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): September 9, 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 W. 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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

  

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Public Offering

 

On September 9, 2016, Real Goods Solar, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Roth Capital Partners, LLC, as representative of the underwriters parties thereto (the “Representative”), and WestPark Capital, Inc. (together with the Representative, the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company will sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 2,800 units (representing gross proceeds of $2,800,000) (each, a “Unit”), each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, stated value $1,000.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) and convertible into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and one Series H Warrant to purchase approximately 181.8181 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). The purchase price for each Unit is $1,000.00.

 

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on September 14, 2016, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions.

 

The Company will offer and sell the Units, the Preferred Stock and the Warrants issued as part of the Units, the Underwriter Warrant (as defined below), and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock and the exercise of the Warrants issued as part of the Units, pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-211915).

 

The Company expects to receive net proceeds of approximately $2.2 million at the closing, after deducting commissions to the Underwriters and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company associated with the offering.

 

The Units will not be issued or certificated. The Preferred Stock will be issued in electronic form and the Warrants will be issued in physical form separately at the Closing and each may be transferred separately immediately thereafter. None of the Units, the Preferred Stock, the Warrants or the Underwriter Warrant will be listed on any national securities exchange or other trading market, and no trading market for the Units, the Preferred Stock, the Warrants or the Underwriter Warrant is expected to develop.

 

Terms of the Preferred Stock

 

Each Unit contains a share of Preferred Stock. The Company filed a certificate of designation of preferences, rights and limitations for the Preferred Stock with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado on September 9, 2016 (the “Certificate of Designation”).

 

The Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Common Stock and all other classes of the Company’s capital stock with respect to dividends, redemption and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, before the payment of any amount to the holder of shares of junior stock, but pari passu with any parity stock, the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive an amount equal to the stated value of the Preferred Stock (initially $1,000.00 per share) plus any accrued, but unpaid dividends thereon and all liquidated damages and other amounts then due and owing. If there are insufficient assets to pay in full such amounts, then the available assets shall be ratably distributed to the holders of Preferred Stock in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

 

The Preferred Stock will accrue cumulative dividends daily, on the basis of a 30-day month and a 360-day year, at the rate of 12.5% per annum. The Company is currently not permitted to pay cash dividends under the terms of the Colorado Business Corporations Act and the Company does not expect to be permitted to pay any cash dividends on the Preferred Stock under the terms of the Colorado Business Corporations Act. If the Company does not have funds legally available to pay cash dividends, such dividends accrete to and increase the outstanding stated value of the Preferred Stock. If the Preferred Stock remains outstanding after September 29, 2016, dividends will cease to accrue on such date if the Company meets certain equity conditions, as further described below. Any dividends that are not paid within three trading days following the applicable payment date, other than dividends that accrete to and increase the stated value, shall continue to accrue and shall incur a late fee at the rate of 18% per annum or the lesser maximum rate permitted by applicable law, which shall accrue daily from the applicable payment date through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

 

 

  

The Preferred Stock is convertible at any time from and after the second trading day following issuance at the holder’s option into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the then stated value divided by the conversion price in effect from time to time. Subject to the limitation described below, the Preferred Stock conversion price is initially equal to the lower of (i) $5.50 (the “Set Price”), or (ii) 87.5% of the lowest volume average weighted price for the Common Stock during the five trading days ending on, and including, the date the holder gives notice to the Company of the holder’s intent to convert the share of Preferred Stock. The Set Price is also subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, distributions of Common Stock or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, subdivisions, combinations and reclassifications. Further, if the Company in the future, among other things, sells or grants securities or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock (other than certain exempt issuances) at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Set Price, the then Set Price shall be reduced to such lower price subject to the limitation described below. Issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Stock will dilute the ownership of existing holders of the Common Stock.

 

The Preferred Stock is subject to mandatory conversion by the Company effective on September 29, 2016 if certain equity and other conditions set forth in the Certificate of Designation are satisfied. If all of the equity conditions are satisfied other than the requirement that the Company is able to issue shares of Common Stock upon mandatory conversion of the Preferred Stock without triggering the beneficial ownership limitation described below, then the Company may convert shares of Preferred Stock in the maximum amount permitted and the balance of the Preferred Stock will remain outstanding, the dividends will cease to accrue and the dilution protection described above and certain negative covenants become null and void and of no further force and effect. In the event of a mandatory conversion, the conversion price of the Preferred Stock will be the lesser of: (i) the then Set Price, and (ii) 75% of the lowest volume weighted average price for the Common Stock during the five trading days ending on, and including, September 29, 2016.

 

In addition, on the earlier of (a) the redemption or repayment in full of the Company’s senior secured convertible notes due April 1, 2019 (the “Notes”), and (b) the maturity date of the Notes, the then Set Price shall be reduced, and only reduced, to the lower of: (i) the then Set Price; and (ii) 100% of the volume weighted average price for the Common Stock on such date.

 

In no event may the conversion price of the Preferred Stock, whether in the case of a voluntary conversion or a mandatory conversion, be less than $1.10.

 

A holder of Preferred Stock may not convert shares of Preferred Stock and the Company may not issue shares of Common Stock under the Preferred Stock if, after giving effect to the conversion or issuance, the holder together with its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock. At each holder’s option, the cap may be increased or decreased 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.

 

With certain exceptions, as described in the Certificate of Designation, the Preferred Stock has no voting rights. As long as any shares of Preferred Stock remain outstanding, however, the Company may not, without the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock: (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock or alter or amend the Certificate of Designation; (b) authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up senior to, or otherwise pari passu with, the Preferred Stock; (c) amend the Company’s articles of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock; (d) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock; or (e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

The holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to acquire the Company’s 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 to Common Stock” basis. The holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution of the Company’s assets (or rights to acquire its assets) declared or made to holders of its Common Stock on an “as if converted to Common Stock” basis. If triggered, these rights are expected to reduce the pro rata share of any such purchase, dividend or distributions rights available to existing holders of the Common Stock.

 

The Certificate of Designation prohibits the Company from entering into transactions constituting a “fundamental transaction” (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) unless the successor entity assumes all of the Company’s obligations under the Preferred Stock and the other transaction documents in a written agreement approved by the “required holders” of the Preferred Stock. 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.

 

 

 

  

So long as any Preferred Stock is outstanding, without the consent of holders of at least 51% of the stated value of the then outstanding Preferred Stock, the Company may not (a) amend its charter documents in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, (b) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimus number of shares of its Common Stock and other junior securities, subject to certain exceptions, (c) pay cash dividends or make distribution on junior securities, (d) enter into certain affiliate transactions, and (e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

The description of the Certificate of Designation is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Designation which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Terms of the Warrants

 

Each Unit contains a Warrant to purchase approximately 181.8181 shares of Common Stock. The Warrants will be exercisable immediately after issuance and will expire five years following the date of issuance. The initial exercise price of the Warrants is $5.50 per share, subject to adjustments for stock splits and similar events.

 

The exercise price of the Warrant is subject to resetting at the earlier to occur of: (a) the repayment in full of the Notes, and (b) the maturity date of the Notes (the “Adjustment Date”). If on the Adjustment Date the exercise price of the Warrants exceeds 85% of the lowest volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for the five trading days ending on, but including, the Adjustment Date, the exercise price will be reset to such lower price. Under certain circumstances, the holders of the Warrants may elect to exercise the Warrants 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 a H Warrant and the Company may not issue shares of Common Stock under the Warrants if, after giving effect to the exercise or issuance, the holder together with its affiliates 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 decreased 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 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 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. If triggered, these rights are expected to reduce the pro rata share of any such purchase, dividend or distributions rights available to existing holders of the Common Stock. 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” 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.

 

The description of the Warrant is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Warrant which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Underwriters and the Underwriting Agreement

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company will allow the Underwriters a discount equal to 7% of the per Unit gross proceeds. The Underwriters may re-allow some or all of such discount to other dealers who participate in the distribution of the offering. The Company has agreed to reimburse the Representative for expenses on a non-accountable basis in the amount of 2% of the gross proceeds of the offering, plus an amount up to $75,000 as reimbursement for legal fees and disbursements incurred in the course of qualifying the offering with certain regulatory agencies, and for certain additional fees and expenses actually incurred.

 

In addition, the Company has agreed to issue to the Representative a warrant to purchase up to an aggregate of 5% of the aggregate number of Units sold in the offering at an exercise price of  $1,000 per Unit (the “Underwriter Warrant”). The Underwriter Warrant will have similar terms as the Series H Warrants, except that (i) the Underwriter Warrant is exercisable to purchase Units rather than Common Stock, (ii) the Underwriter Warrant is exercisable through a cashless exercise regardless of whether the Units issuable upon exercise of the Underwriter Warrant are covered by a registration statement under the Securities Act, (iii) the exercise price is not subject to adjustment, (iv) certain covenants in the Series H Warrants have been removed in the Underwriter Warrant, (v) the initial beneficial ownership limitation is set at 4.99% rather than 9.99% and (vi) pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g), the Underwriter Warrant and the underlying securities are not transferable for 6 months from the date of issuance, except the transfer of any security:

 

· by operation of law or by reason of reorganization of the Company;

 

 

 

  

· to any FINRA member firm participating in the offering and the officers or partners thereof, if all securities so transferred remain subject to the lock-up restriction set forth above for the remainder of the time period;
· if the aggregate amount of securities of the Company held by the holder of the Underwriter Warrant or related persons do not exceed 1% of the securities being offered;
· that is beneficially owned on a pro-rata basis by all equity owners of an investment fund, provided that no participating member manages or otherwise directs investments by the fund, and participating members in the aggregate do not own more than 10% of the equity in the fund; or
· the exercise or conversion of any security, if all securities received remain subject to the lock-up restriction set forth above for the remainder of the time period.

