deposit accounts described as follows:

 

(a) x The following deposit account(s), corresponding to the applicable account numbers, including all cash balances credited to the account(s) and all interest paid on the account(s) numbers (collectively, the “Account”) maintained by the Bank in the name of the Owner, as evidenced by the attached Account statement(s) issued by the Bank in the ordinary course of its business:

 

Type of Deposit Account Deposit Account Number Bank Branch
     
     
     
     
     

 

(b) ¨ Transaction Exceptions (attach additional sheet, if necessary):   N/A
     
     
     
     
    .

 

The Bank is hereby notified of the Secured Party’s security interest, and the provisions of the Control Agreement, including the provision that funds in the Account, including any interest accrued thereon, is not to be paid to anyone other than to the Secured Party, unless specified above in Section (b) and/or the Bank receives prior written instructions regarding payment from the Secured Party. This pledge will remain in full force and effect until terminated pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Control Agreement below and on the following page of this notice. By signing below, the Bank acknowledges receipt of this notice and the Bank’s agreement to the terms and conditions of the Control Agreement. This notice is dated as of the date written above.

 

The Owner and the Secured Party each agrees to all of the additional terms and conditions of the Control Agreement on the following page of this notice.

 

Owner Authorization   Secured Party:
REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.      
      By:  
         
By     By  
  Name:     Name:
  Title:     Title:

 

 

CONTROL AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PLEDGE AND SECURITY INTEREST

 

By signing this Control Agreement and Acknowledgment of Security Interest (this “Agreement”), the Bank acknowledges receipt of the above notice of the Secured Party’s security interest in the Account, and will mark its records accordingly to indicate the pledge of, and the Secured Party’s security interest in, the Account. By signing below, the Bank represents to the Secured Party that, in the ordinary course of the Bank’s business, the Bank is a depository institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and regularly maintains deposit accounts in the name of its customers. The Bank also agrees to all of the additional terms and conditions of the Control Agreement on the following page of this notice.

 

SEE THE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL CONTROL AGREEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

RETURN TO:

 

         
  BANK OF HAWAII       (Bank)
           
        By:  
          (Authorized Signer)
           

  

Distribution: Original: Bank; Duplicate: Secured Party; Triplicate: Relationship Officer; Quadruplicate: Account Owner

 

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL CONTROL AGREEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1.           Control by Secured Party . Notwithstanding any other Account agreement between the Owner and the Bank, the Bank agrees to comply with the Secured Party’s instructions as to the Account, including but not limited to the withdrawal or disposition of funds credited to the Account, all without the further consent of the Owner. The Bank shall rely upon the Secured Party’s instructions even if the Secured Party’s instructions are contrary to the terms of the Account agreement or contrary to any instructions or demands that the Owner may give to the Bank.

 

2.           Customer’s Rights in Account . The Bank will not permit the withdrawal or other disposition of any funds in the Account by the Owner without the Secured Party’s written consent. In no event shall the Bank permit the Owner to change the ownership of the Account or close the Account without the Secured Party’s prior written consent. The Secured Party’s power under this Agreement to provide the Bank with instructions pursuant to Section 1 above includes, without limitation, the power to submit stop payment orders for any checks, electronic transfers and other items being presented to the Bank by any means for payment from the Account. The Owner confirms that the Bank shall comply with the instructions from the Secured Party even if the result of following such instructions from the Secured Party results in the Bank’s dishonoring of items presented for payment from the Account.

 

3.           [RESERVED] . 1

 

4.           Priority of the Secured Party’s Security Interest; Rights Reserved by the Bank . The Bank subordinates in favor of the Secured Party any security interest, lien, encumbrance, claim, or right of recoupment or setoff it may have, now and in the future, against the Owner’s interest in and to the Account, except that the Bank may debit the Account, from time to time, for any of the Bank’s usual and customary charges for services rendered in connection with the Account and for the reversal of provisional credits to the Account.

 

5.           Statements; Account Renewal . The Bank will send copies of all Account statements to the Owner and to the Secured Party at the addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement. The Owner hereby authorizes the Bank to provide any additional information relating to the Account to the Secured Party upon the Secured Party’s request without the Owner’s further consent. If the Account is a time deposit account, the Bank may act upon the renewal term instructions of the Owner, as long as, the Owner’s instructions are for the renewal of the Account, renewal term is not longer than the original term, and the instructions do not contradict any of Secured Party’s prior instructions or the terms of this Agreement.

 

6.           Adverse Claims and Interests . The Bank represents to the Secured Party that the Bank has not received notice of any security interest, lien, encumbrance or other claim to the Account from any other person and has not entered into, and agrees with the Secured Party that it will not enter into, any agreement with any other person under which the Bank is obligated to comply with instructions from such other person as to the disposition of funds from the Account or other dealings with the Account. The Bank will promptly notify the Secured Party if any other person claims that it has a security interest or other property interest in the Account.

 

7.           Returned Items; Costs . If the Account is a checking or other transaction account, the Owner and the Secured Party understand and agree that the Bank will pay returned items by debiting the Account. The Owner agrees to pay the amount of any returned item immediately upon demand by the Bank. The Owner will be responsible for the Bank’s customary charges and for the repayment of any checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of funds deposited into the Account that are returned unpaid for any reason.

 

8.           Indemnity . The Owner will indemnify the Bank, its officers, directors, employees, and agents against claims, liabilities, and expenses arising out of this Agreement, except to the extent the claims, liabilities, or expenses are caused by the Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

9.           Termination; Survival . The Secured Party may terminate this Agreement by written notice to the Bank and the Owner. The Bank may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Secured Party and the Owner. The Owner may not terminate this Agreement, except with the written consent of the Secured Party.

 

10.          Jury Trial Waiver . The Bank, the Secured Party and the Owner hereby waive trial by jury in any action, proceeding, claim, or counterclaim, whether in contract or tort, at law or in equity, arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement.

 

11.          Entire Agreement; Account Agreement . This Agreement is the entire agreement among the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements and contemporaneous oral agreements of the parties concerning its subject matter. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any other agreement between the Bank and the Owner relating to the Account, the terms of this Agreement will control.

 

12.          Amendment; Severability; Notices . To the extent a provision of this Agreement is unenforceable, this Agreement will be construed as if the unenforceable provision were omitted. No amendment of, or waiver of a right under, this Agreement will be binding unless it is in writing and signed by the Owner, the Secured Party and the Bank. A notice or other communication to a party under this Agreement will be in writing and will be sent to the party’s address set forth below or to such other address as the party may notify the other parties and, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, will be effective on receipt. To the extent that the Bank is precluded from making demand or giving notice hereunder by reason of the commencement of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, then such demand or notice shall be deemed to have been made or given at the commencement of such proceeding.

 

13.          Relations of Parties; Successors and Assigns . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any agency, fiduciary, joint venture or partnership relationship between the Owner, the Secured Party and the Bank. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Bank, the Secured Party and the Owner and their respective successors and assigns.

 

14.          Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which will constitute one instrument.

 

15.          Governing Law . The Bank represents and warrants to the Secured Party that the Account agreement between the Bank and the Owner relating to the establishment and general operation of the Account is governed by the laws of Hawaii. The Bank will not, without the Secured Party’s prior written consent, amend the Account agreement so that the Account is governed by the law of another jurisdiction. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Hawaii.

 

 

1 The references to the Notice of Exclusive Control are not applicable, since the Secured Party will have full dominion over the account at all times.

 

2  

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

VOTING AGREEMENT

 

VOTING AGREEMENT, dated as of April 1, 2016 (this " Agreement "), by and among Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Company "), and the shareholder listed on the signature page hereto under the heading " Shareholder " (the " Shareholder ").

 

WHEREAS, the Company and certain investors (each, an " Investor ", and collectively, the " Investors ") have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as March 31, 2016 (the " Securities Purchase Agreement "), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investors and the Investors have agreed to purchase, (i) senior secured convertible notes of the Company pursuant to which shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the " Common Stock ") may be issued and (ii) warrants which will be exercisable to purchase shares of Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Shareholder owns collectively 1,679,686 shares of Common Stock, which represent in the aggregate approximately 13.37% of the total issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of the Investors to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the " Transaction "), the Investors have required that the Shareholder agrees, and in order to induce the Investors to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Shareholder has agreed, to enter into this Agreement with respect to all the Common Stock now owned and which may hereafter be acquired by the Shareholder and any other securities, if any, which the Shareholder is currently entitled to vote, or after the date hererof, becomes entitled to vote, at any meeting of shareholders of the Company (the " Other Securities ").

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

VOTING AGREEMENT OF THE SHAREHOLDER

 

SECTION 1.01.        Voting Agreement . Subject to the last sentence of this Section 1.01, the Shareholder hereby agrees that at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, and in any action by written consent of the Company's shareholders, the Shareholder shall vote the Common Stock and the Other Securities: (a) in favor of the Shareholder Approval (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) as described in Section 4(p) of the Securities Purchase Agreement; and (b) against any proposal or any other corporate action or agreement that would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement or which could result in any of the conditions to the Company's obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement not being fulfilled. The Shareholder acknowledges receipt and review of a copy of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). The obligations of the Shareholder under this Section 1.01 shall terminate immediately following the occurrence of the Shareholder Approval.

 

     

 

 

Article II

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDER

 

The Shareholder hereby represents and warrants, severally but not jointly, to each of the Investors as follows:

 

SECTION 2.01.        Authority Relative to This Agreement . The Shareholder has all necessary legal capacity, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform his or its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Shareholder, enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' and other obligees' rights, (b) where the remedy of specific performance or other forms of equitable relief may be subject to certain equitable defenses and principles and to the discretion of the court before which the proceeding may be brought, and (c) where rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy.