 

The Company has also agreed to give the Representative a right of first refusal to act as the Company’s agent in any subsequent financing for six months following the offering.

 

Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company may not (i) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell, purchase, contract to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) file any registration statement with the SEC relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock for 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement without first obtaining the written consent of the Representative. However, the Company may issue securities during the 90 day lock-up period in connection with (i) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of outstanding preferred stock or other outstanding convertible securities disclosed as outstanding in the registration statement for the offering, (ii) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the 90-day lock-up period and the grant of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units or shares of Common Stock pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the registration statement for the offering, (iii) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to an equity incentive plans described in the registration statement for the offering, (iv) up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock to the lender, or any successor thereto, who is a party to any revolving credit facility outstanding prior to the date of the underwriting agreement, or (v) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the Company’s disinterested directors, subject to certain exceptions.

 

Additionally, the Company has agreed to indemnify each underwriter, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and any person who controls such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute to payments the Underwriter may be required to make because of those liabilities. The Underwriting Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, closing conditions and indemnities.

 

Each of the Underwriters has served as placement agent for the Company in connection with prior securities offerings. In connection with such prior offerings, the Company has paid cash compensation, reimbursed expenses and issued to the Underwriters or to their respective affiliates warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock. As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Representative or its affiliates collectively hold warrants to purchase 42,325 shares of Common Stock and WestPark Capital, Inc. or its affiliates collectively hold warrants to purchase 6,879 shares of Common Stock.

 

The descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement and the Underwriter Warrant is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement and the Underwriter Warrant which are filed as Exhibits 1.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Lock-Up Agreement

 

One of the closing conditions under the Underwriting Agreement is that the Company’s directors, officers, and 10% shareholders enter into a Lock-Up Agreement pursuant to which they will agree, for a period of 90 days after the closing of the offering, not to offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or “Common Stock Equivalents” (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), or take certain other actions with respect to the Company’s securities.

 

The description of the Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Lock-Up Agreement which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

 

 

  

Disclaimers of Representations and Warranties

 

The representations and warranties of the Company and its subsidiaries contained in the Underwriting 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 such documents; (ii) in some cases, have been qualified by documents filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company before the date of the Underwriting Agreement; (iii) are subject to materiality qualifications contained therein which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors; (iv) were made only as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement or such other date as is specified in such documents; and (v) have been included in the Underwriting Agreement for the purpose of allocating risk between the contracting parties rather than establishing matters as facts.

 

Accordingly, the Underwriting Agreement is included with this filing only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of such documents, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company, its subsidiaries or their respective business. You should not rely on the representations and warranties 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 Underwriting Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. The Underwriting 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.

 

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,” “may,” “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 close the offering described herein, whether holders of the Preferred Stock will convert, whether the holders of the Warrants will exercise them for cash and other risks and uncertainties included in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

 

Item 3.03.  Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The disclosures set forth above under Item 1.01 are incorporated by reference herein. The Company has not yet issued any of the securities described above under Item 1.01.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

The Company filed the Certificate of Designation with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado on September 9, 2016 to create the Preferred Stock pursuant to authority granted to the Company’s board of directors under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. The terms of the Certificate of Designation and the Preferred Stock are set forth above under Item 1.01 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

 

  

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

     
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated September 9, 2016, between Real Goods Solar, Inc., Roth Capital Partners, LLC and WestPark Capital, Inc.
     
3.1   Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock
     
4.1   Form of Series H Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to Amendment No. 5 to Real Goods Solar’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 7, 2016 (Commission File No. 333-211915))
     
4.2   Form of Underwriter Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to Amendment No. 3 to Real Goods Solar’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed August 25, 2016 (Commission File No. 333-211915))
     
4.3   Form of Real Goods Solar Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.18 to Amendment No. 3 to Real Goods Solar’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed August 25, 2016 (Commission File No. 333-211915))
     
10.1   Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

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/ Alan Fine

      Alan Fine
      Principal Financial Officer and General Manager, Operations

 

Date: September 12, 2016

 

 

 

  

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

   
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated September 8, 2016, between Real Goods Solar, Inc. and Roth Capital Partners
     
3.1   Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock
     
4.1   Form of Series H Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to Amendment No. 5 to Real Goods Solar’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 7, 2016 (Commission File No. 333-211915))
     
4.2   Form of Underwriter Warrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to Amendment No. 3 to Real Goods Solar’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed August 25, 2016 (Commission File No. 333-211915))
     
4.3   Form of Real Goods Solar Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.18 to Amendment No. 3 to Real Goods Solar’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed August 25, 2016 (Commission File No. 333-211915))
     
10.1   Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1.1

 

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

2,800 Shares of Preferred Stock

 

Warrants to Purchase up to 509,090 Shares of Common Stock

 

September 9, 2016

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

Names of other Representatives

As Representative of the

Several Underwriters Named on Schedule I hereto

 

c/o Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400

Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC. , a Colorado corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “ Underwriters ,” or each, an “ Underwriter ”), for whom Roth Capital Partners, LLC is acting as representative (the “ Representative ”), 2,800 units (“ Units ”), each Unit consisting of (i) one share of Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock (each a “ Share ” and, collectively, the “ Shares ”) of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), initially convertible into 181.8181 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) of the Company (the “ Conversion Shares ”, including for this purpose shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Representative Warrant (as defined below)) and (ii) a Series H Warrant (each a “ Warrant ”) to purchase 181.8181 shares of Common Stock, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ”, including for this purpose, shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants issuable upon exercise of the Representative Warrant). The Units, the Shares, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares, the Representative Warrant and the Representative Warrant Units (as defined below) are collectively referred to as the “ Securities .” The Units will not be issued or certificated and the Shares and the Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately.

  

The Company and the several Underwriters hereby confirm their agreement as follows:

 

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1.          Registration Statement and Prospectus .

 

The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement covering the Securities on Form S-1 (File No. 333-211915) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ Rules and Regulations ”), including a preliminary prospectus relating to the Securities and such amendments to such registration statement (including post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, including amendments thereto (including post effective amendments thereto) and all documents and information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement through incorporation by reference or otherwise at the time of effectiveness thereof (the “ Effective Time ”), the exhibits and any schedules thereto at the Effective Time or thereafter during the period of effectiveness and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations at the Effective Time or thereafter during the period of effectiveness, is herein called the “ Registration Statement .” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “ Rule 462 Registration Statement ”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act is hereinafter called a “ Preliminary Prospectus .” The Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Securities that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the pricing of the offering contemplated hereby is hereinafter called the “ Pricing Prospectus .”

 

The Company is filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a final prospectus covering the Securities, which includes the information permitted to be omitted therefrom at the Effective Time by Rule 430A under the Securities Act. Such final prospectus, as so filed, is hereinafter called the “ Final Prospectus .” The Final Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus in the form in which they were included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act is hereinafter called a “ Prospectus .” Reference made herein to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein and any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commissions thereunder, incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

 

2.           Representations and Warranties of the Company Regarding the Offering.

 

(a)          The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4(b) below), as follows:

 

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(i)           No Material Misstatements or Omissions . At each time of effectiveness, at the date hereof, and at the Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not, does not, and will not, as the case may be, 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 not misleading. The Time of Sale Disclosure Package (as defined in Section 2(a)(iv)(1) below) as of the date hereof and at the Closing Date, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the time of filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act at the Closing Date, when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, did not, does not and will 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, or any Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which written information is described in Section 7(f). The Registration Statement contains all exhibits and schedules required to be filed by the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. No order preventing or suspending the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement or any Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.

 

(ii)          Marketing Materials . The Company has not distributed any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the roadshow or investor presentations delivered to and approved by the Representative for use in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (the “ Marketing Materials ”).

 

(iii)         Accurate Disclosure . (A) The Company has provided a copy to the Underwriters of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) used in the sale of Securities.  The Company has filed all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses required to be so filed with the Commission, and no order preventing or suspending the effectiveness or use of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.  When taken together with the rest of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus,  no Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times though the completion of the public offer and sale of Securities, has, does or will include (1) any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (2) information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus. The representations and warranties set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which written information is described in Section 7(f).  As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:

 

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(1)         “ Time of Sale Disclosure Package ” means the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus most recently filed with the Commission before the time of this Agreement, including any preliminary prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and the description of the transaction provided by the Underwriters included on Schedule II .

 

(2)         “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Securities that (A) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company; or (B) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) or (d)(8) under the Securities Act, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.

 

(B)         At the time of filing of the Registration Statement and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or an “excluded issuer” as defined in Rule 164 under the Securities Act.

 

(C)         Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III satisfied, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Prospectus Delivery Period, all other conditions as may be applicable to its use as set forth in Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act, including any legend, record-keeping or other requirements.

 

(iv)         Financial Statements . The financial statements of the Company, together with the related notes and schedules, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and fairly present the financial condition of the Company as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) consistently applied throughout the periods involved. No other financial statements, pro forma financial information or schedules are required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or the Rules and Regulations to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus.

 

(v)          Pro Forma Financial Information . The pro forma financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statements amounts in the pro forma financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. The pro forma financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the application requirements of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

 

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(vi)         Independent Accountants. To the Company’s knowledge, Hein & Associates LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference as a part of the Registration Statement and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, is an independent public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.

 

(vii)        Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by references in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly present the information called for in all material respects and are prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(viii)       Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

(ix)          Statistical and Marketing-Related Data . All statistical, industry or market-related data, including supply, demand and pricing information, included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or included in the Marketing Materials, are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.

 

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(x)           Trading Market . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “ Nasdaq ”). Except as set forth in the Prospectus, there is no action pending by the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, the Nasdaq to delist the Common Stock from the Nasdaq, nor has the Company received any notification that the Nasdaq is contemplating terminating such listing. When issued, the Warrant Shares and Conversion Shares will be listed on the Nasdaq.

 

(xi)          Absence of Manipulation . The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would 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 the Securities.

 

(xii)         Investment Company Act . The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the net proceeds thereof, including the proceeds received upon the exercise of the Warrants will not be an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(b)          Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.

 

3.          Representations and Warranties Regarding the Company.

 

(a)    Except as disclosed on the attached Schedule 3, the Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

 

(i)           Good Standing . Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and each is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has the power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to own its properties and conduct its business as currently being carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to so qualify would not have or be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect upon the business, prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or in its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement (“ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

 

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(ii)          Authorization . The Company has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to authorize, issue and sell the Shares, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares and issue the Representative Warrant as contemplated by this Agreement, the Warrants and the Representative Warrant . This Agreement, the Warrants, and the Representative Warrant have been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute the valid, legal and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity.

 

(iii)         Contracts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrants, and the Representative Warrant and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any law, order, rule or regulation to which the Company or any subsidiary is subject, or by which any property or asset of the Company or any subsidiary is bound or affected, (B) conflict with, result in any violation or 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 right of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) (a “ Default Acceleration Event ”) of, any agreement, lease, credit facility, debt, note, bond, mortgage, indenture or other instrument (the “ Contracts ”) or obligation or other understanding to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any subsidiary is bound or affected, except to the extent that such conflict, default, or Default Acceleration Event is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (C) result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or by-laws.

 

(iv)         No Violations of Governing Documents . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries are in violation, breach or default under its Articles of Incorporation, by-laws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents, except where the violation, breach or default in the case of a subsidiary of the Company is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v)          Consents . No consents, approvals, orders, authorizations or filings are required on the part of the Company in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, the Warrants, and the Representative Warrant and the issue and sale of the Securities, except (A) the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities, which has been effected; (B) the necessary filings and approvals from the Nasdaq to sell and list the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Representative Warrant Units; (C) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws and the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the several Underwriters; (D) such consents and approvals as have been obtained and are in full force and effect; (E) such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations and filings the failure of which to make or obtain is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (F) the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of Colorado, which shall be accomplished prior to Closing.

 

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(vi)         Capitalization . The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and have been issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and conform to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. Except for the issuances of options or restricted stock in the ordinary course of business, since the respective dates as of which information is provided in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company has not entered into or granted any convertible or exchangeable securities, options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company. The Shares, when issued and paid for as provided herein, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will be issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and will be free of preemptive, registration or similar rights and will conform to the description of the capital stock of the Company contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Warrant Shares and the Units issuable upon the exercise of the Representative Warrant (such Units, the “ Representative Warrant Units ”), when issued, paid for and delivered upon due exercise of the Warrants or the Representative Warrant, as applicable, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will be issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and will be free of preemptive, registration or similar rights. The Conversion Shares, when issued, paid for and delivered upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will be issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, and will be free of preemptive, registration or similar rights. The Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and the Representative Warrant Units have been reserved for issuance. The Warrants and the Representative Warrant, when issued, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(vii)        Taxes . Except as disclosed in writing to the Representative, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has (a) filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be filed with taxing authorities prior to the date hereof or has duly obtained extensions of time for the filing thereof and (b) paid all taxes (as hereinafter defined) shown as due and payable on such returns that were filed and has paid all taxes imposed on or assessed against the Company or such respective subsidiary. The provisions for taxes payable, if any, shown on the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, and for all periods to and including the dates of such consolidated financial statements. To the knowledge of the Company, no issues have been raised (and are currently pending) by any taxing authority in connection with any of the returns or taxes asserted as due from the Company or its subsidiaries, and no waivers of statutes of limitation with respect to the returns or collection of taxes have been given by or requested from the Company or its subsidiaries. The term “ taxes ” mean all federal, state, local, foreign, and other net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts with respect thereto. The term “ returns ” means all returns, declarations, reports, statements, and other documents required to be filed in respect to taxes.

 

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(viii)       Material Change . Since the respective dates as of which information is given (including information incorporated by reference) in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, (a) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions other than in the ordinary course of business; (b) the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; (c) there has not been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants, upon the conversion of outstanding shares of preferred stock or other convertible securities or the issuance of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units under the Company’s existing stock awards plan, or any new grants thereof in the ordinary course of business); (d) there has not been any material change in the Company’s long-term or short-term debt, and (e) there has not been the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ix)          Absence of Proceedings . There is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator or mediator, which is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(x)           Permits . The Company and each of its subsidiaries holds, and is in compliance with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders (“ Permits ”) of any governmental or self-regulatory agency, authority or body required for the conduct of its business, and all such Permits are in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to hold, or comply with, any of them is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(xi)         Good Title . The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property (whether real or personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as being owned by them that are material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, other encumbrances or defects, except those that are not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The property held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with only such exceptions with respect to any particular lease as do not interfere in any material respect with the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

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(xii)         Intellectual Property . The Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or possesses or has valid right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and similar rights (“ Intellectual Property ”) necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently carried on and as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, no action or use by the Company or any of its subsidiaries involve or give rise to any infringement of, or license or similar fees for, any Intellectual Property of others, except where such action, use, license or fee is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice alleging any such infringement or fee.

 

(xiii)        Employment Matters . There is: (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against it or any of its subsidiaries, before the National Labor Relations Board, any state or local labor relation board or any foreign labor relations board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against it; and (B) no labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries, principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company or any subsidiary plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such subsidiary.

 

(xiv)       ERISA Compliance . No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA ”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “ Code ”)) or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and could not reasonably be expected to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any pension plan (as defined in ERISA). Each pension plan for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and to the Company’s knowledge nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could, singularly or in the aggregate, cause the loss of such qualification.

 

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(xv)        Environmental Matters . The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all foreign, federal, state and local rules, laws and regulations relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of health and safety or the environment which are applicable to their businesses (“ Environmental Laws ”), except where the failure to comply has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may otherwise be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any law, statute, ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, give rise to any liability, except for any violation or liability which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has knowledge. In the ordinary course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries conduct periodic reviews of the effect of Environmental Laws on their business and assets, in the course of which they identify and evaluate associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or Governmental Permits issued thereunder, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such reviews, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not have, singularly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xvi)       SOX Compliance . Except as disclosed in the Company’s filing with the Commission, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing the provisions thereof.

 

(xvii)      Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. “ Governmental Entity ” shall be defined as any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency (whether foreign or domestic) having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations .

 

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(xviii)     Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, or any director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, representative, agent, affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

(xix)        OFAC . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or any director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, representative, agent or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

 

(xx)         Insurance . The Company and each of its subsidiaries carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.

 

(xxi)        Books and Records . The minute books of the Company and each of its subsidiaries have been made available to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, and such books: (i) contain a complete summary of all meetings and actions of the board of directors (including each board committee) and stockholders of the Company (or analogous governing bodies and interest holders, as applicable), and each of its subsidiaries since the time of its respective incorporation or organization through the date of the latest meeting and action; and (ii) accurately in all material respects reflect all transactions referred to in such minutes.

 

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(xxii)       No Violation . Neither the Company nor any its subsidiaries nor, to its knowledge, any other party is in violation, breach or default of any Contract that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxiii)      Continued Business . No supplier, customer, distributor or sales agent of the Company or any subsidiary has notified the Company or any subsidiary that it intends to discontinue or decrease the rate of business done with the Company or any subsidiary, except where such discontinuation or decrease has not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxiv)     No Finder’s Fee . There are no claims, payments, issuances, arrangements or understandings for services in the nature of a finder’s, consulting or origination fee with respect to the introduction of the Company to any Underwriter or the sale of the Securities hereunder or any other arrangements, agreements, understandings, payments or issuances with respect to the Company that may affect the Underwriters’ compensation, as determined by FINRA.