 

SECTION 2.02.        No Conflict . (a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder does not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Shareholder shall not, (i) conflict with or violate any federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to the Shareholder or by which the Common Stock or the Other Securities owned by the Shareholder are bound or affected or (ii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or encumbrance on any of the Common Stock or the Other Securities owned by the Shareholder pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder or the Common Stock or Other Securities owned by the Shareholder are bound.

 

(b)          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder does not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Shareholder shall not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any governmental entity by the Shareholder.

 

SECTION 2.03.        Title to the Stock . As of the date hereof, the Shareholder is the owner of the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite its name on Appendix A attached hereto, entitled to vote, without restriction, on all matters brought before holders of capital stock of the Company, which Common Stock represent on the date hereof the percentage of the outstanding stock and voting power of the Company set forth on such Appendix. Such Common Stock are all the securities of the Company owned, either of record or beneficially, by the Shareholder. Such Common Stock are owned free and clear of all security interests, liens, claims, pledges, options, rights of first refusal, agreements, limitations on the Shareholder's voting rights, charges and other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever. The Shareholder has not appointed or granted any proxy, which appointment or grant is still effective, with respect to the Common Stock or Other Securities owned by the shareholder.

 

  2  

 

 

Article III

 

COVENANTS

 

SECTION 3.01.        No Disposition or Encumbrance of Stock . The Shareholder hereby covenants and agrees that, until the Shareholder Approval has been obtained, except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shareholder shall not offer or agree to sell, transfer, tender, assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, grant a proxy or power of attorney with respect to, or create or permit to exist any security interest, lien, claim, pledge, option, right of first refusal, agreement, limitation on the Shareholder's voting rights, charge or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever (" Encumbrance ") with respect to the Common Stock or Other Securities, directly or indirectly, initiate, solicit or encourage any person to take actions which could reasonably be expected to lead to the occurrence of any of the foregoing; provided , however , that any the Shareholder may assign, sell or transfer any Common Stock or Other Securities provided that any such recipient of the Common Stock or Other Securities has delivered to the Company and each Investor a written agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Investors that the recipient shall be bound by, and the Common Stock and/or Other Securities so transferred, assigned or sold shall remain subject to this Agreement.

 

SECTION 3.02.        Company Cooperation . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it will not, and the Shareholder irrevocably and unconditionally acknowledges and agrees that the Company will not (and waives any rights against the Company in relation thereto), recognize any Encumbrance or agreement on any of the Common Stock or Other Securities subject to this Agreement unless the provisions of Section 3.01 have been complied with. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that at any time in which any Shareholder Approval is required pursuant to Section 4(p) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, it will cause holders of Common Stock or Other Securities representing the percentage of outstanding capital stock required to vote in favor of the Transaction in order for the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 4(p) of the Securities Purchase Agreement to become party to and bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Common Stock and Other Securities held by such holders to be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

Article IV

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 4.01.        Further Assurances . The Shareholder will execute and deliver such further documents and instruments and take all further action as may be reasonably necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 4.02.        Specific Performance . The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that any Investor (without being joined by any other Investor) shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity. Any Investor shall be entitled to its reasonable attorneys' fees in any action brought to enforce this Agreement in which it is the prevailing party.

 

  3  

 

 

SECTION 4.03.        Entire Agreement .   This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Company and the Shareholder with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the Company and the Shareholder with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

SECTION 4.04.        Amendment .  The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended or waived, nor may this Agreement be terminated by the Company other than pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.07.

 

SECTION 4.05.        Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

 

SECTION 4.06.        Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. The parties hereby agree 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 parties consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing courts and consent that any process or notice of motion or other application to any 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 registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to the party being served at its address set forth on the signature ages to this Agreement (and service so made shall be deemed complete three (3) days after the same has been posted as aforesaid) or by personal service or in such other manner as may be permissible under the rules of said courts. Each of the Company and the Shareholder irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that suit, action, or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

SECTION 4.07.        Termination . This Agreement shall terminate immediately following the occurrence of the Shareholder Approval.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Shareholder and the Company has duly executed this Agreement.

 

    THE COMPANY:
     
    Real Goods Solar, Inc.
     
    By: /s/ Dennis Lacey
      Name:  Dennis Lacey
      Title:    Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: March 31, 2016    
    Address:

Real Goods Solar, Inc.

833 West South Boulder Road,

Louisville, CO 80027

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Shareholder and the Company has duly executed this Agreement.

 

    SHAREHOLDER:
    Riverside Renewable Energy Investment LLC
     
    /s/ David Belluck
    Name: David Belluck
    Title: Manager
Dated:  April 1, 2016    
    Address: c/o Riverside Postness, LLC
    Attention: David Belluck
    699 Boylston Street
    Boston, MA 02116

 

     

 

 

APPENDIX A

 

Shareholder   Common Stock
Owned
    Percentage of Stock
Outstanding
    Voting Percentage
of Stock
Outstanding
 
Riverside Renewable Energy Investment LLC     1,679,689       13.37 %     13.37 %