 

(xxv)      No Fees. Except as disclosed to the Representative in writing, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, investing fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who provided capital to the Company; (ii) any FINRA member; or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member within the 12-month period prior to the date on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (“ Filing Date ”) or thereafter.

 

(xxvi)     Proceeds . None of the net proceeds of the offering will be paid by the Company to any participating FINRA member or any affiliate or associate of any participating FINRA member, except as specifically authorized herein.

 

(xxvii)    No FINRA Affiliations . To the Company’s knowledge and except as disclosed to the Representative in writing, no (i) officer or director of the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company’s securities; or (iii) owner of any amount of the Company’s unregistered securities acquired within the 180-day period prior to the Filing Date, has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member. The Company will advise the Representative and counsel to the Underwriters if it becomes aware that any officer, director of the Company or its subsidiaries or any owner of 5% or more of any class of the Company’s securities is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the offering.

 

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(xxviii)     No Financial Advisor . Other than the Underwriters, no person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(xxix)       Certain Statements . The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Description of Securities We Are Offering” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Shares and the Warrants, and the terms of the documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects.

 

(xxx)         No Registration Rights .           Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right (other than rights which have been waived in writing or otherwise satisfied) to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act.

 

(xxxi)       Prior Sales of Securities . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company has not sold or issued any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, stock option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding preferred stock, options, rights or warrants or other outstanding convertible securities.

 

(b)          Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.

 

4.          Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Shares.

 

(a)          On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Shares and Warrants to the several Underwriters, and the several Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase the Shares and Warrants set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule I hereto. The combined purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters to the Company for the Shares and the Warrants shall be shall be $930.00 per Share and related Warrant.

  

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(b)          The Shares and the Warrants will be delivered by the Company to the Representative, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Company at the offices of Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at 6:00 a.m. Pacific Time, on the third (or if the Shares and the Warrants are priced, as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1(c) under the Exchange Act, after 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, the fourth) full business day following the date hereof, or at such other time and date as the Representative and the Company determine pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Exchange Act. The time and date of delivery of the Shares and Warrants is referred to herein as the “ Closing Date .” On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver the Shares and the Warrants which shall be registered in the name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Representative may request on behalf of the Underwriters at least one (1) business day before the Closing Date, to the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, which delivery shall be made by FAST issuance as to the Shares and physical delivery as to the Warrants to be received or directed by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters no later than one (1) business day following the Closing Date.

 

(c)          On the Closing Date, the Company shall issue to the Representative (and/or its designees), a warrant (the “ Representative Warrant ”), in form and substance acceptable to the Representative , for the purchase of an aggregate of 140 Units, which shall be registered in the name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Representative may request at least one (1) business day before the Closing Date.

 

5.          Covenants.

 

(a)          The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:

 

(i)          The Company shall prepare the Final Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative and file such Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by the Rules and Regulations.

 

(ii)         During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as determined by the Representative the Final Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “ Prospectus Delivery Period ”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, including any Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review and comment a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.

  

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(iii)        From the date of this Agreement until the end of the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (A) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (B) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (C) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A, 430B or 430C as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or 164(b) of the Securities Act).

 

(iv)        (A) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act, as now and hereafter amended, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period any event occurs the result of which would cause the Final Prospectus (or if the Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package ) to include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus (or if the Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act, or to file under the Exchange Act any document that would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative, allow the Representative the opportunity to provide reasonable comments on such amendment, prospectus supplement or document, and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus (or if the Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.

 

(B)         If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period there occurred or occurs an event or development the result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or any Prospectus or included or would include, when taken together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

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(v)         The Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative reasonably designates and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, except that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified, to execute a general consent to service of process in any state or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject.

 

(vi)        The Company will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel to the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, each Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request.

 

(vii)       The Company will make generally available (which may be satisfied by filing on the Commission’s EDGAR system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.

 

(viii)      The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay or cause to be paid (A) all expenses (including transfer taxes allocated to the respective transferees) incurred in connection with the delivery to the Underwriters of the Securities (including all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares and the registrar and transfer agent of the Warrants and the Representative Warrant (if other than the Company), and the cost of preparing and printing stock certificates and warrant certificates), (B) all expenses and fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel) in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the Registration Statement (including the financial statements therein and all amendments, schedules, and exhibits thereto), the Securities, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, (C) all reasonable filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of the Underwriters’ counsel incurred in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the Underwriters or by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of the states and other jurisdictions that the Representative shall designate, (D) the reasonable filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incident to any required review and approval by FINRA, of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (F) listing fees, if any, and (G) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein. The Company will reimburse the Representative for the Underwriters’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees and disbursements, in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby up to an aggregate of $75,000 (including amounts payable pursuant to clauses (C) and (D) above). If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 4, Section 7 or Section 9, the Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket disbursements (including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges) incurred by the Underwriter in connection with their investigation, preparing to market and marketing the Shares and the Warrants or in contemplation of performing its obligations hereunder, subject to an overall limit of $75,000. Other than as expressly set forth above, the Representative shall be responsible for all of its costs and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(ix)         The Company further agrees that, in addition to the expenses payable pursuant to Section 5(a)(viii), on the Closing Date it will pay to the Representative a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 2% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Units by deduction from the proceeds of the offering contemplated herein.

 

(x)          The Company intends to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder for the purposes set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.

 

(xi)         The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that has constituted, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

 

(xii)        The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, and each Underwriter, severally, and not jointly, represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the free writing prospectuses included in Schedule II . Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied or will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record-keeping.

 

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(xiii)       The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, during the period ending ninety (90) days after the date hereof (“ Lock-Up Period ”); (i) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell, purchase, contract to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock; or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; or (iii) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The restrictions contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to (1) the Securities to be sold hereunder; (2) the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of notes, preferred stock or other convertible securities disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto), the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus; (3) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period and the grant of restricted stock awards or restricted stock units or shares of Common Stock pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto), the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus ; (4) the filing by the Company of any registration statement on Form S-8 or a successor form thereto relating to an equity incentive plans described in the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto), the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus; (5) up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act to the lender, or any successor thereto, who is a party to any revolving credit facility outstanding prior to the date of this Agreement; (6) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a person (or to the equityholders of a person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this letter agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Representative waives such extension.

 

(xiv)      To engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock, the Shares and the Warrants (if other than the Company).

 

(xv)       To use its reasonable best efforts to obtain approval to list the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and the shares underlying the Representative Warrant Units on the Nasdaq.

 

(xvi)      To not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

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6.          Conditions of the Underwriter’s Obligations. The respective obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder to purchase the Shares and the Warrants are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at all times through the Closing Date (as if made on the Closing Date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained herein, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and the following additional conditions:

 

(a)          If filing of the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, is required under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall have filed the Final Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission in the manner and within the time period so required (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or 164(b) under the Securities Act); the Registration Statement shall remain effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, any Rule 462 Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued; no proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; any request of the Commission or the Representative for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Representative.

 

(b)          The Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares and the shares underlying the Representative Warrant Units shall be approved for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

(c)          FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

 

(d)          The Representative shall not have reasonably determined, and advised the Company, that the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the reasonable opinion of the Representative, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in the reasonable opinion of the Representative, is material and is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(e)          On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters the opinion and negative assurance letters of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.

 

(f)          On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters the negative assurance letter of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative .

 

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(g)          The Underwriters shall have received a letter of Hein & Associates LLP, on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and confirming, as of the date of each such letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, as of a date not prior to the date hereof or more than five days prior to the date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial information and other matters required by the Underwriters.

 

(h)          On the Closing Date there shall have been furnished to the Underwriters a certificate, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company, in their capacity as officers of the Company, to the effect that:

 

(i)          The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality or by reference to any Material Adverse Effect are true and correct in all respects, and all other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, in all material respects, as if made at and as of the Closing Date, and the Company has complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part required to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(ii)         No stop order or other order (A) suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof or any amendment thereof, (B) suspending the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale, or (C) suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to their knowledge, is contemplated by the Commission or any state or regulatory body; and

 

(iii)        There has been no occurrence of any event resulting or reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect during the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date.

 

(i)          On or before the date hereof, the Representative shall have received duly executed lock-up agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (each a “ Lock-Up Agreement ”) in the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto, by and between the Representative Underwriters and each of the parties specified in Schedule IV .

 

(j)          The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters and their counsel such additional documents, certificates and evidence as the Underwriters or their counsel may have reasonably requested.

 

 

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If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that Section 7 and Section 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

7.          Indemnification and Contribution .

 

(a)          The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter or such person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness and at any subsequent time pursuant to Rules 430A and 430B of the Rules and Regulations, or arise out of or are based upon the omission from the Registration Statement, or alleged omission to state therein, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Marketing Materials or in any other materials used in connection with the offering of the Securities, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (iii) in whole or in part, any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein; or (iv) in whole or in part, any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with evaluating, investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however , that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which written information is described in Section 7(f).

 

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(b)          Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof, which written information is described in Section 7(f), and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with evaluating, investigating, and defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The obligation of each Underwriter to indemnify the Company (including any controlling person, director or officer thereof) shall be limited to the amount of the underwriting discount applicable to the Shares and Warrants to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder actually received by such Underwriter.

 

(c)          Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof; provided , however , that if: (i) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; (ii) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party); or (iii) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ a single counsel to represent it in any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 7, in which event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to the indemnified party as incurred.

 

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The indemnifying party under this Section 7 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is a party or could be named and indemnity was or would be sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability for claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (b) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

(d)          If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above; (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering and sale of the Shares and the Warrants; or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relevant intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any action or claim that is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount of the of the underwriting discount applicable to the Shares and Warrants to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder actually received by such Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint.

 

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(e)          The obligations of the Company under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have and the benefits of such obligations shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act; and the obligations of each Underwriter under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability that each Underwriter may otherwise have and the benefits of such obligations shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to the Company and its officers, directors and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act.

 

(f)          For purposes of this Agreement, each Underwriter severally confirms, and the Company acknowledges, that there is no information concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for preparation of or inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than the statement set forth in the last paragraph on the cover page of the Prospectus, the marketing and legal names of each Underwriter, and the following portions of the “Underwriting” section of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, and the Final Prospectus: (i) the table setting forth names of the Underwriters and the respective number of Units to be purchased by Each Underwriter; (ii) the second paragraph under such table and (iii) the statements relating to the amount of selling concession and re-allowance, if any, or to over-allotment, stabilization and related activities that may be undertaken by the Underwriters.

 

8.          Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery . All representations, warranties, and agreements of the Company contained herein or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto, including, but not limited to, the agreements of the several Underwriters and the Company contained in Section 5 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the several Underwriters or any controlling person thereof, or the Company or any of its officers, directors, or controlling persons, and shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Shares and the Warrants to and by the Underwriters hereunder.

 

9.          Termination of this Agreement .

 

(a)          The Representative shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice to the Company as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, if in the discretion of the Representative, (i) there has occurred any material adverse change in the securities markets or any event, act or occurrence that has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Representative, will in the future materially disrupt, the securities markets or there shall be such a material adverse change in general financial, political or economic conditions or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, inadvisable or impracticable to market the Shares and the Warrants or enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares and the Warrants, (ii) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the Nasdaq or trading in securities generally on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or the NYSE MKT shall have been suspended, (iii) minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or NYSE MKT, by such exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction, (iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities, (v) there shall have occurred any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States or other international political, financial or economic conditions or any other calamity or crisis, or (vi) the Company suffers any loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or (vii) in the judgment of the Representative, there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, any change in the assets, properties, condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business that constitute a Material Adverse Effect. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

 

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(b)          If the Representative elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company and the other Underwriters shall be notified promptly by the Representative by telephone, confirmed by letter.

 

10.         Substitution of Underwriters . If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligations to purchase Shares and/or Warrants hereunder on the Closing Date and the aggregate number of Shares and Warrants which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total number of Shares and/or Warrants to be purchased by all Underwriters on such Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Shares and/or Warrants which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall so default and the aggregate number of Shares and/or Warrants with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than ten percent (10%) of the total number of Shares and/or Warrants to be purchased by all Underwriters on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the remaining Underwriters and the Company for the purchase of such Shares and/or Warrants by other persons are not made within forty-eight (48) hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate.

 

If the remaining Underwriters or substituted Underwriters are required hereby or agree to take up all or part of the Shares and/or Warrants of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters on such Closing Date as provided in this Section 12, (i) the Company shall have the right to postpone such Closing Date for a period of not more than five (5) full business days in order to permit the Company to effect whatever changes in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, which may thereby be made necessary, and the Company agrees to promptly file any amendments to the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus which may thereby be made necessary, and (ii) the respective numbers of Shares and/or Warrants to be purchased by the remaining Underwriters or substituted Underwriters shall be taken as the basis of their underwriting obligation for all purposes of this Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability to the Company or any other Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company, except that the representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, agreements and other statements set forth in Section 2 and 3 and the provisions of Section 7 and Sections 9 through 17, inclusive, shall not terminate and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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11.         Notices . Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if to the Representative, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 800 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, telecopy number: (949) 720-7227, Attention: Managing Director; and if to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to it at 833 W. South Boulder Road, Louisville, CO 80027, telecopy number: 303-648-5464, Attention: General Counsel; or to such other address as the person to be notified may have requested in writing. Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Such communications shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via telecopy at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day; (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via telecopy on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day; (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

12.         Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 7. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Shares and Warrants from any Underwriters.

 

13.         Absence of Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a) each Underwriter has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Shares and Warrants and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and any Underwriter has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company on other matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Shares and the Warrants set forth in this Agreement were established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) it has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that no Underwriter has any obligation to disclose such interest and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and (d) it has been advised that each Underwriter is acting, in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, solely for the benefit of such Underwriter, and not on behalf of the Company.

 

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14.         Amendments and Waivers . No supplement, modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound thereby. The failure of a party to exercise any right or remedy shall not be deemed or constitute a waiver of such right or remedy in the future. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (regardless of whether similar), nor shall any such waiver be deemed or constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.

 

15.         Partial Unenforceability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph, clause or provision.

 

16.         Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

17.         Submission to Jurisdiction . The Company irrevocably (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or any of the agreements or transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, any Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (each a “ Proceeding ”), (b) agrees that all claims in respect of any Proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process therein, (d) agrees not to commence any Proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH OF THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE TIME OF SALE DISCLOSURE PACKAGE, ANY PROSPECTUS AND THE FINAL PROSPECTUS.

 

18.         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or electronic mail) in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

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Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Alan Fine
  Name: Alan Fine
  Title: Principal Financial Officer and General Manager, Operations

 

Confirmed as of the date first above-mentioned

by the Representative of the several Underwriters.

 

ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC  
     
By: /s/ Aaron M. Gurewitz  
Name: Aaron M. Gurewitz  
Title: Head of Equity Capital Markets  

 

[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

Name   Number of Units to
be Purchased
          
Roth Capital Partners, LLC     2,310                                  
WestPark Capital, Inc.     490              
                 
Total     2,800          

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated September 8, 2016

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933

Registration Statement No. 333-211915

(Related to Preliminary Prospectus dated September 7, 2016)

 

REAL GOODS SOLAR, INC.

 

3,500 Units, Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock and Series H
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock

 

Summary:

Issuer: Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGSE)

Structure: Units consisting of Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock and Series H Warrants to Purchase Common Stock.

Deal Value: $3,500,000

Roth’s Role: Sole Manager

 

Units

· Units, each consisting of:

 

o one share of Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock with a stated value of $1,000 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

 

o A five year Series H Warrant to purchase RGSE Class A common stock (“Common Stock”) – 100% Coverage.

 

· The Preferred Stock will have a CUSIP and will be delivered electronically.

 

· Series H Warrants are immediately separable and will be physical delivery.

 

Preferred Stock

· The Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock.

 

Dividends

· Cumulative dividends at the rate of 12.5% per annum, payable on the first business day of each month commencing on October 1, 2016 to holders of record on the 15th day of the preceding month and on each conversion date.

 

o RGSE is currently not permitted to pay cash dividends. Dividends accrete to and increase the outstanding stated value of the Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

  

o If the Preferred Stock remains outstanding after September 29, 2016, dividends will cease to accrue on such date if RGSE meets certain equity conditions during a specified time period.

 

Conversion Formula

· $1,000 / Conversion Price.

 

· Conversion price = lesser of:

 

o $___ per share of Common Stock, referred to as the “Set Price;” OR

 

o 87.5% of the lowest volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock during the five trading days ending on, and including the date of delivery of a notice of conversion.

 

· The conversion price is subject to a reset and a floor of $___, as described herein.

 

o Reset - On the earlier of (I) the redemption or repayment in full of RGSE’s convertible notes due April 1, 2019, and (II) the maturity date of such notes, the then Set Price shall be reduced, and only reduced, to the lower of: (A) the then Set Price; and (B) 100% of the volume weighted average price for the Common Stock as reported at the close of trading on the market reporting trade prices for the Common Stock on such date.

 

o Floor - In no event shall the conversion price be less than $_____ (20% of the market price determined on the date the offering is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission).

 

Mandatory Conversion

· On September 29, 2016, if RGSE meets certain equity conditions, the Preferred Stock is subject to mandatory conversion into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the lesser of (i) the then- Set Price, or (ii) 75% of the lowest volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock during the five trading days ending on, and including September 29, 2016, upon written demand from RGSE.

 

Voluntary Conversion

· Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible at any time after (i) in the case of certificated shares, the date of issuance and (ii) in the case of shares of Preferred Stock held in electronic form through a broker, bank as other nominee, the second trading day following the date of issuance, at the holder’s option into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to its then stated value divided by the conversion price.

 

Warrant

· Each Series H Warrant can purchase ___ shares of Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $___ per share, subject to a potential future reset.

 

Exercise Price

· The initial exercise price per share of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Series H Warrants is $_____ per share of Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

· If on the earlier of the date of (i) repayment in full of RGSE’ convertible notes due on April 1, 2019 and (ii) the maturity date of such notes, the exercise price exceeds 85% of the lowest volume weighted average price of the Common Stock during the five consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, such date, the exercise price will be reset to such lower price.

 

Exercisability

· The Series H Warrants will be exercisable immediately after issuance and will expire five years following issuance.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free (800) 678-9147.

 

Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE III

 

Free Writing Prospectus

 

1. Filed June 28, 2016, SEC Accession No. 0001571049-16-016298

2. Filed July 21, 2016, SEC Accession No. 0001571049-16-016708

3. Filed September 8, 2016, SEC Accession No. 0001571049-16-018143

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE IV

 

List of officers, directors and stockholders executing lock-up agreements

 

· Provided to the Representative

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that you, as the representative (the “Representative”) of the several underwriters named therein, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Real Goods Solar, Inc, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), relating to a proposed offering of securities of the Company (the “Offering”) including shares of Class A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), and Series H warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

In consideration of the foregoing, and in order to induce you to participate in the Offering, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), the undersigned will not, during the period (the “Lock-Up Period”) beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date 90 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Offering (the “Final Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (including without limitation, shares of Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the shares of, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or (4) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specific in clause (1), (2) or (3) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this letter agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Representative waives such extension.

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in clause (1) and (2) above shall not apply to: (a) transfers: (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein; or (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value; (b) the acquisition or exercise of any stock option issued pursuant to the Company’s existing stock option plan, including any exercise effected by the delivery of shares of Common Stock of the Company held by the undersigned; or (c) the purchase or sale of the Company’s securities pursuant to a plan, contract or instruction that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) that was in effect prior to the date hereof. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

 

The foregoing restrictions are expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of shares of Common Stock even if such securities would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put option or put equivalent position or call option or call equivalent position) with respect to any of the shares of Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such shares.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

 

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar or depositary against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

 

 

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   
  Name:

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Press Release

 

Real Goods Solar, Inc.

[Date]

 

Real Goods Solar, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that Roth Capital Partners, LLC the Representative in the Company’s recent public sale of [     ] shares of Series A 12.5% mandatorily convertible preferred stock and related Series H warrants to purchase common stock are [waiving][releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to      shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company.  The [waiver][release] will take effect on     , 2016, and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

 

This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

Disclosure Schedule for Underwriting Agreement made by and between Real Goods Solar, Inc. and Roth Capital Partners, LLC as of September 9, 2016.

 

Pursuant to Underwriting Agreement Section 3, the Company discloses the following:

 

Section 3(a)(iii) Contracts

The Company is a party to three prior Securities Purchase Agreements noted below (the “Prior SPAs”): 

                Prior Consent
                Required For
                Subsequent
SPA Date   Party   Party   Participation Rights   Placements
1-Apr-16   The Company   As designated in SPA   Yes   Yes
26-Jun-15   The Company   As designated in SPA   Yes   Yes
23-Feb-15   The Company   As designated in SPA   Yes   No

Each of the Prior SPAs require the Company to secure the consent of the counter parties for “Participation Rights” as defined in the Prior SPAs. Generally, Participation Rights include a requirement for the Company to offer the counter parties the right to participate, to defined participation levels, in any “Subsequent Placement.” Generally, Subsequent Placements are defined as:

D irectly or indirectly, offering, selling, granting any option to purchase, or otherwise disposing of (or announcing any offering, sale, granting or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of the Company’s 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 the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) or Common Stock equivalents.

Each of the Prior SPAs require the Company to secure the consent of the counter parties for Subsequent Placements. The transaction contemplated by the SPA is included within the definition of Subsequent Placements.

 

 

 

 

Section 3(a)(v) Consents

See disclosure above under Section 3(a)(iii) Contracts.

Section 3(a)(vii) Taxes

The State of California has determined that the Company is in arrears in the payment of certain sales taxes due to the State of California in the estimated amount of $300,000 including statutory interest. 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 the California determination and the opportunity to obtain a refund of some or all of this amount.

The Company is also in arrears in the payment of certain sales and other taxes to the State of Hawaii in the estimated amount of $35,000. The Company intends to pay this assessment in installments.

Section 3(a)(ix) Absence of Proceedings

In April 2009, the Company, Regrid Power, Inc., one of the Company’s subsidiaries (“Regrid”), and GAIAM, Inc., (“GAIAM”) (collectively the “Indemnitors”) entered into a General Indemnity Agreement (the “Indemnity Agreement”) with Argonaut Insurance Company (the “Carrier”). The Indemnity Agreement was designed to provide assurances to the Carrier in the event that the Carrier issued, procured or refrained from cancelling one or more bonds for the benefit of one or more of Indemnitors on or after the date of the Indemnity Agreement.

In 2013, the Carrier issued a $624,000 Final Acceptance Payment and Performance Bond (the “Bond”) to secure the Company’s performance under a contract to construct a large commercial photovoltaic project (the “Project”) for the benefit of a third party (the “Beneficiary”). Pursuant to the Indemnity Agreement, the Indemnitors are jointly and severally liable to the Carrier in the maximum amount of the Bond, plus certain costs of the Carrier, in the event that the Bond is called by the Beneficiary. The Bond’s original expiry date was October 15, 2015 unless earlier released by the Beneficiary. In October 2015, the Carrier agreed to extend the maturity of the Bond to December 31, 2016.

The Project was completed and operational in late 2012. Subsequently, the Beneficiary raised certain warranty related issues pertaining to the Project. The Company currently maintains a specific warranty reserve for the Project of approximately $200,000.

As of August 19, 2016, the Beneficiary had not released the Bond. As a result, the Bond continues in force through December 31, 2016, the Bond maturity date, unless earlier released. The Beneficiary may demand performance on the Bond on or before December 31, 2016 in accordance with the terms of the Bond. The obligations of the Indemnitors under the Indemnity Agreement with respect to the Bond continue so long as the Bond is outstanding.

In June 2015, as permitted under the Indemnity Agreement, the Carrier demanded that the Indemnitors post cash collateral to secure their performance under the Indemnity Agreement with respect to the Carrier’s exposure under the Bond, or $624,000. The Company posted $200,000 as cash collateral to the Carrier in 2015, and no other party has posted amounts to the Carrier. On August 18, 2016, the Carrier commenced litigation against the Indemnitors in the federal district court in Denver, Colorado. This action was brought by the Carrier under the Indemnity Agreement to compel one or more of the Indemnitors to deliver the remaining $424,000 due under the Indemnity Agreement, for judgment interest and other equitable relief. The Company has 21 days to answer the Carrier’s complaint, unless extended, and the Company expects to answer the complaint in a timely manner.

Section 3(a)(xi) Good Title

The Company has granted a security interest in substantially all its and its subsidiaries’ assets to Solar Solutions Distribution, LLC to secure obligations under the Company’s revolving line of credit.

The Company has granted a security interest in certain cash collateral accounts to the holders of the Company’s Senior Secured Convertible Notes due April 1, 2019.

Section 3(a)(xx) Insurance

The Company’s directors’ and officers’ (“D&O”) insurance coverage was not renewed by the carrier providing such insurance (the “Prior Carrier”) following the term of the coverage period of May 7, 2015 to May 7, 2016. The Company acquired “tail coverage” for the period from May 7, 2016 to May 7, 2017 from the Prior Carrier, but such coverage only applies to periods for which this policy was in force. This policy was a claims made policy.

In May 2016, the Company acquired new directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage from the “New Carrier,” for the period from May 8, 2016 to May 8, 2017 (the “New Policy”). The prior acts exclusion date in the New Policy is May 8, 2016. The policy limits of the New Policy are $3,000,000 maximum aggregate limit of liability, including defense costs, for each policy period (as defined in the New Policy). The Company has retained risk under the New Policy in amounts ranging from $750,000 to $1,000,000 depending on the claim made. There is no renewal ability under the New Policy, but the Company may acquire a run off period coverage for another 12 months upon the payment of additional premium. The New Policy is a “claims made” policy.

 

 

 

 

The Company has “excess” D&O insurance coverage for the period from May 8, 2016 to May8, 2017, with a policy limit of $3,000,000 including defense costs, but has no right to renew this “claims made” policy. The Company may acquire a run off period coverage for another 12 months upon the payment of an additional premium.

Section 3(a)(xxii) No Violation

See disclosure under Section 3(a)(ix) above.

Section (xxv) No Fees

In April 2016, the Company completed a private placement of securities and paid the placement agent, Roth Capital Partners, LLC, a cash fee of  $36,625 and the placement agent is eligible to receive additional payments of up to $543,375 as funds are released from collateral accounts associated with the private placement. The Company also issued to the placement agent a warrant exercisable into 42,325 shares of Common Stock.

In June 2015, the Company completed a public offering of securities and paid the placement agent, WestPark Capital, Inc., a cash fee of $350,000, and, for a purchase price of $100, issued to the placement agent a warrant exercisable into 5,479 shares of Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

Real goods solar, inc.

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES A 12.5% MANDATORILY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

PURSUANT TO SECTIONs 7-106-102, 7-110-101 and 7-110-102 OF THE

Colorado GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

 

The undersigned, Dennis Lacey and Michael McCloskey, do hereby certify that:

 

1. They are the Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, respectively, of Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

 

2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 50 million shares of preferred stock, none of which have been issued.

 

3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) on September 9, 2016:

 

WHEREAS, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 50 million shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof, of any of them; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, limitations and other matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of up to 2,940 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, limitations and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:

 

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TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK

 

Section 1 .            Definitions . For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

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

 

Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).

 

Attribution Parties ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

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

 

Base Set Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

 

Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

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

 

Buy-In ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(iv).

 

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Change of Control Transaction ” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of: (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Corporation, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Corporation (other than by means of conversion or exercise of Preferred Stock and the other Securities); (b) the Corporation merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Corporation and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Corporation or the successor entity of such transaction; (c) the Corporation sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction; (d) a replacement at one time or within a one year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Board of Directors on any date whose nomination to the Board of Directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are members on the Original Issue Date); or (e) the execution by the Corporation of an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above.

 

Closing ” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 4 of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all conditions precedent to (i) each underwriter’s obligations to pay the purchase price under the Underwriting Agreement, and (ii) the Corporation’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.

 

Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the Corporation’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

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Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

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

 

Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

 

Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

 

Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

 

Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question: (a) the Corporation shall have duly honored all conversions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the applicable Holder on or prior to the dates so requested or required, if any; (b) the Corporation shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the applicable Holder in respect of the Preferred Stock; (c) (i) there is an effective registration statement pursuant to which either: (A) the Corporation may issue Conversion Shares; or (B) the Holders are permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Corporation believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future); or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Corporation as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders; or (iii) all of the Conversion Shares may be issued to the Holder pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and immediately resold without restriction; (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares of Common stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Corporation believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future); (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized, but unissued and otherwise unreserved, shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents; (f) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock in question to the applicable Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 6(d) herein; (g) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated; (h) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information.

 

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

 

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Exempt Issuance ” means the issuance of: (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Corporation pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company; (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any securities issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of the Purchase Agreement (including, but not limited to, issuances pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes and the Series G Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in connection therewith), provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of the Purchase Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of any such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations); (c) up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act to the lender, or any successor thereto, who is a party to any revolving credit facility outstanding prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement; and (d) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Corporation, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Corporation and shall provide to the Corporation additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Corporation is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities.

 

Forced Conversion Amount ” means the sum of (a) 100% of the aggregate Stated Value then outstanding, (b) accrued but unpaid dividends and (c) all fees, liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of the Preferred Stock.

 

Forced Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.

 

Forced Conversion Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.

 

Forced Conversion Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.

 

Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).

 

GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Holder ” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.

 

Junior Securities ” means the Common Stock and all other Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari passu to the Preferred Stock in dividend rights or liquidation preference.

 

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Liquidation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d).

 

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

Purchase Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

 

Securities ” means the Preferred Stock, the Warrants, the Warrant Shares and the Underlying Shares.

 

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

 

Senior Notes ” means any one or more of the $10,000,000 original face amount of the Company’s Senior Secured Convertible Notes due April 1, 2019.

 

Set Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

Share Delivery Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

 

Stated Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2, as the same may be increased pursuant to Section 3.

 

Subsidiary ” means any active material subsidiary of the Corporation and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect active material subsidiary of the Corporation formed or acquired after the date of the Purchase Agreement.

 

Successor Entity ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).

 

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

 

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

 

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Transaction Documents ” means this Certificate of Designation, the Underwriting Agreement, the Warrants, the Lock-Up Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Transfer Agent ” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the current transfer agent of the Corporation with a mailing address of 8742 Lucent Boulevard, Suite 225, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80129, and a facsimile number of 303-262-0609, and any successor transfer agent of the Corporation.

 

Underlying Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issued and issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, upon exercise of the Warrants and issued and issuable in lieu of the cash payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of this Certificate of Designation.

 

Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2016, between the Corporation and Roth Capital Partners, LLC as representative of the several underwriters named on Schedule I thereto, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b)  if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Preferred Stock then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Corporation.

 

Warrants ” means, collectively, the Series H Warrants to Purchase Common Stock delivered to the Holder at the Closing in accordance with Section 4 of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Warrant Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

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Section 2 .            Designation, Amount and Par Value . The series of preferred stock shall be designated as its Series A 12.5% Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Stock ”) and the number of shares so designated shall be up to 2,940 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of all of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each, a “ Holder ” and collectively, the “ Holders ”)). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.0001 per share and a stated value equal to $1,000, subject to increase set forth in Section 3 below (the “ Stated Value ”).

 

Section 3 .            Dividends .

 

a)           Dividends in Cash or in Kind . Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, cumulative dividends at the rate per share (as a percentage of the Stated Value per share) of 12.5% per annum, payable on the first Business Day of each month beginning on October 1, 2016, to Holders of record on the 15 th day of the preceding month, and on each Conversion Date to the converting Holder (with respect only to Preferred Stock being converted) (each such date, a “ Dividend Payment Date ”) (if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Trading Day, the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Trading Day) in cash; provided , however , if funds are not legally available for the payment of dividends, then such dividends shall accrete as of each Dividend Payment Date to, and increase, the outstanding Stated Value, and shall thereafter be considered fully paid and no longer accrued and unpaid dividends.

 

b)           Dividend Calculations . Dividends on the Preferred Stock shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date, and shall be deemed to accrue from such date whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends. Dividends shall cease to accrue with respect to any Preferred Stock converted, provided that, the Corporation actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 6(c)(i) herein.

 

c)           Late Fees . Any dividends, other than with respect to dividends that accrete to, and increase, the outstanding Stated Value pursuant to Section 3(a) if funds are not legally available for the payment of dividends, that are not paid within three Trading Days following a Dividend Payment Date shall continue to accrue and shall entail a late fee, which must be paid in cash, at the rate of 18% per annum or the lesser rate permitted by applicable law which shall accrue daily from the Dividend Payment Date through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

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d)           Other Securities . So long as any Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary thereof shall redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any Junior Securities. So long as any Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary thereof shall directly or indirectly pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution upon (other than a dividend or distribution described in Section 6 or dividends due and paid in the ordinary course on preferred stock of the Corporation at such times when the Corporation is in compliance with its payment and other obligations hereunder), nor shall any distribution be made in respect of, any Junior Securities as long as any dividends due on the Preferred Stock remain unpaid, nor shall any monies be set aside for or applied to the purchase or redemption (through a sinking fund or otherwise) of any Junior Securities or shares pari passu with the Preferred Stock.

 

Section 4 .            Voting Rights . Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock voting separately as a single class with one vote per share of Preferred Stock, in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or at a meeting of such Holders: (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation; (b) authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a Liquidation (as defined in Section 5) senior to, or otherwise pari passu with, the Preferred Stock; (c) amend its certificate of incorporation or other charter documents in any manner that adversely affects any rights of the Holders; (d) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock; or (e) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 5 .            Liquidation . Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “ Liquidation ”), the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Corporation an amount equal to the Stated Value, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon and any other fees or liquidated damages then due and owing thereon under this Certificate of Designation, for each share of Preferred Stock before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities, and if the assets of the Corporation shall be insufficient to pay in full such amounts, then the entire assets to be distributed to the Holders shall be ratably distributed among the Holders in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. A Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction shall not be deemed a Liquidation. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.

 

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Section 6 .            Conversion .

 

a)           Conversions at Option of Holder . Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the second Trading Day following the Original Issue Date, at the option of the Holder thereof, into that number of shares of Common Stock (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(d)) determined by dividing the Stated Value of such share of Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation or its agent appointed to administer conversion of the Preferred Stock with: (i) with respect to certificated shares of Preferred Stock, the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A; or (ii) with respect to Preferred Stock held in electronic form through a broker, bank or other nominee, an electronic notice through the Depository Trust Company (each, a “ Notice of Conversion ”). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Corporation or its agent appointed to administer conversion of the Preferred Stock (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. Upon delivery of the Notice of Conversion by a Holder, such Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Conversion Shares with respect to which the Preferred Stock has been converted, irrespective of the date such Conversion Shares are credited to the Holder’s Depository Trust Company account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Conversion Shares, as the case may be. A beneficial owner of shares of Preferred Stock held in electronic form through a broker, bank or other nominee may submit an informational Notice of Conversion to the Company via facsimile or email and upon the Company’s receipt or deemed receipt of such notice, such beneficial owner shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Conversion Shares for purposes of Rule 200 under Commission Regulation SHO so long as such beneficial owner also causes its broker, bank or other nominee to submit a Notice of Conversion by way of an electronic notice through the Depository Trust Company within one Trading Day of delivery of the informational Notice of Conversion. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. Further, the calculations made by the Corporation or its agent appointed to administer conversion of the Preferred Stock concerning information required in a Notice of Conversion in the form attached hereto as Annex A that is not actually provided in a Notice of Conversion, shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. With respect to Preferred Stock held in electronic form through a broker, bank or other nominee, if required by the Transfer Agent, Holder shall cause its broker, bank or nominee to return to the Corporation, in electronic form, the number of shares of Preferred Stock being converted. Shares of Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued.

 

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b) Conversion Price . The conversion price for the Preferred Stock shall be equal to the lesser of: (i) $5.50, subject to adjustment herein (the “ Set Price ”); and (ii) 87.5% of the lowest VWAP during the five Trading Days ending on, and including, the date that a Notice of Conversion is tendered to the Corporation (the lower of (i) and (ii), the “ Conversion Price ”); provided , however , the Conversion Price in connection with a forced conversion pursuant to Section 8 shall be the lesser of: (y) the then Set Price; and (z) 75% of the lowest VWAP during the five Trading Days ending on, and including, the Forced Conversion Date). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the earlier of: (I) the redemption or repayment in full of the Senior Notes; and (II) the maturity date of the Senior Notes, the Set Price shall be reduced, and only reduced, to the lower of: (A) the then Set Price; and (B) 100% of the VWAP on such date. Further, in no event shall the Conversion Price be less than $1.10.

 

c) Mechanics of Conversion

 

i.           Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion . Not later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder: (A) the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock, which Conversion Shares shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends (if the Corporation is required to pay accrued dividends in cash). The Corporation shall deliver the Conversion Shares electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

 

ii.           Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares . If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation (if applicable) and the Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion.

 

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iii.           Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages . The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the Stated Value of its Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Corporation shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Stated Value of Preferred Stock being converted, $50 per Trading Day (increasing to $100 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day and increasing to $200 per Trading Day on the sixth Trading Day after such damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

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iv.           Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion . In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Corporation fails for any reason to deliver to a Holder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6(c)(i), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Corporation shall: (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions): and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Preferred Stock submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(c)(i). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Corporation, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporation’s failure to timely deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

v.           Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

vi.           Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Corporation shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vii.           Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

 

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d)           Beneficial Ownership Limitation . The Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “ Attribution Parties ”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon: (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Stated Value of Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties; and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Preferred Stock or the Warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6(d) applies, the determination of whether the Preferred Stock is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of Preferred Stock are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether the shares of Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many shares of the Preferred Stock are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Holder will be deemed to represent to the Corporation each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Corporation shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder . For purposes of this Section 6(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Corporation or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Corporation shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to such 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 Corporation, including the Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder. A Holder, upon notice to the Corporation, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6(d) applicable to its Preferred Stock provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Preferred Stock held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 6(d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation and shall only apply to such Holder and no other Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of Preferred Stock.

 

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Section 7 .            Certain Adjustments .

 

a)           Stock Dividends and Stock Splits . If the Corporation, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents; (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares; (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares; or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then the Set Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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b)           Subsequent Equity Sales . If, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding, the Corporation or any Subsidiary, as applicable sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the then Set Price (such lower price, the “ Base Set Price ” and such issuances, collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the Set Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Set Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Set Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Set Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 7(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Corporation shall notify the Holders in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 7(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the “ Dilutive Issuance Notice ”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 7(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holders are entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Set Price on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether a Holder accurately refers to the Base Set Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

c)           Subsequent Rights Offerings . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7(a) above, if at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then 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 such Holder’s Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights ( provided , however , to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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

 

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e)           Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person; (ii) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions; (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock; (iv) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property; or (v) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “ Fundamental Transaction ”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of this Preferred Stock), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Corporation, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “ Alternate Consideration ”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of this Preferred Stock). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Certificate of Designation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders’ right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The Corporation shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the survivor (the “ Successor Entity ”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Preferred Stock, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Preferred Stock which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Preferred Stock) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Corporation” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein.

 

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f)           Calculations . All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.

 

g)           Notice to the Holders .

 

i.           Adjustment to Conversion Price . Whenever the Set Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Set Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii.           Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder . If: (A) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock; (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; or (E) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then, in each case, the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to each Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating; (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined; or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries, the Corporation shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Preferred Stock (or any part hereof) during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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Section 8 .           Forced Conversion . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on September 26, 2016, the Corporation shall deliver a written notice to all Holders (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ” and the date such notice is delivered to all Holders, the “ Forced Conversion Notice Date ”) to cause each Holder to convert all or part of such Holder’s Preferred Stock (as specified in such Forced Conversion Notice) plus all accrued, but unpaid dividends thereon and all liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of the Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6, it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 6 shall be deemed to occur on the third Trading Day following the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such third Trading Day, the “ Forced Conversion Date ”). The Corporation may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Corporation shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions have been met on each Trading Day during the period beginning on the Forced Conversion Notice Date through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the Trading Day after the date that the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to such forced conversion are actually delivered to the Holders pursuant to the Forced Conversion Notice; provided , however , in the event that all of the Equity Conditions are met other than clause (f) (Beneficial Ownership Limitation) thereunder, then the dividend shall cease to accrue as of such Forced Conversion Date and Sections 3(d), 7(b) and Section 9 shall be deemed null and void and of no further force or effect. For purposes of clarification, a forced conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 6, including, without limitation, the provisions requiring payment of liquidated damages and limitations on conversions.

 

Section 9 .           Negative Covenants . As long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, unless the Holders of at least 51% in Stated Value of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

a)          amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of the Holder;

 

b)          repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents or Junior Securities, other than as to (i) the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares as permitted or required under the Transaction Documents and (ii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Corporation, provided that such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers and directors for so long as the Preferred Stock is outstanding;

 

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c)          pay cash dividends or distributions on Junior Securities of the Corporation;

 

d)          enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Corporation which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Corporation (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

 

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

 

Section 10 .          [RESERVED]

 

Section 11 .           Miscellaneous .

 

a)           Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion (other than a Notice of Conversion required to be submitted electronically through the Depository Trust Company), shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at 833 W. South Boulder Road, Louisville, CO 80027-2452, Attention: Dennis J. Lacey, Chief Executive Officer, facsimile number 303-845-9905, or by email to “conversion@rgsenergy.com,“ or such other facsimile number, email address or address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 11. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by email or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, email address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (i) the date of transmission, (A) if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or via email at the email address set forth in this Section prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, or (B) if such notice or communication is a Notice of Conversion required to be submitted electronically through the Depository Trust Company pursuant to Section 6(a) and submitted prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date; (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or by email at the email address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day; (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service; or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

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b)           Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Designation shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay liquidated damages, accrued dividends and accrued interest, as applicable, on the shares of Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

c)           Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate . If a Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.

 

d)           Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “ New York Courts ”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

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e)           Waiver . Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing.

 

f)           Severability . If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.

 

g)           Next Business Day . Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

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

 

i)           Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock . Shares of Preferred Stock may only be issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Corporation be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations in accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Colorado law.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this 9th day of September, 2016.

 

/s/ Dennis Lacey   /s/ Michael McCloskey
 Name: Dennis Lacey    Name: Michael McCloskey
 Title: Chief Executive Officer    Title: Secretary

 

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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert Shares of Preferred Stock)

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of Real Goods Solar, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “ Corporation ”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as may be required by the Corporation in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

Date to Effect Conversion: _______________________________________________  
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: __________________  
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: __________________________  
 
Stated Value of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: ____________________ ___  
 
Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: _____________________________  
 
Applicable Conversion Price:_____________________________________________  
 
Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion: ________________ __  
 

Address for Delivery: ______________________

or

DWAC Instructions:

Broker no: _________

Account no: ___________

 

  HOLDER
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

Roth Capital Partners, LLC

888 San Clemente Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that you, as the representative (the “Representative”) of the several underwriters named therein, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Real Goods Solar, Inc, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), relating to a proposed offering of securities of the Company (the “Offering”) including shares of Class A 12.5% Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), and Series H warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

In consideration of the foregoing, and in order to induce you to participate in the Offering, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), the undersigned will not, during the period (the “Lock-Up Period”) beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date 90 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Offering (the “Final Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (including without limitation, shares of Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the shares of, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or (4) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specific in clause (1), (2) or (3) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this letter agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Representative waives such extension.

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in clause (1) and (2) above shall not apply to: (a) transfers: (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein; or (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value; (b) the acquisition or exercise of any stock option issued pursuant to the Company’s existing stock option plan, including any exercise effected by the delivery of shares of Common Stock of the Company held by the undersigned; or (c) the purchase or sale of the Company’s securities pursuant to a plan, contract or instruction that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) that was in effect prior to the date hereof. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

 

The foregoing restrictions are expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of shares of Common Stock even if such securities would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put option or put equivalent position or call option or call equivalent position) with respect to any of the shares of Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such shares.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

 

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar or depositary against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

 

 

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   
  Name: