Form 1-A Issuer Information UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 1-A
REGULATION A OFFERING STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OMB APPROVAL

FORM 1-A

OMB Number: 3235-0286


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1-A: Filer Information

Issuer CIK
0001691077
Issuer CCC
XXXXXXXX
DOS File Number
Offering File Number
024-10654
Is this a LIVE or TEST Filing? LIVE TEST
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Since Last Filing?

Submission Contact Information

Name
Phone
E-Mail Address

1-A: Item 1. Issuer Information

Issuer Infomation

Exact name of issuer as specified in the issuer's charter
YayYo, Inc.
Jurisdiction of Incorporation / Organization
DELAWARE
Year of Incorporation
2016
CIK
0001691077
Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code
SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
81-3028414
Total number of full-time employees
10
Total number of part-time employees
3

Contact Infomation

Address of Principal Executive Offices

Address 1
433 NORTH CAMDEN DRIVE
Address 2
SUITE 600
City
Beverly Hills
State/Country
CALIFORNIA
Mailing Zip/ Postal Code
90210
Phone
310-926-2643

Provide the following information for the person the Securities and Exchange Commission's staff should call in connection with any pre-qualification review of the offering statement.

Name
Joe Tagliaferro (CKR Law, LLP)
Address 1
Address 2
City
State/Country
Mailing Zip/ Postal Code
Phone

Provide up to two e-mail addresses to which the Securities and Exchange Commission's staff may send any comment letters relating to the offering statement. After qualification of the offering statement, such e-mail addresses are not required to remain active.

Financial Statements

Industry Group (select one) Banking Insurance Other

Use the financial statements for the most recent period contained in this offering statement to provide the following information about the issuer. The following table does not include all of the line items from the financial statements. Long Term Debt would include notes payable, bonds, mortgages, and similar obligations. To determine "Total Revenues" for all companies selecting "Other" for their industry group, refer to Article 5-03(b)(1) of Regulation S-X. For companies selecting "Insurance", refer to Article 7-04 of Regulation S-X for calculation of "Total Revenues" and paragraphs 5 and 7 of Article 7-04 for "Costs and Expenses Applicable to Revenues".

Balance Sheet Information

Cash and Cash Equivalents
$ 308738.00
Investment Securities
$ 0.00
Total Investments
$
Accounts and Notes Receivable
$ 0.00
Loans
$
Property, Plant and Equipment (PP&E):
$ 2036342.00
Property and Equipment
$
Total Assets
$ 2358486.00
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
$ 131453.00
Policy Liabilities and Accruals
$
Deposits
$
Long Term Debt
$ 552588.00
Total Liabilities
$ 1685245.00
Total Stockholders' Equity
$ 673241.00
Total Liabilities and Equity
$ 2358486.00

Statement of Comprehensive Income Information

Total Revenues
$ 235690.00
Total Interest Income
$
Costs and Expenses Applicable to Revenues
$ 213111.00
Total Interest Expenses
$
Depreciation and Amortization
$ 0.00
Net Income
$ -4100301.00
Earnings Per Share - Basic
$ -0.16
Earnings Per Share - Diluted
$ -0.16
Name of Auditor (if any)
AJ Robbins CPA, LLC

Outstanding Securities

Common Equity

Name of Class (if any) Common Equity
Common Equity
Common Equity Units Outstanding
25770551
Common Equity CUSIP (if any):
000000000
Common Equity Units Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any)
none

Preferred Equity

Preferred Equity Name of Class (if any)
Series A Preferred Stock
Preferred Equity Units Outstanding
0
Preferred Equity CUSIP (if any)
000000000
Preferred Equity Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any)
none

Debt Securities

Debt Securities Name of Class (if any)
Debt Securities
Debt Securities Units Outstanding
909889
Debt Securities CUSIP (if any):
000000000
Debt Securities Name of Trading Center or Quotation Medium (if any)
none

1-A: Item 2. Issuer Eligibility

Issuer Eligibility

Check this box to certify that all of the following statements are true for the issuer(s)

1-A: Item 3. Application of Rule 262

Application Rule 262

Check this box to certify that, as of the time of this filing, each person described in Rule 262 of Regulation A is either not disqualified under that rule or is disqualified but has received a waiver of such disqualification.

Check this box if "bad actor" disclosure under Rule 262(d) is provided in Part II of the offering statement.

1-A: Item 4. Summary Information Regarding the Offering and Other Current or Proposed Offerings

Summary Infomation

Check the appropriate box to indicate whether you are conducting a Tier 1 or Tier 2 offering Tier1 Tier2
Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the financial statements have been audited Unaudited Audited
Types of Securities Offered in this Offering Statement (select all that apply)
Equity (common or preferred stock)
Does the issuer intend to offer the securities on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3)? Yes No
Does the issuer intend this offering to last more than one year? Yes No
Does the issuer intend to price this offering after qualification pursuant to Rule 253(b)? Yes No
Will the issuer be conducting a best efforts offering? Yes No
Has the issuer used solicitation of interest communications in connection with the proposed offering? Yes No
Does the proposed offering involve the resale of securities by affiliates of the issuer? Yes No
Number of securities offered
6250000
Number of securities of that class outstanding
25770551

The information called for by this item below may be omitted if undetermined at the time of filing or submission, except that if a price range has been included in the offering statement, the midpoint of that range must be used to respond. Please refer to Rule 251(a) for the definition of "aggregate offering price" or "aggregate sales" as used in this item. Please leave the field blank if undetermined at this time and include a zero if a particular item is not applicable to the offering.

Price per security
$ 8.0000
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to securities being offered on behalf of the issuer
$ 50000000.00
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to securities being offered on behalf of selling securityholders
$ 0.00
The portion of the aggregate offering price attributable to all the securities of the issuer sold pursuant to a qualified offering statement within the 12 months before the qualification of this offering statement
$ 0.00
The estimated portion of aggregate sales attributable to securities that may be sold pursuant to any other qualified offering statement concurrently with securities being sold under this offering statement
$ 0.00
Total (the sum of the aggregate offering price and aggregate sales in the four preceding paragraphs)
$ 50000000.00

Anticipated fees in connection with this offering and names of service providers

Underwriters - Name of Service Provider
Underwriters - Fees
$
Sales Commissions - Name of Service Provider
Sales Commissions - Fee
$
Finders' Fees - Name of Service Provider
Finders' Fees - Fees
$
Audit - Name of Service Provider
Audit - Fees
$
Legal - Name of Service Provider
Legal - Fees
$
Promoters - Name of Service Provider
Promoters - Fees
$
Blue Sky Compliance - Name of Service Provider
Blue Sky Compliance - Fees
$
CRD Number of any broker or dealer listed:
Estimated net proceeds to the issuer
$
Clarification of responses (if necessary)

1-A: Item 5. Jurisdictions in Which Securities are to be Offered

Jurisdictions in Which Securities are to be Offered

Using the list below, select the jurisdictions in which the issuer intends to offer the securities

Selected States and Jurisdictions
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
PUERTO RICO
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING

Using the list below, select the jurisdictions in which the securities are to be offered by underwriters, dealers or sales persons or check the appropriate box

None
Same as the jurisdictions in which the issuer intends to offer the securities
Selected States and Jurisdictions

ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
PUERTO RICO
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING

1-A: Item 6. Unregistered Securities Issued or Sold Within One Year

Unregistered Securities Issued or Sold Within One Year

None

Unregistered Securities Issued

As to any unregistered securities issued by the issuer of any of its predecessors or affiliated issuers within one year before the filing of this Form 1-A, state:

(a)Name of such issuer
YayYo, LLC
(b)(1) Title of securities issued
Common Stock
(2) Total Amount of such securities issued
25770551
(3) Amount of such securities sold by or for the account of any person who at the time was a director, officer, promoter or principal securityholder of the issuer of such securities, or was an underwriter of any securities of such issuer.
0
(c)(1) Aggregate consideration for which the securities were issued and basis for computing the amount thereof.
6257225
(2) Aggregate consideration for which the securities listed in (b)(3) of this item (if any) were issued and the basis for computing the amount thereof (if different from the basis described in (c)(1)).

Unregistered Securities Act

(e) Indicate the section of the Securities Act or Commission rule or regulation relied upon for exemption from the registration requirements of such Act and state briefly the facts relied upon for such exemption
Exempted from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities;

 

As submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2018

 

Registration No. 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 1-A

(AMENDMENT #8)

 

REGULATION A OFFERING CIRCULAR

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

YAYYO, INC.

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

433 No. Camden Drive, Suite 600

Beverly Hills, California 90210

(310) 926-2643

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of issuer’s principal executive office)

 

Harvard Business Services, Inc.

16192 Coastal Highway

Lewes, Delaware 19958

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

 

Joe Tagliaferro, Esq.

Elliot Weiss, Esq.

CKR Law, LLP

1800 Century Park East, Fl. 14

Los Angeles, California 90067

Telephone: (310) 400-0110

 

7371   81-3028414

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

This Offering Circular shall only be qualified upon order of the Commission, unless a subsequent amendment is filed indicating the intention to become qualified by operation of the terms of Regulation A.

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE 

 

This Post-Qualification Offering Circular Amendment No.8 amends the offering circular of YayYo, Inc., as qualified on March 17, 2017, as further amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Offering Circular”), to update information contained in the offering circular.

 

 

POST-QUALIFICATION OFFERING CIRCULAR March 28, 2018

 

 

 

YayYo, Inc.

 

Maximum Offering Amount: $50,000,000

 

This is our initial public offering (the “Offering”) of securities of YayYo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). We are offering a maximum of Six Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (6,250,000) shares (the “Maximum Offering”) of our common stock, par value $0.000001 (the “Common Stock”) at an offering price of Eight Dollars ($8.00) per share (the “Shares”) on a “best efforts” basis. This Offering will terminate on the earlier of (i) March 16, 2018; or (ii) the date on which the Maximum Offering is sold (in either case, the “Termination Date”). There is no escrow established for this Offering. We will hold closings upon the receipt of investors’ subscriptions and acceptance of such subscriptions by the Company. If, on the initial closing date, we have sold less than the Maximum Offering, then we may hold one or more additional closings for additional sales, until the earlier of: (i) the sale of the Maximum Offering or (ii) the Termination Date. There is no aggregate minimum requirement for the Offering to become effective, therefore, we reserve the right, subject to applicable securities laws, to begin applying “dollar one” of the proceeds from the Offering in accordance with the Use of Proceeds section of this Offering Circular (See section “Use of Proceeds”) and such other uses as more specifically set forth in this offering circular (“Offering Circular”). We expect to commence the sale of the Shares as of the date on which the offering statement of which this Offering Circular is a part (the Offering Statement) is qualified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

Prior to this Offering, there has been no public market for our Common Stock. The Company intends to apply to list its Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “YAYO.” However, in order to meet the minimum initial listing requirements to list our Common Stock on Nasdaq. For further information, see “Plan of Distribution – Exchange Listing” of this Offering Circular. In the event our Shares are not approved for trading on Nasdaq, we expect that the Offered Shares will be quoted on the OTC Market QX Exchange, although we may elect to defer trading our Shares on Nasdaq or the OTC Market.

 

We are offering our Shares in this Offering at an $8.00 per Share Offering price, based on a valuation of our Company and its subsidiaries prior to this Offering. Such Offering price and our valuation was determined by management in order to attract investors in this Offering. The valuation of our currently outstanding shares of Common Stock and the $8.00 per share Offering price of the Common Stock has been arbitrarily determined by the Company and is not based on book value, assets, earnings or any other recognizable standard of value.

 

The Company is an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced reporting requirements for this Offering Circular and future filing after this Offering.  Following this Offering, the Company will be a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance rules of Nasdaq.

 

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Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” for a discussion of certain risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in our Common Stock.

 

THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

 

    Price to Public     Commissions1     Proceeds to the Company2  
Per Share   $ 8.00     $ 0.80     $ 7.20  
Maximum Offering   $ 50,000,000.00     $ 5,000,000.00     $ 45,000,000.00  

 

THE SECURITIES UNDERLYING THIS OFFERING STATEMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD UNTIL QUALIFIED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL, NOR SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY, ANY SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK IN ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH SALE IS PROHIBITED.

 

INVESTMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK, AND INVESTORS SHOULD NOT INVEST ANY FUNDS IN THIS OFFERING UNLESS THEY CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. SEE “RISK FACTORS” FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN RISKS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE PURCHASING ANY SHARES IN THIS OFFERING.

 

AN OFFERING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, WHICH WE REFER TO AS THE COMMISSION. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION IS QUALIFIED. THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR MAY THERE BE ANY SALES OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. WE MAY ELECT TO SATISFY OUR OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF OUR SALE TO YOU THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR OR THE OFFERING STATEMENT IN WHICH SUCH FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.

 

The following would apply only if we are unable to obtain a listing on Nasdaq or other national securities exchange and we seek for our Common Stock to trade on a platform of the OTC Markets:

 

GENERALLY, NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR YOUR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(D)(2)(I)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO WWW.INVESTOR.GOV.

 

This Offering Circular follows the disclosure format prescribed by Part I of Form S-1 pursuant to the general instructions of Part II(a)(1)(ii) of Form 1-A.

 

The date of this Offering Circular is March 28, 2018.

 

 

1 Includes up to $5,000,000 or 10% of the gross proceeds of this Offering for sales commissions, provided that at this time the Company has not determined if it will require these services or such selected service providers. The Company reserves the right to engage one or more FINRA-member broker-dealers or placement agents in its discretion.

 

2 Does not include expenses of the Offering, including fees for administrative, accounting, audit and legal services, FINRA filing fees, fees for EDGAR document conversion and filing, and website posting fees, estimated to be as much as $250,000.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 5
SUMMARY 5
THE OFFERING 11
RISK FACTORS 12
USE OF PROCEEDS 43
DILUTION 44
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION & RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 46
OUR BUSINESS 54
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 62
EMPLOYEES 62
LITIGATION 63
REAL PROPERTY 63
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 63
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 69
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS & RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 70
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT & CERTAIN SECURITY HOLDERS 72
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES 73

DIVIDEND POLICY

76
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE 76
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 77
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFERING 78
LEGAL MATTERS 80
EXPERTS 80
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 80
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1

 

We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our securities only in jurisdictions where such offers and sales are permitted. You should rely only on the information contained in this Offering Circular. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than the information contained in this Offering Circular. The information contained in this Offering Circular is accurate only as of its date, regardless of the time of its delivery or of any sale or delivery of our securities. Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale or delivery of our securities shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in our affairs since the date of this Offering Circular. This Offering Circular will be updated and made available for delivery to the extent required by the federal securities laws.

 

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Unless otherwise indicated, data contained in this Offering Circular concerning the business of the Company are based on information from various public sources. Although we believe that these data are generally reliable, such information is inherently imprecise, and our estimates and expectations based on these data involve a number of assumptions and limitations. As a result, you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such data, estimates or expectations.

 

In this Offering Circular, unless the context indicates otherwise, references to “YayYo,” “we,” the “Company,” “our,” and “us” refer to the activities of and the assets and liabilities of the business and operations of YayYo, Inc.

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some of the statements under “Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” "Our Business" and elsewhere in this Offering Circular constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “anticipate”, “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will” and “would” or the negatives of these terms or other comparable terminology.

 

You should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. The cautionary statements set forth in this Offering Circular, including in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere, identify important factors which you should consider in evaluating our forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things:

 

· Our ability to effectively operate our business segments;

 

· Our ability to manage our research, development, expansion, growth and operating expenses;

 

· Our ability to evaluate and measure our business, prospects and performance metrics;

 

· Our ability to compete, directly and indirectly, and succeed in the highly competitive and evolving ridesharing industry;

 

· Our ability to respond and adapt to changes in technology and customer behavior; and

 

· Our ability to protect our intellectual property and to develop, maintain and enhance a strong brand.

 

Although the forward-looking statements in this Offering Circular are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations, taking into account all information currently available to us, we cannot guarantee future transactions, results, performance, achievements or outcomes. No assurance can be made to any investor by anyone that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements will be attained, or that deviations from them will not be material and adverse. We undertake no obligation, other than as may be required by law, to re-issue this Offering Circular or otherwise make public statements updating our forward-looking statements.

 

OFFERING CIRCULAR SUMMARY

 

This Offering Circular contains a fair summary of the material terms of documents summarized herein. All concepts, goals, estimates and business intentions are revealed and disclosed as such that are known to management as of the date of this Offering Circular. Circumstances may change so as to alter the information presented herein at a later date. This material will be updated by Amendment to this document and by means of press releases and other communications to Shareholders. You should carefully read the entire Offering Circular, including the risks associated with an investment in the company discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this Offering Circular, before making an investment decision. Some of the statements in this Offering Circular are forward-looking statements. See the section entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

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As used in this Offering Circular, all references to “YayYo,” “capital stock,” “Common Stock,” “Shares,” “preferred stock,” “stockholders,” “shareholders” applies only to YayYo, Inc. As used in this Offering Circular, the terms “Company,” “we,” “our” or words of like import mean YayYo, Inc., and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, which currently consist of Distinct Cars, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Distinct Cars”), Rideshare Car Rentals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideshare”), Savvy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Savvy”) and Rideyayyo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideyayyo”). All references in this Offering Circular to “years” and “fiscal years” means the twelve-month period ended December 31st.

 

As at the date of this Offering Circular, the YayYo, Inc., has authorized for issuance up to Ninety-Million (90,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share (“Common Stock”) and Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.000001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), and an aggregate of 25,847,969 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding.

 

Corporate History and Information

 

The Company was formed on June 21, 2016 under the name “YayYo, LLC,” which was converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to the unanimous written consent of our former manager and members in a transaction intended to be tax-free under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Conversion”). Pursuant to the Conversion, the members of YayYo, LLC have assigned, transferred, exchanged and converted their respective limited liability company membership interests of YayYo, LLC to the Company in exchange for common stock shares (“Common Stock”) of the Company. All of the YayYo, LLC’s liabilities and assets, including its intellectual property, were automatically transferred to the Company and the Company has assumed ownership of such assets and liabilities upon the filing of the “Certificate of Conversion from a Delaware Limited Liability Company to a Delaware Corporation” with the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 265 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company now operates as a “C” corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Our mailing address is YayYo, Inc., 433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210 and our telephone number is (310) 926-2643. Our website address is www.yayyo.com. The information contained therein or accessible thereby shall not be deemed to be incorporated into this Offering Circular.

 

Business Overview

 

The Company is a holding company operating through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Distinct Cars, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Distinct Cars”), Savvy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Savvy”), Rideyayyo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideyayyo”) and Rideshare Car Rentals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideshare”).

 

On August 12, 2017, we announced that we were shifting our primary corporate focus in the transportation/ridesharing industry from the development of the Metasearch App. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company’s operating business segments include (i) an online peer-to-peer bookings platform to service the ridesharing economy through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rideshare (the “Rideshare Platform”), and (ii) the maintenance of a fleet of standard passenger vehicles to be made commercially available for rent through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Distinct Cars (“Fleet Management”). Through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Rideshare and Distinct Cars, the Company seeks to become the leading provider of a standard rental vehicles to drivers in the ridesharing economy.

 

The Company operations are organized into two business segments across the ridesharing and transportation industry:

 

Rideshare Platform—On October 31, 2017, the Company created the wholly-owned subsidiary, Rideshare to incubate the concept of a proprietary transportation network system focused on the developing of a peer-to-peer booking platform to rent standard passenger vehicles to self-employed ridesharing drivers. The Company has now deployed and launched the Rideshare Platform on it’s operating online platform, Ridesharerental.com (http://www.Ridesharerental.com). The Rideshare Platform is a proprietary peer-to-peer car-rental marketplace that connects the Company’s Fleet Management vehicles, other fleet owners and selected individual car owners with Rideshare drivers seeking rental vehicles.

 

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Fleet Management— On June 10, 2017, the Company formed the wholly-owned subsidiary, Distinct Cars for purposes of developing a fleet management business. The Company’s Fleet Management business focuses on the maintenance of a fleet of brand new standard passenger vehicles, under lease contract with the Company, to be subsequently rented directly to drivers in the ridesharing economy. The Fleet Management business and vehicles are made commercially available through the Company’s Rideshare Platform.

 

The Ridesharing Industry

 

At the most basic level, real-time ridesharing is a service that arranges one-time shared rides on very short notice. The internet-connected, global positioning system (“GPS”) enabled device automatically detects your current location, takes the home location that you have programmed in previously and searches the database for drivers traveling a similar route and willing to pick up passengers. According to Wikipedia.org, “real-time” ridesharing is defined as “a single, or recurring Rideshare trip with no fixed schedule, organized on a one-time basis, with matching of participants occurring as little as a few minutes before departure or as far in advance as the evening before a trip is scheduled to take place”.

 

The growth of the ridesharing economy has resulted in increasing consumer demand for ridesharing services, provided by transportation network companies (“TNC”) such as Lyft, DIDI, VIA, Juno, Gett and Uber, that offer a ridesharing economy service through mobile applications. Ridesharing apps connect people who need a ride with people who have a vehicle and time to drive - notably, not necessarily people who are licensed taxi drivers. Companies like Lyft, DIDI, VIA, Juno, Gett and Uber provide a smartphone app that lets consumers hail a ride, set their destination, and pay without leaving the app itself. The benefits to the consumer is ease of use, availability of rides, and sometimes lower prices than traditional taxis. Many companies require at least some sort of certification for the drivers and take a portion of the drivers’ fares. Drivers can choose when they work (though they can receive bonuses for logging a certain number of hours) and provide their own vehicles. Early entrants in the TNC app space, like Uber and Flywheel, were founded around 2009. Overall, the industry has raised more than $10 billion in venture funding.

 

We believe that we have strong economic prospects by virtue of the following dynamics of the industry:

 

· Continued Growth in Ridesharing Market. The ridesharing services market has grown faster, gone to more places and has produced robust growth and consumer traffic figures since commercial introduction in approximately 2009. The pace of growth is also picking up. It has been reported that Uber took six (6) years before it reached a billion rides in December of 2015, but it took only six (6) months for Uber to get to two billion rides. In the U.S., the number of users of ridesharing services is estimated to increase from 8.2 million in 2014 to 20.4 million in 2020, producing a compounded annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of approximately 13.92% over the seven-year period.

 

· Globalization of Ridesharing. In the same vein, ridesharing which started as an experiment in California has grown into a global marketplace over a short period of time. Asia has emerged as a geographical territory to drive future growth. For example, Didi Chuang, the Chinese ridesharing company, completed 1.43 billion rides just in 2015 and it now claims to have 250 million users in 360 Chinese cities. Ridesharing is also acquiring deep roots in both India and Malaysia, and is making advances in Europe and Latin America, despite regulatory pushback.

 

· Expanding Choices. Consumer options in ridesharing are expanding to attract an even larger audience, such as carpooling and private bus services. The expansion of consumer options has also attracted mass transit customers to more expensive luxury options. In addition, it has been reported that dominant TNC businesses are experimenting with pre-scheduled rides and multiple stops on single trip gain to meet customer needs. Our Fleet Management business and fleet of rental vehicles are designed to put more certified ridesharing vehicles on the roadways to meet the increasing consumer demand of the availability of ridesharing services.

 

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Our Opportunity

 

The increasing demand for ridesharing services has produced an increase in demand by TNC businesses for more ridesharing drivers and vehicles on the road at any given time. The growing demographic of ridesharing drivers, as determined on a global basis, has drawn ridesharing drivers to the ridesharing marketing to perform services for a host of private TNC businesses focused on ridesharing, such as Uber and Lyft. The Company believes that private ridesharing TNC businesses are hiring more than an estimated 50,000 drivers a month to keep pace with the current commercial demand for ridesharing services.

 

Complicating this matter further, many potential ridesharing drivers drawn to the ridesharing market are being rejected or turned away from driving for the private ridesharing TNCs on account of the fact that many potential ridesharing driver’s personal vehicles are failing to meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements imposed on all ridesharing drivers and vehicles by the private ridesharing TNCs. The Ridesharing Qualification Requirements include not only certain requirements on all ridesharing drivers and their respective vehicles (the “Driver Qualification Requirements”) but also additional vehicle safety tests, inspections and precautions on all ridesharing vehicles to be utilized by drivers under employment with the private ridesharing TNCs. Generally, the vehicle safety tests, inspections and precautions require all vehicles to pass a standard vehicle inspection test administered by the respective TNC employer (the “Vehicle Qualification Requirements”, together with the Driver Qualification Requirements, the “Ridesharing Qualification Requirements”). For more information see “Ridesharing Qualification Requirements”. The Company estimates that approximately 30%-50% of potential ridesharing drivers do not own or have access to a car or vehicle that will meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements. Further, the Company believes that this issue surrounding the Ridesharing Qualifications Requirements are exacerbating the problem and resulting in a shortfall of ridesharing drivers on the road at any given time. Private ridesharing TNCs have responded to this issue by actively pursuing programs to get eligible ridesharing drivers into qualified cars that meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements. The Company believes that the TNC line of business and immense capital requirements in developing a fleet management business to service the growing ridesharing industry on such a large scale will restrict the ability of the private ridesharing TNCs to dominate the ridesharing vehicle rental market. Additionally, under the general rules being enforced by the leading TNCs, TNCs are restricted from owning a fleet of vehicles or partaking in the fleet management business. Further, despite the financial resources and scale of the dominant TNCs in the ridesharing business, the Company believes that third-party vehicle rental providers are a necessity to the growth and service of a robust ridesharing market.

 

Our Concurrent and Recent Financing Activities.

 

YayYo Inc., Recent Financing Activities

 

In February 2018, the Company sold 22,500 shares of common stock to two investors for cash proceeds of $18,000.

 

During fiscal year 2017, the Company entered into a series of monthly vehicle leasing agreements with Acme Auto Leasing LLC (the “Lessor”), with an average lease term period of one (1) month per vehicle. As of December 31, 2017, the Company has total lease obligations in the amount of $1,593,291 (collectively, the “Finance Lease Obligations”).

 

On July 15, 2017, the Company and the Lessor entered into an agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue additional consideration to the Lessor in the form of a restricted stock grant in the amount of 100,000 shares of common stock, in exchange for certain terms to be provided by the Lessor under all lease agreements entered into between the Lessor and the Company (the “Lease Side Agreement”).

 

In December 2017, YayYo, Inc., issued a senior secured promissory note to Bellridge Capital, L.P., in the original principal amount of $222,222 (the “First Note”). As an inducement for the secured parties to extend the loan as evidenced by the First Note and to secure complete and timely payment of the First Note, YayYo, Inc., as borrower, issued and granted a security interest in all the assets of the YayYo, Inc., (including a pledge of securities, owned as of record and beneficially by the YayYo, Inc., in the wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company) and its subsidiaries, existing as of the date of issuance of thereafter acquired.

 

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On March 8, 2018, YayYo, Inc., entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Lender purchased (i) a senior secured promissory note in the principal face amount of $6,000,000 due March 8, 2023, subject to extension (the “Second Note”) and (ii) warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares, with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock (defined below) of the Company (the “Warrants”) and 150,000 commitment shares of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, (“Common Stock”) of the Company (the “Commitment Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $6,000,000 (the “Second Note Offering”) to be directed and deposited by the Lender in the Company’s Master Restricted Account (defined below). The principal balance of $6,000,000 on the Second Note bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 100 basis points, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Second Note. The Warrants expire five years from the date of issuance. Further, the Company paid $178,228 of issuance costs associated with the Second Note.

 

YayYo, Inc., obligations to repay and otherwise perform its obligations under the Second Note are secured by a continuing first priority lien and perfected security interest in the $6,000,000 held in the Master Restricted Account (the “Collateral”), to be held and maintained at Umpqua Bank (the “Master Restricted Account”), subject to a deposit account control agreement, dated as of March 7, 2018, by and between the YayYo, Inc., the Lender and Umpqua Bank (the “Controlled Account Agreement”). Subject to the terms of the Second Note and Controlled Account Agreement, upon the exercise of the Warrant and following the YayYo, Inc., receipt of a notice by the holder of the Second Note electing to effect a release of cash with respect to the Collateral or at any such time that the outstanding amount of the Collateral is greater than or exceeds the principal face amount under the Second Note, the Lender will release a certain percentage of cash held as Collateral in the Master Restricted Account to YayYo, Inc. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, YayYo, Inc., will use any proceeds received and distributed from the Master Restricted Account, if at all, for general corporate purposes.

 

In accordance with the Second Note Offering, the Company has agreed to pay Aegis Capital Corp., as placement agent (“Aegis”) a cash placement fee (the “Placement Agent’s Closing Fee”) payable within 48 hours of (but only in the event of) the receipt by the Company of any proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants or options sold in the Second Note Offering equal to 8% of the aggregate cash exercise price received by the Company upon such exercise, if any  (the “Placement Agent’s Fee”). As additional compensation for the services to be provided by Aegis, as the placement agent and investment banker, the Company shall issue to Aegis or its designees at the Closing, warrants (the “Aegis Warrants”) to purchase such number of shares of common stock of the Company (“Placement Agent Warrant Shares”) equal to 8% of the aggregate number of securities placed in the Second Note Offering, plus any securities underlying any convertible securities placed in the Second Note Offering to such purchasers. The Aegis Warrants shall have the same terms, including exercise price and registration rights, as the warrants issued to investors in the Second Note Offering. 

 

Distinct Cars, LLC Recent Financing Activities

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, Distinct Cars, LLC, as lessee, entered into a series of open-ended lease agreements and disclosure statements with Acme Auto Leasing, Inc., (“Lessor”) to lease standard passenger vehicles, each with an approximate lease term of one (1) month (each a “Lease Agreement” and collectively, the “Lease Agreements”). Monthly payments under each Lease Agreement range from approximately $373.01 per month to $621 per month (with only 9 vehicles out of approximately 150 exceeding $373.01 per month). At the end of the term of the Lease Agreement, Lessee has the right to purchase ownership and title of the subject vehicle for a nominal payment. In addition, the Lease Agreements are subject to the grant of a purchase money security interest on each leased vehicle.

 

Distinct Cars, LLC has completed a debt round of financing pursuant to which Distinct Cars raised aggregate gross proceeds in the amount of $252,667 from twenty-nine accredited investors in exchange for senior secured promissory notes issued by Distinct Cars (each a “Distinct Cars Note” and collectively, the “Distinct Cars Notes”). The maturity date under the Distinct Cars Notes is third-six (36) months from the date of issuance (the “DCN Maturity Date”). The principal amount under the Distinct Cars Notes ranges from a minimum amount of $5,000 per Distinct Cars Note up to $20,000 per Distinct Cars Note. The Distinct Cars Notes accrue interest at a rate of 8% per annum with interest due and payable upon the DCN Maturity Date. The principal amount and any unpaid and accrued interest thereunder is due and payable in twelve (12) quarterly installments commencing upon January 1, 2018. The Distinct Cars Notes are secured by a senior secured priority lien in the equity of the fleet of leased automobiles acquired under the Lease Agreements (see Lease Agreements above) subject to subordination in priority lien status to the purchase money security interest held by the lessor under the Lease Agreements. In addition to the total amount of principal and interest owing under the Distinct Cars Note, upon execution of the Distinct Cars Note and placement of funds the holder shall receive a stock grant (the “Stock Grant”) of YayYo Inc., common stock (the “Parent Shares”) in an amount equal to 100% of the principal sum as calculated by a price of $4.00 per share with 30% coverage. The Stock Grant is offered pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D and Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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Risks Related to Our Business

 

Our business and our ability to execute our business strategy are subject to a number of risks as more fully described in the section titled “Risk Factors.” These risks include, but are not limited to the following: 

 

· Our limited operating history by which potential investors may measure our chances of achieving success in under our business model. In addition, our executive officers have a lack of experience in managing companies similar to the Company.

 

· Federal or state regulations concerning the ridesharing industry or adoption of new regulations that could have a material adverse effect on our business segments.

 

· Our ability to pay significant indebtedness.

 

· Our ability to effectively operate our business segments and respond to the highly competitive and rapidly evolving marketplace and regulatory environment in which we intend to operate.

 

· Our ability to manage our expansion, growth and operating expenses.

 

· Our management team’s lack of prior managerial experience within a highly competitive industry, such as the vehicle rental business or transportation industry, subjects our Company to certain qualitative risks and uncertainties.

 

· Our ability to compete, directly and indirectly, and succeed in the highly competitive and evolving ridesharing industry.

 

· No active market for our common stock exists or may develop, and you may not be able to resell your common stock at or above the initial public offering price.

 

· Our ability to protect our intellectual property and to develop, maintain and enhance a strong brand.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of specified reduced disclosure and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include:

 

· only two years of audited financial statements in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure;

 

· reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements;

 

· no non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements; and

 

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· exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting.

 

We may take advantage of these exemptions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company on the date that is the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of this Offering; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC. We may choose to take advantage of some but not all of these exemptions. We have taken advantage of reduced reporting requirements in this Offering Circular. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different from the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold stock. In addition, we may delay the adoption of certain accounting standards and, therefore, will not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

 

REGULATION A+

 

We are offering our Common Stock pursuant to recently adopted rules by the Securities and Exchange Commission mandated under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. These offering rules are often referred to as “Regulation A+.” We are relying upon “Tier 2” of Regulation A+, which allows us to offer of up to $50 million in a 12-month period.

 

In accordance with the requirements of Tier 2 of Regulation A+, we will be required to publicly file annual, semiannual, and current event reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the qualification of the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

THE OFFERING

 

Issuer:   YayYo, Inc.
     
Shares Offered:   A maximum of Six Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (6,250,000) shares of our Common Stock (the “Maximum Offering”), at an offering price of Eight Dollars ($8.00) per share (the “Shares”).
     
Number of shares of Common Stock Outstanding before the Offering:   25,770,551 shares of Common Stock.
     
Number of shares of Common Stock to be Outstanding after the Offering3:   32,020,551 shares of Common Stock if the Maximum Offering is sold.
     

Price per Share:

 

Proposed Listing:

 

Eight Dollars ($8.00).

 

We intend to apply to have our shares of Common Stock approved for listing on Nasdaq under the symbol “YAYO.” However, there can be no assurance that we will meet the initial listing requirements of Nasdaq to list our Common Stock on the Nasdaq exchange. In the event that our application to list our Common Stock on Nasdaq is not approved, the Company may seek to have its Common Stock quoted on the OTCQX over-the-counter exchange operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (the “OTCQX”).

 

There can be no assurance that the Company Common Stock sold in this Offering will be approved for listing on Nasdaq or quoted on the OTCQX or other recognized securities exchange. For more information see the section “Risk Factors.”

 

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Maximum Offering:   Six Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (6,250,000) shares of our Common Stock (the “Maximum Offering”), at an offering price of Eight Dollars ($8.00) per share (the “Shares”), for total gross proceeds of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000).
     
Use of Proceeds:   If we sell all of the Shares being offered, our net proceeds (after our estimated Offering expenses) will be $45,000,000. We will use these net proceeds for the operation of our business segments, working capital and general corporate purposes, and such other purposes described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of this Offering Circular.
     
Risk Factors:   Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors.”

 

RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information included in this Offering Circular, before making an investment decision. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer. In that case, the trading price of our shares of common stock could decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

The discussions and information in this Offering Circular may contain both historical and forward-looking statements. To the extent that the Offering Circular contains forward-looking statements regarding the financial condition, operating results, business prospects, or any other aspect of our business, please be advised that our actual financial condition, operating results, and business performance may differ materially from that projected or estimated by us in forward-looking statements. We have attempted to identify, in context, certain of the factors we currently believe may cause actual future experience and results to differ from our current expectations. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements” above for a discussion of forward-looking statements and the significance of such statements in the context of this Offering Circular.

 

Risks Related to Our Company

 

We have a limited operating history on which to judge our business prospects and management.

 

The Company was incorporated on November 16, 2016 and only commenced operations thereafter. The Company was incorporated pursuant to the simultaneous filing of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as filed and stamped by the Delaware Secretary of State on November 16, 2016, and the “Certificate of Conversion from a Delaware Limited Liability Company to a Delaware Corporation”, as filed and stamped on the same date by the Delaware Secretary of State pursuant to Section 265 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company now operates as a “C” corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware. Accordingly, we have limited operating history upon which to base an evaluation of our business and prospects. You must consider the risks and difficulties we face as a small operating company with limited operating history.

 

On August 12, 2017, we announced that we were shifting our primary corporate focus in the transportation/ridesharing industry towards the vehicle rental business with a focus on developing (i) an online peer-to-peer bookings platform to service the ridesharing economy through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rideshare (the “Rideshare Platform”), and (ii) the maintenance of a fleet of standard passenger vehicles to be made commercially available for rent through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Distinct Cars (“Fleet Management”). Through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Rideshare and Distinct Cars, we have limited operating history in the vehicle rental, fleet management and transportation industry. We have generated $235,690 revenue in revenue for fiscal year 2017.

 

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If we do not successfully address these risks, our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition will be materially and adversely harmed. Operating results for future periods are subject to numerous uncertainties and we cannot assure you that the Company will achieve or sustain profitability. The Company’s prospects must be considered in light of the risks encountered by small operating companies with limited operating history, particularly companies in new and rapidly evolving markets. Operating results will depend upon many factors, including our success in attracting and retaining motivated and qualified personnel, our ability to establish short term credit lines or obtain financing from other sources, such as the contemplated Regulation A+ offering, our ability to develop and market new products, control costs, and general economic conditions. We cannot assure you that the Company will successfully address any of these risks.

 

We will need but may be unable to obtain additional funding on satisfactory terms, which could dilute our shareholders or impose burdensome financial restrictions on our business.

 

We have relied upon cash from financing activities and in the future, we hope to rely more predominantly on revenues generated from operations to fund all of the cash requirements of our activities. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to generate significant cash from our operating activities in the future to funds our continuing operations. Future financings may not be available on a timely basis, in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any debt financing or other financing of securities senior to the Common Stock will likely include financial and other covenants that will restrict our flexibility. Any failure to comply with these covenants would have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations because we could lose our existing sources of funding and impair our ability to secure new sources of funding. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate any investor interest in its securities.

 

We have a history of losses and we expect significant increases in our costs and expenses to result in continuing losses for at least the foreseeable future.

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, we generated a loss of approximately ($4,100,310), bringing the accumulated deficit to approximately ($5,584,010) at December 31, 2017. Increases in costs and expenses may result in a continuation of losses for the foreseeable future. There can be no assurance that we will be commercially successful.

 

We have outstanding debt and lease commitments, which is secured by our assets and it may make it more difficult for us to make payments on the notes and our other debt and lease obligations.

 

As of December 31, 2017, we had outstanding indebtedness totaling approximately $909,889. As of December 31, 2017, we had outstanding lease obligations totaling approximately $1,593,291.

 

Our debt and lease commitments could have important consequences to you. For example, they could:

 

· make it more difficult for us to obtain additional financing in the future for our acquisitions and operations, working capital requirements, capital expenditures, debt service or other general corporate requirements;

 

· require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to the repayment of our debt and the interest associated with our debt rather than to other areas of our business;

 

· limit our operating flexibility due to financial and other restrictive covenants, including restrictions on incurring additional debt, creating liens on our properties, making acquisitions or paying dividends;

 

· make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the notes;

 

· place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and

 

· make us more vulnerable in the event of adverse economic and industry conditions or a downturn in our business.

 

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Our ability to meet our debt service and lease obligations depends on our future financial and operating performance, which will be impacted by general economic conditions and by financial, business and other competitive factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors could include operating difficulties, increased operating costs, competition, regulatory developments and delays in our business strategies. Our ability to meet our debt service and lease obligations may depend in significant part on the extent to which we can successfully execute our business strategy and successfully operate our business segments. We may not be able to execute our business strategy and our business operations may be materially impacted.

 

If our business does not generate sufficient cash flow from operations or future sufficient borrowings are not available to us under our credit agreements or from other sources we might not be able to service our debt and lease commitments, including the notes, or to fund our other liquidity needs. If we are unable to service our debt and lease commitments, due to inadequate liquidity or otherwise, we may have to delay or cancel acquisitions, sell equity securities, sell assets or restructure or refinance our debt. We might not be able to sell our equity securities, sell our assets or restructure or refinance our debt on a timely basis or on satisfactory terms or at all. In addition, the terms of our agreements with original equipment manufacturers or debt agreements may prohibit us from pursuing any of these alternatives.

 

Our Rideshare Platform user metrics and other estimates are subject to inherent challenges in measurement, and real or perceived inaccuracies in those metrics may seriously harm and negatively affect our reputation and our business.

 

We regularly review key metrics related to the operation of our Rideshare Platform business, including, but not limited to, our monthly average users, subscribers and customers to evaluate growth trends, measure our performance, and make strategic decisions. These metrics are calculated using internal company data and have not been validated by an independent third party. Errors or inaccuracies in our metrics or data could result in incorrect business decisions and inefficiencies. For instance, if a significant understatement or overstatement of Rideshare Platform users were to occur, we may expend resources to implement unnecessary business measures or fail to take required actions to attract a sufficient number of users to satisfy our growth strategies.

 

Our Rideshare Platform emphasizes rapid innovation and prioritizes long-term user engagement over short-term financial condition or results of operations. That strategy may yield results that sometimes do not align with the market’s expectations. If that happens, our stock price may be negatively affected.

 

Our Rideshare Platform business is growing and becoming more complex, and our success depends on our ability to quickly develop and launch new and innovative products. We believe our culture fosters this goal. Our focus on complexity and quick reactions could result in unintended outcomes or decisions that are poorly received by our users or partners. Our culture also prioritizes our long-term user engagement over short-term financial condition or results of operations. We frequently make decisions that may reduce our short-term revenue or profitability if we believe that the decisions benefit the aggregate user experience and will thereby improve our financial performance over the long-term. These decisions may not produce the long-term benefits that we expect, in which case, our user growth and engagement, our relationships with advertisers and partners, as well as our business, operating results, and financial condition could be seriously harmed.

 

Our Rideshare Platform and software is highly technical and may contain undetected software bugs or vulnerabilities, which could manifest in ways that could seriously harm our reputation and our business.

 

Our Rideshare Platform and software is highly technical and complex. Our Rideshare Platform may contain undetected software bugs, hardware errors, and other vulnerabilities. These bugs and errors can manifest in any number of ways in our products, including through diminished performance, security vulnerabilities, malfunctions, or even permanently.

 

We also could face claims for product liability, tort, or breach of warranty. Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, is costly and may divert management’s attention and seriously harm our reputation and our business. In addition, if our liability insurance coverage proves inadequate or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all, our business could be seriously harmed.

 

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To service our debt, we will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control.

 

Our ability to make payments on our debt, and to refinance our debt and fund planned capital expenditures will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. This ability, to some extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.

 

We do not believe that our cash flow from operating activities and our existing capital resources, including the liquidity provided by our credit agreements and lease financing arrangements, will be sufficient to fund our operations and commitments for the next twelve months. We cannot assure you, however, that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to pay our debt or to fund our other liquidity needs. We may need to refinance some or all of our debt on or before maturity, sell assets, reduce or delay capital expenditures or seek additional equity financing. We cannot assure you that efforts to refinance any of our debt will be successful.

 

Our debt and other commitments expose us to a number of risks, including:

 

Cash requirements for debt and lease obligations. A significant portion of the cash flow we generate must be used to service the interest and principal payments relating to our various financial commitments, including $909,889 of total notes payable, $552,588 of long-term debt and $1,593,291 of lease commitment obligations, as of December 31, 2017. A sustained or significant decrease in our operating cash flows could lead to an inability to meet our debt service requirements or to a failure to meet specified financial and operating covenants included in certain of our agreements. If this were to occur, it may lead to a default under one or more of our commitments. In the event of a default for this reason, or any other reason, the potential result could be the acceleration of amounts due, which could have a significant and adverse effect on us.

 

Availability. Because we finance the majority of our operating and strategic initiatives using a variety of commitments, including $909,889 in total notes payable and loan facilities, we are dependent on continued availability of these sources of funds. If these agreements are terminated or we are unable to access them because of a breach of financial or operating covenants or otherwise, we will likely be materially affected.

 

Interest rate variability. The interest rates we are charged on a substantial portion of our debt, including the Second Note payable, are variable, increasing or decreasing based on changes in certain published interest rates. Increases to such interest rates would likely result in significantly higher interest expense for us, which would negatively affect our operating results. Because many of our customers finance their vehicle purchases, increased interest rates may also decrease vehicle sales, which would negatively affect our operating results.

 

We are a holding company and as a result rely on payments from our subsidiaries in order to meet our cash needs and service our debt. Our subsidiaries may not be able to distribute the necessary funds to us and this could adversely affect our ability to make payments on our indebtedness.

 

As a holding company without independent means of generating operating revenues, we depend on dividends, distributions and other payments, including payments of management fees, from our subsidiaries to fund our obligations and to meet our cash needs. If the operating results of our subsidiaries at any given time are insufficient to make distributions to us, we would be unable to make payments on our outstanding indebtedness.

 

We face intense competition that may lead to downward pricing or an inability to increase prices.

 

The vehicle rental and used-vehicle sale industries are highly competitive and are increasingly subject to substitution. We believe that price is one of the primary competitive factors in the vehicle rental market and that technology has enabled cost-conscious customers, including business travelers, to more easily compare rates available from rental companies. If we try to increase our pricing, our competitors, some of whom may have greater resources and better access to capital than us, may seek to compete aggressively on the basis of pricing. In addition, our competitors may reduce prices in order to, among other things, attempt to gain a competitive advantage, capture market share, or to compensate for declines in rental activity. To the extent we do not match or remain within a reasonable competitive margin of our competitors’ pricing, our revenues and results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows could be materially adversely affected. If competitive pressures lead us to match any of our competitors’ downward pricing and we are not able to reduce our operating costs, then our margins, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows could be materially adversely affected.

 

Further, we may in the future develop and launch other products or services that may be in direct competition with the various players in the ridesharing industry, such as Uber and Lyft, and all of whom have greater resources than us. There are low barriers to entry, and we expect that competition will intensify in the future. We believe that numerous factors, including price, offerings, reliability, client base, brand name and general economic trends will affect our ability to compete successfully. Our existing and future competitors may include many large companies that have substantially greater market presence and financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. There can be no assurance that we will have the financial resources, technical expertise or marketing and support capabilities to compete successfully. Increased competition could result in significant competition, which in turn could result in lower revenues, which could materially adversely affect our potential profitability.

 

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We face competition that may lead to downward pricing or an inability to increase prices.

 

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive and are increasingly subject to substitution. We believe that price is one of the primary competitive factors in the vehicle rental market and that the internet has enabled cost-conscious customers, including business travelers, to more easily compare rates available from rental companies. If we try to increase our pricing, our competitors, some of whom may have greater resources and better access to capital than us, may seek to compete aggressively on the basis of pricing. In addition, our competitors may reduce prices in order to attempt to gain a competitive advantage, capture market share, or to compensate for declines in rental activity. To the extent we do not match or remain within a reasonable competitive margin of our competitors’ pricing, our revenues and results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows could be materially adversely affected. If competitive pressures lead us to match any of our competitors’ downward pricing and we are not able to reduce our operating costs, then our margins, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows could be materially adversely impacted.

 

We face risks related to liabilities and insurance.

 

Our businesses expose us to claims for personal injury, death and property damage resulting from the use of the vehicles rented by us, and for employment-related injury claims by our employees. We cannot assure you that we will not be exposed to uninsured liability potentially resulting in multiple payouts or otherwise, liabilities in respect of existing or future claims exceeding the level of our insurance, availability of sufficient capital to pay any uninsured claims or the availability of insurance with unaffiliated carriers maintained on economically reasonable terms, if at all. While we have insurance for many of these risks, we retain risk relating to certain of these perils and certain perils are not covered by our insurance.

 

Regulatory issues.  We are subject to a wide variety of regulatory activities, including:

 

Governmental regulations, claims and legal proceedings. Governmental regulations affect almost every aspect of our business, including the fair treatment of our employees, wage and hour issues, and our financing activities with customers.  We could also be susceptible to claims or related actions if we fail to operate our business in accordance with applicable laws.

 

Vehicle Requirements. Federal and state governments in our markets have increasingly placed restrictions and limitations on the vehicles sold in the market in an effort to combat perceived negative environmental effects. For example, in the U.S., vehicle manufacturers are subject to federally mandated corporate average fuel economy standards which will increase substantially through 2025. Furthermore, numerous states, including California, have adopted or are considering requiring the sale of specified numbers of zero-emission vehicles.  Significant increases in fuel economy requirements and new federal or state restrictions on emissions on vehicles and automobile fuels in the U.S. could adversely affect prices of and demand for the new vehicles that we sell.

  

Environmental regulations.  We are subject to a wide range of environmental laws and regulations, including those governing: discharges into the air and water; the operation and removal of storage tanks; and the use, storage and disposal of hazardous substances. In the normal course of our operations we use, generate and dispose of materials covered by these laws and regulations. We face potentially significant costs relating to claims, penalties and remediation efforts in the event of non-compliance with existing and future laws and regulations.

 

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Accounting rules and regulations. The Financial Accounting Standards Board is currently evaluating several significant changes to generally accepted accounting standards in the U.S., including the rules governing the accounting for leases. Any such changes could significantly affect our reported financial position, earnings and cash flows. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission is currently considering adopting rules that would require us to prepare our financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, which could also result in significant changes to our reported financial position, earnings and cash flows.

 

Changes in ridesharing Vehicle Requirements. Federal and state governments in our markets have increasingly placed restrictions and limitations on the vehicles sold in the market in an effort to combat perceived negative environmental effects. For example, in the U.S., vehicle manufacturers are subject to federally mandated corporate average fuel economy standards which will increase substantially through 2025. Furthermore, numerous states, including California, have adopted or are considering requiring the sale of specified numbers of zero-emission vehicles.  Significant increases in fuel economy requirements and new federal or state restrictions on emissions on vehicles and automobile fuels in the U.S. could adversely affect prices of and demand for the new vehicles that we sell.

 

Changes in the U.S. legal and regulatory environment that affect our operations, including laws and regulations relating to taxes, automobile related liability, insurance rates, insurance products, consumer privacy, data security, employment matters, licensing and franchising, automotive retail sales, cost and fee recovery and the banking and financing industry could disrupt our business, increase our expenses or otherwise have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows.

 

We are subject to a wide variety of U.S. laws and regulations and changes in the level of government regulation of our business have the potential to materially alter our business practices and materially adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows, including our profitability. Those changes may come about through new laws and regulations or changes in the interpretation of existing laws and regulations.

 

Any new, or change in existing, U.S. law and regulation with respect to optional insurance products or policies could increase our costs of compliance or make it uneconomical to offer such products, which would lead to a reduction in revenue and profitability. If customers decline to purchase supplemental liability insurance products from us as a result of any changes in these laws or otherwise, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows could be materially adversely affected.

 

Certain proposed or enacted laws and regulations with respect to the banking and finance industries, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (including risk retention requirements) and amendments to the SEC's rules relating to asset-backed securities, could restrict our access to certain financing arrangements and increase our financing costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows.

 

We have a significant working capital deficiency.

 

As of December 31, 2017, our working capital deficit was approximately ($126,305).

 

Inadequacy of capital.

 

The expected gross offering proceeds of a maximum of $45,000,000 to $50,000,000 may never be realized. While we believe that such proceeds will capitalize and sustain us to allow for the continued execution and operation of our business segments, if only a fraction of this Offering is sold, or if certain business segments financially underperform expectations, we may have inadequate funds to fully develop our business. Although we believe that the proceeds from this Offering will be sufficient to help sustain our development process and business operations, there is no guarantee that we will raise all the funds needed to adequately fund the operations of our business segments.

 

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We may not be able to obtain adequate financing to continue our operations.

 

We will need to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-related, or debt securities or through obtaining credit from government or financial institutions. This capital will be necessary to fund ongoing operations and continue research and development activities, including the Rideshare Platform, and our Fleet Management business. We cannot be certain that additional funds will be available to us on favorable terms when required, or at all. If we cannot raise additional funds when we need them, our financial condition, results of operations, business and prospects would be materially and adversely affected.

 

We may pursue strategic transactions which could be difficult to implement, disrupt our business or change our business profile significantly.

 

Any future strategic acquisition or disposition of assets or a business could involve numerous risks, including: (i) potential disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of management; (ii) difficulty integrating the acquired business or segregating assets and operations to be disposed of; (iii) exposure to unknown, contingent or other liabilities, including litigation arising in connection with the acquisition or disposition or against any business we may acquire; (iv) changing our business profile in ways that could have unintended negative consequences; and (v) the failure to achieve anticipated synergies.

 

If we enter into significant strategic transactions, the related accounting charges may affect our financial condition and results of operations, particularly in the case of an acquisition. The financing of any significant acquisition may result in changes in our capital structure, including the incurrence of additional indebtedness. A material disposition could require the amendment or refinancing of our outstanding indebtedness or a portion thereof.

 

We rely on our management team, which has little experience working together.

 

We depend on a small number of executive officers and other members of management to work effectively as a team, to execute our business strategy and operating business segments, and to manage employees and consultants. Our success will be dependent on the personal efforts of Ramy El-Batrawi, our chief executive officer and controlling shareholder, and such other key personnel. Any of our officers or employees can terminate his or her employment relationship at any time, and the loss of the services of such individuals could have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects. Our management team has worked together for only a very short period of time and may not work well together as a management team.

 

We have no long-term employment agreements in place with our executive officers.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular we have no employment agreements or similar arrangements with our executive officers. If we fail to reach mutually satisfactory agreement with our executives, any one or more of such persons may terminate their association with the Company. The loss of any one or more of these experienced executives would have a material and adverse effect on our Company and its business prospects.

 

Our business operations are dependent upon the ability of our new employees to learn their new roles.

 

Until June 31, 2017, we were focused on the development and commercialization of a single sign-on metasearch “ridesharing” application for smartphone users that seeks to provide price comparison and bookings of available ridesharing and taxi services along with select limousine and other public and/or private transportation services (“Metasearch App”). On August 12, 2017, we announced that we were shifting our primary corporate focus in the transportation/ridesharing industry towards the vehicle rental business with a focus on developing the Rideshare Platform and our Fleet Management business.

 

In connection with the transition of our business operations, we have replaced many employees in key functions. As new employees gain experience in their roles, we could experience inefficiencies or a lack of business continuity due to loss of historical knowledge and a lack of familiarity of new employees with business processes, operating requirements, policies and procedures, some of which are new, and key information technologies and related infrastructure used in our day-to-day operations and financial reporting and we may experience additional costs as new employees learn their roles and gain necessary experience. It is important to our success that these new employees quickly adapt to and excel in their new roles. If they are unable to do so, our business and financial results could be materially adversely affected. In addition, if we were to lose the services of any one or more key employees, whether due to death, disability or termination of employment, our ability to successfully operate our business segments, financial plans, marketing and other objectives, could be significantly impaired.

  

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Raising additional capital by issuing additional securities may cause dilution to our current and future shareholders.

 

We will need to, or desire to, raise substantial additional capital in the future. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including, among others:

 

  Our degree of success in generating rental and servicing fees from both our Fleet Management business and the Rideshare Platform;

  The costs of establishing or acquiring sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities for our services;

  The extent to which we acquire or invest in businesses, products, or technologies, and other strategic relationships; and

  The costs of financing unanticipated working capital requirements and responding to competitive pressures.

 

If we raise additional funds by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, we will reduce the percentage of ownership of the then-existing shareholders, and the holders of those newly-issued equity or convertible debt securities may have rights, preferences, or privileges senior to those possessed by our then-existing shareholders. Additionally, future sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock, or other equity-related securities in the public market could depress the market price of our Common Stock and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity or equity-linked securities. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of our Common Stock, or other equity-related securities would have on the market price of our Common Stock at any given time.

  

We are significantly influenced by our officers, directors and entities affiliated with them.

 

In the aggregate, ownership of the Company’s shares of Common Stock by management and affiliated parties, assuming the sale of the Maximum Offering, will represent approximately 66.34% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. These shareholders, if acting together, will be able to significantly influence all matters requiring approval by shareholders, including the election of directors and the approval of mergers or other business combinations transactions. Please see “Security Ownership of Management & Certain Security Holders” below for more information.

 

Our future performance is dependent on the ability to retain key personnel. The Company’s performance is substantially dependent on the performance of senior management. The loss of the services of any of its executive officers or other key employees could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

If our management is unable to accurately estimate future levels of rental activity and adjust the number and mix of vehicles used in our rental operations accordingly, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows could suffer.

 

Because vehicle costs typically represent our single largest expense and vehicle purchases are typically made weeks or months in advance of the expected use of the vehicle, our business is dependent upon the ability of our management to accurately estimate future levels of rental activity and consumer preferences with respect to the mix of vehicles used in our rental operations. To the extent we do not purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles, or the right types of vehicles, to meet consumer demand, we may lose revenue to our competitors. If we purchase too many vehicles, our vehicle utilization could be adversely affected and we may not be able to dispose of excess vehicles in a timely and cost-effective manner. If our management is unable to accurately estimate future levels of rental activity and determine the appropriate mix of vehicles used in our rental operations, including because of changes in the competitive environment or economic factors outside of our control, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows could suffer.

 

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Limitations of Director Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers and Employees.

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation limits the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability for any:

 

  breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

  act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

  unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or

  transactions for which the directors derived an improper personal benefit.

 

These limitations of liability do not apply to liabilities arising under the federal or state securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by law. Our bylaws also provide that we are obligated to advance expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding. We believe that these bylaw provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers. The limitation of liability in our Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might provide a benefit to us and our stockholders. Our results of operations and financial condition may be harmed to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

Risks of borrowing.

 

If we incur additional indebtedness, a portion of our future revenues will have to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on such indebtedness. Typical loan agreements also might contain restrictive covenants, which may impair our operating flexibility. Such loan agreements would also provide for default under certain circumstances, such as failure to meet certain financial covenants. A default under a loan agreement could result in the loan becoming immediately due and payable and, if unpaid, a judgment in favor of such lender which would be senior to our rights. A judgment creditor would have the right to foreclose on any of our assets resulting in a material adverse effect on our business, ability to generate revenue, operating results or financial condition.

 

Unanticipated obstacles to the operations of our business segments.

 

Many of our potential business endeavors are capital intensive and may be subject to statutory or regulatory requirements. The Board of Directors believes that the chosen operations and strategies are achievable in light of current economic and legal conditions with the skills, background, and knowledge of our principals and advisors. The Board of Directors reserve the right to make significant modifications to our stated strategies depending on future events.

 

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Controlling shareholder.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, our founder, director and chief executive officer, Ramy El-Batrawi, owned approximately 60% of our outstanding Common Stock shares. Common Stock beneficially owned by Ramy El-Batrawi are held of record by X, LLC, which is an entity that is wholly-owned and controlled by Ramy El-Batrawi, the Company’s founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director. As a result, Mr. El-Batrawi will be able to control any vote of our shareholders which may be required for the foreseeable future. Potential investors in this Offering will not have the ability to control either a vote of our Common Stock, our Board of Directors or otherwise influence or control the decisions of our appointed officers.

 

Risks of operations.

 

Our operating results may be volatile, difficult to predict and may fluctuate significantly in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which may be outside of our control. Due to the nature of our target market, we may be unable to accurately forecast our future revenues and operating results. There are no assurances that we can generate significant revenue or achieve profitability. We anticipate having a sizeable amount of fixed expenses, and we expect to incur losses due to the execution of our business strategy, continued development efforts and related expenses. As a result, we will need to generate significant revenues while containing costs and operating expenses if we are to achieve profitability. We cannot be certain that we will ever achieve sufficient revenue levels to achieve profitability.

   

Minimal employees or infrastructure.

 

We will have a small number of employees and we don’t have any operational infrastructure or prior operating history. We intent to rely on our management team, our advisors, third-party consultants, outside attorneys, advisors, accountants, auditors, and other administrators. The loss of services of any of such personnel may have a material adverse effect on our business and operations and there can be no assurance that if any or all of such personnel were to become unavailable, that qualified successors can be found, on acceptable terms.

 

Limitation on remedies; indemnification.

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended from time to time, provides that officers, directors, employees and other agents and their affiliates shall only be liable to the Company and its shareholders for losses, judgments, liabilities and expenses that result from the fraud or other breach of fiduciary obligations. Additionally, we intend to enter into corporate indemnification agreements with each of our officers and directors consistent with industry practice. Thus, certain alleged errors or omissions might not be actionable by the Company. Our governing instruments also provide that, under the broadest circumstances allowed under law, we must indemnify its officers, directors, employees and other agents and their affiliates for losses, judgments, liabilities, expenses and amounts paid in settlement of any claims sustained by them in connection with the Company, including liabilities under applicable securities laws.

 

No dividends or return of profits.

 

We have not had any profits from any operations to date. We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our operations. As a result, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

We may fail to respond adequately to changes in technology and customer demands.

 

In recent years our industry has been characterized by rapid changes in technology and customer demands. For example, in recent years, industry participants have taken advantage of new technologies to improve vehicle utilization, decrease customer wait times and improve customer satisfaction. Our industry has also seen the entry of new competitors whose businesses and efforts continue to introduce various types of self-driving vehicles. Our ability to continually improve our current processes, products and offerings in response to changes in technology is essential in maintaining our competitive position and maintaining current levels of customer satisfaction. We may experience technical or other difficulties that could delay or prevent the development, introduction or marketing of new products or enhanced product offerings.

 

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Force Majeure.

 

Our business is uniquely susceptible to unforeseen delays or failures that are caused by forces of nature and related circumstances. These factors are outside and beyond our control. Delay or failure may be due to any act of God, fire, war, terrorism, flood, strike, labor dispute, disaster, transportation or laboratory difficulties or any similar or dissimilar event beyond our control. We will not be held liable to any shareholder in the event of any such failure.

 

We may not be able to manage our growth effectively.

 

Our growth is expected to place, a significant strain on our managerial, operational and financial resources. As the number of our users, partners and other business partners grows, we must increasingly manage multiple relationships with various customers, strategic partners and other third parties. There can be no assurance that our systems, procedures or controls will be adequate to support our operations or that our management will be able to achieve the rapid execution necessary to successfully grow and scale our services, products and offerings. Our operating results will also depend on our ability to expand sales and marketing commensurate with the growth of our business and the ridesharing industry. If we are unable to manage growth effectively, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be adversely affected.

 

Maintaining favorable brand recognition is essential to our success, and failure to do so could materially adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows.

 

Our business is heavily dependent upon the favorable brand recognition that our “YayYo”, “Distinct Cars” and “Rideshare” brand names have in the markets in which they participate. Factors affecting brand recognition are often outside our control, and our efforts to maintain or enhance favorable brand recognition, such as marketing and advertising campaigns, may not have their desired effects. In addition, it may be difficult to monitor or enforce such requirements, particularly in foreign jurisdictions and various laws may limit our ability to enforce the terms of these agreements or to terminate the agreements. Any decline in perceived favorable recognition of our brands could materially adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows.

 

Changes in U.S., global or regional economic conditions.

 

A decrease in economic activity in the United States or in other regions of the world in which we plan to offer our Fleet Management offerings, Rideshare Platform and related services could adversely affect demand, thus reducing our ability to generate revenue. A decline in economic conditions could reduce our users interest in utilizing our products and services. In addition, an increase in price levels generally, or in price levels in a particular sector such as the fuel sector, could result in a shift in consumer demand away from ridesharing services, which could also adversely affect our revenues and, at the same time, increase our costs.

 

In the car rental business, a decline in economic activity typically results in a decline in both business and leisure travel and, accordingly, a decline in the volume of car rental transactions. In the equipment rental business, a decline in economic activity typically results in a decline in activity in non-residential construction and other businesses in which our equipment rental customers operate and, therefore, results in a decline in the volume of equipment rental transactions. In the case of a decline in car or equipment rental activity, we may reduce rental rates to meet competitive pressures, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. A decline in economic activity also may have a material adverse effect on residual values realized on the disposition of our revenue earning cars and/or equipment.

 

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Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

 

If our efforts to attract prospective customers to our Fleet Management business and Rideshare Platform are not successful, or we fail to retain customers or continue attracting existing customers to our products and services, our growth prospects and revenue will be adversely affected.

 

Our ability to grow our business and generate revenue depends on retaining and expanding our total customer base, increasing revenue by effectively monetizing our Rideshare Platform user base, and increasing the number of customers to our Fleet Management business. We must convince prospective customers of the benefits of our ridesharing vehicle rental services and equipment offerings and our existing users of the continuing value of our products and services, including our Rideshare Platform. Our ability to attract new users and customers, retain existing users and customers. If we fail to keep pace with competing offerings or technological advancements to the ridesharing industry or fail to offer compelling product offerings and state-of-the-art delivery for our Rideshare Platform to meet consumer demands, our ability to grow or sustain the reach of our product and service offerings, attract and retain users and customers may be adversely affected.

 

We have no control over the Vehicle Registration Requirements or such other ridesharing vehicle requirements imposed by the major TNC providers, and our business may be adversely affected in the event that TNC providers restrict or limit prospective ridesharing drivers from utilizing or registering rental vehicles with the TNC.

 

We rely on the major TNC businesses that drive and service the ridesharing economy, over whom we have no control, to impose the Vehicle Registration Requirements and permit prospective ridesharing drivers to utilize lease or rental vehicles, such as our product offerings, under their employment with the major TNC ridesharing services. We cannot guarantee that each major TNC business will always permit prospective ridesharing drivers to use third-party lease or rental vehicles under their employment agreement with the TNC.

 

Our business may be adversely affected if our ability to rent vehicles maintained under our Fleet Management business is limited, impaired or delayed because of a modification to the Vehicle Registration Requirements or any similar prohibition that prevents prospective ridesharing drivers from renting our Fleet Management vehicles or other third-party vehicle rentals for use under the terms of the prospective ridesharing drivers agreement with such TNC businesses.

 

We face risks of increased costs of cars and of decreased profitability, including as a result of limited supplies of competitively priced cars.

 

As of December 31, 2017, we manage a fleet of approximately 135 cars, all of which are under a lease contract or are financed by District Cars. In recent years, the average cost of new cars has increased. The Company has entered into a strategic partnership arrangement with Penske Automotive for purposes of providing fleet management and vehicle delivery services to the Company. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we have leased our cars that we rent from ACME Auto Leasing. As the fleet management partner of the Company, Hyundai USA has agreed to extend to the Company under a special fleet program competitive pricing options below manufactures suggested retail prices (“MSRP”) on all Hyundai vehicles purchased. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue receiving special leasing program or competitive pricing options below MSRP rates on all Hyundai vehicles purchased. If Hyundai USA does not offer us competitive terms and conditions, and we are not able to purchase sufficient quantities of cars from other automobile manufacturers on competitive terms and conditions or below MSRP rates, then we may be forced to purchase cars at higher prices, or on terms less competitive, than for cars purchased by our competitors. In addition, certain car manufacturers, such as Ford, have adopted strategies to de-emphasize sales to the car rental industry which they view as less profitable due to historical sales incentive and other discount programs that tended to lower the average cost of cars for fleet purchasers such as us. Reduced or limited supplies of equipment together with increased prices are risks that we also face in our equipment rental business. We cannot offer assurance that we will be able to pass on increased costs of cars or equipment to our rental customers. Failure to pass on significant cost increases to our customers would have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

 

Fluctuations in fuel costs or reduced supplies could harm our business.

 

We could be adversely affected by limitations on fuel supplies, the imposition of mandatory allocations or rationing of fuel or significant increases in fuel prices. A severe or protracted disruption of fuel supplies or significant increases in fuel prices could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations, either by directly interfering with our normal activities or by disrupting the air travel on which a significant portion of our car rental business relies.

 

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The concentration of our reservations, accounting and information technology functions at a limited number of facilities in California creates risks for us.

 

We have concentrated our reservations functions for the United States in one office location in Los Angeles, California, and we have concentrated our accounting functions for the United States in one office location in Los Angeles. In addition, our major information systems are centralized in our office location in Los Angeles. A disruption of normal business at any of our principal office location in Los Angeles, California, whether as the result of localized conditions (such as a fire or explosion) or as the result of events or circumstances of broader geographic impact (such as an earthquake, storm, flood, epidemic, strike, act of war, civil unrest or terrorist act), could materially adversely affect our business by disrupting normal reservations, customer service, accounting and systems activities.

 

We face risks arising from our heavy reliance on communications networks and centralized information systems.

 

We rely heavily on information systems to accept reservations, process rental and sales transactions, manage our fleets of cars and equipment, account for our activities and otherwise conduct our business. We have centralized our information systems in one office location in Los Angeles, California, and we rely on communications service providers to link our systems with the business locations these systems serve. A simultaneous loss of both facilities, or a major disruption of communications between the systems and the locations they serve, could cause a loss of reservations, interfere with our ability to manage our fleet, slow rental and sales processes and otherwise materially adversely affect our ability to manage our business effectively. Our systems back-up plans, business continuity plans and insurance programs are designed to mitigate such a risk, not to eliminate it. In addition, because our systems contain information about individuals and businesses, our failure to maintain the security of the data we hold, whether the result of our own error or the malfeasance or errors of others, could harm our reputation or give rise to legal liabilities leading to lower revenues, increased costs and other material adverse effects on our results of operations.

 

The misuse or theft of information we possess could harm our reputation or competitive position, adversely affect the price at which shares of our common stock trade or give rise to material liabilities.

 

We possess non-public information with respect to individuals, including our customers and our current and former employees, and businesses, as well as non-public information with respect to our own affairs. The misuse or theft of that information by either our employees or third parties could result in material damage to our brand, reputation or competitive position or materially affect the price at which shares of our Common Stock trade. In addition, depending on the type of information involved, the nature of our relationship with the person or entity to which the information relates, the cause and the jurisdiction whose laws are applicable, that misuse or theft of information could result in governmental investigations or material civil or criminal liability. The laws that would be applicable to such a failure are rapidly evolving and becoming more burdensome.

 

If we acquire any businesses in the future, they could prove difficult to integrate, disrupt our business, or have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

We intend to pursue growth primarily through internal growth, but from time to time we may consider opportunistic acquisitions which may be significant. Any future acquisition would involve numerous risks including, without limitation:

 

potential disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of management; 

 

difficulty integrating the acquired business; and 

 

exposure to unknown liabilities, including litigation against the companies we may acquire.

 

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If we make acquisitions in the future, acquisition-related accounting charges may affect our balance sheet and results of operations. In addition, the financing of any significant acquisition may result in changes in our capital structure, including the incurrence of additional indebtedness. We may not be successful in addressing these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with any acquisitions.

 

We are subject to a number of risks related to other payment solution providers.

 

We accept payments through various payment solution providers, such as telco integrated billings and prepaid codes vendors. These payment solution providers provide services to us in exchange for a fee, which may be subject to change. Furthermore, we rely on their accurate and timely reports on sales and redemptions. If such accurate and timely reports are not being provided, it will affect the accuracy of our reports to our licensors, and also affect the accuracy of our financial reporting.

 

Our business is seasonal, and a disruption in rental activity during our peak season could materially adversely affect our results of operations.

 

Certain significant components of our expenses, including real estate taxes, rent, utilities, maintenance and other facility-related expenses, the costs of operating our information systems and minimum staffing costs, are fixed in the short-run. Seasonal changes in our revenues do not alter those fixed expenses, typically resulting in higher profitability in periods when our revenues are higher and lower profitability in periods when our revenues are lower. The Company believes that the second and third quarters of the year will be stronger quarters due to their increased levels of leisure travel and construction activity. Any occurrence that disrupts rental activity during the second or third quarters could have a disproportionately material adverse effect on our liquidity and/or results of operations.

 

We may be unable to maintain or establish relationships with third-party partners, ridesharing services or technology providers, which could limit the information we are able to provide to users.

 

We anticipate that the demand for our products and services will be dependent on key relationships with ridesharing services and other industry providers. We will seek to develop and maintain relationships with ridesharing industry providers. For example, our former business plan involving the Metasearch App was completely abandoned by the Company on account of missing application programming interface (“API”) access that was being withheld and restricted by certain ridesharing services and technology providers. Due to the fact that ridesharing industry leaders, such Uber and Lyft, have been reluctant to provide the Company with API access for purposes of supporting the Metasearch App, the Company subsequently modified its business plan and developed its operating business segments. This modification and change was primarily due to the API issue, which the Company believes to be the result of a failure to establish and maintain a pre-existing relationship with these pivotal third-party providers.

   

If we do not continue to innovate and provide tools and services that are useful to travelers, we may not remain competitive, and our revenues and operating results could suffer.

 

Our success depends on continued innovation to provide features, products and services that make our websites, Fleet Management business and Rideshare Platform attractive to consumers. Our competitors are constantly developing innovations in related services and features. As a result, we must continue to invest significant resources in research and development in order to continually improve our products, services and offerings. If we are unable to continue offering attractive products and services, we may be unable to attract additional users or retain our current users, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, we may develop new products or launch additional services that may require us to compete directly with other much larger more established companies in the ridesharing industry, which could, result in new or unique challenges in maintaining and operating our Fleet Management business, Rideshare Platform and maintaining key relationships in the ridesharing industry required for our operating business to properly and efficiently function.

  

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We rely on the performance of highly skilled personnel, including senior management and our technology professionals, and if we are unable to retain or motivate key personnel or hire, retain and motivate qualified personnel, our business would be harmed.

 

We believe our success has depended, and continues to depend, on the efforts and talents of our senior management and our skilled team members. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to attract, develop, motivate and retain highly qualified and skilled employees. The loss of any of our senior management or key employees could materially adversely affect our ability to build on the efforts they have undertaken and to execute and operate our business segments, and we may not be able to find adequate replacements. We cannot ensure that we will be able to retain the services of any members of our senior management or other key employees.

 

Competition for well-qualified employees in all aspects of our business, including software engineers and other technology professionals, is intense both in the U.S. and abroad.

 

Our continued ability to compete effectively depends on our ability to attract new employees and to retain and motivate existing employees. Software engineers and technology professionals are key individuals in designing the code and algorithms necessary to our Rideshare Platform. Therefore, our ability to attract top talent and experienced engineers and technology professional is important to our success. If we do not succeed in attracting well-qualified employees or retaining and motivating existing employees, our business would be adversely affected.

 

Governmental regulation and associated legal uncertainties could limit our ability to expand our product offerings or enter into new markets and could require us to expend significant resources, including the attention of our management, to review and comply with such regulations.

 

Elements of the ridesharing industry are currently or will be regulated by Federal, state, city and/or local governments, and our ability to provide these services is and will continue to be affected by government regulations. The implementation of unfavorable regulations or unfavorable interpretations of existing regulations by courts or regulatory bodies with respect to the ridesharing industry or “Transportation Network Companies” (“TNC”) could require us to incur significant compliance costs, cause the development of the affected markets to become impractical and otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, in the future, we may elect to add services or products to our business plan that compete directly with ridesharing services, such as Uber and Lyft, which could expose us to additional regulations, compliance obligations and legal challenges. In addition, our business strategy involves expansion into regions around the world, many of which have different legislation, regulatory environments, tax laws and levels of political stability. Compliance with foreign legal, governmental, regulatory or tax requirements will place demands on our time and resources, and we may nonetheless experience unforeseen and potentially adverse legal, regulatory or tax consequences. It is intended that our business will assist with the processing of customer credit card transactions which would result in us receiving and storing personally identifiable information. This information is increasingly subject to legislation and regulations in numerous jurisdictions around the world. This legislation and regulation is generally intended to protect the privacy and security of personal information, including credit card information, that is collected, processed and transmitted in or from the governing jurisdiction. We could be adversely affected if government regulations require TNCs, and as a result, us to significantly change our business practices with respect to this type of information. 

 

We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property, which could harm the value of our brands and adversely affect our business.

 

We believe that intellectual property will be critical to our success, and that we will rely on trademark, copyright and patent law, trade secret protection and confidentiality and/or license agreements to protect our proprietary rights. If we are not successful in protecting our intellectual property, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. While we believe that we will be issued trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property to protect our business, there can be no assurance that our operations do not, or will not, infringe valid, enforceable third-party patents of third parties or that competitors will not devise new methods of competing with us that are not covered by our anticipated patent applications. Moreover, it is intended that we will rely on intellectual property and technology developed or licensed by third parties, and we may not be able to obtain or continue to obtain licenses and technologies from these third parties at all or on reasonable terms. Effective trademark, service mark, copyright and trade secret protection may not be available in every country in which our intended services will be provided. The laws of certain countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the U.S. and, therefore, in certain jurisdictions, we may be unable to protect our proprietary technology adequately against unauthorized third party copying or use, which could adversely affect our competitive position. We may license in the future, certain proprietary rights, such as trademarks or copyrighted material, to third parties. These licensees may take actions that might diminish the value of our proprietary rights or harm our reputation, even if we have agreements prohibiting such activity. Also to the extent third parties are obligated to indemnify us for breaches of our intellectual property rights, these third parties may be unable to meet these obligations. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 

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Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.

 

We anticipate that a substantial amount of our processes and technologies will be protected by trade secret laws. In order to protect these technologies and processes, we intend to rely in part on confidentiality agreements with our employees, licensees, independent contractors and other advisors. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information, including trade secrets, and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In addition, others may independently discover our trade secrets and proprietary information, and in such cases, we could not assert any trade secret rights against such parties. To the extent that our employees, contractors or other third parties with which we do business use intellectual property owned by others in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the rights in related or resulting know-how and inventions. Laws regarding trade secret rights in certain markets in which we operate may afford little or no protection to our trade secrets. The loss of trade secret protection could make it easier for third parties to compete with our products, services by copying functionality, among other things. In addition, any changes in, or unexpected interpretations of, the trade secret and other intellectual property laws in any country in which we operate may compromise our ability to enforce our trade secret and intellectual property rights. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our business, revenue, reputation and competitive position.

  

Our business is heavily reliant upon communications networks and centralized information technology systems and the concentration of our systems creates risks for us.

 

We rely heavily on communication networks and information technology systems to accept reservations, process rental and sales transactions, manage our pricing, manage our revenue earning vehicles, manage our financing arrangements, account for our activities and otherwise conduct our business. Our reliance on these networks and systems exposes us to various risks that could cause a loss of reservations, interfere with our ability to manage our vehicles, slow rental and sales processes, adversely affect our ability to comply with our financing arrangements and otherwise materially adversely affect our ability to manage our business effectively. Our major information technology systems, reservations and accounting functions are centralized in a few locations worldwide. Any disruption, termination or substandard provision of these services, whether as the result of localized conditions (such as a fire, explosion or hacking), failure of our systems to function as designed, or as the result of events or circumstances of broader geographic impact (such as an earthquake, storm, flood, epidemic, strike, act of war, civil unrest or terrorist act), could materially adversely affect our business by disrupting normal reservations, customer service, accounting and information technology functions or by eliminating access to financing arrangements. Any disruption or poor performance of our systems could lead to lower revenues, increased costs or other material adverse effects on our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity or cash flows.  

 

Defects in our Rideshare Platform and its functionality and the technology powering our custom development services may adversely affect our business.

 

It is anticipated that the tools, code, subroutines and processes contained within our Rideshare Platform or the technology powering our custom development services may contain defects when introduced and also when updates and new versions are released. The introduction of our Rideshare Platform or custom development services with defects or quality problems may result in adverse publicity, product returns, reduced orders, uncollectible or delayed accounts receivable, product redevelopment costs, loss of or delay in market acceptance of our products or claims by customers or others against us. Such problems or claims may have a material and adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Manufacturer safety recalls could create risks to our business.

 

Our Fleet Management vehicles may be subject to safety recalls by their manufacturers. The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2015 prohibits us from renting vehicles with open federal safety recalls and to repair or address these recalls prior to renting or selling the vehicle. Any federal safety recall with respect to our vehicles would require us to decline to rent recalled vehicles until we can arrange for the steps described in the recall to be taken. If a large number of vehicles are the subject of a recall or if needed replacement parts are not in adequate supply, we may not be able to rent recalled vehicles for a significant period of time. Those types of disruptions could jeopardize our ability to fulfill existing contractual commitments or satisfy demand for our vehicles and could also result in the loss of business to our competitors. Depending on the severity of any recall, it could materially adversely affect our revenues, create customer service problems, reduce the residual value of the recalled vehicles and harm our general reputation.

 

If we are unable to purchase adequate supplies of competitively priced vehicles and the cost of the vehicles we purchase increases, our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.

 

The price and other terms at which we can acquire vehicles vary based on market and other conditions. For example, certain vehicle manufacturers have in the past, and may in the future, utilize strategies to de-emphasize sales to the vehicle rental industry, which can negatively impact our ability to obtain vehicles on competitive terms and conditions. Consequently, there is no guarantee that we can purchase a sufficient number of vehicles at competitive prices and on competitive terms and conditions. If we are unable to obtain an adequate supply of vehicles, or if we obtain less favorable pricing and other terms when we acquire vehicles and are unable to pass on any increased costs to our customers, then our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.

 

If third parties claim that we infringe their intellectual property, it may result in costly litigation.

 

We cannot assure you that third parties will not claim our current or future products or services infringe their intellectual property rights. Any such claims, with or without merit, could cause costly litigation that could consume significant management time. As the number of product and services offerings in the ridesharing industry increases and functionalities increasingly overlap, companies such as ours may become increasingly subject to infringement claims. Such claims also might require us to enter into royalty or license agreements. If required, we may not be able to obtain such royalty or license agreements or obtain them on terms acceptable to us.

 

Failure to comply with federal and state privacy laws and regulations, or the expansion of current or the enactment of new privacy laws or regulations, could adversely affect our business.

 

A variety of federal and state laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of consumer data. The existing privacy-related laws and regulations are evolving and subject to potentially differing interpretations. In addition, various federal, state and foreign legislative and regulatory bodies may expand current or enact new laws regarding privacy matters. Further, several states have adopted legislation that requires businesses to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices to protect sensitive personal information and to provide notice to consumers in the event of a security breach. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with our posted privacy policies or with any data-related consent orders, Federal Trade Commission requirements or orders or other federal, state or international privacy or consumer protection-related laws, regulations or industry self-regulatory principles could result in claims, proceedings or actions against us by governmental entities or others or other liabilities, which could adversely affect our business. In addition, a failure or perceived failure to comply with industry standards or with our own privacy policies and practices could adversely affect our business. Federal and state governmental authorities continue to evaluate the privacy implications inherent in the use of third-party web “cookies” for behavioral advertising. The regulation of these cookies and other current online advertising practices could adversely affect our business.

 

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Our business model is entirely dependent on the continued success and viability of the ridesharing industry and “transportation network companies”, and we may become subject to government regulation and legal uncertainties that could reduce demand for our products and services or increase the cost of doing business, thereby adversely affecting our ability to generate revenues.

 

The past year has seen a boom in the number of ridesharing companies that allow customers to order rides on demand using apps on their smartphones. Private drivers use their personal automobiles to pick up the customers and drive them to the desired destination in exchange for a negotiated fee. The passengers then write reviews, similar to other peer-to-peer online services. Large amounts of venture capital and private equity has been invested in a handful of these new companies, which have the potential to disrupt the traditional transportation industry. However, the ridesharing marketplace has come under increased scrutiny from governments and various interested groups (such as taxi drivers, taxi companies, environmentalists, etc.) have continuously opposed the proliferation of ridesharing services in recent years. Despite opposition from many of these interested groups and governmental agencies, on September 19, 2013, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) voted unanimously to allow these ridesharing services to operate in California as a new category of business called “transportation network companies” (“TNC”).

 

In California, licenses will be issued to qualifying TNCs, subject to new regulations that require drivers to undergo criminal background checks and vehicle inspections, receive driver training, follow a zero-tolerance policy on drugs and alcohol, and carry insurance policies with a minimum of $1 Million in liability coverage. Some of the companies that are expected to receive new TNC licenses include Lyft (www.lyft.me), SideCar (www.side.cr) and UberX (www.uber.com). The CPUC has responded to rapidly evolving disruptive technology and its decision will likely set an example for cities and states across the country. Its decision is also expected to preempt ongoing efforts by some California cities to regulate or ban peer-to-peer ridesharing under their authority to license taxi companies. The City of Los Angeles, however, is currently considering a possible appeal of the CPUC decision and implementing additional regulations to TNC drivers, which have been referred to as “Bandit cabs” by some on the City Council. Other cities across the country are also now looking at new regulations for Rideshare companies.

 

As can be gleaned from these recent events around the ridesharing industry, this new business model is not without its opponents. Some raise concerns about public safety and the potential for abuse or unintended consequences, while others question whether the new regulations require additional enforcement capability. The taxi industry, which is less than pleased to see this new competition, has criticized these ridesharing apps as operating essentially like unlicensed taxi cabs. Since the new technology uses GPS to measure the distance of a ride and the corresponding fee, the taxi industry believes that it works similarly to a taxi meter and should therefore comply with local taxi ordinances. Some of the primary concerns raised by skeptics include how liability will be allocated between the TNC and its independent contractor driver, and how the insurance industry will adapt to this new business. Proper hiring practices, training and oversight by the TNC also will be necessary to ensure public safety. The extent to which the TNCs will be inspected and the new regulations enforced is still unclear, but this will be an important means by which the public may judge the safety of this new industry. Based on the direction states and cities are heading with respect to the governance of TNCs or ridesharing services, and the ever increasing popularity and use of ridesharing services and TNCs, it is likely that a number of laws and regulations will become applicable to us or the TNCs which we rely upon for the operation of products and related services or may be adopted in the future with respect to mobile applications and/or TNCs covering issues such as: (i) liability, (ii) unionization, (iii) rules and standards for drivers, vehicles, and passenger safety, (iv) licensing and insurance requirements, and (v) environmental concerns, among others. It is difficult to predict how existing laws will be applied to our business and the new laws and regulations to which we and/or ridesharing services will likely become subject. If ridesharing services are not able to comply with these laws or regulations or if we become liable under these laws or regulations, we could be directly harmed, and we may be forced to implement new measures to sustain our operating business segments. We anticipate that scrutiny and regulation of the ridesharing industry will increase and we will be required to devote legal and other resources to addressing such regulation, either directly or indirectly. Changes to these laws intended to address these issues, including some recently proposed changes, could create uncertainty in the marketplace. Such uncertainty could reduce demand for our services or increase the cost of doing business due to increased costs of litigation or increased service or operating costs.

 

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We may be subject to a number of risks related to credit card payments, including data security breaches and fraud that we or third parties experience or additional regulation, any of which could adversely affect our business financial condition and results of operations.

 

We may be subject to a number of risks related to credit card payments, including data security breaches and fraud that we or third parties experience or additional regulation, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. We anticipate accepting payment from our users primarily through credit card transactions and certain online payment service providers. The ability to access credit card information on a real time-basis without having to proactively reach out to the consumer each time we process an auto-renewal payment or a payment for the purchase of a premium feature on any of our dating products is critical to our success. When we or a third party experiences a data security breach involving credit card information, affected cardholders will often cancel their credit cards. In the case of a breach experienced by a third party, the more sizable the third party's customer base and the greater the number of credit card accounts impacted, the more likely it is that our users would be impacted by such a breach. To the extent our users are ever affected by such a breach experienced by us or a third party, affected users would need to be contacted to obtain new credit card information and process any pending transactions. It is likely that we would not be able to reach all affected users, and even if we could, some users' new credit card information may not be obtained and some pending transactions may not be processed, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Even if our users are not directly impacted by a given data security breach, they may lose confidence in the ability of service providers to protect their personal information generally, which could cause them to stop using their credit cards online and choose alternative payment methods that are not as convenient for us or restrict our ability to process payments without significant user effort. Additionally, if we fail to adequately prevent fraudulent credit card transactions, we may face civil liability, diminished public perception of our security measures and significantly higher credit card-related costs, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Finally, the passage or adoption of any legislation or regulation affecting the ability of service providers to periodically charge consumers for recurring membership payments may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

  

We depend upon intellectual property and proprietary rights that are vulnerable to unauthorized use.

 

We rely on a combination of copyright and trademark laws, trade secrets, software security measures, license agreements and nondisclosure agreements to protect our proprietary information. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to operate without infringing the patent or other proprietary rights of others and our ability to preserve our trade secrets and other proprietary property, including our rights in any technology licenses upon which any of our products or services are based. Our inability to preserve such rights properly or operate without infringing on such rights would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We currently do not own any registered copyrights, patents or patent applications pending. It may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy aspects of, or otherwise obtain and use, our proprietary information without authorization. In addition, there can be no assurance that any confidentiality agreements between us and our employees, or any license agreements with our customers, will provide meaningful protection for our proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use or disclosure of such proprietary information. 

 

We may not be able to keep up with rapid technological changes.

 

To remain competitive, we must continue to enhance and improve the usability, functionality, and features of our Rideshare Platform and related services. The evolving nature of the ridesharing industry, transportation network companies, telecommunications, apps, and mobile based services, which is characterized by rapid technological change, changes in user and customer requirements and preferences, frequent new product and service introductions and the emergence of new industry standards and practices, could render our existing systems, app and services obsolete. Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to develop, innovate, license or acquire leading technologies useful in our business, enhance our existing solutions, develop new solutions and technology that address the increasingly sophisticated and varied needs of our current and prospective users, and respond to technological advances and emerging industry and regulatory standards and practices in a cost-effective and timely manner. Future advances in technology may not be beneficial to, or compatible with, our business. Furthermore, we may not successfully use new technologies effectively or adapt our proprietary technology and app to user requirements or emerging industry standards on a timely basis. Our ability to remain technologically competitive may require substantial expenditures and lead time. If we are unable to adapt in a timely manner to changing market conditions or user requirements, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be seriously harmed.

 

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We depend on the continued growth and reliability of the internet, global positioning systems, ridesharing services and apps.

 

The recent growth in the use of apps and ridesharing services may cause periods of decreased performance for many ridesharing services, internet providers, apps and related service providers. If app and ridesharing usage continues to grow rapidly, the infrastructure these services are reliant upon (i.e. the internet, global positioning systems, and telecommunications networks and devices) may not be able to support these demands and therefore performance and reliability may decline. Decreased performance with respect to some or all of these critical components of our business model has also been attributed to illegal attacks by third parties. If outages or delays occur frequently or increase in frequency, or businesses are not able to protect themselves adequately from such illegal attacks, the market for mobile apps, ridesharing services and related technologies could grow more slowly or decline, which may reduce the demand for our Rideshare Platform and related services.

 

Our business is dependent upon consumers renting our Fleet Management vehicles, using our Rideshare Platform and related services and if we fail to obtain broad adoption, our business would be adversely affected.

 

Our success will depend on our ability to monetize our fleet of vehicles and our Rideshare Platform, ensuring our Rideshare Platform is fully functional and reliable as intended, operate and educate consumers regarding the benefits of renting vehicles for ridesharing opportunities, and persuade them to adopt YayYo! and/or “Rideshare” as their “go to” ridesharing vehicle rental service provider. We do not know if our products and services will be successful over the long term and market acceptance may be hindered if our Rideshare platform doesn’t function efficiently and/or our user experience isn’t compelling and financially beneficial to our users. If consumers do not adopt and use our Rideshare Platform and related services, we will not be able to generate revenues and our financial condition will suffer as a result.

 

International expansion of our business exposes us to market, regulatory, political, operational, financial and economic risks associated with doing business outside of the United States.

 

Our business strategy includes eventual international expansion. Adapting our Rideshare Platform to function internationally and doing business internationally involves a number of risks, including: (i) multiple, conflicting and changing laws and regulations such as tax laws, privacy laws, export and import restrictions, employment laws, regulatory requirements and other governmental approvals, permits and licenses; (ii) obtaining regulatory approvals where required; (iii) requirements to maintain data and the processing of that data on servers located within such countries; (iv) complexities associated with managing multiple payment processing methods and multiple ridesharing service providers; (v) natural disasters, political and economic instability, including wars, terrorism, political unrest, outbreak of disease, protests, boycotts, curtailment of trade and other market restrictions; and (vi) regulatory and compliance risks that relate to maintaining accurate information and control over activities subject to regulation under the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”), U.K. Bribery Act of 2010 and comparable laws and regulations in other countries. Any of these factors could significantly harm our future international expansion and operations and, consequently, our ability to generate revenue and results of operations.

 

Security breaches, loss of data and other disruptions could compromise sensitive information related to our business or users, or prevent us from accessing critical information and expose us to liability, which could adversely affect our business and our reputation.

 

In the ordinary course of our business, we and our third-party billing and collections providers and ridesharing service partners may collect and store sensitive data, including legally-protected personal information. We may also process and store and use additional third-parties to process and store, sensitive intellectual property and other proprietary business information, including that of our customers and collaborative partners. While we intend to implemented data privacy and security measures that will be compliant with applicable privacy laws and regulations, future security breaches could subject us to liability for violations of various laws, rules or regulations, civil liability, government-imposed fines, orders requiring that we or these third parties change our or their practices, or criminal charges, which could adversely affect our business. Complying with these various laws could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices, systems and compliance procedures in a manner adverse to our business.

 

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We may become a party to intellectual property litigation or administrative proceedings that could be costly and could interfere with our ability to focus on our operating business segments.

 

The technology industry has been characterized by extensive litigation regarding patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights, and companies in the industry have used intellectual property litigation to gain a competitive advantage. It is possible that U.S. and foreign patents and pending patent applications or trademarks controlled by third parties may be alleged to cover our products or services, or that we may be accused of misappropriating third parties’ trade secrets. Additionally, our products may include hardware and software components that we purchase from vendors and may include design components that are outside of our direct control. Our competitors, many of which have substantially greater resources and have made substantial investments in patent portfolios, trade secrets, trademarks, and competing technologies, may have applied for or obtained, or may in the future apply for or obtain, patents or trademarks that will prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with our ability to make, use, sell and/or export our products and services or to use product names. We may become a party to patent or trademark infringement or trade secret related disputes or litigation as a result of these and other third party intellectual property rights being asserted against us. The defense and prosecution of these matters are both costly and time consuming. Vendors from whom we purchase hardware or software may not indemnify us in the event that such hardware or software is accused of infringing a third party’s patent or trademark or of misappropriating a third party’s trade secret.

 

Further, if such patents, trademarks, or trade secrets are successfully asserted against us, this may harm our business and result in injunctions preventing us from selling our products, license fees, damages and the payment of attorney fees and court costs. In addition, if we are found to willfully infringe third party patents or trademarks or to have misappropriated trade secrets, we could be required to pay treble damages in addition to other penalties. Although patent, trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property disputes in the technology industry have often been settled through licensing or similar arrangements, costs associated with such arrangements may be substantial and could include ongoing royalties. We may be unable to obtain necessary licenses on satisfactory terms, if at all. If we do not obtain necessary licenses, we may not be able to redesign our Rideshare Platform or related services in order to avoid infringement. 

 

Additionally, in the future we may need to commence proceedings against others to enforce our patents or trademarks, if applicable, or to protect our copyrights, trade secrets or know how, trade secrets or know how, or to determine the enforceability, scope and validity of the proprietary rights of others. These proceedings would result in substantial expense to us and significant diversion of effort by our technical and management personnel. We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful. We may not be able to stop a competitor from marketing and selling products that are the same or similar to our products and services or from using product or service names that are the same or similar to ours, and our business may be harmed as a result.

 

We may face claims from companies that incorporate open source software into their products or from open source licensors, claiming ownership of, or demanding release of, the source code, the open source software or derivative works that were developed using such software, or otherwise seeking to enforce the terms of the applicable open source license. These claims could result in litigation and could require us to cease offering our Rideshare Platform unless and until we can re-engineer it to avoid infringement. This re-engineering process could require significant additional research and development resources, and we may not be able to complete it successfully. These risks could be difficult to eliminate or manage, and, if not addressed, could harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

Our use of “open source” software could adversely affect our ability to offer our services and subject us to possible litigation.

 

We use open source software in connection with our technology development. From time to time, companies that use open source software have faced claims challenging the use of open source software and/or compliance with open source license terms. We could be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software or claiming noncompliance with open source licensing terms. Some open source licenses require users who distribute software containing open source to make available all or part of such software, which in some circumstances could include valuable proprietary code of the user. We intend to monitor the use of open source software and will try to ensure that none is used in a manner that would require us to disclose our proprietary source code or that would otherwise breach the terms of an open source agreement, such use could inadvertently occur, in part because open source license terms are often ambiguous. Any requirement to disclose proprietary source code or pay damages for breach of contract could be harmful to our business, results of operations or financial condition, and could help our competitors develop products and services that are similar to or better than ours.

  

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No assurances of protection for proprietary rights; reliance on trade secrets.

 

In certain cases, we may rely on trade secrets to protect intellectual property, proprietary technology and processes, which we have acquired, developed or may develop in the future. There can be no assurances that secrecy obligations will be honored or that others will not independently develop similar or superior products or technology. The protection of intellectual property and/or proprietary technology through claims of trade secret status has been the subject of increasing claims and litigation by various companies both in order to protect proprietary rights as well as for competitive reasons even where proprietary claims are unsubstantiated. The prosecution of proprietary claims or the defense of such claims is costly and uncertain given the uncertainty and rapid development of the principles of law pertaining to this area. We may also be subject to claims by other parties with regard to the use of intellectual property, technology information and data, which may be deemed proprietary to others.

 

Our network operations may be vulnerable to hacking, viruses and other disruptions, which may make our Rideshare online platform and related services less attractive and reliable.

 

Internet usage and mobile app usage could decline if any well-publicized compromise of security occurs. Hacking involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems or to cause intentional malfunctions, loss or corruption of data, software, hardware or other computer equipment. Hackers, if successful, could misappropriate proprietary information or cause disruptions in our service. We may be required to expend capital and other resources to protect our products and services and related systems upon which our products and services is reliant against hackers. There can be no assurance that any measures we may take will be effective. Security breaches could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, the inadvertent transmission if computer viruses or other digital problems could expose us to a material risk of loss or litigation and possible liability, as well as materially damage our reputation and decrease our user base.

  

We currently have a small sales and marketing organization. If we are unable to expand our direct sales force in the U.S. to promote our services and related products, the commercial appeal and brand awareness for our products and services may be diminished.

 

We currently have a small sales and marketing organization. The Company may expand the core sales and marketing team to oversee the sales and marketing of our “YayYo!” business.   We will incur significant additional expenses and commit significant additional management resources to expand and grow our sales force. We may not be able to build on the expansion of these capabilities despite these additional expenditures. If we elect to rely on third parties to sell our products in the U.S., we may receive less revenue than if we sold our products directly. In addition, although we would intend to diligently monitor their activities, we may have little or no control over the sales efforts of those third parties. In the event we are unable to develop and expand our own sales force or collaborate with a third party to sell our products, we may not be able to operate our products and/or services which would negatively impact our ability to generate revenue. We may not be able to enter into any marketing arrangements on favorable terms or at all. If we are unable to enter into a marketing arrangement for our products, we may not be able to develop an effective sales force to successfully operate our products and/or services. If we fail to enter into marketing arrangements for our products and are unable to develop an effective sales force, our ability to generate revenue would be limited. 

 

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Risks Related to this Offering

 

Our Offering differs significantly from an underwritten initial public offering.

 

This is not an underwritten initial public offering. This listing differs from an underwritten initial public offering in several significant ways, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

· There are no underwriters. Consequently, there will be no book building process and no price at which underwriters initially sold shares to the public to help inform efficient price discovery;
· While we intend to list on the Nasdaq Capital Markets there can be no assurance that we will satisfy the listing requirements;
· Immediately following the SEC’s qualification of this Offering, shares of our Common Stock will not be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Markets or any other securities exchange market;
· Immediately following the qualification of this Offering by the SEC, there will be no active trading market for our Common Stock;
· Additionally, because there are no underwriters, there is no underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares to help stabilize, maintain, or affect the public price of our Common Stock;
· Given that there will be no underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares or otherwise underwriters in engaging in stabilizing transactions, there could be greater volatility in the public price of our Common Stock during the period immediately following qualification of this Offering; and
· We will not conduct a traditional “roadshow” with underwriters prior to the qualification of this Offering. As a result, there may not be efficient price discovery with respect to our ordinary shares or sufficient demand among investors immediately after our listing, which could result in a more volatile public price of our ordinary shares.

 

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Such differences from an underwritten initial public offering could result in a volatile market price for our Common Stock and uncertain trading volume and may adversely affect your ability to sell your Common Stock.

 

The public price of our Common Stock may be volatile, and could, following a sale decline significantly and rapidly.

 

As this Offering is taking place via a process that is not an underwritten initial public offering, there will be no book building process and no price at which underwriters initially sold shares to the public to help inform efficient price discovery with respect to the opening trades on securities exchange markets. Following this Offering, the public price of our Common Stock in the secondary market will be determined by private buy and sell transaction orders collected from broker-dealers.

 

No minimum capitalization.

 

We do not have a minimum capitalization and we may use the proceeds from this Offering immediately following our acceptance of the corresponding subscription agreements. It is possible we may only raise a minimum amount of capital, which could leave us with insufficient capital to operate our business segments, potentially resulting in greater operating losses unless we are able to raise the required capital from alternative sources. There is no assurance that alternative capital, if needed, would be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all.

 

We may not be able to satisfy listing requirements of Nasdaq to obtain or maintain a listing of our Common Stock.

 

If our Common Stock is listed on Nasdaq or the OTCQX Market, we must meet certain financial and liquidity criteria to maintain such listing. If we violate the maintenance requirements for continued listing of our Common Stock, our Common Stock may be delisted. In addition, our board may determine that the cost of maintaining our listing on a national securities exchange outweighs the benefits of such listing. A delisting of our Common Stock from Nasdaq or the OTCQX Market may materially impair our stockholders’ ability to buy and sell our Common Stock and could have an adverse effect on the market price of, and the efficiency of the trading market for, our Common Stock. In addition, in order to list, we will be required to, among other things, file with the SEC a post-qualification amendment to the Offering Statement, and then file a Form 8-A in order to register our shares of Common Stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The post-qualification amendment of the Offering Statement is subject to review by the SEC, and there is no guarantee that such amendment will be qualified promptly after filing. Any delay in the qualification of the post-qualification amendment may cause a delay in the initial trading of our Common Stock on Nasdaq or the OTCQX Market. For all of the foregoing reasons, you may experience a delay between the closing of your purchase of shares of our Common Stock and the commencement of exchange trading of our Common Stock. In addition, the delisting of our Common Stock could significantly impair our ability to raise capital.

 

If we fail to meet the minimum requirements for listing on Nasdaq, we intend to seek to have our Common Stock quoted on the OTCQX. The OTCQX is not a stock exchange, and if our Common Stock trades on the OTCQX there may be significantly less trading volume and analyst coverage of, and significantly less investor interest in, our Common Stock, which may lead to lower trading prices for our Common Stock.

 

This Offering has not been reviewed by independent professionals.

 

We have not retained any independent professionals to review or comment on this Offering or otherwise protect the interest of the investors hereunder. Although we have retained our own counsel, neither such counsel nor any other counsel has made, on behalf of the investors, any independent examination of any factual matters represented by management herein. Therefore, for purposes of making a decision to purchase our Shares, you should not rely on our counsel with respect to any matters herein described. Prospective investors are strongly urged to rely on the advice of their own legal counsel and advisors in making a determination to purchase our Shares. 

 

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There has been no public market for our Common Stock prior to this Offering, and an active market in which investors can resell their shares may not develop.

 

Prior to this Offering, there has been no public market for our Common Stock. We cannot predict the extent to which an active market for our Common Stock will develop or be sustained after this Offering, or how the development of such a market might affect the market price of our Common Stock. The initial offering price of our Common Stock in this offering is based on a number of factors, including market conditions in effect at the time of the offering, and it may not be in any way indicative of the price at which our shares will trade following the completion of this offering. Investors may not be able to resell their shares at or above the initial offering price.

 

Investors in this Offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution.

 

If all of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby are sold, investors in this Offering will own less than 10% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock but will have paid over 97% of the total consideration for our outstanding shares, resulting in a dilution of ($6.59) per share. See “Dilution” and “Description of Securities” within this Offering Circular.

 

The market price of our Common Stock may fluctuate, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

The offering price for our Common Stock is based on a number of factors. The price of our Common Stock may decline following this Offering. The stock market in general, and the market price of our Common Stock, will likely be subject to fluctuation, whether due to, or irrespective of, our operating results, financial condition and prospects. Our financial performance, our industry’s overall performance, changing consumer preferences, technologies and advertiser requirements, government regulatory action, tax laws and market conditions in general could have a significant impact on the future market price of our Common Stock. Some of the other factors that could negatively affect our share price or result in fluctuations in our share price includes:

 

  actual or anticipated variations in our periodic operating results;

  increases in market interest rates that lead purchasers of our Common Stock to demand a higher yield;

  changes in earnings estimates;

  changes in market valuations of similar companies;

  actions or announcements by our competitors;

  adverse market reaction to any increased indebtedness we may incur in the future;

  additions or departures of key personnel;

  actions by stockholders;

  speculation in the press or investment community; and

  our intentions and ability to list our Common Stock on a national securities exchange and our subsequent ability to maintain such listing.

 

We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future, as we anticipate that we will invest future earnings in the development and growth of our business. Therefore, holders of our Common Stock will not receive any return on their investment unless they sell their securities, and holders may be unable to sell their securities on favorable terms or at all.

 

Sales of our Common Stock under Rule 144 could reduce the price of our stock.

 

In general, persons holding “restricted securities,” including affiliates, must hold their shares for a period of at least six (6) months, may not sell more than one percent (1%) of the total issued and outstanding shares in any ninety (90) day period, and must resell the shares in an unsolicited brokerage transaction at the market price. However, Rule 144 will only be available for resale in the ninety (90) days after the Company files its semi-annual reports on Form 1-SA and annual reports on Form 1-K, unless the Company voluntarily files interim quarterly reports on Form 1-U, which the Company has not yet decided to do. The availability for sale of substantial amounts of common stock under Rule 144 could reduce prevailing market prices for our securities.

 

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Our failure to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could have an adverse impact on us.

 

We are required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures regarding our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, management's assessment of internal controls over financial reporting may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal controls over financial reporting or other matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting, disclosure of management's assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting or disclosure of our public accounting firm's attestation to or report on management's assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our Common Stock.

 

Management discretion as to the actual use of the proceeds derived from this Offering.

 

The net proceeds from this Offering will be used for the purposes described under “Use of Proceeds.” However, we reserve the right to use the funds obtained from this Offering for other similar purposes not presently contemplated which we deem to be in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders in order to address changed circumstances or opportunities. As a result of the foregoing, our success will be substantially dependent upon the discretion and judgment of the Board of Directors with respect to application and allocation of the net proceeds of this Offering. Investors who purchase our Common Stock will be entrusting their funds to our Board of Directors, upon whose judgment and discretion the investors must depend.

 

The offering price of our Common Stock was arbitrarily determined and does not reflect the value of the company, our assets or our business.

 

The offering price of our Common Stock was arbitrarily determined by our management and is not based on book value, assets, earnings or any other recognizable standard of value. We arbitrarily established the offering price considering such matters as the state of our business development and the general condition of, and opportunities present in, the industry in which we operate. No assurance can be given that our Common Stock Shares, or any portion thereof, could be sold for the offering price or for any amount. If profitable results are not achieved from our operations, of which there can be no assurance, the value of our Common Stock sold pursuant to this Offering will fall below the offering price and become worthless. Prospective investors should not consider the offering price of the Common Stock as indicative of their actual value. The offering price bears little relationship to our assets, net worth, or any other objective criteria.

 

General securities investment risks.

 

All investments in securities involve the risk of loss of capital. No guarantee or representation is made that an investor will receive a return of its capital. The value of our Common Stock can be adversely affected by a variety of factors, including development problems, regulatory issues, technical issues, commercial challenges, competition, legislation, government intervention, industry developments and trends, and general business and economic conditions.

 

Multiple securities offerings and potential for integration of our offerings.

 

We are currently and will in the future be involved in one or more additional offers of our securities in other unrelated securities offerings. Any two or more securities offerings undertaken by us could be found by the SEC, or a state securities regulator, agency, to be “integrated” and therefore constitute a single offering of securities, which finding could lead to a disallowance of certain exemptions from registration for the sale of our securities in such other securities offerings. Such a finding could result in disallowance of one or more of our exemptions from registration, which could give rise to various legal actions on behalf of a federal or state regulatory agency and the Company.

 

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Offering not reviewed by independent professionals.

 

We have not retained any independent professionals to review or comment on this Offering or otherwise protect the interest of the investors hereunder. Although we have retained our own counsel, neither such counsel nor any other counsel has made, on behalf of the investors, any independent examination of any factual matters represented by management herein. Therefore, for purposes of making a decision to purchase our Common Stock, you should not rely on our counsel with respect to any matters herein described. Prospective investors are strongly urged to rely on the advice of their own legal counsel and advisors in making a determination to purchase our Common Stock.

 

We cannot guarantee that we will sell any specific number of Common Stock shares in this Offering.

 

There is no commitment by anyone to purchase all or any part of the Common Stock Shares offered hereby and, consequently, we can give no assurance that all of the Common Stock shares in this Offering will be sold. Additionally, there is no underwriter for this Offering; therefore, you will not have the benefit of an underwriter's due diligence efforts that would typically include the underwriter being involved in the preparation of this Offering Circular and the pricing of our Common Stock shares offered hereunder. Therefore, there can be no assurance that this Offering will be successful or that we will raise enough capital from this Offering to further our development and business activities in a meaningful manner. Finally, prospective investors should be aware that we reserve the right to withdraw, cancel, or modify this Offering at any time without notice, to reject any subscription in whole or in part, or to allot to any prospective purchaser fewer Common Stock Shares than the number for which he or she subscribed.

 

Investors will experience immediate and substantial dilution in the book value of their investment, and will experience additional dilution in the future.

 

If you purchase our Common Stock in this Offering, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution because the price you pay will be substantially greater than the net tangible book value per share of the shares you acquire. Since we will require funds in addition to the proceeds of this Offering to conduct our planned business, we will raise such additional funds, to the extent not generated internally from operations, by issuing additional equity and/or debt securities, resulting in further dilution to our existing stockholders (including purchasers of our Common Stock in this Offering).

    

We may be unable to meet our current and future capital requirements from capital raised by this Offering.

 

Our capital requirements depend on numerous factors, including but not limited to the rate and success of our development efforts, marketing efforts, market acceptance of our products and services and other related services, our ability to establish and maintain our agreements with the ridesharing services currently operating, our ability to maintain and expand our user base, the rate of expansion of our user community, the level of resources required to develop and operate our products and services, information systems and research and development activities, the availability of software and services provided by third-party vendors and other factors. The capital requirements relating to development of our technology and the continued and expanding operations of our business segments will be significant. We cannot accurately predict the timing and amount of such capital requirements. However, we are dependent on the proceeds of this Offering as well as additional financing that will be required in order to operate our business segments and execute on our business plans. However, in the event that our plans change, our assumptions change or prove to be inaccurate, or if the proceeds of this Offering prove to be insufficient to operate our business segments, we would be required to seek additional financing sooner than currently anticipated. There can be no assurance that any such financing will be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Furthermore, any additional equity financing may dilute the equity interests of our existing shareholders (including those purchasing shares pursuant to this Offering), and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants with respect to dividends, raising future capital and other financial and operational matters. If we are unable to obtain additional financing as and when needed, we may be required to reduce the scope of our operations or our anticipated business plans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

No active market for our Common Stock exists or may develop, and you may not be able to resell your Common Stock at or above the initial public offering price.

 

Prior to this Offering, there has been no public market for shares of our Common Stock. We anticipate that we will apply for quoting of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or the OTC Markets or an approved secondary marketplace upon the qualification of the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part. However, there can no assurance that our Common Stock shares will be quoted. If no active trading market for our Common Stock develops or is sustained following this Offering, you may be unable to sell your shares when you wish to sell them or at a price that you consider attractive or satisfactory. The lack of an active market may also adversely affect our ability to raise capital by selling securities in the future or impair our ability to license or acquire other product candidates, businesses or technologies using our shares as consideration.

 

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The market price of our Common Stock may fluctuate significantly, and investors in our Common Stock may lose all or a part of their investment.

 

If a market for our Common Stock develops following this Offering, the trading price of our Common Stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. The market prices for securities of transportation ridesharing companies have historically been highly volatile, and the market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as:

 

  actual or anticipated adverse results or delays in our research and development efforts;

  our failure to operate our business;

  unanticipated serious safety concerns related to our business;

  adverse regulatory decisions;

  legal disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our intellectual property, government investigations and the results of any proceedings or lawsuits, including patent or stockholder litigation;

  changes in laws or regulations applicable to our business and the ridesharing industry;

  our dependence on third parties;

  announcements of the introduction of new products by our competitors;

  market conditions in the ridesharing or transportation sectors;

  announcements concerning product development results or intellectual property rights of others;

  future issuances of our Common Stock or other securities;

  the addition or departure of key personnel;

  actual or anticipated variations in quarterly operating results;

  announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments by us or our competitors;

  our failure to meet or exceed the estimates and projections of the investment community;

  issuances of debt or equity securities;

  trading volume of our Common Stock;

  sales of our Common Stock by us or our stockholders in the future;

  overall performance of the equity markets and other factors that may be unrelated to our operating performance or the operating performance of our competitors, including changes in market valuations of similar companies;

  failure to meet or exceed any financial guidance or expectations regarding development milestones that we may provide to the public;

  ineffectiveness of our internal controls;

  general political and economic conditions;

  effects of natural or man-made catastrophic events;

  other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control; and

  publication of research reports about us or our industry or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities analysts.

 

Further, price and volume fluctuations result in volatility in the price of our common stock, which could cause a decline in the value of our Common Stock. Price volatility of our common stock might worsen if the trading volume of our Common Stock is low. The realization of any of the above risks or any of a broad range of other risks, including those described in these “Risk Factors,” could have a dramatic and material adverse impact on the market price of our Common Stock.

 

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A sale of a substantial number of shares of the Common Stock may cause the price of our Common Stock to decline.

 

If our stockholders sell, or the market perceives that our stockholders intend to sell for various reasons, substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market, including shares issued in connection with the exercise of outstanding options or warrants, the market price of our Common Stock could fall. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock may make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate. We may become involved in securities class action litigation that could divert management’s attention and harm our business. The stock markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices for the Common Stock of pharmaceutical companies. These broad market fluctuations may cause the market price of our Common Stock to decline. In the past, securities class action litigation has often been brought against a company following a decline in the market price of a company’s securities. We may become involved in this type of litigation in the future. Litigation often is expensive and diverts management’s attention and resources, which could adversely affect our business.

 

Our semi-annual operating results may fluctuate significantly.

 

We expect our operating results to be subject to semi-annual fluctuations. Our net loss and other operating results will be affected by numerous factors, including:

 

  variations in the level of expenses related to our business segments;

  any intellectual property infringement lawsuit in which we may become involved;

  regulatory developments affecting our business and industry; and

  our execution of any collaborative, licensing or similar arrangements, and the timing of payments we may make or receive under these arrangements.

 

If our quarterly operating results fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the price of our Common Stock could decline substantially. Furthermore, any quarterly fluctuations in our operating results may, in turn, cause the price of our Common Stock to fluctuate substantially.

 

Directors, executive officers, principal stockholders and affiliated entities own a significant percentage of our capital stock, and they may make decisions that you do not consider to be in your best interests or those of our other stockholders.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders beneficially owned, in the aggregate, substantially all of our outstanding voting securities. As a result, if some or all of them acted together, they would have the ability to exert significant influence over the election of our board of directors and the outcome of issues requiring approval by our stockholders. This concentration of ownership may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company that may be favored by other stockholders. This could prevent transactions in which stockholders might otherwise recover a premium for their shares over current market prices.

 

Our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards may be subject to limitation.

 

Generally, a change of more than fifty percent (50%) in the ownership of a company’s stock, by value, over a three-year period constitutes an ownership change for U.S. federal income tax purposes. An ownership change may limit our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards attributable to the period prior to the change. As a result, if we earn net taxable income, our ability to use our pre-change net operating loss carryforwards to offset U.S. federal taxable income may become subject to limitations, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability for us.

 

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Our Common Stock may be traded on a closed trading system with limited volume and liquidity.

 

Our Common Stock may not be freely quoted for trading on any stock exchange or (in the event that we fail to obtain a listing of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Markets) through any other traditional trading platform. Our Common Stock may be issued, available for purchase and may be traded exclusively on a specific trading system that is registered with the SEC as an alternative trading system (an “ATS”). We do not currently have any plans to trade our Common Stock on a specific ATS. Any disruption to the operations of an ATS or a broker-dealer's customer interface with an ATS would materially disrupt trading in, or potentially result in a complete halt in the trading of, our Common Stock. Because our Common Stock may be traded exclusively on a closed trading system, it is a possibility that there will be a limited number of holders of our Common Stock. In addition, an ATS is likely to experience limited trading volume with a relatively small number of securities trading on the ATS platform as compared to securities trading on traditional securities exchanges or trading platforms. As a result, this novel trading system may have limited liquidity, resulting in a lower or higher price or greater volatility than would be the case with greater liquidity. You may not be able to resell your Common Stock s on a timely basis or at all.

 

The number of securities traded on an ATS may be very small, making the market price more easily manipulated.

 

While we understand that many ATS platforms have adopted policies and procedures such that security holders are not free to manipulate the trading price of securities contrary to applicable law, and while the risk of market manipulation exists in connection with the trading of any securities, the risk may be greater for our Common Stock because the ATS we choose may be a closed system that does not have the same breadth of market and liquidity as the national market system. There can be no assurance that the efforts by an ATS to prevent such behavior will be sufficient to prevent such market manipulation.

 

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The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention and affect our ability to attract and retain qualified board members.

 

As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we have not incurred as a private company, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We also will incur costs associated with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act and related rules implemented or to be implemented by the SEC. The expenses incurred by public companies generally for reporting and corporate governance purposes have been increasing. We expect the rules and regulations associated with being a public company to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept constraints on policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board, our board committees or as our executive officers and may divert management’s attention. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our Common Stock, fines, sanctions and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.

 

The preparation of our financial statements involves the use of estimates, judgments and assumptions, and our financial statements may be materially affected if such estimates, judgments or assumptions prove to be inaccurate.

 

Financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) typically require the use of estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts. Often, different estimates, judgments and assumptions could reasonably be used that would have a material effect on such financial statements, and changes in these estimates, judgments and assumptions may occur from period to period over time. These estimates, judgments and assumptions are inherently uncertain and, if our estimates were to prove to be wrong, we would face the risk that charges to income or other financial statement changes or adjustments would be required. Any such charges or changes could harm our business, including our financial condition and results of operations and the price of our securities. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for a discussion of the accounting estimates, judgments and assumptions that we believe are the most critical to an understanding of our consolidated financial statements and our business.

 

If securities industry analysts do not publish research reports on us, or publish unfavorable reports on us, then the market price and market trading volume of our Common Stock could be negatively affected.

 

Any trading market for our Common Stock will be influenced in part by any research reports that securities industry analysts publish about us. We do not currently have and may never obtain research coverage by securities industry analysts. If no securities industry analysts commence coverage of us, the market price and market trading volume of our Common Stock could be negatively affected. In the event we are covered by analysts, and one or more of such analysts downgrade our securities, or otherwise reports on us unfavorably, or discontinues coverage or us, the market price and market trading volume of our Common Stock could be negatively affected.

 

Our management has broad discretion as to the use of certain of the net proceeds from this Offering.

 

We intend to use a significant portion of the net proceeds from this Offering (if we sell all of the shares being offered) for working capital and other general corporate purposes. However, we cannot specify with certainty the particular uses of such proceeds. Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds designated for use as working capital or for other general corporate purposes. Accordingly, you will have to rely upon the judgment of our management with respect to the use of these proceeds. Our management may spend a portion or all of the net proceeds from this Offering in ways that holders of our Common Stock may not desire or that may not yield a significant return or any return at all. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. Pending their use, we may also invest the net proceeds from this offering in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value. Please see “Use of Proceeds” below for more information.

 

Our Common Stock could be subject to the “Penny Stock” rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission if it were publicly traded and may be difficult to sell.

 

Our shares of Common Stock are considered to be “penny stocks” because they are not registered on a national securities exchange or listed on an automated quotation system sponsored by a registered national securities association, pursuant to Rule 3a51-1(a) under the Exchange Act. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require that a broker or dealer approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks and that the broker or dealer receives from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased. The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the penny stock market, which sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination and that the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the transaction. Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock” rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our stock.

 

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The market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse.

 

Stockholders should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include:

 

· control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer;
· manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases;
· boiler room practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced salespersons;
· excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups by selling broker-dealers; and
· the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequential investor losses.

 

The foregoing risk factors are not to be considered a definitive list of all the risks associated with an investment in our Offered Shares. This Offering Circular contains forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates, and projections about our business, our industry, and the industry of our clients. When used in this Offering Circular, the words “expects,” anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “believes” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The cautionary statements made in this Offering Circular should be read as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this Offering Circular.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Assuming the sale by us of the Maximum Offering of $50,000,000 and estimated expenses of $5,000,000, the total net proceeds to us would be $45,000,000, which we currently intend to use as set forth below. We expect from time to time to evaluate the acquisition of businesses, products and technologies for which a portion of the net proceeds may be used, although we currently are not planning or negotiating any such transactions. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to us from the sale of Common Stock. Accordingly, we will retain broad discretion over the use of these proceeds, if any. The following table represents management’s best estimate of the uses of the net proceeds received from the sale of Common Stock assuming the sale of, respectively, 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% of the Common Stock shares offered for sale in this Offering.

 

Percentage of Offering Sold

 

      100%     75%     50%     25%
Marketing & Customer Acquisition Incentives   $ 2,000,000     $ 1,500,000     $ 1,000,000     $ 500,000  
Research & Development   $ 2,000,000     $ 1,500,000     $ 1,000,000     $ 500,000  
Professional Services   $ 2,000,000     $ 1,500,000     $ 1,000,000     $ 500,000  
SG&A Expenses and Working Capital   $ 13,000,000     $ 9,750,000     $ 6,500,000     $ 3,250,000  
Strategic Partnerships/Acquisitions   $ 5,000,000     $ 3,750,000     $ 2,500,000     $ 1,250,000  
Leased Vehicle Purchases   $ 23,000,0000     $ 17,250,000     $ 11,500,000     $ 5,750,000  
Miscellaneous Operating Expenses   $ 3,000,000     $ 2,250,000     $ 1,500,000     $ 750,000  
TOTAL   $ 45,000,000     $ 33,750,000     $ 22,500,000     $ 11,250,000  

 

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The amounts set forth above are estimates, and we cannot be certain that actual costs will not vary from these estimates. Our management has significant flexibility and broad discretion in applying the net proceeds received in this Offering. We cannot assure you that our assumptions, expected costs and expenses and estimates will prove to be accurate or that unforeseen events, problems or delays will not occur that would require us to seek additional debt and/or equity funding, which may not be available on favorable terms, or at all. See “Risk Factors.”

 

This expected use of the net proceeds from this Offering represents our intentions based upon our current financial condition, results of operations, business plans and conditions. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we cannot predict with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the closing of this Offering or the amounts that we will actually spend on the uses set forth above. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures may vary significantly depending on numerous factors. As a result, our management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds from this Offering.

 

We may also use a portion of the net proceeds for the investment in strategic partnerships and possibly the acquisition of complementary businesses, products or technologies, although we have no present commitments or agreements for any specific acquisitions or investments. Pending our use of the net proceeds from this Offering, we intend to invest the net proceeds in a variety of capital preservation investments, including short-term, investment grade, interest bearing instruments and U.S. government securities.

 

DILUTION

 

If you purchase shares in this Offering, your ownership interest in our Common Stock will be diluted immediately, to the extent of the difference between the price to the public charged for each share in this Offering and the net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock after this Offering.

 

On December 31, 2017 there were an aggregate of 25,770,551 shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

Our net tangible book value as of December 31, 2017, was $673,241 or $0.03 per then-outstanding share of our Common Stock, based on 25,770,551 outstanding shares of Common Stock at December 31, 2017. Net tangible book value per share equals the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding, all as of the date specified.

 

If the maximum 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock in this Offering at the initial public offering price of $8.00 per share, after deducting approximately $5,500,000 in maximum sales commissions and other offering expenses payable by us, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value would have been approximately $45,173,251 or $1.41 per share as of December 31, 2017. This amount represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $1.38 per share to our existing stockholders at the date of this Offering Circular, and an immediate dilution in pro forma net tangible book value of approximately ($6.59) per share to new investors purchasing shares of Common Stock in this Offering at a price of $8.00 per share.

 

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The following table illustrates the per share dilution to new investors discussed above, assuming the sale of, respectively, 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% of the shares offered for sale in this offering (after our estimated offering expenses of $5,500,000, $4,125,000, $2,750,000 and $1,375,000, respectively):

 

Funding Level   $ 50,000,000     $ 37,500,000     $ 25,000,000     $ 12,500,000  
Offering Price   $ 8.00     $ 8.00     $ 8.00     $ 8.00  
Pro forma net tangle book value per Common Stock share before the Offering   $ 0.03     $ 0.03     $ 0.03     $ 0.03  
Increase in per common share attributable to investors in this Offering   $ 1.38     $ 1.09     $ 0.76     $ 0.40  
Pro forma net tangle book value per Common Stock share after the Offering   $ 1.4     $ 1.12     $ 0.79     $ 0.43  
Dilution to investors   $ 6.59     $ 6.88     $ 7.21     $ 7.57  
Dilution as a percent of Offering Price     82 %     86 %     90 %     95 %

 

The following tables set forth, assuming the sale of, respectively, 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% of the shares offered for sale in this offering (after our estimated offering expenses of $5,500,000, $4,125,000, $2,750,000 and $1,375,000, respectively), the total number of shares previously sold to existing stockholders, the total consideration paid for the foregoing and the respective percentages applicable to such purchased shares and consideration paid based on an average price of $0.0063 per share paid by existing stockholders and $8.00 per share paid by investors in this Offering.

 

    Shares Purchased     Total Consideration  
    Number     Percentage     Amount     Percentage  
Assuming 100% of Shares Sold:                                
Existing Stockholders     25,770,551       80.5 %   $ 4,516,820       8.3 %
New Investors     6,250,000       19.5 %   $ 50,000,000       91.7 %
Total     32,020,551       100.0 %   $ 54,516,820       100.0 %

 

    Shares Purchased     Total Consideration  
    Number     Percentage     Amount     Percentage  
Assuming 75% of Shares Sold:                                
Existing Stockholders     25,770,551       84.6 %   $ 4,516,820       10.7 %
New Investors     4,687,500       15.4 %   $ 37,500,000       89.3 %
Total     30,458,051       100.0 %   $ 42,016,820       100.0 %

 

    Shares Purchased     Total Consideration  
    Number     Percentage     Amount     Percentage  
Assuming 50% of Shares Sold:                                
Existing Stockholders     25,770,551       89.2 %   $ 4,516,820       15.3 %
New Investors     3,125,000       10.8 %   $ 25,000,000       84.7 %
Total     28,895,551       100.0 %   $ 29,516,820       100.0 %

 

    Shares Purchased     Total Consideration  
    Number     Percentage     Amount     Percentage  
Assuming 25% of Shares Sold:                                
Existing Stockholders     25,770,551       94.3 %   $ 4,516,820       26.5 %
New Investors     1,562,500       5.7 %   $ 12,500,000       73.5 %
Total     27,333,051       100.0 %   $ 17,016,820       100.0 %

 

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION & RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of our operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations, whose actual outcomes involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those discussed in the sections entitled “Risk Factors,” "Cautionary Statement regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and elsewhere in this Offering Circular. Please see the notes to our Financial Statements for information about our Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements.

 

Overview

 

The Company was formed on June 21, 2016 under the name “YayYo, LLC,” which was converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to the unanimous written consent of our former manager and members in a transaction intended to be tax-free under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Conversion”). All of the YayYo, LLC’s liabilities and assets, including its intellectual property, were automatically transferred to the Company and the Company has assumed ownership of such assets and liabilities. The Company now operates as a “C” corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

The Company is a holding company operating through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Distinct Cars, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Distinct Cars”), Savvy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Savvy”), Rideyayyo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideyayyo”) and Rideshare Car Rentals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideshare”). The Company operations are organized and consolidated into one reporting segment which encompasses the financial results of the Company’s two business segments- (i) the Fleet Management business and (ii) the Rideshare Platform.

 

On August 12, 2017, we announced that we were shifting our primary corporate focus in the transportation/ridesharing industry from the development of the Metasearch App. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company’s operating business segments include (i) an online peer-to-peer bookings platform to service the ridesharing economy through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rideshare (the “Rideshare Platform”), and (ii) the maintenance of a fleet of standard passenger vehicles to be made commercially available for rent through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Distinct Cars (“Fleet Management”). Through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Rideshare and Distinct Cars, the Company seeks to become the leading provider of a standard rental vehicles to drivers in the ridesharing economy.

 

Financial Statement Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Pursuant to these rules and regulations, certain information and note disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, have been condensed or omitted. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring items) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the Company ended December 31, 2017. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the Company’s financial statements and notes thereto. The notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented on a continuing basis unless otherwise noted.

 

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Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries Distinct Cars, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Distinct Cars”), Savvy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Savvy”), Rideyayyo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideyayyo”) and Rideshare Car Rentals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideshare”).

 

Summary of Results

 

Total Revenues.

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.  

 

Revenue for the 2017 fiscal year was $235,690, representing an increase of 100% over the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the Company generated no revenue.

 

From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the Company was a pre-revenue development stage company purposed to commercialize the ridesharing industry through the development and distribution of our planned YayYo! meta-search ridesharing mobile App. The Company generated no revenues from the Company’s inception on June 21, 2016 until October 31, 2016. On August 12, 2017, we announced that we were shifting our primary corporate focus in the transportation/ridesharing industry from the development of the Metasearch App. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company’s operating business segments include (i) an online peer-to-peer bookings platform to service the ridesharing economy through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rideshare (the “Rideshare Platform”), and (ii) the maintenance of a fleet of standard passenger vehicles to be made commercially available for rent through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Distinct Cars (“Fleet Management”).

 

Cost of Revenues.

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.  

 

Cost of revenues for the 2017 fiscal year were $213,111, representing an increase of 100% over the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the Company continued to be a developmental stage and, in conjunction with not having any operational revenue during such period, it incurred no Cost of Goods and Services Sold.

 

General and Administrative Expenses.

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.   

 

General and administrative expenses for the 2017 fiscal year were $3,249,659, representing an increase of approximately 80% over the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, general and administrative expenses were $654,651.

 

Selling and Marketing Expenses.

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.  

 

Selling and marketing expenses for the 2017 fiscal year were $86,098, representing a decrease of approximately 41% over the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, selling and marketing expenses were $145,803.

 

Interest expense, net

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.  

 

Interest and financing expenses for the 2017 fiscal year were $523,833, representing an increase of 100% over the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, interest and financing expenses were nil.

 

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Total Operating Expenses

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.

 

Total operating expenses for the 2017 fiscal year were $3,639,312, representing an increase of approximately 60% over the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, total operating expenses were $1,483,709.

 

Net Loss.

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.

 

The net loss for the 2017 fiscal year was ($4,100,301), representing an increase of approximately 64% over the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the net loss was ($1,483,709).

  

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Plan of Operations

 

Financings and Securities Offerings

 

YayYo, Inc., Equity Offerings

 

In February 2018, the Company sold 22,500 shares of common stock to two investors for cash proceeds of $18,000.

 

During fiscal year 2017, the Company entered into a series of monthly vehicle leasing agreements with Acme Auto Leasing LLC (the “Lessor”), with an average lease term period of one (1) month per vehicle. As of December 31, 2017, the Company has total lease obligations in the amount of $1,593,291 (collectively, the “Finance Lease Obligations”).

 

On July 15, 2017, the Company and the Lessor entered into an agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue additional consideration to the Lessor in the form of a restricted stock grant in the amount of 100,000 shares of common stock, in exchange for certain terms to be provided by the Lessor under all lease agreements entered into between the Lessor and the Company (the “Lease Side Agreement”).

 

From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the Company raised an additional $175,400 from the funds subscribed to under SAFE agreements with 28 unaffiliated investors. In addition, between December 2016 and January 17, 2016, we received subscriptions for $175,400 of our SAFE Shares from 28 investors in our Rule 506(b) private placement under Regulation D of the Securities Act, that, by their terms, automatically convert into 43,850 shares of our Common Stock as of the filing of this Offering Circular (at a conversion price of $4.00 per share). We terminated such private placement on January 17, 2017. On March 17, 2017 our SAFE Shares were automatically converted into 43,850 shares of our common stock.

 

Bellridge Capital, L.P., Transactions

 

In December 2017, the YayYo, Inc., issued a senior secured promissory note to Bellridge Capital, L.P., in the original principal amount of $222,222 (the “First Note”). As an inducement for the secured parties to extend the loan as evidenced by the First Note and to secure complete and timely payment of the First Note, YayYo, Inc., as borrower, issued and granted a security interest in all the assets of the YayYo, Inc., (including a pledge of securities, owned as of record and beneficially by the YayYo, Inc., in the wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company) and its subsidiaries, existing as of the date of issuance of thereafter acquired.

 

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On March 8, 2018, YayYo, Inc., entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Lender purchased (i) a senior secured promissory note in the principal face amount of $6,000,000 due March 8, 2023, subject to extension (the “Second Note”) and (ii) warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares, with an exercise price of $4.00 per share (the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock (defined below) of the Company (the “Warrants”) and 150,000 commitment shares of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, (“Common Stock”) of the Company (the “Commitment Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $6,000,000 (the “Second Note Offering”) to be directed and deposited by the Lender in the Company’s Master Restricted Account (defined below). The principal balance of $6,000,000 on the Second Note bears interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 100 basis points, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Second Note. The Warrants expire five years from the date of issuance. Further, the Company paid $178,228 of issuance costs associated with the Second Note.

 

YayYo, Inc., obligations to repay and otherwise perform its obligations under the Second Note are secured by a continuing first priority lien and perfected security interest in the $6,000,000 held in the Master Restricted Account (the “Collateral”), to be held and maintained at Umpqua Bank (the “Master Restricted Account”), subject to a deposit account control agreement, dated as of March 7, 2018, by and between the YayYo, Inc., the Lender and Umpqua Bank (the “Controlled Account Agreement”). Subject to the terms of the Second Note and Controlled Account Agreement, upon the exercise of the Warrant and following the YayYo, Inc., receipt of a notice by the holder of the Second Note electing to effect a release of cash with respect to the Collateral or at any such time that the outstanding amount of the Collateral is greater than or exceeds the principal face amount under the Second Note, the Lender will release a certain percentage of cash held as Collateral in the Master Restricted Account to YayYo, Inc. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, YayYo, Inc., will use any proceeds received and distributed from the Master Restricted Account, if at all, for general corporate purposes.

 

In accordance with the Second Note Offering, the Company has agreed to pay Aegis Capital Corp., as placement agent (“Aegis”) a cash placement fee (the “Placement Agent’s Closing Fee”) payable within 48 hours of (but only in the event of) the receipt by the Company of any proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants or options sold in the Second Note Offering equal to 8% of the aggregate cash exercise price received by the Company upon such exercise, if any  (the “Placement Agent’s Fee”). As additional compensation for the services to be provided by Aegis, as the placement agent and investment banker, the Company shall issue to Aegis or its designees at the Closing, warrants (the “Aegis Warrants”) to purchase such number of shares of common stock of the Company (“Placement Agent Warrant Shares”) equal to 8% of the aggregate number of securities placed in the Second Note Offering, plus any securities underlying any convertible securities placed in the Second Note Offering to such purchasers. The Aegis Warrants shall have the same terms, including exercise price and registration rights, as the warrants issued to investors in the Second Note Offering. 

 

Distinct Cars, LLC

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, Distinct Cars, LLC, as lessee, entered into a series of open-ended lease agreements and disclosure statements with Acme Auto Leasing, Inc., (“Lessor”) to lease standard passenger vehicles, each with an approximate lease term of 36 months (each a “Lease Agreement” and collectively, the “Lease Agreements”). Monthly payments under each Lease Agreement range from approximately $373.01 per month to $621 per month (with only 9 vehicles out of approximately 150 exceeding $373.01 per month). At the end of the term of the Lease Agreement, Lessee has the right to purchase ownership and title of the subject vehicle for a nominal payment. In addition, the Lease Agreements are subject to the grant of a purchase money security interest on each leased vehicle.

 

Distinct Cars, LLC has completed a debt round of financing pursuant to which Distinct Cars raised aggregate gross proceeds in the amount of $252,667 from twenty-nine accredited investors in exchange for senior secured promissory notes issued by Distinct Cars (each a “Distinct Cars Note” and collectively, the “Distinct Cars Notes”). The maturity date under the Distinct Cars Notes is third-six (36) months from the date of issuance (the “DCN Maturity Date”). The principal amount under the Distinct Cars Notes ranges from a minimum amount of $5,000 per Distinct Cars Note up to $20,000 per Distinct Cars Note. The Distinct Cars Notes accrue interest at a rate of 8% per annum with interest due and payable upon the DCN Maturity Date. The principal amount and any unpaid and accrued interest thereunder is due and payable in twelve (12) quarterly installments commencing upon January 1, 2018. The Distinct Cars Notes are secured by a senior secured priority lien in the equity of the fleet of leased automobiles acquired under the Lease Agreements (see Lease Agreements above) subject to subordination in priority lien status to the purchase money security interest held by the lessor under the Lease Agreements. In addition to the total amount of principal and interest owing under the Distinct Cars Note, upon execution of the Distinct Cars Note and placement of funds the holder shall receive a stock grant (the “Stock Grant”) of YayYo Inc., common stock (the “Parent Shares”) in an amount equal to 100% of the principal sum as calculated by a price of $4.00 per share with 30% coverage. The Stock Grant is offered pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D and Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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X, LLC

 

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and the periods from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, X, LLC, a limited liability company owned by Ramy El-Batrawi,our controlling stockholder and Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company, issued to the Company advances of a total of $50,000 and $75,000. As of December 31, 2017, $125,000 of these loan advances were repaid in full. The loan advances were non-interest bearing and due upon demand. At December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the amount due to X, LLC, as holder of the note was $0 and $75,000, respectively.

 

Chase Financing, Inc.

 

On January 6, 2017, the Company received $50,000 from Chase Financing, Inc., (“CFI”) and issued its 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the amount of $55,555, with a maturity date of April 6, 2017 (the “First CFI Note”). Subsequent to the First CFI Note, on January 23, 2017, the Company received an additional $25,000 from CFI, and issued a second 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the principal amount of $30,555, with a maturity date of April 6, 2017 (the “Second CFI Note”). Subsequent to the Second CFI note, the Company received an additional $25,000 from CFI, and issued a third 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the amount of 427,778 (the “Third CFI Note” and together with the First CFI Note and the Second CFI Note, collectively, the “CFI Notes”). As a result, the Company is obligated to repay CFI a total of $113,888 in principal plus all accrued interest thereon to CFI under the CFI Notes on or before the stated maturity dates, subject to extension per the terms.

 

Pursuant to the terms, the CFI Notes were secured by a first priority lien and security interest on all of the assets of the Company, now owned or hereafter acquired, and were convertible at the option of the holder into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the lower of $7.00 per share or the average of the five lowest volume weighted average trading prices (“VWAP”) of our Common Stock during the twenty (20) trading days immediately prior to the date of conversion. In an event of default occurs under the terms of the CFI Notes, the conversion price will be reduced to $1.00 per share.

 

Concurrently with the execution of the CFI Letter Agreement and the First CFI Note, as additional collateral to secure the repayment of the CFI notes by the Company, Ramy El-Batrawi, our founder, Chief Executive Officer, Director and control person of our principal stockholder, X, LLC (an entity wholly owned by Mr. El-Batrawi), entered into a Limited Recourse Guaranty and Pledge Agreement with CFI (the “Guaranty and Pledge Agreement”), pursuant to which X, LLC agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the Company’s repayment of the CFI Notes, and pursuant to which X, LLC pledged up to 300,000 shares of our Common Stock held of record and beneficially owned by X, LLC.

 

In addition to the Guaranty & Pledge, on January 6, 2017, X, LLC (an entity wholly owned by Mr. El-Batrawi) entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (“Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which X, LLC agreed to sell and transfer to CFI 200,000 shares of our Common Stock, held of record and beneficially owned by X, LLC, in exchange for the aggregate nominal consideration of one dollar ($1.00). Under the Stock Purchase Agreement, and in addition to the 200,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the effective date of the Stock Purchase Agreement, X, LLC has agreed to provide CFI with certain anti-dilution protection provisions, whereby X, LLC will issue a number of shares of our Common Stock, held as of record and beneficially by X, LLC, equal to two percent (2%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued or underlying Common Stock Equivalents (as defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement) issued, as the case may be, in the event of a Dilutive Share Issuance (as defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement). X, LLC has the right to repurchase 100,000 of such shares at an aggregate purchase price of $208,500 if exercises within the initial three (3) months after the date of the Stock Purchase Agreement, or $258,500 if exercised within the second three (3) months. As of December 31, 2017, the CFI Notes have been repaid in full by the Company.

 

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Since inception, our principal sources of operating funds have been proceeds from equity financing including the sale of our Common Stock to initial investors known to management and principal shareholders of the Company. We do not expect that our current cash on hand will fund our existing operations. We will need to raise additional capital in order execute our business plan and growth goals for at least the next twelve-month period thereafter. If the Company is unable to raise sufficient additional funds, it will have to execute a slower than planned growth path, reduce overhead and scale back its business plan until sufficient additional capital is raised to support further operational expansion and growth. There can be no assurance that such a plan will be successful.

 

Current Plan of Operations

 

Our plan of operations is currently focused on the development of our operating business segments: (i) our Rideshare Platform offered through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rideshare, and (ii) our Fleet Management business, made commercially available through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Distinct Cars. We expect to incur substantial expenditures in the foreseeable future for the potential operations of our business segments and ongoing internal research and development. At this time, we cannot reliably estimate the nature, timing or aggregate amount of such costs. Our Rideshare Platform will require extensive technical evaluation, potential regulatory review and approval, significant marketing efforts and substantial investment before it or any successors could provide us with any revenue. Further, we intend to continue to build our corporate and operational infrastructure and to build interest in our product and service offerings.

 

As noted above, the continuation of our current plan of operations requires us to raise significant additional capital immediately. If we are successful in raising capital through the sale of shares offered for sale in this Offering Circular we believe that the Company will have sufficient cash resources to fund its plan of operations for the next twelve months.

 

We continually evaluate our plan of operations discussed above to determine the manner in which we can most effectively utilize our limited cash resources. The timing of completion of any aspect of our plan of operations is highly dependent upon the availability of cash to implement that aspect of the plan and other factors beyond our control. There is no assurance that we will successfully obtain the required capital or revenues, or, if obtained, that the amounts will be sufficient to fund our ongoing operations. The inability to secure additional capital would have a material adverse effect on us, including the possibility that we would have to sell or forego a portion or all of our assets or cease operations. If we discontinue our operations, we will not have sufficient funds to pay any amounts to our stockholders.

 

Even if we raise additional capital in the near future, if our operating business segments fail to achieve anticipated financial results, our ability to raise additional capital in the future to fund our operating business segments would likely be seriously impaired. If in the future we are not able to demonstrate favorable financial results or projections from our operating business segments, we will not be able to raise the capital we need to continue our then current business operations and business activities, and we will likely not have sufficient liquidity or cash resources to continue operating.

 

Because our working capital requirements depend upon numerous factors there can be no assurance that our current cash resources will be sufficient to fund our operations. At present, we have no committed external sources of capital, and do not expect any significant product revenues for the foreseeable future. Thus, we will require immediate additional financing to fund future operations. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to obtain funds on acceptable terms, if at all.

 

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Credit Facilities

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had notes payable consisting of the following: (i) $445,000 in unsecured notes payable to an investor, accruing interest at 5% per annum, to be made due and payable as of March 31, 2019; (ii) $242,667 in unsecured notes payable to an investor, accruing interest at 8% per annum, with principal payments equal to 1/12 of the original balance plus interest due quarterly- due and payable from dates ranging from August 9, 2020 to December 11, 2020; (iii) $222,222 in unsecured notes payable to an investor, accruing interest at 6% per annum, to be made due and payable as of March 31, 2018. Other than the foregoing, and to vendors and service providers in the ordinary course of our business, we do not have any other credit facilities or other access to bank credit.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had capital expenditures in the amount of $2,119,246. $3,178 in computer equipment and $2,116,068 in leased vehicles.

 

From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the Company entered into agreements with developers and other service providers, including without limitation, the Dashride, Lexicon Labs, and various other service providers, vendors and consultants that require ongoing capital expenditures by the Company, some of which are current payable owed by the Company for services previously rendered in the Company’s behalf. We do not have any other contractual obligations for ongoing capital expenditures at this time. We may, however, purchase equipment and software necessary to conduct our operations on an as needed basis.

 

Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies

 

During fiscal year 2017, the Company entered into a series of monthly vehicle leasing agreements with Acme Auto Leasing, with an average lease term period of one (1) month per vehicle. As of December 31, 2017, the Company has total lease obligations in the amount of $1,593,291 (collectively, the “Finance Lease Obligations”). From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, our Finance Lease) our Finance Lease Obligations were nil.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, we do not employ any software engineers or developers to write code for our App or otherwise create the technology upon which our App is based. Our entire development efforts and operations with respect to our App and accompanying technology is based on a commercial license agreement with a leading technology development firm (the “License Agreement”), which is the sole foundation for all of the Company’s technology capabilities. In developing our App, we engaged the services of a third-party outsourced technology development firm (the “Dashride”), that is a developer of ride sharing technology platforms, and, while we own the work product of the Dashride that was custom built for the Company (the “Company Work Product”), such work product is integrated with and entirely reliant upon our license to use the Dashride’s proprietary technology platform (the “Licensed Technology”), in which we have no rights or ownership interest and which is necessary for our App (and the Company Work Product) to function. Moreover, we have not yet secured a source code escrow for the Company Work Product but intend to establish a source code escrow for the Company’s Work Product. As a result, we are reliant upon the Dashride and the Licensed Technology for the operation and functioning of our App, and therefore our business. Any dispute with the Dashride or under the License Agreement or claims by the Dashride as to the ownership of the Company Work Product, for whatever reason and on any basis, with or without merit, would currently have a significant and material adverse impact on our business and ability to conduct operations. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the License Agreement has been terminated by the Company.

 

On September 28, 2016, we engaged the services of Lexicon Labs by entering into a product management proposal (the “Product Management Proposal”), to oversee and manage the development our App and assist with product development services in the form of (a) design and development services to provide iOS operating system capabilities for our mobile App, (b) design and development for a web registration portal for on-boarding new users, and (c) development of web administration applications to allow high level team members to be able to track user analytical information. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Project Management Proposal, all intellectual property rights created under the Product Management Proposal, including all right, title and interest to all code and designs, and documentation will be transferred to the Company. Pursuant to our agreement with Lexicon Labs, we have agreed to pay Lexicon Labs compensation in the form of a monthly project manager fee of $10,000, plus, following the completion of the project by Lexicon Labs, we have agreed to issue to Lexicon Labs an option to purchase up to one-percent (1%) of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company at the time of the options exercise. On November 16, 2016, the Company adopted and ratified the terms of the Product Management Proposal and accepted the benefits of such arrangement on behalf of the Company. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has terminated the Product Management Proposal.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Company’s only derivative financial instrument was an embedded conversion feature associated with convertible notes payable due to certain provisions that allow for a change in the conversion price based on a percentage of the Company’s stock price at the date of conversion. As of December 31, 2017, the convertible note has been repaid and there is no derivative financial instrument.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

In the ordinary course of our business, we are not exposed to market risk of the sort that may arise from changes in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates, or that may otherwise arise from transactions in derivatives.

 

Contingencies

 

Certain conditions may exist as of the date the financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company, but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company's management, in consultation with its legal counsel as appropriate, assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company, in consultation with legal counsel, evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims, as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein. If the assessment of a contingency indicates it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company's financial statements. If the assessment indicates a potentially material loss contingency is not probable, but is reasonably possible, or is probable, but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss, if determinable and material, would be disclosed. Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed.

 

Relaxed Ongoing Reporting Requirements

 

Upon the completion of this Offering, we may elect to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act. If we elect to do so, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis as an “emerging growth company” (as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, which we refer to as the “JOBS Act”) under the reporting rules set forth under the Exchange Act. As defined in the JOBS Act, an emerging growth company is defined as a company with less than $1.0 billion in revenue during its last fiscal year. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies.

 

For so long as we remain an “emerging growth company,” we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other Exchange Act reporting companies that are not “emerging growth companies,” including but not limited to:

 

  · not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

  · taking advantage of extensions of time to comply with certain new or revised financial accounting standards;

 

  · being permitted to comply with reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and

 

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  · being exempt from the requirement to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

If we are required to publicly report under the Exchange Act as an “emerging growth company”, we expect to take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, though if the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million, we would cease to be an “emerging growth company”.

 

If we elect not to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis under the reporting rules set forth in Regulation A for Tier 2 issuers. The ongoing reporting requirements under Regulation A are more relaxed than for “emerging growth companies” under the Exchange Act. The differences include, but are not limited to, being required to file only annual and semi-annual reports, rather than annual and quarterly reports. Annual reports are due within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year, and semi-annual reports are due within ninety (90) calendar days after the end of the first six (6) months of the issuer's fiscal year.

 

BUSINESS

 

Corporate History

 

The Company was formed on June 21, 2016 under the name “YayYo, LLC,” which was converted into a Delaware corporation pursuant to the unanimous written consent of our former manager and members in a transaction intended to be tax-free under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Conversion”). Pursuant to the Conversion, the members of YayYo, LLC have assigned, transferred, exchanged and converted their respective limited liability company membership interests of YayYo, LLC to the Company in exchange for common stock shares (“Common Stock”) of the Company. All of the YayYo, LLC’s liabilities and assets, including its intellectual property, were automatically transferred to the Company and the Company has assumed ownership of such assets and liabilities upon the filing of the “Certificate of Conversion from a Delaware Limited Liability Company to a Delaware Corporation” with the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 265 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company now operates as a “C” corporation formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Our mailing address is YayYo, Inc., 433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210 and our telephone number is (310) 926-2643. Our website address is www.yayyo.com. The information contained therein or accessible thereby shall not be deemed to be incorporated into this Offering Circular.

 

Business Overview

 

The Company is a holding company operating through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Distinct Cars, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Distinct Cars”), Savvy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Savvy”), Rideyayyo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideyayyo”) and Rideshare Car Rentals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rideshare”). Until June 31, 2017, we were focused on the development and commercialization of a single sign-on metasearch “ridesharing” application for smartphone users that seeks to provide price comparison and bookings of available ridesharing and taxi services along with select limousine and other public and/or private transportation services (“Metasearch App”).

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has completed the development of the Metasearch App, however, its successful deployment and function is dependent on the availability of data from the major ridesharing companies (such as Uber and Lyft) known as an application programming interface (“API”). The Metasearch App has been completely developed and is only missing API access to be at full functionality. Thus far, the industry leaders, Uber and Lyft have been reluctant to provide an API to the Company for purposes of supporting the Metasearch App. Due to the API issues and foregoing technical limitations which are beyond the Company’s control, the Company explored additional opportunities in the ridesharing economy space. While the Company has not completely abandoned the Metasearch App, as of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has no further intentions to continue the development of the Metasearch App or to continue dedicating human resources or financial capital of the Company to the commercialization of the Metasearch App.

 

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On August 12, 2017, we announced that we were shifting our primary corporate focus in the transportation/ridesharing industry from being an exclusive provider of transportation networks systems towards a more diversified operating company with a direct focus on the vehicle rental business and a related transportation network system. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company’s operating business segments include (i) an online peer-to-peer bookings platform to service the ridesharing economy through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Rideshare (the “Rideshare Platform”), and (ii) the maintenance of a fleet of standard passenger vehicles to be made commercially available for rent through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Distinct Cars (“Fleet Management”). Through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Rideshare and Distinct Cars, the Company seeks to become the leading provider of a standard rental vehicles to drivers in the ridesharing economy.

 

Rideshare Rental E-Commerce Platform

 

On October 31, 2017, the Company created the wholly-owned subsidiary, Rideshare to incubate the concept of Rideshare Platform, a proprietary, peer-to-peer booking platform to rent standard passenger vehicles to self-employed ridesharing drivers. The Company has now deployed and launched the Rideshare Platform on the Company’s e-commerce website Ridesharerental.com (http://www.Ridesharerental.com). Further, the Rideshare Platform also commercially markets the Company’s own fleet of cars as well as other fleet owners and selected individual car owners. The Rideshare Platform bookings service provides all standard passenger car owners with a financial opportunity to monetize personally owned vehicles by renting them out to ridesharing economy drivers. Our business strategy with our operating Rideshare Platform is to continue developing our brand equity around becoming the premiere peer-to-peer TNC vehicle rental business for the ridesharing economy that matches the owners and/or operators of passenger vehicles (including the Company’s fleet of maintained vehicles) to existing or prospective ridesharing economy drivers. The Company initially launched the Rideshare Platform in Los Angeles, CA and intends to launch in additional cities.

 

The Rideshare Platform leverages technology to connect the owners and/or operators of standard passenger vehicles (including the Company’s fleet of maintained vehicles) to existing or prospective ridesharing drivers. The platform’s functionality provides ridesharing drivers with access to certain data emitted from their respective Company rental vehicle(s) through a personal Rideshare rental dashboard. Vehicle owners can also access and manage data emitted from their personal vehicle(s) under rental to a third-party from the Rideshare Platform inventory dashboard and can further manage the other aspects of the vehicle rental transaction through the Rideshare Platform. Further, customers renting vehicles on the Rideshare Platform can also access rental extension options through the Rideshare Platform. All transactional aspects of the rental vehicle(s) (including, but not limited to, background checks, terms, deposits and insurance costs) are run securely through the Rideshare Platform. In addition, our Rideshare website located at Ridesharerentals.com (http://www.ridesharerental.com) not only effectively monetizes Company-owned vehicle fleets, made available under our Fleet Management business, but also generates revenue by charging transactional fees to other vehicle owners and ridesharing economy drivers for all rental transactions consummated on the Rideshare Platform. The Rideshare Platform is available on desktop, iOS and Android devices. The development and functionality of our mobile applications are a material component to our business as drivers are more likely to transact via mobile devices.

 

Most importantly, all standard passenger vehicles made available on the Rideshare platform are fully qualified by the Company and guaranteed to meet the necessary Ridesharing Qualification Requirements imposed on ridesharing economy drivers by the private ridesharing TNCs. The Company mission seeks to put more prospective ridesharing drivers on roadways by providing ridesharing drivers with fully inspected vehicle offerings that are guaranteed to meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements.

 

Further, the Company’s car liability and physical damage insurance policies (“Company Insurance Policies”) cover both third-party vehicle owners as well as ridesharing drivers under rental contract. The Company Insurance Policies provide insurance on all listed Rideshare rental vehicles, provided that the Company Insurance Policy coverage is suspending during periods when the ridesharing driver under rental contract with the Company is actively operating on either the Uber or Lyft platform. During these periods when ridesharing drivers are actively operating Rideshare rental vehicles on either the Uber or Lyft platforms, coverage under the Company Insurance Policies are subordinate to the vehicle insurance coverage provided by Uber, Lyft or such other TNCs.

 

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The Company believes that due to the development of the ridesharing economy and its anticipated growth trajectory, the commercial ridesharing economy market will reward the Company as an early entrant to the third-party vehicle rental business. Under the Rideshare Platform we intend to become the go-to booking destination and brand for ridesharing economy vehicle rentals in a TNC marketplace that connects owners and/or operators of standard passenger vehicles with ridesharing economy drivers. We believe that our product and service offerings on the Rideshare Platform will continue to be an attractive proposition for all ridesharing economy drivers either simply requiring a standard passenger vehicle to operate or otherwise struggling to qualify their personal vehicles under the Vehicle Inspection Requirements. Further, we believe that the Company will require additional capital investment to continue funding Rideshare, the Rideshare Platform or ridesharerental.com (http://www.ridesharerental.com), including technology, payments and advertising, for purposes of continuing to develop and scale the Rideshare Platform and business. Further, we believe there is an immediate opportunity and necessity to grow and scale the Rideshare Platform in new geographical territories for purposes of developing and strengthening the Company’s brand and competitive advantage in the ridesharing economy vehicle rental market. For more information see “Risk Factors.”

 

Insurance Policy

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company together with a Managing General Underwriter (“MGU”) maintains an insurance policy of behalf of the Company. Under the policy the MGU will handle all back-end insurance generation and processing through an API connection with the Company’s databases. We believe that this MGU insurance policy has made it possible for us to launch our Rideshare Platform, which will also allow the Company to have other third-party fleet owners supply vehicles to drivers through our platform and have them covered under the terms of our insurance policy. Our insurance policy provides physical damage and liability coverage to all rideshare drivers and fleet owners under the Rideshare Platform. Under the terms of our policy, ridesharing drivers acquiring rental vehicles under our Rideshare Platform as well as owners of the rental vehicles are provided with an insurance ID card that lists each parties name and the vehicle VIN number. Further, customers to our Rideshare Platform pay daily (for the duration of the rental period) to become designated as a supplemental insured party under the Company’s insurance policy. Under the terms of our policy, insurance coverage is valid from the date of commencement of the rental period up until the date that the vehicle is returned.

 

Ambassador Referral Program

 

The Company has further enhanced the monetization of the Rideshare Platform by creating and deploying the Rideshare Rental Ambassador program. Drivers renting cars from our Rideshare Platform can join the Ambassador program and refer other potential drivers and prospective customers to rent from the Rideshare Platform, providing our customers with additional income opportunities. The Company has designed and deployed a referral commissions team matrix that allows for both depth and breadth of commissionable referrals for the participating driver. As participating drivers add additional referred drivers to their down line, they progress in gaining additional levels of commission rewards. Eventually they are able to earn a free vehicle rental from Rideshare as a premium reward. This program requires that the driver continues to rent their vehicle from Rideshare in order to continue receiving commissions from other drivers' rentals under the Ambassador’s down line. For further details on our Ambassador Referral Program, please visit http://www.Ridesharerental.com/company/ambassador-program-terms-conditions.

 

Fleet Management Business

 

On June 10, 2017, the Company formed the wholly-owned subsidiary, Distinct Cars for purposes of developing a fleet management business. The Company’s Fleet Management business maintains a fleet of brand new standard passenger vehicles to be subsequently rented directly to drivers in the ridesharing economy through the Rideshare Platform. The Company’s fleet of vehicles, under lease contract and maintained by Distinct Cars, as well as other third-party vehicles will be made commercially available for rental bookings on the Rideshare Platform as well as on other third-party e-commerce booking platforms and/or through strategic partnerships and relationships. The Company seeks to provide drivers in the ridesharing economy with full-service vehicle rentals and fleet contract maintenance solutions for commercial standard passenger vehicles.

 

The Company’s material operations for the Fleet Management business are primarily conducted in the State of California. As a provider of comprehensive, integrated vehicle rental and fleet management solutions, the Fleet Management business markets and manages short and long-term vehicle rentals to ridesharing economy drivers located in Los Angeles County.

 

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The Company is focused on operating, developing and investing in its vehicle rental business with a focus on marketing directly to the peer-to-peer car sharing and ridesharing industry professionals. The Company is capable of meeting customers’ needs, including but not limited to a guaranty that all vehicles maintained under the Fleet Management business will comply with and pass the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements. Our Fleet Management product and service offering includes full-service vehicle rental(s) and contract maintenance, along with distribution center management and transportation management service. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company’s customer base is primarily ridesharing drivers located within Los Angeles County that are operating and performing driving services on behalf of a host of the private ridesharing TNCs (primarily Lyft and Uber). While our Fleet Management business is primarily concentrated within the State of California, Los Angeles County, the Company intends to aggressively expand our Fleet Management services and product offerings nationally.

 

In August 2017, following our announcement that we were shifting our primary corporate operations, we entered into a leasing arrangement for an initial group of twelve (12) vehicles, with the intent of testing our fleet management concept within the ridesharing industry. Following the Company’s proof on concept period, we expanded our Fleet Management business in December 2017 by adding an additional 135 vehicles to our fleet of vehicles. As of the date of this Offering Circular, our full-service vehicle rental and contract maintenance under our Fleet Management segment is the Company’s main operating line of business and primary revenue generating business segment. As of March 19, 2018, the Company Fleet Management business manages a fleet of approximately 150 vehicles under lease contract. During fiscal year 2017, professional ridesharing drivers contracted with private ridesharing TNCs for vehicle rental periods generally ranging from less than three days to six months. The rental vehicles made commercial available to customers by the Company are configured and guaranteed to be compliant with the Vehicle Inspection Requirements imposed on ridesharing vehicles by the private ridesharing TNCs (specifically, Uber and Lyft).

 

The Company believes that customers will rent vehicles offered by our Fleet Management business in order to reduce the complexity, cost and total capital associated with vehicle ownership. Further, we believe that due to our market focus on the ridesharing industry and the additional imposition of the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements imposed on ridesharing vehicles by the dominant private ridesharing TNCs, customers will be further incentivized to rent our Fleet Management vehicles to guarantee compliance with the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements.

 

Under a full-service rental agreement, the Company provides and fully maintains the vehicle, which is generally specifically configured to meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements. The services provided under full-service rental and contract maintenance agreements generally include preventive and regular maintenance, advanced diagnostics, emergency road service, fleet services, and safety programs, through our company-operated facilities.

 

Fleet Management Software

 

The Company has been an early adopter of technologies to leverage the Fleet Management business. To ensure that the Company’s fleet of vehicles meet and comply with the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements and transmit relevant data our customers, the Company has fit its Fleet Management vehicles with fleet management GPS solution software, providing open platform fleet management solutions to businesses of all sizes. These full-featured solutions help the Company manage their drivers and vehicles by extracting accurate and actionable intelligence from real-time and historical location trip data. The telematics solutions for fleet optimization provide our Fleet Management vehicles with fitted software analytics and data involving (i) fuel efficiency; (ii) management of vehicle maintenance and (iii) prevention of vehicle wear and tear.

 

Strategic Partnerships

 

The Company has entered into a strategic partnership relationship with Hyundai USA, a subsidiary of the Hyundai Motor Group. Hyundai provides and sells its vehicles in the United States through its subsidiary Hyundai USA (collectively, “Hyundai”).

 

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In June of 2017, the Company entered into a strategic partnership arrangement with Hyundai for purposes of entering into a fleet purchase program. Hyundai has agreed to a partnership arrangement with the Company under Hyundai’s special fleet pricing. The Hyundai program will provide the Company with competitive pricing options (or best available pricing) below manufacturer suggested retail prices (“MSRP”) on all purchases for brand-new Hyundai vehicles and priority status on the availability and delivery of all Hyundai vehicles under contract with the Company. The vehicles are currently purchased by ACME Auto Leasing and leased to the company at favorable terms over a 3-year period, with $1 residual purchase at the end of the three years. In exchange for the favorable terms the company has granted 350,000 common shares to ACME.

 

  The Company believes that this strategic partnership with Hyundai is a key relationship for the going concern of the Company’s continuing operations. Any termination or suspension of our strategic partnership with Hyundai would have a material impact on the Company’s operating expenses. For more information please see the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

 

 The Company has also entered into a relationship with Penske Automotive Group, Inc., (“Penske Automotive”). Penske Automotive is a global transportation services company that operates automotive and commercial truck dealerships principally in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, and distributes commercial vehicles, diesel engines, gas engines, power systems and related parts and services principally in Australia and New Zealand.

 

In June of 2017, the Company has entered into a strategic arrangement with dealerships owned by Penske Automotive for purposes of providing fleet management services to the Company. Services provided and offered to the Company by Penske Automotive include finalizing all registration of vehicles bought through the dealership for the Company for purchased vehicles and the delivery of all brand-new Hyundai vehicles to the Company. The Company arrangement with Penske Automotive is non-exclusive and the Company intends to enter into several similar arrangements with national car dealerships in the future in order to acquire and enter into similar vehicle leasing arrangements. 

 

The Ridesharing Industry

 

At the most basic level, real-time ridesharing is a service that arranges one-time shared rides on short notice. Traditionally, ridesharing arrangements between two or more unrelated individuals for commuting purposes have been relatively inflexible, long-term arrangements. These commuting arrangements will establish reasonably fixed departure time schedules and driving responsibilities. The complexity of work and social schedules and the perceived increase in vehicle trip complexity, such as trip chaining, has made this type of commuting arrangement much less desirable. “Real-time” ridesharing attempts to provide added flexibility to ridesharing arrangements by allowing drivers and passengers to partake in occasional shared rides. The internet-connected, global positioning system (“GPS”) enabled device automatically detects your current location, takes the home location that you have programmed in previously and searches the database for drivers traveling a similar route and willing to pick up passengers. According to Wikipedia.org, “real-time” ridesharing is defined as “a single, or recurring ridesharing trip with no fixed schedule, organized on a one-time basis, with matching of participants occurring as little as a few minutes before departure or as far in advance as the evening before a trip is scheduled to take place”.

 

A number of TNCs located in San Francisco premiered apps for real-time ridesharing in early 2010, several TNCs were introduced that were advertising as ridesharing, but in fact dispatched commercial operators similar to a taxi service. Transportation industry experts have frequently referred to these services as “ridesourcing” to clarify that drivers do not share a destination with their passengers. Rather, the “ridesourcing” app simply outsources rides to available commercial drivers. In 2013 an agreement was reached with California Public Utilities Commission creating a new category of service called “Transportation Network Companies” or “TNCs” to cover both real-time and scheduled ridesharing companies. Transportation Network Companies have faced regulatory opposition in many other cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C, among others.

 

Ridesharing” has been controversial, variously criticized as lacking adequate regulation, insurance, licensure, and training. One of the main so-called ridesharing (but actually ridesourcing) firms, Uber, was banned in Berlin and a number of other European cities. Opposition may also come from taxi companies and public transit operators because they are seen as alternatives. Early real-time ridesharing projects are believed to have begun in the 1990s, but they faced obstacles such as the need to develop a user network and a convenient means of communication. Gradually the means of arranging the ride shifted from telephone to internet, email, and smartphone; and user networks were developed around major employers and universities. As of 2006, the goal of taxi-like responsiveness still generally eluded the industry; “next day” responsiveness was generally considered the state of the art.

 

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The term “ridesharing” was starting to become a misnomer, they’re a lot more like successful private cab or taxi businesses that cater to a smartphone-toting clientele and actively rival traditional cab or taxi companies and having reliable and affordable door-to-door transportation in general can help expand car-free living. Given the fast rise of smartphone adoption globally, ridesharing’s success doesn’t come as a surprise. But there are many reasons why customers prefer to book those services versus taxis. Among those are a clear overview of pricing prior to booking, the ease and convenience of “one-tap” rides, the ability to monitor and follow drivers on map displayed on the user’s smartphone, the convenience of a cashless transaction, fare splitting, and feedback options. The premier and probably most well know ridesharing service, Uber, was born when its founders became annoyed that they could not get a taxi in Paris. By eliminating the antiquated taxi dispatch system through technology (call and book taxi, call to request driver’s location, call when taxi doesn’t arrive), the founders of Uber created an innovative technology alternative to the traditional taxi dispatch system that has been widely adopted by users worldwide. By eliminating a key piece of the supply chain and streamlining efficiencies for the users, Uber was able to completely disrupt a century-old taxi industry. In essence, Uber & Lyft are really the two companies that dominate the market and Uber so far has won across the board: access, driver experience, customer experience, brand and funding.

 

The growth of the ridesharing economy has resulted in increasing consumer demand for ridesharing services, provided by Transportation Network Companies (“TNCs”) such as Lyft, Gett and Uber, that offer a ridesharing economy service through mobile applications.

 

Ridesharing apps connect people who need a ride with people who have a vehicle and time to drive - notably, not necessarily people who are licensed taxi drivers. Ridesharing TNCs like Lyft, Gett and Uber provide a smartphone app that lets consumers hail a ride, set their destination, and pay without leaving the app itself. The benefits to the consumer is ease of use, availability of rides, and sometimes lower prices than traditional taxis. Many companies require at least some sort of certification for the drivers and take a portion of the drivers’ fares. Ridesharing drivers can choose when they work (though they can receive bonuses for logging a certain number of hours) and provide their own vehicles. In the United States, ridesharing companies argue that the work-when-you-want arrangement qualifies drivers as contractors, not employees. Despite legal battles and controversy over surge pricing, ridesharing companies have exploded in popularity, both in the U.S. and internationally. Early entrants in the TNC app space, like Uber and Flywheel, were founded around 2009. Overall, the industry has raised more than $10 billion in venture funding.

 

We believe that we have strong economic prospects by virtue of the following dynamics of the industry:

 

· Continued Growth in Ridesharing Market. The ridesharing services market has grown faster, gone to more places and has produced robust growth and consumer traffic figures since commercial introduction in approximately 2009. The pace of growth is also picking up. It has been reported that Uber took six (6) years before it reached a billion rides in December of 2015, but it took only six (6) months for Uber to get to two billion rides. In the U.S., the number of users of ridesharing services is estimated to increase from 8.2 million in 2014 to 20.4 million in 2020, producing a compounded annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of approximately 13.92% over the seven-year period.

 

· Globalization of Ridesharing. In the same vein, ridesharing which started as an experiment in California has grown into a global marketplace over a short period of time. Asia has emerged as a geographical territory to drive future growth. For example, Didi Chuang, the Chinese ridesharing company, completed 1.43 billion rides just in 2015 and it now claims to have 250 million users in 360 Chinese cities. Ridesharing is also acquiring deep roots in both India and Malaysia, and is making advances in Europe and Latin America, despite regulatory pushback.

 

· Expanding Choices. Consumer options in ridesharing are expanding to attract an even larger audience, such as carpooling and private bus services. The expansion of consumer options has also attracted mass transit customers to more expensive luxury options. In addition, it has been reported that dominant TNC businesses are experimenting with pre-scheduled rides and multiple stops on single trip gain to meet customer needs. Our Fleet Management business and fleet of rental vehicles are designed to put more certified ridesharing vehicles on the roadways to meet the increasing consumer demand of the availability of ridesharing services.

 

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Regulation of the Ridesharing Industry

 

In the current ridesharing marketplace, often times the TNCs (such as Uber or Lyft) generally takes the place of government in enforcing standards for drivers and vehicles, though two (2) states and the District of Columbia now have basic driver background and minimum insurance requirements in place for TNCs. Each TNC has its own regulations at the corporate level. However, in many instances, state, local or federal governments are beginning to seriously assess the ridesharing industry and it is likely that regulations and mandated standards are imminent. For more information see section “Vehicle Registration Requirements.”

 

Our Opportunity

 

The increasing demand for ridesharing services has produced an increase in demand by TNC businesses for more ridesharing drivers and vehicles on the road at any given time. The growing demographic of ridesharing drivers, as determined on a global basis, has drawn ridesharing drivers to the ridesharing marketing to perform services for a host of private TNC businesses focused on ridesharing, such as Uber and Lyft. The Company believes that private ridesharing TNC businesses are hiring more than 50,000 drivers a month to keep pace with the current commercial demand for ridesharing services.

 

Complicating this matter further, many potential ridesharing drivers drawn to the ridesharing market are being rejected or turned away from employment by the private ridesharing TNCs on account of the fact that many potential ridesharing driver’s personal vehicles are failing to meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements imposed on all ridesharing vehicles by the private ridesharing TNCs. Private ridesharing TNCs impose certain vehicle safety tests and precautions on all ridesharing vehicles to be utilized by drivers under employment with the private ridesharing TNCs. Generally, the TNCs impose certain standard requirements on all ridesharing drivers and their respective vehicles (the “Driver Qualification Requirements”) as well as additional vehicle safety tests, inspections and precautions on all ridesharing vehicles to be utilized by drivers under employment with the private ridesharing TNCs (the “Vehicle Qualification Requirements”, together with the Driver Qualification Requirements, the “Ridesharing Qualification Requirements”). For more information see “Ridesharing Qualification Requirements”. The Company estimates that approximately 30%-50% of potential ridesharing drivers do not own or have rights or access to a car or vehicle that will meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements. Further, the Company believes that this issue surrounding the Ridesharing Qualifications Requirements are exacerbating the problem and resulting in a shortfall of ridesharing drivers on the road at any given time. Private ridesharing TNCs have responded to this issue by actively pursuing programs to get eligible ridesharing drivers into qualified cars that meet the Ridesharing Qualification Requirements. The Company believes that the TNC line of business and immense capital requirements in developing a fleet management business to service the growing ridesharing industry on such a large scale will restrict the ability of the private ridesharing TNCs to dominate the ridesharing vehicle rental market. Further, despite the financial resources and scale of the dominant TNCs in the ridesharing business, the Company believes that third-party vehicle rental providers are a necessity to the growth and service of a robust ridesharing market.

 

Ridesharing Qualification Requirements

 

The TNCs generally impose a host of requirements on potential ridesharing driver applicants seeking employment with TNCs such as Uber and/or Lyft. For example, prior to becoming a ridesharing driver, Uber and Lyft impose similar uniform requirements on all ridesharing vehicles and drivers. Generally, the ridesharing driver must meet the following standard requirements (collectively, the “Driver Qualification Requirements”):

 

· The ridesharing driver must obtain a minimum age of 21 years old;
· The ridesharing driver’s vehicle must be a four-door car made in year 2007 or newer (in most cities- 2002 or newer for Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco);
· The ridesharing driver must have in-state auto insurance with the driver’s name on the policy;
· The ridesharing driver must have an in-state driver’s license, licensed in the US for at least one year;

 

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· The ridesharing driver must have in-state plates with a current registration (commercial plates are acceptable as well);
· The ridesharing driver must have a clean driving record;
· The ridesharing driver must pass on the background check;
· The ridesharing driver’s vehicle must pass the Cosmetic Qualification Requirements.

 

For example, prior to becoming an Uber driver, the company requires all potential ridesharing drivers of UberX, UberXL and UberPlus/UberSelect to meet the following vehicle requirements:

 

· Access to a four-door car that is year 2007 or newer (in most cities- 2002 or newer for Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco);
· The vehicle is in good physical condition with no cosmetic damage;
· No marketing or commercial branding is being outwardly displayed on the vehicle;
· Passing score on the vehicle inspection.

 

In addition, the TNCs may impose cosmetic guidelines on all ridesharing vehicles providing ridesharing services on behalf of the private ridesharing company. Certain cosmetic features may prevent a potential ridesharing driver’s vehicle from qualifying under the vehicle inspection on account of the following: (i) the vehicle includes a full-body wrap containing advertisements, or any large ads; (ii) the vehicle has holes or damage to the exterior; (iii) the vehicle has taxi decals or taxi-style paint; (iv) the vehicle has significant damage to the interior (including any torn seats, large permanent stains, strong permanent odors); (v) the vehicle has paint oxidation; or (vi) the vehicle has different colored hoods/doors; (vii) the vehicle has objectionable aftermarket modification (collectively, “Cosmetic Qualification Requirements”).

 

In addition to the Driver Qualification Requirements, private ridesharing companies also require all potential ridesharing drivers to undergo a vehicle inspection test on all personal driver vehicles to be used by the potential ridesharing driver to perform ridesharing services on behalf of the private ridesharing company. In order to become a Uber or Lyft driver, a potential ridesharing driver’s vehicle generally must pass the 19-point vehicle inspection to confirm that it meets the private ridesharing companies requirements (the “Vehicle Qualification Requirements”, together with the Driver Qualification Requirements, the “Ridesharing Qualification Requirements”).

 

A 19-point inspection is a standard vehicle inspection procedure to check a car in 19 specific areas to ensure that it conforms to safety and operational requirements. While the 19 points are the same for different companies, their procedures differ slightly. The process also varies based on the geographical location where the inspection is performed. The 19 points of the vehicle checked for inspection include headlights, tail-lights, indicator lights, stop lights, foot brakes, emergency/parking brake, steering mechanism, windshield, heat and air conditioning, front, rear and side windows, front seat adjustment mechanism, door controls (open, close, lock), horn, speedometer, body condition/ damage, muffler and exhaust system, condition or tires, interior and exterior rear-view mirrors and safety belts for driver and passengers. Any vehicle having a problem or issue with any of the inspection points will generally not pass the vehicle inspection and will be refused the opportunity to become a ridesharing driver for the private ridesharing company.

 

Company Growth Strategy

 

Our long-term strategy is focused on four priorities: expanding and diversifying our revenues; improving our operating effectiveness; enhancing the customer experience; and disciplined capital management.

 

Expand and Diversify Revenues—Our strategy to achieve ongoing growth is driven by initiatives that expand and diversify our revenues through customer- and market-focused initiatives. We are actively working to expand our Fleet Management business, Rideshare Platform and diversify our equipment rental fleet with a broader mix of vehicles to increase in the range of customer options and markets we serve. In addition, we seek to grow our Rideshare business which seeks to connect the owners and/or operators of standard passenger vehicles to existing or prospective ridesharing drivers. We will continue to offer a comprehensive equipment rental fleet to maintain our market leadership. We plan to expand our footprint in North America, with a focus on increasing the following: (i) the number of major geographical markets served on our Rideshare platform; (ii) the number of vehicles maintained and managed under the Company’s Fleet Management business; and (iii) to continue to reconfigure existing locations with fleet and expertise tailored to local markets. Our footprint expansion will include locations served under our Rideshare Platform and Fleet Management business to better support our growing ridesharing rental business. We will continue to pursue initiatives that allow us to drive sales through our existing locations and geographical territories.

 

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Improve Operating Effectiveness—We are focused on generating continuous improvement across our operations, with an emphasis on building a strong safety culture, fleet management business, e-commerce bookings website, fleet availability and improving margins. We are continuing to build a highly professional and technology-enabled sales force and to optimize our sales territories to support our revenue growth objectives. We will continue to improve the effectiveness of our sales team with focused training, strong customer relationship management capabilities, and ongoing technology enhancements.

 

Enhance the Customer Experience—We seek to differentiate our business by delivering a superior customer experience through the variety and quality of the vehicles and services we offer, the ease of doing business with us and the added value we offer through services, products and technologies. Our focus on quality vehicle brands tailored to meet the Vehicle Qualification Requirements of the ridesharing industry is intended to meet the preferences of ridesharing drivers, including the expectations for reliable, safe, efficient and effective maintained vehicles. We expect to add more expertise across our team to help our customers achieve the best results for their projects. In developing and providing vehicle rental related technologies, we are focused on meeting customer expectations related to convenience and on-demand access to data and information.

 

Disciplined Asset Management—We manage our vehicle rental fleet to optimize the timing of fleet rentals, repairs and maintenance, while at the same time satisfying our customers' needs. Through continued use and development of our disciplined approach to efficient fleet management, we seek to maximize our utilization and return on investment.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We generally rely on trademark, copyright and trade secret laws and employee and third-party non-disclosure agreements to protect its intellectual property and proprietary rights. We are currently in the process of pursuing trademark protection for our name and logos in the United States. Although we believe that our pending trademark applications will be granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, there can be no assurance that any trademarks will be granted or that any trademark relied upon by us in the future, if any, will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented or that the rights granted thereunder or under licensing agreements will provide competitive advantages to the Company. We own registered trademarks “YayYo®” and the service mark for the stylized design representing an automobile.

 

In the future we may rely on patents to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technology, to the extent feasible, and plans to consult with intellectual property counsel to determine what patents we may be able to file to protect its intellectual property. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we have not filed any patents in the United States or any other country. Although we believe that some of our technology may be patentable, there can be no assurance that any patents will be granted or that any patent relied upon by us in the future, if any, will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented or that the rights granted thereunder or under licensing agreements will provide competitive advantages to the Company. We believe that due to the rapid pace of technological innovation for technology, mobile and internet products, our ability to establish and maintain a position of technological leadership in the ridesharing industry depends more on the skills of its development personnel than the legal protection afforded its existing technology. For more information see the section “Risk Factors”.

 

Employees

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, we had approximately ten (10) full-time employees and three (3) consultants, based at our offices. None of our employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement, and we believe that our relations with our employees generally are good.

 

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Litigation

 

From time to time we become the subject of litigation that is incurred in the ordinary course of its business. However, to date, we have not been made aware of any actual, pending or threatened litigation against the Company.

 

Property

 

We lease and maintain our primary offices at 433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210. We also lease and maintain executive offices at 6600 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028, where the majority of our operations and staff will conduct activities on a daily basis. We do not currently own any real estate.

 

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The following are our executive officers and directors and their respective ages and positions as of the date of this Offering Circular:

 

Name   Position   Age   Term of Office   Approximate hours
per week for part-time
employees
Executive Officers:                
Ramy El-Batrawi   Chief Executive Officer    56  

Since February 2017

   
Laurie DiGionanni   Chief Operating Officer    58  

Since August 2017

   
Kevin F. Pickard   Chief Financial Officer, Secretary    54  

Since June 2017

   15 hrs
Directors:                
Ramy El-Batrawi   Director    56  

Since November 2016

   
Laurie DiGionanni   Director    58  

Since August 2017

   
Kevin F. Pickard   Director    54   Since October 2017    
Paul Richter   Director    62   Since October 2017    
Jeffrey J. Guzy   Director    66   Since October 2017    
Christopher Maglino   Director    49   Since October 2017    
Harbant S. Sidhu   Director    59   Since October 2017    
Dave Haley   Director    64   Since October 2017    
Key Employees:                
Ramy El-Batrawi   Chief Executive Officer, Director    56      

 

During the past five (5) years, none of the persons identified above has been involved in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses. There is no arrangement or understanding between the persons described above and any other person pursuant to which the person was selected to his or her office or position.

 

Executive Officers and Directors

 

Ramy El-Batrawi, Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Director. Mr. El-Batrawi is the founder, chief executive officer and director of the Company. Mr. El-Batrawi is the owner and chief executive officer of Growth Strategy Investments, LLC. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. El Batrawi was a principal shareholder and chief executive officer of Global Leisure Travel, Inc., from 1998 to 2000, which was subsequently sold. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. El-Batrawi served as the chief executive officer of GenesisIntermedia, Inc. From 1994 to 2001, Mr El-Batrawi served as the President and Chairman of the Board of the Directors for Genesis Diversified Investments, Inc. Mr. El-Batrawi currently is managing director of X, LLC.

 

On April 13, 2006, Ramy Y. El Batrawi was named, along with others officers, directors and/or associates of GenesisIntermedia, Inc., as defendants in a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action. In the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, entitled SEC v. Ramy El-Batrawi, et al., United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No 2: -06-cv-02247-(MRP_(RZ) (the “Action”). The Action alleged violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act, in connection with a stock loan and manipulation scheme. The Action alleged, among other things, that defendants had violated antifraud provisions of federal securities laws by orchestrating a scheme to manipulate the stock price of GenesisIntermedia, Inc. (GENI), a now-defunct public company that was based in Van Buys, California (the “Complaint”). On April 1, 2010, Mr. El-Batrawi settled the Action by entering into a final judgment by consent with the SEC, without admitting or denying the allegations contained in the Complaint (the “Settlement”).  In connection with the voluntary Settlement of the charges set forth in the Complaint, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered the consent against Mr. El-Batrawi, which, among other things, barred Mr. El-Batrawi from acting as an officer or director of a public company for a period of five (5) years following the date of entry of the final judgment by consent. See “Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings” below for more information.

 

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Laurie DiGiovanni, Chief Operating Officer & Director. Ms. DiGiovanni is the chief operating officer and a director of the Company. Ms. DiGiovanni manages all business operations of the Company and its subsidiaries including driver training and the Fleet Management business segment. Ms. DiGiovanni is the founder of the Association for Finance and Insurance Professionals (AFIP), an association that has certified tens of thousands for more ethical car buying practices, and mandatory for auto industry employees and implemented in leading global automotive markets. She also played key roles in the launch of many automotive initiatives, including managing new divisions and brands for Beverly Hills Travel and Lifestyle and American Dream Classics; serving as Director of Training for CarsDirect.com; and leading marketing and customer experience campaigns for Barrett-Jackson Car Auction. Ms. DiGiovanni also has direct brand experience within the automotive industry, including project management and training positions with Toyota, Mazda, and Nissan. Ms. DiGiovanni has a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton.

 

Kevin F. Pickard, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary & Director. Mr. Pickard is the chief financial officer, secretary and a director of the Company. Mr. Pickard provided management consulting services to small and medium-sized companies, included due diligence on potential acquisitions, the preparation of projections and business plans, assistance with restructuring of companies, posturing companies for initial public offerings, review and preparation of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. From August 1996 to July 1998, Mr. Pickard was a partner of Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein, LLP, Los Angeles, California, where he co-managed the accounting its securities industry practice group. He served as a Business Assurance Manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (formerly, Coopers & Lybrand, LLP) in various offices from September 1987 to July 1993 and from April 1994 to August 1996, where he focused on auditing companies in insurance, high-tech and industries. Mr. Pickard holds a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and a Master of Accountancy from Brigham Young University. Mr. Pickard is currently a licensed Certified Public Accountant in North Carolina, and California.

 

Paul Richter, Director. Mr. Richter is a member of the board of directors of the Company. Since 1986, Mr. Richter, a licensed attorney, has performed legal services in the areas of securities and corporate law representing public and private companies in the U.S. Mr. Richter’s legal practice focuses predominantly on SEC/state securities law compliance (including public and private securities offerings and SEC filings); corporate governance law compliance; contracts; commercial transactions; regulatory dispute resolution; business start-up formation and funding; employee-employer dispute resolution; corporate compensation plans; business immigration; and compliance with FINRA, NASDAQ and The OTC Markets Group, Inc. rules and regulations.  In addition, Mr. Richter has experience in cross-border transactional matters having performed U.S. legal work for companies based in Hong Kong, India, Poland, Norway, Canada, United Kingdom and U.A.E.  Mr. Richter is a licensed attorney with the state bar of Virginia. 

 

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Mr. Richter has an L.LM. in Securities Regulation from Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C. (1987) and a J.D. from George Mason University Law School, Arlington, Virginia (1985). He has a B.A. with honors from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Mr. Richter originated and authored the first few editions of Corporate Anti-Takeover Defenses: The Poison Pill Device (published by Clark Boardman Co.  and then by West Publishing for 18 annual editions) and he currently updates or assists in updating the following legal publications of Thomson Reuters West that were originally authored by other persons:  Securities Public and Private Offerings (since 2006); Acquisitions and Mergers in Negotiated and Contested Transactions (since 2008); and Designing and Effective Securities and Corporate Compliance Program, (2017-2018 edition) (Corporate Compliance Series). He authored two CLE lectures and materials on Securities Law for Access MCLE (2016). 

 

Jeffrey J. Guzy, Director. Mr. Guzy serves as a director of the Company. Mr. Guzy has served as a director of Leatt Corporation, a public, SEC reporting company, since April 2007 and serves as an independent director and chairman of the audit committee of Capstone Companies, Inc., a public, SEC reporting company.   He also serves as a business development consultant and entrepreneur in Arlington, Virginia. Mr. Guzy serves as an officer and director of Cojax Oil and Gas Corporation, an incubator of oil and gas exploration and drilling projects, and an officer of PrecyseTech, a provider of cloud based industrial asset location and management solutions. Prior joining the Company, Mr. Guzy served from October 2007 to August 2010 as Leatt Corporation's President. Mr. Guzy has served as an executive manager or consultant for business development, sales, customer service and management in the telecommunications industry, specifically, with IBM Corp., Sprint International, Bell Atlantic Video Services, Loral CyberStar and FaciliCom International. Mr. Guzy has a MBA in Strategic Planning and Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; a M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.

 

Christopher Miglino, Director. Mr. Miglino serves as a director of the Company. Mr. Miglino has long been at the nexus of consumers, brands, social and lifestyle media, cause marketing and the enlightened, sustainable business movement. Mr. Miglino is the founder and CEO of Social Reality. Prior to founding Social Reality, Mr. Miglino served as the chief executive officer of Lime Ad Network, a vanguard in the green and sustainable online business arena that connected consumers and brands with a collection of more than 250 green and socially conscious businesses. Mr. Miglino founded Conscious Enlightenment and serves as its chief executive officer. Prior to Founding Conscious Enlightenment Inc., Chris served as the chief executive officer and cofounder of Centerlinq, a kiosk-and-TV-based frequent shopper program that was installed in some of the largest shopping malls in the United States.

 

Harbant S. Sidhu, Director. Mr. Sidhu serves as a director of the Company. Mr. Sidhu is a design engineer and founder of a private aerospace manufacturing business. Mr. Sidhu has performing unclassified contracting work in components production for Mexico’s Department of Defense. Mr. Sidhu graduated as an electrical engineer in 1980 from Punjab University, India.

 

David Haley, Director. Mr. Haley serves as a director of the Company. Mr. Haley is an insurance professional from Westlake Village, CA and the chief executive officer of ABI Business Insurance Services, Inc., as well as American Business Insurance Services, Inc. Mr. Haley started these businesses in 1984. These insurance entities manage general underwriters for various insurance specialties, primarily involved in the public livery space, which consists of taxicabs, buses, limousines and other transportation companies across the US.

 

Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

 

The Board oversees our business and considers the risks associated with our business strategy and decisions. The Board currently implements its risk oversight function as a whole. Each of the Board committees, when established, will also provide risk oversight in respect of its areas of concentration and reports material risks to the board for further consideration.

 

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Term of Office

 

Directors serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified. Officers are appointed to serve for one (1) year until the meeting of the Board following the annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.

 

Audit Committee

 

We have established an audit committee consisting of Harbant Sidu, Paul Richter and Jeffrey J. Guzy. Mr. Guzy is the chairman of the audit committee. The audit committee’s duties, which are specified in our Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:

 

reviewing and discussing with management and the independent auditor the annual audited financial statements, and recommending to the board whether the audited financial statements should be included in our annual disclosure report;

 

discussing with management and the independent auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of our financial statements;

 

discussing with management major risk assessment and risk management policies;

 

monitoring the independence of the independent auditor;

 

verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law;

 

reviewing and approving all related-party transactions;

 

inquiring and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

 

pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditor, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed;

 

appointing or replacing the independent auditor;

 

determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;

 

establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies; and

 

approving reimbursement of expenses incurred by our management team in identifying potential target businesses.

 

Financial Experts on Audit Committee

 

The audit committee is composed exclusively of “independent directors” who are “financially literate” as defined under the Nasdaq listing standards. The Nasdaq listing standards define “financially literate” as being able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.

 

In addition, the Company intends to certify to Nasdaq that the committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results in the individual’s financial sophistication. The board of directors has determined that Mr. Guzy qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

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Compensation Committee

 

We have established a compensation committee of the board of directors to consist of Christopher Miglino and Harbant S. Sidhu, each of whom is an independent director. Mr. Miglino is the chairman of the compensation committee. The compensation committee will determine the salary, fees or other compensation (including any cash-based and equity-based compensation plans and arrangements) to be paid to our officers or directors. No salary, fees or other compensation will be paid to any officers and directors until the Company consummates its initial business combination. Therefore, the compensation committee will not conduct any meetings until after the Company consummates its initial business combination.

 

Director Independence

 

We use the definition of “independence” of The NASDAQ Stock Market to make this determination. NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) provides that an “independent director” is a person other than an officer or employee of the company or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the Company’s Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The NASDAQ listing rules provide that a director cannot be considered independent if:

 

· the director is, or at any time during the past three (3) years was, an employee of the company;

 

· the director or a family member of the director accepted any compensation from the company in excess of $120,000 during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months within the three (3) years preceding the independence determination (subject to certain exemptions, including, among other things, compensation for board or board committee service);

 

· the director or a family member of the director is a partner in, controlling shareholder of, or an executive officer of an entity to which the company made, or from which the company received, payments in the current or any of the past three fiscal years that exceed 5% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenue for that year or $200,000, whichever is greater (subject to certain exemptions;

 

· the director or a family member of the director is employed as an executive officer of an entity where, at any time during the past three (3) years, any of the executive officers of the company served on the compensation committee of such other entity; or

 

· the director or a family member of the director is a current partner of the company’s outside auditor, or at any time during the past three (3) years was a partner or employee of the company’s outside auditor, and who worked on the company’s audit.

 

Under such definitions, we have no independent directors. However, our Common Stock is not currently quoted or listed on any national exchange or interdealer quotation system with a requirement that a majority of our Board be independent and, therefore, the Company is not subject to any director independence requirements.

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships among any of our officers or directors.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

Except as disclosed below, to our knowledge, none of our current directors or executive officers has, during the past ten (10) years:

 

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· been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);

 

· had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two (2) years prior to that time;

 

· been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

 

· been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;

 

· been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or

 

· been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ramy Y. El-Batrawi, GenesisIntermedia, Inc., Ultimate Holdings, Ltd., Adnan M. Khashoggi, Richard J. Evangelista, Wayne Breedon, and Douglas E. Jacobson, Civil Action No. CV-06-2247 (MRP) (C.D. Ca.).4

 

On April 1, 2010, the Company’s founder, controlling shareholder, Executive Vice President and Director, Ramy Y El-Batrawi (“El-Batrawi”) settled a United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) enforcement action (originally filed in April 2006) (the “Matter”) by entering into a final judgment by consent (the “Consent”) with the SEC, without admitting or denying the allegations contained in the SEC’s Complaint (as defined below). In connection with the voluntary settlement and resolution of the Matter, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (the “Court”) entered the Consent against El-Batrawi, which permanently enjoins him from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and Sections 10(b) and 13(b)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) and Rules 10b-5, 13b2-1, and 13b2-2 thereunder, from aiding and abetting violations of Sections 13(a) and 13(b)(2)(A) of the Exchange Act and Rules 12b-20, 13a-1, and 13a-13, and barring El-Batrawi from acting as an officer or director of a public company for a period of five (5) years following the date of entry of the Final Judgment. For further information and details please contact the Company.

  

YayYo, Inc., vs. Hurst Capital LLLP, Zach Hurst, Austin Hurst, Ryan O’Connor, Scott Carl Edwards, Robert Lisiescki, Christopher John Gilbert, Joseph Andreini III, and Joseph Hoffman.

 

On November 21, 2016, the Company filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, for the Central District of California against Hurst Capital LLLP, Zach Hurst, Austin Hurst, Ryan O’Connor, Scott Carl Edwards, Robert Lisiescki, Christopher John Gilbert, Joseph Andreini III, and Joseph Hoffman (collectively, the “Defendants”). The lawsuit alleges claims for fraud, fraudulent inducement and concealment, negligent misrepresentation, unfair business practices, intentional interference with contractual relations and prospective economic relations, and conversion, based on the Company’s belief that the Defendants made fraudulent and intentionally misleading representations to induce the Company to retain their services in connection with building our website and mobile applications, failed to satisfy the terms of their engagement with the Company and attempts to charge the Company for services which was never performed or was subpar. On February 23, 2018, the Company entered into a settlement agreement and mutual release by and between Ryan O’Connor, Robert Lisiescki, Christopher John Gilbert, and Joseph Hoffman pursuant to which the parties agreed to settlement and dismiss the action and to sever, release and discharge and terminate all rights, obligations and liabilities against the Defendants.

 

 

4 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Release No. 21475 / April 2, 2010.

 

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Except as set forth above and in our discussion below in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions,” none of our directors or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, we believe will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

Our Board plans to adopt a written code of business conduct and ethics (“Code”) that applies to our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. We intend to post on our website a current copy of the Code and all disclosures that are required by law in regard to any amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the Code.

 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The following table represents information regarding the total compensation our executive officers and director of the Company as of December 31, 2017:

 

    Cash     Other     Total  
    Compensation     Compensation     Compensation  
Name and Principal Position   ($)     ($)(1)       ($)  
                   
Ramy El-Batrawi, CEO, Director   $ 286,300             286,300  
                         
Laurie DiGionanni, COO, Director   $ 120,000             120,000  
                         
Kevin F. Pickard, CFO, Secretary, Director   $ 16,800       1,356,703       1,373,503  

 

  (1) Any values reported in the “Other Compensation”, if applicable, column represents the aggregate grant date fair value, computed in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 718 Share Based Payments, of grants of stock options to each of our named executive officers and directors.

 

Employment Agreements.

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has no employment agreements with any of its executive officers.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Transactions with Related Persons

 

Distinct Cars, LLC

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, Distinct Cars, LLC, as lessee, entered into a series of open-ended lease agreements and disclosure statements with Acme Auto Leasing, Inc., (“Lessor”) to lease standard passenger vehicles, each with an approximate lease term of 36 months (each a “Lease Agreement” and collectively, the “Lease Agreements”). Monthly payments under each Lease Agreement range from approximately $373.01 per month to $621 per month (with only 9 vehicles out of the approximately 150 exceeding $373.01 per month). At the end of the term of the Lease Agreement, Lessee has the right to purchase ownership and title of the subject vehicle for a nominal payment. In addition, the Lease Agreements are subject to the grant of a purchase money security interest on each leased vehicle.

 

Distinct Cars, LLC has completed a debt round of financing pursuant to which Distinct Cars raised aggregate gross proceeds in the amount of $252,667 from twenty-nine accredited investors in exchange for senior secured promissory notes issued by Distinct Cars (each a “Distinct Cars Note” and collectively, the “Distinct Cars Notes”). The maturity date under the Distinct Cars Notes is third-six (36) months from the date of issuance (the “DCN Maturity Date”). The principal amount under the Distinct Cars Notes ranges from a minimum amount of $5,000 per Distinct Cars Note up to $20,000 per Distinct Cars Note. The Distinct Cars Notes accrue interest at a rate of 8% per annum with interest due and payable upon the DCN Maturity Date. The principal amount and any unpaid and accrued interest thereunder is due and payable in twelve (12) quarterly installments commencing upon January 1, 2018. The Distinct Cars Notes are secured by a senior secured priority lien in the equity of the fleet of leased automobiles acquired under the Lease Agreements (see Lease Agreements above) subject to subordination in priority lien status to the purchase money security interest held by the lessor under the Lease Agreements. In addition to the total amount of principal and interest owing under the Distinct Cars Note, upon execution of the Distinct Cars Note and placement of funds the holder shall receive a stock grant (the “Stock Grant”) of YayYo Inc., common stock (the “Parent Shares”) in an amount equal to 100% of the principal sum as calculated by a price of $4.00 per share with 30% coverage. The Stock Grant is offered pursuant to a Reg D Rule 506(b) private placement.

 

CKR Law, LLP

 

On December 20, 2017, the Company entered into a settlement agreement and mutual general release with CKR Law, LLP, for accrued and unpaid legal fees (the “CKR Settlement”). Under the terms of the CKR Settlement, the parties have agreed to the following: (i) an initial payment in the amount of $50,000 to be made payable on or before January 5, 2018 (“First Cash Payment”); (b) a second payment in the amount of $50,000 to be made payable on or before April 5, 2018 (“Second Cash Payment”), provided, however, that in the event that the Company fails to make timely payment of the Second Cash Payment, then the Company agrees to issue payment under the Second Cash Payment in ten (10) monthly installments commencing on April 8, 2018 and due as of the 8th of each subsequent month thereafter (the “Second Cash Installments”). Further, in each event that the Company fails to make a timely payment under the Second Cash Installments, the Company will be subject to issue an additional 2,000 shares of common stock to CKR Law, LLP.

 

X, LLC

 

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and the periods from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, X, LLC, a limited liability company owned by Ramy El-Batrawi,our controlling stockholder and Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company, issued to the Company advances of a total of $50,000 and $75,000. As of December 31, 2017, $125,000 of these loan advances were repaid in full. The loan advances were non-interest bearing and due upon demand. At December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the amount due to X, LLC, as holder of the note was $0 and $75,000, respectively.

 

During the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to October 31, 2016, the Company paid management fees of $110,000 to X, LLC, a company that is beneficially owned and controlled by the Ramy El-Batrawi, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and controlling stockholder.

 

Chase Financing, Inc.

 

On January 6, 2017, the Company received $50,000 from Chase Financing, Inc., (“CFI”) and issued its 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the amount of $55,555, with a maturity date of April 6, 2017 (the “First CFI Note”). Subsequent to the First CFI Note, on January 23, 2017, the Company received an additional $25,000 from CFI, and issued a second 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the principal amount of $30,555, with a maturity date of April 6, 2017 (the “Second CFI Note”). Subsequent to the Second CFI note, the Company received an additional $25,000 from CFI, and issued a third 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the amount of 427,778 (the “Third CFI Note” and together with the First CFI Note and the Second CFI Note, collectively, the “CFI Notes”). As a result, the Company is obligated to repay CFI a total of $113,888 in principal plus all accrued interest thereon to CFI under the CFI Notes on or before the stated maturity dates, subject to extension per the terms.

 

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Pursuant to the terms, the CFI Notes were secured by a first priority lien and security interest on all of the assets of the Company, now owned or hereafter acquired, and were convertible at the option of the holder into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the lower of $7.00 per share or the average of the five lowest volume weighted average trading prices (“VWAP”) of our Common Stock during the twenty (20) trading days immediately prior to the date of conversion. In an event of default occurs under the terms of the CFI Notes, the conversion price will be reduced to $1.00 per share.

 

Concurrently with the execution of the CFI Letter Agreement and the First CFI Note, as additional collateral to secure the repayment of the CFI notes by the Company, Ramy El-Batrawi, our founder, Chief Executive Officer, Director and control person of our principal stockholder, X, LLC (an entity wholly owned by Mr. El-Batrawi), entered into a Limited Recourse Guaranty and Pledge Agreement with CFI (the “Guaranty and Pledge Agreement”), pursuant to which X, LLC agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the Company’s repayment of the CFI Notes, and pursuant to which X, LLC pledged up to 300,000 shares of our Common Stock held of record and beneficially owned by X, LLC.

 

In addition to the Guaranty & Pledge, on January 6, 2017, X, LLC (an entity wholly owned by Mr. El-Batrawi) entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (“Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which X, LLC agreed to sell and transfer to CFI 200,000 shares of our Common Stock, held of record and beneficially owned by X, LLC, in exchange for the aggregate nominal consideration of one dollar ($1.00). Under the Stock Purchase Agreement, and in addition to the 200,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the effective date of the Stock Purchase Agreement, X, LLC has agreed to provide CFI with certain anti-dilution protection provisions, whereby X, LLC will issue a number of shares of our Common Stock, held as of record and beneficially by X, LLC, equal to two percent (2%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued or underlying Common Stock Equivalents (as defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement) issued, as the case may be, in the event of a Dilutive Share Issuance (as defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement). X, LLC has the right to repurchase 100,000 of such shares at an aggregate purchase price of $208,500 if exercises within the initial three (3) months after the date of the Stock Purchase Agreement, or $258,500 if exercised within the second three (3) months. As of December 31, 2017, the CFI Notes have been repaid in full by the Company.

 

Lexicon Labs

 

On September 28, 2016 YayYo, LLC entered into a product management proposal with Lexicon Labs (the “Product Management Proposal”), whereas Lexicon Labs shall use its own personnel and other assets to oversee and manage the development of our technology and to assist with product development services to the Company in the form of (a) design and development services to provide iOS operating system capabilities for our mobile app “YayYo!”, (b) design and development for a web registration portal for on-boarding new users, and (c) development of web administration applications to allow high level team members to be able to track user analytical information. On November 16, 2016, the Company adopted and ratified the terms of the Product Management Proposal and accepted the benefits of such arrangement on behalf of the Company.  

 

Lexicon Labs is managed by Ali Rashidifar, a consultant to the Company holding the position of product manager. Under the terms of the Product Management Proposal, the Company has agreed to pay Lexicon Labs compensation in the form of a management cost in an amount equal to $10,000 (paid on a monthly basis). Since November 16, 2016 (the date of the Company’s incorporation), the Company has paid Lexicon Labs $10,000 for services rendered for the month of November 2016 under the terms off the Product Management Proposal. As a manager of Lexicon Labs, the Company believes that Mr. Rashidifar will directly or indirectly benefit financially from our Product Management Proposal and it is further assumed, at this stage, that the Company will continue the engagement of Lexicon Labs for the performance of product management services under the Product Management Proposal beyond November 2017, whereby the Company anticipates that aggregate fees paid to Lexicon Labs will exceed an aggregate of $120,000 in total payments issue and received by Lexicon Labs. As of December 31, 2017, the Product Management Proposal with Lexicon Labs has been terminated.

 

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Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement

 

On December 1, 2016, the Company entered into a series of non-qualified stock option agreements with former executive officers and directors of the Company providing for a series of option grants to those former executive officers and directors to purchase an aggregate of 450,000 shares.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT & CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS

 

The following table shows the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock as of the date of this Offering Circular held by (i) each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of any class of our shares; (ii) each director; (iii) each executive officer; and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group. As of March 7, 2018, there were 25,847,969 shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Commission, and generally includes voting power and/or investment power with respect to the securities held. Shares of Common Stock subject to options and warrants currently exercisable or which may become exercisable within sixty (60) days of the date of this Offering Circular, are deemed outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding such options or warrants for purposes of computing the number of shares and percentage beneficially owned by such person, but are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially owned by any other person. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, the persons or entities named have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by them.

 

The percentages below are based on fully diluted shares of our Common Stock as of the date of this Offering Circular.

 

    Number of              
    shares of              
    Common Stock              
    Beneficially              
    Owned as of     Percentage     Beneficially Owned(5)  
    March 7, 2018     Before Offering     After Maximum Offering  
                   
Directors and Officers:(1)                        
Ramy El-Batrawi(2)     15,425,000       59.7 %     48.1 %
Laurie DiGionanni     -       -       -  
Kevin F. Pickard     230,000       *       *  
Jeffrey J. Guzy     -       -       -  
Christopher Maglino     -       -       -  
Paul Richter     -       -       -  
Harbant S. Sidhu     -       -       -  
Dave Haley     -       -       -  
All directors and named executive officers as a Group (8 persons)     15,655,000       60.0 %     48.3 %
                         
Greater than 5% Beneficial Owners:                        
X, LLC(2)     15,425,000       59.7 %     48.1 %
Gray Mars Venus Trust, Arizona 2015 (4)     5,588,235       21.6 %     17.4 %
Acuitas Group Holdings, LLC (3)     1,654,412       6.4 %     5.2 %

 

(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the principal address of the named directors and officers of the Company is c/o Yayyo, Inc., 433 N Camden Dr., # 600 Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

 

* Less than 1%

 

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(2) Common Stock beneficially owned by Ramy El-Batrawi are held of record by X, LLC, which is an entity that is wholly-owned and controlled by Ramy El-Batrawi, the Company’s founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Its address is 2635 Astral Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90046.

   

(3) Acuitas Group Holdings, LLC, an entity beneficially owned and controlled by Terren Peizer. Its address is 11601 Wilshire Blvd #1100, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

 

(4) Address is 75 Avon Ave, Mill Valey, CA 94941.

 

(5) Assumes that upon the sale of the Maximum Offering the Company will have 32,020,551 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

 

The following is a summary of the rights of our capital stock as provided in our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and certificate of designation. For more detailed information, please see our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and certificate of designation which have been filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part.

 

General

 

The Company is authorized to issue two classes of stock. The total number of shares of stock which the Company is authorized to issue is One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares of capital stock, consisting of Ninety-Million (90,000,000) shares of Common Stock, $0.000001 par value and Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $0.000001 par value (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

Indebtedness.

 

As of December 31, 2017, we had outstanding indebtedness, excluding capital leases, of approximately a total of $909,889, which consisted of the following: (i) $445,000 in unsecured notes payable to an investor, accruing interest at 5% per annum, to be made due and payable as of March 31, 2019; (ii) $242,667 in unsecured notes payable to an investor, accruing interest at 8% per annum, with principal payments equal to 1/12 of the original balance plus interest due quarterly- due and payable from dates ranging from August 9, 2020 to December 11, 2020; (iii) $222,222 in unsecured notes payable to an investor, accruing interest at 6% per annum, to be made due and payable as of March 31, 2018. Other than the foregoing, and to vendors and service providers in the ordinary course of our business, we do not have any other credit facilities or other access to bank credit.

 

Capital and Operating Leases

 

We maintain capital leases mainly for certain vehicles maintained and under lease with Distinct Cars, LLC. We have several operating vehicle leases with Acme Auto Leasing LLC (the “Lessor”) with lease terms expiring on a monthly basis. As of December 31, 2017, our total future operating lease payments amounted to $1,712,860 and the present value of minimum lease payments under our capital leases amounted to $1,593,291. As of December 31, 2017, we were committed to making lease payments of not less than $3,000,000 on our operating leases and not less than $3 million on our capital leases during 2017.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, Distinct Cars, LLC, as lessee, entered into series open-ended lease agreements and disclosure statements with Acme Auto Leasing, Inc., (“Lessor”) to lease standard passenger vehicles, each with an approximate lease term of one (1) month (each a “Lease Agreement” and collectively, the “Lease Agreements”). Monthly payments under each Lease Agreement range from approximately $373.01 per month to $621 per month (with only 9 vehicles out of the approximately 150 exceeding $373.01 per month). At the end of the term of the Lease Agreement, Lessee has the right to purchase ownership and title of the subject vehicle for a nominal payment. In addition, the Lease Agreements are subject to the grant of a purchase money security interest on each leased vehicle.

 

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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

 

Our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2017 are summarized below:

 

Long-term debt—We have long-term debt obligations of $1,644,979 as of December 31, 2017.

 

Cash Interest Payments—We have cash interest payment obligations of $16,402 as of December 31, 2017.

 

Capital lease obligations—We have capital lease obligations of $1,593,291 as of December 31, 2017.

 

Operating leases—We have operating lease obligations of nil as of December 31, 2017.

 

Common Stock

 

As of March 7, 2018, the Company had 25,847,969 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

Voting

 

The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held at all meetings of shareholders (and written actions in lieu of meeting). There shall be no cumulative voting. The holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to dividends when and as declared by the Board from funds legally available therefor, and upon liquidation are entitled to share pro rata in any distribution to holders of Common Stock. There are no preemptive, conversion or redemption privileges, nor sinking fund provisions with respect to the Common Stock.

 

Changes in Authorized Number

 

The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased subject to the Company’s legal commitments at any time and from time to time to issue them, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Company entitled to vote.

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board is authorized to fix the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock and to determine the designation of any such series. The Board is also authorized to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock and, within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series than outstanding) the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series.

 

Currently, 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock have been designated as Series A non-voting convertible Preferred Stock, none of which have been issued. As of the date of this Offering Circular, no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.

 

2016 Equity Incentive Plan

 

On November 30, 2016, we adopted our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to reward and provide incentives to our officers, directors, employees, consultants and other eligible participants. We have set aside options to purchase up to Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan, which may be granted in the form of either incentive stock options or non-qualified stock options. Our Board of Directors administers the Plan and has the authority: (i) to select the Plan recipients, the time or times at which awards may be granted, the number of shares to be subject to each option awarded, the vesting schedule of the options and (ii) to amend the stock option Plan to reward and provide incentives to its officers, directors, employees, consultants and other eligible participants. As of the date of this Offering Circular, Four Hundred Fifty Thousand (450,000) options have been granted under the Plan, of which 100% of the outstanding options have been granted to former officers and directors of the Company. Subsequent to the completion of the Offering, the Company expects to continue to issue options as an inducement for managerial and qualified personnel to remain with and to join the Company.

 

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We have not registered the Plan, or the shares subject to issuance thereunder, pursuant to the Securities Act. Absent registration, such shares, when issued upon exercise of options, would be “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Administration of the Plan is by our Board of Directors (the “Board”) or a committee appointed by the Board of Directors which consists of one (1) or more members (the “Committee”). To date, no such Committee has been appointed, and the Board has elected to administer the Plan itself.

 

Exclusive Venue

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as it will be in effect upon the closing of this Offering, will require, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or the bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine will have to be brought only in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware. Although we believe this provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits to which it applies, the provision may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.

 

Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide indemnification for our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Prior to the consummation of this Offering, we intend to enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors that may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained under Delaware law. In addition, as permitted by Delaware law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes provisions that eliminate the personal liability of our directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of certain fiduciary duties as a director. The effect of this provision is to restrict our rights and the rights of our stockholders in derivative suits to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except that a director will be personally liable for:

 

any breach of his duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

 

acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; or

 

improper distributions to stockholders.

 

These provisions may be held not to be enforceable for violations of the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

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Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment

 

Under the DGCL, with certain exceptions, our stockholders will have appraisal rights in connection with a merger or consolidation of the Company. Pursuant to the DGCL, stockholders who properly request and perfect appraisal rights in connection with such merger or consolidation will have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery.

 

Stockholders’ Derivative Actions

 

Under the DGCL, any of our stockholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the stockholder bringing the action is a holder of our shares at the time of the transaction to which the action relates or such stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved by operation of law and such suit is brought in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware. See “—Exclusive Venue” above.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock will be VStock Transfer, LLC.

 

Penny Stock Regulation

 

The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price of less than Five Dollars ($5.00) per share or an exercise price of less than Five Dollars ($5.00) per share. Such securities are subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell them. For transactions covered by these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser of such securities and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to the purchase. Additionally, for any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require the delivery, prior to the transaction, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and, if the broker-dealer is the sole market-maker, the broker-dealer must disclose this fact and the broker-dealer’s presumed control over the market. Finally, among other requirements, monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks. As our Common Stock immediately following this Offering may be subject to such penny stock rules, purchasers in this Offering will in all likelihood find it more difficult to sell their Common Stock shares in the secondary market.

 

DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We plan to retain any earnings for the foreseeable future for our operations. We have never paid any dividends on our Common Stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements and such other factors as our Board deems relevant.

 

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

Before this Offering, there has not been a public market for shares of our Common Stock. Future sales of substantial amounts of shares of our Common Stock, including shares issued upon the exercise of outstanding options and warrants, in the public market after this Offering, or the possibility of these sales occurring, could cause the prevailing market price for our Common Stock to fall or impair our ability to raise equity capital in the future.

 

After this Offering, we will have outstanding 32,020,551 shares of our Common Stock, assuming that all 6,250,000 shares are sold in the Offering and no exercise of outstanding options or warrants. The shares that we are selling in this Offering may be resold in the public market immediately following our initial public offering.

 

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The 7,738,844 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of March 7, 2018 that were not offered and sold in this Offering as well as shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants and subject to employee stock options will be upon issuance, “restricted securities,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act. These restricted securities are eligible for public sale only if they are registered under the Securities Act or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under Rule 144 or Rule 701 under the Securities Act, which are summarized below.

 

Rule 144

 

In general, a person who has beneficially owned restricted shares of our Common Stock for at least twelve months, in the event we are a reporting company under Regulation A, or at least six months, in the event we have been a reporting company under the Exchange Act for at least 90 days before the sale, would be entitled to sell such securities, provided that such person is not deemed to be an affiliate of ours at the time of sale or to have been an affiliate of ours at any time during the 90 days preceding the sale. A person who is an affiliate of ours at such time would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of the following:

 

1% of the number of shares of our Common Stock then outstanding; or
the average weekly trading volume of our Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing by such person of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale;

 

Rule 701

 

In general, Rule 701 allows a stockholder who purchased shares of our capital stock pursuant to a written compensatory plan or contract and who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of ours during the immediately preceding 90 days to sell those shares in reliance upon Rule 144, but without being required to comply with the public information, holding period, volume limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144. All holders of Rule 701 shares, however, are required to wait until 90 days after the date of this Offering Circular before selling shares pursuant to Rule 701.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

The shares are being offered by us on a “best-efforts” basis by our officers, directors and employees, with the assistance of independent consultants, and possibly through registered broker-dealers who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and finders.

 

There is no aggregate minimum to be raised in order for the Offering to become effective and therefore the Offering will be conducted on a “rolling basis.” This means we will be entitled to begin applying “dollar one” of the proceeds from the Offering towards our business strategy, offering expenses, reimbursements, and other uses as more specifically set forth in the “Use of Proceeds” contained elsewhere in this Offering Circular.

 

We may pay selling commissions to participating broker-dealers who are members of FINRA for shares sold by them, equal to a percentage of the purchase price of the Common Stock shares. We may pay finder’s fees to persons who refer investors to us. We may also pay consulting fees to consultants who assist us with the Offering, based on invoices submitted by them for advisory services rendered. Consulting compensation, finder’s fees and brokerage commissions may be paid in cash, Common Stock or warrants to purchase our Common Stock. We may also issue shares and grant stock options or warrants to purchase our common stock to broker-dealers for sales of shares attributable to them, and to finders and consultants, and reimburse them for due diligence and marketing costs on an accountable or non-accountable basis. We have not entered into selling agreements with any broker-dealers to date, though we may engage a FINRA registered broker-dealer firm for offering administrative services. Participating broker-dealers, if any, and others may be indemnified by us with respect to this offering and the disclosures made in this Offering Circular.

 

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We expect to commence the offer and sale of the Shares as of the date on which the Form 1-A Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part (the “Offering Circular”) is qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (which we refer to as the “SEC” or the “Commission”). Prior to this Offering, there has been no public market for our Common Stock. The Company intends to apply to list its Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “YAYO.” In the event our Shares are not approved for trading on Nasdaq, we expect that the Shares will be quoted on the OTC Markets. 

 

Our Offering will expire on the first to occur of (a) the sale of all 6,250,000 shares of Common Stock offered hereby, (b) March 16, 2018, subject to extension for up to one hundred-eighty (180) days in the sole discretion of the Company, or (c) when our board of directors elects to terminate the Offering.

 

Exchange Listing

 

We intend to apply to list the shares of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “YAYO.” In order to meet one of the requirements for listing our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we must have a positive stockholders’ equity on not less than $4,000,000. As of December 31, 2017, our stockholders’ equity was $673,241. As of March 7, 2018, our stockholders’ equity was $4,778,663. Another of the requirements for listing on Nasdaq is that we are able to sell lots of 100 or more shares to a minimum of 400 beneficial holders. Our Common Stock will not commence trading on Nasdaq until each of the following conditions are met: (i) the Offering is terminated; and (ii) we have filed a post-qualification amendment to the Offering Statement and a registration statement on Form 8-A; and such post-qualification amendment remains qualified by the SEC and the Form 8-A has become effective. Pursuant to applicable rules under Regulation A, the Form 8-A will not become effective until the SEC qualifies the post-qualification amendment. Even if we meet the minimum requirements for listing on Nasdaq, we may wait before terminating the Offering and commencing the trading of our Common Stock on Nasdaq in order to raise additional proceeds. As a result, you may experience a delay between the closing of your purchase of shares of our Common Stock and the commencement of exchange trading of our Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq.

 

In the event that we are unable to meet the Nasdaq initial listing requirements, we anticipate that our shares of Common Stock will be quoted on the OTC Market QX Exchange.  There can be no assurance that the Company’s Common Stock sold in this Offering will be approved for listing on Nasdaq or quoted on the OTCQX or other recognized securities exchange. For more information see the section “Risk Factors” of this Offering Circular.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFERING

 

Investment Limitations

 

Generally, no sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than Ten Percent (10%) of the greater of your annual income or net worth (please see below on how to calculate your net worth). Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov.

 

Because this is a Tier 2, Regulation A offering, most investors must comply with the Ten Percent (10%) limitation on investment in the Offering. The only investor in this Offering exempt from this limitation is an “accredited investor” as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act (an “Accredited Investor”). If you meet one of the following tests you should qualify as an Accredited Investor:

 

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(i) You are a natural person who has had individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two (2) most recent years, or joint income with your spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of these years, and have a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
   
(ii) You are a natural person and your individual net worth, or joint net worth with your spouse, exceeds $1,000,000 at the time you purchase Shares (please see below on how to calculate your net worth);
   
(iii) You are an executive officer or general partner of the issuer or a manager or executive officer of the general partner of the issuer;
   
(iv) You are an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust or a partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
   
(v) You are a bank or a savings and loan association or other institution as defined in the Securities Act, a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act, an insurance company as defined by the Securities Act, an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Company Act"), or a business development company as defined in that act, any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 or a private business development company as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
   
(vi) You are an entity (including an Individual Retirement Account trust) in which each equity owner is an accredited investor;

 

(vii) You are a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, your purchase of Shares is directed by a person who either alone or with his purchaser representative(s) (as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, and you were not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Shares; or
   
(viii) You are a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has assets in excess of $5,000,000.

 

Offering Period and Expiration Date

 

This Offering will start on or immediately prior to the date on which the SEC initially qualifies this Offering Statement (the “Qualification Date”) and will terminate on the Termination Date.

 

Procedures for Subscribing

 

If you decide to subscribe for our Common Stock shares in this Offering, you should:

 

1. Electronically receive, review, execute and deliver to us a subscription agreement; and

 

2. Deliver funds directly by wire or electronic funds transfer via ACH to the Company’s bank account designated in the Company’s subscription agreement.

 

Any potential investor will have ample time to review the subscription agreement, along with their counsel, prior to making any final investment decision. We shall only deliver such subscription agreement upon request after a potential investor has had ample opportunity to review this Offering Circular.

 

Right to Reject Subscriptions. After we receive your complete, executed subscription agreement and the funds required under the subscription agreement have been transferred to our designated account, we have the right to review and accept or reject your subscription in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. We will return all monies from rejected subscriptions immediately to you, without interest or deduction.

 

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Acceptance of Subscriptions. Upon our acceptance of a subscription agreement, we will countersign the subscription agreement and issue the shares subscribed at closing. Once you submit the subscription agreement and it is accepted, you may not revoke or change your subscription or request your subscription funds. All accepted subscription agreements are irrevocable.

 

Under Rule 251 of Regulation A, non-accredited, non-natural investors are subject to the investment limitation and may only invest funds which do not exceed Ten Percent (10%) of the greater of the purchaser's revenue or net assets (as of the purchaser's most recent fiscal year end). A non-accredited, natural person may only invest funds which do not exceed Ten Percent (10%) of the greater of the purchaser's annual income or net worth (please see below on how to calculate your net worth).

 

NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your net worth, it is defined as the difference between total assets and total liabilities. This calculation must exclude the value of your primary residence and may exclude any indebtedness secured by your primary residence (up to an amount equal to the value of your primary residence). In the case of fiduciary accounts, net worth and/or income suitability requirements may be satisfied by the beneficiary of the account or by the fiduciary if the fiduciary directly or indirectly provides funds for the purchase of the Shares.

 

In order to purchase our Common Stock shares and prior to the acceptance of any funds from an investor, an investor will be required to represent, to the Company’s satisfaction, that he is either an accredited investor or is in compliance with the Ten Percent (10%) of net worth or annual income limitation on investment in this Offering.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters with respect to the shares of Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon by CKR Law, LLP, Los Angeles, California.

  

EXPERTS

 

The financial statements of the Company appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular have been included herein in reliance upon the report of AJ Robbins CPA, LLC, an independent certified public accounting firm, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a Regulation A Offering Statement on Form 1-A under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, with respect to the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. This Offering Circular, which constitutes a part of the Offering Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Offering Statement or the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. For further information about us and the Common Stock offered hereby, we refer you to the Offering Statement and the exhibits and schedules filed therewith. Statements contained in this Offering Circular regarding the contents of any contract or other document that is filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement are not necessarily complete, and each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement. Upon the completion of this Offering, we will be required to file periodic reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You may read and copy this information at the SEC's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, including us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of this site is www.sec.gov.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this Offering Statement to be signed on behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beverly Hills, State of California, on March 28, 2018.

 

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      YayYo, Inc.
       
      By:  /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi
        Name: Ramy El-Batrawi
        Title:  Chief Executive Officer, Director

 

This offering statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
 /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi   Chief Executive Officer and Director   March 28, 2018
         
 /s/ Kevin J. Pickard   Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director   March 28, 2018
         
/s/ Laurie DiGionanni   Chief Operating Officer and Director   March 28, 2018
         
/s/ Christopher Maglino   Director   March 28, 2018
         
/s/ Harbant S. Sidhu   Director   March 28, 2018
         
/s/ Dave Haley   Director   March 28, 2018

 

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Part III – EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
EX1A-2A   Certificate of Incorporation of YayYo, Inc.*
     
EX1A-2B   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of YayYo, Inc. **
     
EX1A-2C   Bylaws of YayYo, Inc.*
     
EX1A-2D   Amended and Restated Bylaws of YayYo, Inc. **
     
EX1A-2E   Certificate of Conversion of YayYo, LLC.*
     
EX1A-2F   Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock*
     
EX1A-4A   Form of Subscription Agreement **
     
EX1A-6A   Form of Product Management Proposal*
     
EX1A-6B   Form of Employment Offer*
     
EX1A-6C   Form of 2016 Equity Incentive Plan*
     
EX1A-6D   Form of Agreement with Chase Financing Inc. **
     
EX1A-6E   Limited Recourse Guaranty and Pledge with X, LLC, dated January 6, 2017**
     
EX1A-6F   Secured Convertible Note to Chase Financing Inc., dated January 6, 2017**
     
EX1A-6G   Common Stock Purchase Agreement with X, LLC, dated January 6, 2017**
     
EX1A-6H   Promissory Note with X, LLC, dated January 15, 2017***
     
EX1A-6I   Form of SAFE Agreement***
     
EX1A-6J   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
     
EX1A-6K   Form of Warrant
     
EX1A-6L   Senior Secured Note, dated March 8, 2018
     
EX1A-6M   Side Agreement, dated July 15, 2017
     
EX1A-6N   Secured Promissory by and between Distinct Cars, LLC and McKenzie Capital Group, Inc.,  dated January 4, 2018
     
EX1A-6O   Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement
     
EX1A-6P   Secured Promissory Note by and between the YayYo, Inc., and Bellridge Capital, L.P.,  dated December 27, 2017
     
EX1A-6Q   Security Agreement by and between the Company and  Bellridge Capital, L.P., dated December 27, 2017

 

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EX1A-11A   Consent of AJ Robbins CPA, LLC ***
     
EX1A-12A   Amended Opinion of AJ Robbins CPA, LLC***
     
EX1A-12B   Second Amended Opinion of AJ Robbins CPA, LLC
     
EX1A-13A   Opinion of CKR Law, LLP **
     
    *filed previously
     
    ** filed with Amendment No. 2 to Offering Circular
     
    *** filed with Amendment No 3 to Offering Circular

 

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YAYYO, INC

Financial Statements

December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

Contents

 

  Page
Financial Statements:  
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 2
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017 and December 31,2016 3
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from inception (June 21, 2016) to December 31, 2016 4
 
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from inception (June 21, 2016) to December 31, 2016 5
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from inception (June 21, 2016) to December 31, 2016 6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 7

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and

Stockholders of Yayyo Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial /statements

 

I have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Yayyo, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2016 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity (deficit), and cash flows for the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016 and for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In my opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Yayyo, Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016 and for the year ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. My responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. I am a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United Sates) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

I conducted my audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that I plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor was I engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of my audits I was required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. According I express no such opinion.

 

My audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. My audits also included evaluation of the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. I believe that my audits provide a reasonable basis for my opinion.

 

   

I have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016

 

Denver, Colorado

 

March 9, 2018

 

 

aj@ajrobbins.com

3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Suite 575 East, Denver, Colorado 80209

(B)303-331-6190 (M)720-339-5566 (F)303-845-9078

 

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YAYYO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

                Unaudited  
                Pro Forma  
                December 31,  
    2017     2016     2017  
                (See Note 13)  
ASSETS                        
Current Assets:                        
Cash   $ 308,738     $ 18,643     $ 308,738  
Restricted cash     -       -       5,821,772  
Prepaid expenses     13,406       -       13,406  
Total current assets     322,144       18,643       6,143,916  
Equipment, net     2,860       -       2,860  
Leased assets, net     2,033,482       -       2,033,482  
Deferred offering costs     -       136,032       -  
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 2,358,486     $ 154,675     $ 8,180,258  
                         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)                        
Current Liabilities:                        
Accounts payable   $ 100,000     $ 180,429     $ 100,000  
Accrued expenses     31,453       -       31,453  
Advances from related party     -       75,000       -  
Notes payable, current (net of discount of $48,600)     254,511       -       254,511  
Finance lease obligations, current (net of discount of $482,605)     72,485       -       72,485  
Total current liabilities     458,449       255,429       458,449  
Notes payable, net of current portion (net of discount of $54,190)     552,588       -       2,268,938  
Finance lease obligations, net of current portion (net of discount of $363,993)     674,208       -       674,208  
TOTAL LIABILITIES     1,685,245       255,429       3,401,595  
                         
Commitments and contingencies     -       -       -  
                         
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)                        
Preferred stock, $0.000001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized;
nil shares issued and outstanding
                       
Common stock, $0.000001 par value; 90,000,000 shares authorized; 25,770,551 and 25,011,000 shares issued and outstanding     26       25       26  
Additional paid-in capital     6,257,225       1,382,930       10,362,647  
Accumulated deficit     (5,584,010 )     (1,483,709 )     (5,584,010 )
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)     673,241       (100,754 )     4,778,663  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)   $ 2,358,486     $ 154,675     $ 8,180,258  

 

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

 

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YAYYO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 and the Period From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016

 

          June 21, 2016  
    Year Ended     (inception) to  
    December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  
Revenue   $ 235,690     $ -  
                 
Cost of revenue     213,111          
                 
Gross profit     22,579       -  
                 
Operating expenses:                
Selling and marketing expenses     86,098       145,803  
Product development     303,555       683,255  
General and administrative expenses     3,249,659       654,651  
Total operating expenses     3,639,312       1,483,709  
                 
Loss from operations     (3,616,733 )     (1,483,709 )
                 
Other income (expense):                
Interest and financing costs     (523,833 )     -  
Change in value of derivative liability     40,265       -  
Total other income (expense)     (483,568 )     -  
                 
Net loss   $ (4,100,301 )   $ (1,483,709 )
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding :                
Basic     25,297,066       21,540,904  
Diluted     25,297,066       21,540,904  
                 
Loss per share                
Basic   $ (0.16 )   $ (0.07 )
Diluted   $ (0.16 )   $ (0.07 )

 

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

 

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YAYYO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)

For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 and the Period From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016

 

          Additional           Total  
    Common Stock     Paid-in     Accumulated     Stockholders'  
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     Deficit  
Balance at June 21, 2016 (inception)     -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
                                         
Issuance of founder shares     15,625,000       16       (16 )             -  
Issuance of common stock for cash     9,386,000       9       1,318,991               1,319,000  
Stock option expense                     63,955               63,955  
Net loss                             (1,483,709 )     (1,483,709 )
                                         
Balance, December 31,2016     25,011,000     $ 25     $ 1,382,930     $ (1,483,709 )   $ (100,754 )
                                         
Issuance of common stock for cash     371,351       1       2,484,198               2,484,199  
Payment of offering costs                     (814,442 )             (814,442 )
Value of common stock of related party issued with convertible note payable                     99,027               99,027  
Value of common stock issued with notes payable     18,200               91,000               91,000  
Value of common stock issued with capital lease obligation     350,000               1,178,036               1,178,036  
Issuance of common stock for accounts payable     20,000               160,000               160,000  
Stock option expense                     1,676,476               1,676,476  
Net loss                             (4,100,301 )     (4,100,301 )
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2017     25,770,551     $ 26     $ 6,257,225     $ (5,584,010 )   $ 673,241  

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 and the Period From June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016

 

          June 21, 2016  
    Year Ended     (inception) to  
    December 31, 2017     December 31, 2016  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                
Net loss   $ (4,100,301 )   $ (1,483,709 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation     82,904       -  
Stock option expense     1,676,476       63,955  
Non-cash financing costs     39,293       -  
Amoritzation of debt discounts     455,758       -  
Change in value of derivative liability     (40,266 )     -  
Change in opertaing assets and liabilities:                
Prepaid expenses     (13,406 )     -  
Accounts payable     15,966       44,397  
Accrued expenses     31,453       -  
Net cash used in operating activities     (1,852,123 )     (1,375,357 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Purchase of equipment     (3,178 )     -  
Net cash used in investing activities     (3,178 )     -  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Proceeds from sale of common stock     2,484,199       1,319,000  
Paymnet of offering costs     (614,805 )     -  
Proceeds from convertible note payable     100,000       -  
Repayment of convertible note payable     (113,888 )     -  
Proceeds from notes payable     887,667          
Proceeds from advance from related party     50,000       75,000  
Repayment of advance from related party     (125,000 )     -  
Repayment of finance lease obligations     (522,777 )     -  
Net cash provided by financing activities     2,145,396       1,394,000  
                 
NET INCREASE IN CASH     290,095       18,643  
                 
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD     18,643       -  
                 
CASH, END OF PERIOD   $ 308,738     $ 18,643  
                 
CASH PAID FOR:                
Interest   $ 16,402     $ -  
Income taxes   $ -     $ -  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES                
Finance lease obligations   $ 2,168,821     $ -  
Value of equity recorded as debt discounts   $ 1,368,063     $ -  

 

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

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Note 1 - Organization and Basis of Presentation

 

Organization and Line of Business

 

YayYo, Inc. (“YayYo” or the “Company”) was incorporated on June 21, 2016 under the laws of the state of Delaware originally as a limited liability company and subsequently changed to a C corporation. The accompanying financial statements are retroactively restated to present the Company as a C corporation from June 21, 2016. The Company rents cars to Uber and Lyft drivers. In addition, the Company is a single sign-on metasearch app for smartphones that provide price comparison and booking of all available ride sharing and taxi services along with select limousine and public transportation services.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

 

The Company adopted the calendar year as its basis of reporting.

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Distinct Cars, LLC, RideShare Car Rentals, LLC, RideYayYo, LLC and Savy, LLC. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. It is possible that accounting estimates and assumptions may be material to the Company due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment involved.

 

Cash Equivalents

 

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash equivalents include time deposits, certificate of deposits, and all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less.

 

Equipment

 

Equipment is stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When equipment is retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of equipment is provided using the straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:

 

Computer equipment 5 years
Vehicles 5 years

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. ASC 360 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on its review at December 31, 2017, the Company believes there was no impairment of its long-lived assets.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue from renting its fleet of cars to Uber and Lyft drivers. Revenue is recognized based on the rental agreements which are generally on a weekly basis. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with FASB ASC 605, Revenue Recognition, only when the price is fixed or determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the services have been provided, and collectability is assured.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. ASC 740 requires a company to use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

 

Under ASC 740, a tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. The adoption had no effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. FASB ASC Topic 718 requires companies to measure compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation at fair value at the grant date and recognize the expense over the employee’s requisite service period. The Company recognizes in the statement of operations the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees and non-employees. There were 11,203,400 and 10,873,400 options outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

 

Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the assumption that all dilutive securities are converted. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. There were no potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016 and 750,000 potentially dilutive options outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Advertising Costs

 

The Company expenses the cost of advertising as incurred. Advertising costs for the year ended December 31, 2017 and from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016 were $86,098 and $145,803, respectively.

 

Research and Development Costs

 

The Company expenses its research and development costs as incurred. Developments costs for the year ended December 31, 2017 and from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016 were $303,555 and $683,255, respectively.

 

Deferred Offering Costs

 

Deferred offering costs are amounts incurred that are directly related to the offering of the Company’s common stock. These costs will be offset against the proceeds from the Company’s equity offering.

 

Software Development Costs

 

Software development costs are capitalized in accordance with FASB ASC 985-20 Cost of Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Marketed. Capitalization of software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility and is discontinued when the product is available for sale. The establishment of technological feasibility and the ongoing assessment for recoverability of capitalized software development costs require considerable judgment by management with respect to certain external factors, including, but not limited to, technological feasibility, anticipated future gross revenues, estimated economic life, and changes in software and hardware technologies. Capitalized software development costs are comprised primarily of direct overhead, payroll costs, and consultants' fees of individuals working directly on the development of specific software products.

 

Amortization of capitalized software development costs is provided on a product-by-product basis on the straight-line method over the estimated economic life of the products (not to exceed three years). Management periodically compares estimated net realizable value by product to the amount of software development costs capitalized for that product to ensure the amount capitalized is not in excess of the amount to be recovered through revenues. Any such excess of capitalized software development costs over expected net realizable value is expensed at that time.

 

Organizational Costs

 

In accordance with FASB ASC 720, organizational costs, including accounting fees, legal fees, and costs of incorporation, are expensed as incurred.

 

The Company intends to file U.S. federal tax returns when due. All tax periods since inception remain open to examination by the taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company evaluates all of its agreements to determine if such instruments have derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. For stock-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to value the derivative instruments at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company’s only derivative financial instrument was an embedded conversion feature associated with convertible notes payable due to certain provisions that allow for a change in the conversion price based on a percentage of the Company’s stock price at the date of conversion. The convertible note was repaid therefore, there are no derivative financial instruments at December 31, 2017.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company applies the provisions of ASC 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.” ASC 820-10 defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

 

· Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

· Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

 

· Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

 

For certain financial instruments, the carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and current liabilities, including convertible notes payable, each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest.

 

The Company uses Level 2 inputs for its valuation methodology for derivative liabilities as their fair values were determined by using the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model based on various assumptions. The Company’s derivative liabilities are adjusted to reflect fair value at each period end, with any increase or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations as adjustments to fair value of derivatives.

 

At December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company did not identified any liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value. The derivative liability associated with the convertible notes payable were both issued and repaid during the year ended December 31, 2017; therefore, there was no derivative liability at December 31, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805) Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The amendments in this update clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation. The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and should be applied prospectively on or after the effective date. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, which requires restricted cash to be presented with cash and cash equivalents on the statement of cash flows and disclosure of how the statement of cash flows reconciles to the balance sheet if restricted cash is shown separately from cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet. ASU 2016-18 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company will adopt this accounting standard update beginning in the first quarter of 2018. The Company does not believe this accounting standard update will have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfer of Assets Other than Inventory, which requires the recognition of the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. ASU 2016-16 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. ASU 2016-15 provides guidance for targeted changes with respect to how cash receipts and cash payments are classified in the statements of cash flows, with the objective of reducing diversity in practice. ASU 2016-15 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its statements of cash flows.

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. ASU 2016-09, which amends several aspects of accounting for employee share-based payment transactions including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and statutory tax withholding requirements, and classification in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this accounting standard update on its financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and requires expanded disclosures about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this ASU for its year ended December 31, 2017.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which provides guidance on determining when and how to disclose going-concern uncertainties in the financial statements. ASU 2014-15 requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity's ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued. An entity must provide certain disclosures if conditions or events raise substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-15 on the Company's financial statements and disclosures.

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive revenue recognition standard that will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under current U.S. GAAP and replace it with a principle based approach for determining revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 will require that companies recognize revenue based on the value of transferred goods or services as they occur in the contract. The ASU also will require additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted only in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods therein. Entities will be able to transition to the standard either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2014-09 on the Company's financial statements and disclosures.

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements. As new accounting pronouncements are issued, we will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Note 3 – Equipment

 

At December 31, 2017 equipment consisted of the following:

 

    2017  
       
Computer equipment   $ 3,178  
      3,178  
Less accumulated depreciation     (318 )
Equipment, net   $ 2,860  

 

Depreciation expense for equipment for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $318.

 

Note 4 – Leased Assets

 

At December 31, 2017 all of the Company’s leased assets were finance leased right-of-use assets and consisted of the following:

 

    2017  
       
Vehicles   $ 2,116,068  
      2,116,068  
Less accumulated depreciation     (82,586 )
Leased assets, net   $ 2,033,482  

 

The Company’s leased assets, consisting of vehicles, are depreciated over their estimated useful life of five years. Depreciation expense for leased assets for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $82,586. The lease terms are generally for three years and the Company has the right to purchase the leased assets for $1 each at the end of the lease terms.

 

Note 5 – Notes Payable

 

Notes payable at December 31, 2017 consisted of the following:

 

    2017  
       
Note payable to investor; accrue interest at 5% per annum; due March 31, 2019; unsecured   $ 445,000  
         
Notes payable to individual investors; accrue interest at 8% per annum; principal payments equal to 1/12 of original balance plus interest due quarterly; due from dates ranging from August 9, 2020 to December 11, 2020; unsecured (A)     242,667  
         
Note payable to investor; accrue interest at 6% per annum; due March 31, 2018; unsecured (B)     222,222  
         
Total notes payable     909,889  
         
Unamortized debt discount     (102,790 )
         
Notes payable, net     807,099  
         
Less current portion     (254,511 )
         
Long-term portion   $ 552,588  

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

(A) In connection with the issuance of these notes payable, the Company also issued an aggregate of 18,200 shares of its common stock to these note holders as additional incentive to make the loans. The aggregate relative fair value of these shares of common stock was $91,000 and was recorded as a discount on the note payable and as additional paid in capital. The discount of $91,000 is being amortized over the term of the notes payable. During the year ended December 31, 2017, $9,716 was charged to interest expense as amortization of the discount, with an unamortized balance of $81,284 at December 31, 2017.

 

(B) This note payable was issued with an original issuance discount of $22,222 which is being amortized over the term of the notes payable. During the year ended December 31, 2017, $716 was charged to interest expense as amortization of the discount, with an unamortized balance of $21,506 at December 31, 2017.

 

A rollfoward of notes payable from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017 is below:

 

Notes payable, December 31, 2016   $ -  
Issued for cash     887,667  
Issued for original issue discount     22,222  
Debt discount related to notes payable     (113,222 )
Amortization of debt discounts     10,432  
Notes payable, December 31, 2017   $ 807,099  

 

Future maturities of notes payable are as follows:

 

Years ending December 31,      
2018   $ 303,111  
2019     525,889  
2020     80,889  
    $ 909,889  

 

Note 6 – Lease Obligations

 

Lease obligations at December 31, 2017 consisted of the following:

 

Lease obligations   $ 1,593,291  
Unamortized debt discount     (846,598 )
Lease obligations, net discount     746,693  
Less current portion     (72,485 )
Long-term portion   $ 674,208  

 

In connection with these finance lease obligations, the Company also issued to the lessor an aggregate of 350,000 shares of its common stock as additional incentive for the lessor to enter into these lease agreements. The lessor was given 100,000 shares of common stock for the first 30 vehicle leases and an additional 250,000 shares of common stock for the next 100 vehicle leases. The aggregate relative fair value of these 350,000 shares of common stock was $1,178,036 and was recorded as a discount on the lease obligations and as additional paid in capital. The discount of $1,178,036 is being amortized over the term of the lease obligations. During the year ended December 31, 2017, $331,438 was charged to interest expense as amortization of the discount, with an unamortized balance of $846,598 at December 31, 2017.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

A rollfoward of lease obligations from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017 is below:

 

Lease obligations, December 31, 2016   $ -  
New lease obligations     2,116,068  
Payments on lease obligations     (522,777 )
Debt discount related to lease obligations     (1,178,036 )
Amortization of debt discounts     331,438  
Lease obligations, December 31, 2017   $ 746,693  

 

Future payments under lease obligations are as follows:

 

Years ending December 31,      
2018   $ 618,792  
2019     618,792  
2020     475,276  
Total payments     1,718,363  
Amount representing interest     (119,569 )
Lease obligation, net   $ 1,593,291  

 

The weighted-average remaining lease term at December 31, 2017 is 2.81 years and the weighted average discount rate is 5%.

 

The finance lease costs for the year ended December 31, 2017 consisted of depreciation expense of $82,586 and interest expense of $16,292.

 

Note 7 – Convertible Notes Payable

 

On January 6, 2017, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “CFI Letter Agreement”) with Chase Financing, Inc. (“CFI”), pursuant to which CFI agreed to provide up to $100,000 in capital to the Company through one or more loans with an aggregate principal amount of $113,888.

 

On January 6, 2017, the Company received $50,000 from CFI and issued its 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the principal amount of $ 55,555, with a maturity date of April 6, 2017 (the “First CFI Note”). Subsequent to the First CFI Note, on January 23, 2017 the Company received an additional $25,000 from CFI, and issued a second 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the principal amount of $30,555, with a maturity date of April 6, 2017 (the “Second CFI Note ”). Subsequent to the Second CFI Note, the Company received an additional $25,000 from CFI, and issued a third 10% original issue discount senior secured convertible note in the amount of $27,778 (the “Third CFI Note” and together with the First CFI Note and the Second CFI Note, collectively, the “CFI Notes”). As a result, the Company is obligated to repay CFI a total of $113,888 in principal plus all accrued interest thereon to CFI under the CFI Notes on or before the stated maturity dates, subject to extension per the terms of the CFI Notes.

 

Pursuant to the terms, the CFI Notes are secured by a first priority lien and security interest on all of the assets of the Company, now owned or hereafter acquired, and are convertible at the option of the holder into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the lower of $7.00 per share or the average of the five lowest volume weighted average trading prices (“VWAP”) of our Common Stock during the twenty (20) trading days immediately prior to the date of conversion. If an event of default occurs under the terms of the CFI Notes, the conversion price will be reduced to $1.00 per share.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Concurrently with the execution of the CFI Letter Agreement and the First CFI Note, as additional collateral to secure the repayment of the CFI Notes by the Company, Ramy El-Batrawi, our founder, Chief Executive Officer, Director and control person of our principal stockholder, X, LLC (an entity wholly owned by Mr. El-Batrawi), entered into a Limited Recourse Guaranty and Pledge agreement with CFI (the “Guaranty & Pledge”), pursuant to which X, LLC agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the Company’s repayment of the CFI Notes, and pursuant to which X, LLC pledged up to 300,000 shares of our Common Stock held of record and beneficially owned by X, LLC.

 

In addition to the Guaranty & Pledge, on January 6, 2017, X, LLC (an entity wholly owned by Mr. El-Batrawi) entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (“Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which X, LLC agreed to sell and transfer to CFI 200,000 shares of our Common Stock, held of record and beneficially owned by X, LLC, in exchange for the aggregate nominal consideration of one dollar ($1.00). Under the Stock Purchase Agreement, and in addition to the 200,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the effective date of the Stock Purchase Agreement, X, LLC has agreed to provide CFI with certain anti-dilution protection provisions, whereby X, LLC will issue a number of shares of our Common Stock, held as of record and beneficially by X, LLC, equal to two percent (2%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued or underlying Common Stock Equivalents (as defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement) issued, as the case may be, in the event of a Dilutive Share Issuance (as defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement). X, LLC has the right to repurchase 100,000 of such shares at an aggregate purchase price of $208,500 if exercises within the initial three (3) months after the date of the Stock Purchase Agreement, or $258,500 if exercised within the second three (3) months.

 

The CFI Notes have been repaid by the Company.

 

A rollfoward of the convertible note payable from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017 is below:

 

Convertible notes, December 31, 2016   $ -  
Issued for cash     100,000  
Issued for original issue discount     13,888  
Debt discount related to new convertible notes     (113,888 )
Amortization of debt discounts     113,888  
Repayment in cash     (113,888 )
Convertible notes, December 31, 2017   $ -  

 

Note 8 – Derivative Liability

 

The convertible notes payable discussed in Note 7 had a conversion price that can be adjusted based on the Company’s stock price which results in the conversion feature being recorded as a derivative liability.

 

The fair value of the derivative liability was recorded and shown separately under current liabilities. However, as of December 31, 2017 the convertible note payable giving rise to the derivative liability was repaid, and as a result, the derivative liability at December 31, 2017 was $0. Changes in the fair value of the derivative liability is recorded in the statement of operations under other income (expense).

 

The Company uses a weighted average Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following assumptions to measure the fair value of derivative liability:

 

Stock price $4.00
Risk free rate 0.53%
Volatility 275%
Conversion/ Exercise price $4.00
Dividend rate 0%
Term (years) 0.16 to 0.25

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

The following table represents the Company’s derivative liability activity from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017:

 

Derivative liability balance, December 31, 2016   $ -  
Issuance of derivative liability during the period     40,266  
Change in derivative liability during the period     (40,266 )
Derivative liability balance, December 31, 2017   $ -  

 

Note 9 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

The Company authorized 100,000,000 shares of capital stock with consists of 90,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.000001 par value per share and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.000001 par value per share.

 

Common Stock

 

During the year ended from December 31, 2017, the Company sold 371,351 shares of common stock to investors for gross cash proceeds of $2,484,199 of which 326,126 shares and $2,303,299 of cash proceeds were related to the Company’s Regulation A offering. The Company incurred $814,442 of offering cost related to the sale of common stock which consisted principally of legal fees and costs associated with soliciting the sale of common stock directly to the Regulation A investors.

 

Stock Options

 

The following is a summary of stock option activity:

 

                Weighted        
          Weighted     Average        
          Average     Remaining     Aggregate  
    Options     Exercise     Contractual     Intrinsic  
    Outstanding     Price     Life     Value  
Outstanding, June 21, 2016     -                          
Granted     450,000     $ 1.00                  
Forfeited     -                          
Exercised     -                          
Outstanding, December 31, 2016     450,000     $ 1.00       2.00     $ -  
Granted     300,000     $ 8.00                  
Forfeited     -                          
Exercised     -                          
Outstanding, December 31, 2017     750,000     $ 3.80       1.80     $ 3,150,000  
Exercisable, December 31, 2017     630,000     $ 3.00       1.57     $ 3,150,000  

 

The exercise price for options outstanding at December 31, 2017:

 

Outstanding     Exercisable  
Number of     Exercise     Number of     Exercise  
Options     Price     Options     Price  
  450,000     $ 1.00       450,000     $ 1.00  
  300,000       8.00       180,000       8.00  
  750,000               630,000          

 

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YAYYO, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

For options granted during fiscal year 2016 where the exercise price equaled the stock price at the date of the grant, the weighted-average fair value of such options was $0.85 and the weighted-average exercise price of such options was $1.00. No options were granted during fiscal 2016 where the exercise price was less than the stock price at the date of grant or the exercise price was greater than the stock price at the date of grant.

 

For options granted during fiscal year 2017 where the exercise price equaled the stock price at the date of the grant, the weighted-average fair value of such options was $7.54 and the weighted-average exercise price of such options was $8.00. No options were granted during fiscal 2017 where the exercise price was less than the stock price at the date of grant or the exercise price was greater than the stock price at the date of grant.

 

The fair value of the stock options is being amortized to stock option expense over the vesting period. The Company recorded stock option expense of $1,676,476 and $63,955, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2017 and from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2017, the unamortized stock option expense was $904,468, which is expected to be recognized as an expense through December 2018.

 

The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option- pricing model for options granted are as follows:

 

Risk-free interest rate 1.14%
Expected life of the options 2.08 years
Expected volatility 200%
Expected dividend yield 0%

 

Note 10 – Related Party Transactions

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the Company paid management fees of $286,300 and $140,000, respectively, to a company that is owned by the Company’s majority stockholder.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016, the Company’s majority stockholder advanced a total of $50,000 and $75,000 to the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2017, $125,000 of these advances were repaid. These advances are non-interest bearing and due upon demand. At December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, amount due to Company’s majority stockholder was $0 and $75,000, respectively.

 

Note 11 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

On July 28, 2016, the Company entered into a client service agreement with an advertising agency. The agency is to obtain negotiate, arrange and purchase and otherwise deal with all media placements for the Company’s product in television, radio and print ads. The Company is obligated to compensate the adverting agency a commission of 15% of the gross amounts charged for the television, radio and print ads.

 

On August 27, 2016, the Company entered into a development agreement with a software developer to develop interface software for the Company’s product. The Company agreed to pay a fee of $4,860 plus $85 per hour for the software development services.

 

On November 1, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with an individual to perform marketing services. The individual will receive compensation as follows:

 

· 5% of any investment the Company receives as a result of the individuals efforts;
· 10% of gross ad revenue achieved;
· $5,000 per month through May 2017 payable in cash; and
· $20,000 per month through May 2017 payable in equity.

 

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YAYYO, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Note 12 – Income Taxes

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A full valuation allowance is established against all net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 based on estimates of recoverability. While the Company has optimistic plans for its business strategy, it determined that such a valuation allowance was necessary given the current and expected near term losses and the uncertainty with respect to its ability to generate sufficient profits from its business model. Because of the impacts of the valuation allowance, there was no income tax expense or benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017 and for the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016.

 

A reconciliation of the differences between the effective and statutory income tax rates for the year ended December 31, 2017 and for the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016:

 

    2017     2017  
    Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  
Federal statutory rates   $ (1,394,102 )     34.0 %   $ (504,461 )     34.0 %
State income taxes     (205,015 )     5.0 %     (74,185 )     5.0 %
Permanent differences     823,746       -20.1 %     32,132       -2.2 %
Valuation allowance against net deferred                                
tax assets     775,371       -18.9 %     546,514       -36.8 %
Effective rate   $ -       0.0 %   $ -       0.0 %

 

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the significant components of the deferred tax assets are summarized below:

 

    2017     2016  
Deferred income tax asset                
Net operation loss carryforwards     1,321,885       546,514  
Total deferred income tax asset     1,321,885       546,514  
Less: valuation allowance     (1,321,885 )     (546,514 )
Total deferred income tax asset   $ -     $ -  

 

The valuation allowance increased by $775,371 and $546,514 in 2017 and 2016, respectively, as a result of the Company generating additional net operating losses.

 

The Company has recorded as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 a valuation allowance of $1,321,885 and $546,514, respectively, as it believes that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized in future years. Management has based its assessment on the Company’s lack of profitable operating history.

 

The Company conducts an analysis of its tax positions and has concluded that it has no uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

The Company has net operating loss carry-forwards of approximately $3,400,000. Such amounts are subject to IRS code section 382 limitations and expire in 2031. The 2016 and 2017 tax year is still subject to audit.

 

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YAYYO, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended December 31, 2017

 

Note 13 – Subsequent Events

 

In January 2018, the Company issued notes payable for $15,000 and also issued an aggregate of 1,125 shares of its common stock to these note holders as additional incentive to make the loans.

 

In February 2018, the Company sold 22,500 shares of common stock to two investors for cash proceeds of $180,000.

 

On March 8, 2018, the Company issued a note payable in the amount of $6,000,000. The note accrues interest at LIBOR plus 100 basis points and is due five years from the date of issuance. In addition, the Company issued to the note holder 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,500,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock for $4.00 per shares. The warrants expire five years from the date of issuance. The Company also paid $178,228 of issuance costs associated with this note. The relative fair value of the 150,000 shares of common stock was $378,916 and the relative fair value of the 1,500,000 warrants was $3,726,506 and both were recorded as a discount on the note payable and as additional paid in capital. In addition, the issuance costs of $178,228 have also been recorded as a debt discount. The debt discount of $4,283,650 is being amortized over the term of the note payable. Below is a pro forma balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 to show the impact on the Company’s balance sheet as if this transaction had occurred on December 31, 2017.

 

YAYYO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEET

As of December 31, 2017

 

    As              
    Presented     Adjustment     Pro Forma  
ASSETS                        
Current Assets:                        
Cash   $ 308,738     $ -     $ 308,738  
Restricted cash     -       5,821,772       5,821,772  
Prepaid expenses     13,406               13,406  
Total current assets     322,144       5,821,772       6,143,916  
Equipment, net     2,860       -       2,860  
Leased assets, net     2,033,482       -       2,033,482  
                         
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 2,358,486     $ 5,821,772     $ 8,180,258  
                         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                        
                         
Current Liabilities:                        
Accounts payable   $ 100,000     $ -     $ 100,000  
Accrued expenses     31,453       -       31,453  
Notes payable, current (net of discount of $48,600)     254,511       -       254,511  
Finance lease obligations, current (net of discount of $482,605)     72,485       -       72,485  
Total current liabilities     458,449       -       458,449  
Notes payable, net of current portion (net of discount of $54,190 and $4,337,810 (pro forma))     552,588       1,716,350       2,268,938  
                         
Finance lease obligations, net of current portion (net of discount of $363,993)     674,208       -       674,208  
                         
TOTAL LIABILITIES     1,685,245       1,716,350       3,401,595  
                         
Commitments and contingencies     -       -       -  
                         
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                        
Preferred stock, $0.000001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; nil shares issued and outstanding                        
Common stock, $0.000001 par value; 90,000,000 shares authorized; 25,770,551 and 25,900,551 (pro forma) shares issued and outstanding     26       -       26  
Additional paid-in capital     6,257,225       4,105,422       10,362,647  
Accumulated deficit     (5,584,010 )     -       (5,584,010 )
Total stockholders' equity     673,241       4,105,422       4,778,663  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHLDERS' EQUITY   $ 2,358,486     $ 5,821,772     $ 8,180,258  

 

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Exhibit 1a.6j

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 8, 2018, is by and among YayYo, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices located at 433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210 (the “Company”), and each of the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

 

RECITALS

 

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

 

B.       The Company has authorized a new series of senior secured notes of the Company, in the aggregate original principal amount of $6,000,000, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notes”).

 

C.       Each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) a Note in the aggregate original principal amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, (ii) a warrant to initially acquire up to that aggregate number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Warrants”) (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”) and (iii) such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers (the “Commitment Shares”).

 

D.       At the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

 

E.       The Notes, the Commitment Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

 

F.       The Notes will rank senior to all outstanding and future indebtedness of the Company, and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) and the Notes will be secured by a first priority perfected security interest in cash held in a Master Restricted Account (as defined in the Note) at a Controlled Account Bank (as defined in the Note) pursuant to account control agreements, in form and substance acceptable to each Buyer, duly executed by the Company and such Controlled Account Bank (the “Controlled Account Agreements”).

 

 

 

 

AGREEMENT

 

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

 

1.          PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES, WARRANTS AND COMMITMENT SHARES.

 

(a)       Purchase of Notes, Warrants and Commitment Shares. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on the Closing Date (as defined below) (i) a Note in the original principal amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, (ii) Warrants to initially acquire up to that aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers and (iii) such aggregate number of Commitment Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Buyers.

 

(b)       Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase of the Notes, the Warrants and the Commitment Shares by the Buyers shall occur at the offices of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10178. The date and time of the Closing (the “Closing Date”) shall be 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first (1st) Business Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer). As used herein “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(c)       Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be purchased by each Buyer (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (6) on the Schedule of Buyers. Each Buyer and the Company agree that the Notes, Warrants and Commitment Shares constitute an “investment unit” for purposes of Section 1273(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Buyers and the Company mutually agree that the allocation of the issue price of such investment unit between the Notes, Warrants and Commitment Shares in accordance with Section 1273(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2(h) shall be an aggregate amount allocated to the Warrants, an aggregate amount allocated to the Commitment Shares and the balance of the Purchase Price allocated to the Notes, in each case, as mutually agreed upon by the Buyers and the Company, and neither the Buyers nor the Company shall take any position inconsistent with such allocation in any tax return or in any judicial or administrative proceeding in respect of taxes.

 

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(d)       Form of Payment. On the Closing Date, (i) each Buyer shall pay its respective Purchase Price (less, in the case of any Buyer, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) to the Company for the Notes, Warrants and Commitment Shares to be issued and sold to such Buyer at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Flow of Funds Letter (as defined below) and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer (A) a Note in the aggregate original principal amount as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers, (B) a Warrant pursuant to which such Buyer shall have the right to initially acquire up to such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers and (C) such aggregate number of Commitment Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers, in each case, duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.

 

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

 

2.           BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company with respect to only itself that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

 

(a)       Organization; Authority. Such Buyer is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, or, if such Buyer is not a corporation, such partnership, limited liability company or other applicable action on the part of such Buyer. Each of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents has been duly executed by such Buyer, and when delivered by such Buyer in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)       No Public Sale or Distribution. Such Buyer (i) is acquiring its Commitment Shares, Note and Warrants and (ii) upon exercise of its Warrants (other than pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in the Warrants)) will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, in each case, for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof in violation of applicable securities laws, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the 1933 Act; provided, however, by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree, or make any representation or warranty, to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities in violation of applicable securities laws. For purposes of this Agreement, “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and any Governmental Entity or any department or agency thereof.

 

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(c)       Accredited Investor Status. At the time such Buyer was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, and on each date on which it exercises the Warrants it will be, an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D.

 

(d)       Reliance on Exemptions. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

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

 

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

 

(g)       Transfer or Resale. Such Buyer understands that, except as may be contemplated in connection with a Public Company Date (as defined below), the Registration Rights Agreement and Section 4(h) hereof: (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company (if requested by the Company) an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”); (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144, and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(g).

 

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

 

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

 

(j)       Investment Intent. Such Buyer understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Securities and, upon exercise of the Warrants, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof as principal for its own account and not with a view to, or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer does not agree to hold any of the Securities for any minimum period of time and reserves the right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such Securities or Warrant Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of any of the Securities (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any person or entity; such Buyer is not a registered broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Exchange Act or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered as a broker-dealer.

 

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(k)       General Solicitation. Such Buyer is not purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general advertisement.

 

(l)       Experience of Buyer. Such Buyer, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Buyer is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities, and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

3.           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

The Company represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

 

(a)       Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are entities duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authority to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary, individually or taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith or (iii) the authority or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform any of their respective obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined below). Other than the Persons (as defined below) set forth on Schedule 3(a), the Company has no Subsidiaries. “Subsidiaries” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, (I) owns any of the outstanding capital stock or holds any equity or similar interest of such Person or (II) controls or operates all or any part of the business, operations or administration of such Person, and each of the foregoing, is individually referred to herein as a “Subsidiary.”

 

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(b)       Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. Each Subsidiary has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the consummation by the Company and its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes, the issuance of the Commitment Shares and the issuance of the Warrants and the reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants) have been duly authorized by the Company’s board of directors and each of its Subsidiaries’ board of directors or other governing body, as applicable, and (other than the filing with the SEC of one or more Registration Statements (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement, a Form D with the SEC and the filing(s) required by applicable state “blue sky” securities laws, rules and regulations (together the “Securities Filings”)) no further filing, consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Subsidiaries, their respective boards of directors or their stockholders or other governing body. This Agreement has been, and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party will be prior to the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. Prior to the Closing, the Transaction Documents to which each Subsidiary is a party will be duly executed and delivered by each such Subsidiary, and shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each such Subsidiary, enforceable against each such Subsidiary in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Commitment Shares, the Controlled Account Agreements, the Registration Rights Agreement, and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(c)       Issuance of Securities. The issuance of the Securities are duly authorized and upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances (collectively “Liens”) with respect to the issuance thereof and, with respect to the Commitment Shares, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock not less than 200% of the maximum number of Warrant Shares initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein). Upon issuance or exercise in accordance with the Warrants (as the case may be), the Warrant Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Buyers in this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the 1933 Act.

 

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(d)       No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and its Subsidiaries and the consummation by the Company and its Subsidiaries of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes, the Warrants, the Commitment Shares and the Warrant Shares and the reservation for issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below) (including, without limitation, any certificate of designation contained therein), Bylaws (as defined below), certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected.

 

(e)       Consents. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is required to obtain any consent from, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than the Securities Filings), any Governmental Entity (as defined below) or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its respective obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been or will be obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are aware of any facts or circumstances which might prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings contemplated by the Transaction Documents. “Governmental Entity” means any nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other political jurisdiction of any nature, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government, governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), multi-national organization or body; or body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, including any entity or enterprise owned or controlled by a government or a public international organization or any of the foregoing.

 

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

 

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(g)       No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, placement agent fees payable to Aegis Capital Corp., as placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) in connection with the sale of the Securities. The fees and expenses of the Placement Agent to be paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are as set forth on Schedule 3(g) attached hereto. The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged the Placement Agent in connection with the sale of the Securities. Other than the Placement Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

(h)       No Integrated Offering. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates, nor any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act, whether through integration with prior offerings or otherwise, or cause this offering of the Securities to require approval of stockholders of the Company for purposes of the 1933 Act or under any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the securities of the Company are listed or designated for quotation. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates nor any Person acting on their behalf will take any action or steps that would require registration of the issuance of any of the Securities under the 1933 Act or cause the offering of any of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings of securities of the Company.

 

(i)       Dilutive Effect. The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares will increase in certain circumstances. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, in each case, absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

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(j)       Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, interested stockholder, business combination, poison pill (including, without limitation, any distribution under a rights agreement), stockholder rights plan or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or otherwise which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities. The Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any stockholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock or a change in control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(k)       Material Liabilities; SEC Documents; Financial Information; Forecasts. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(k)(i), the Company has no liabilities or obligations, absolute or contingent (individually or in the aggregate), except obligations under contracts made in the ordinary course of business that as of the date of this Agreement would not be required to be reflected in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby (“GAAP”). On December 15, 2016, the Company filed with the SEC an Offering Statement on Form 1-A (File No. 024-10654), as subsequently amended (the “Offering Statement”). The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents (including, without limitation, the Offering Statement) required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the rules and regulations of Regulation A (“Regulation A”) of the 1933 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered or has made available to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation A and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate). No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any of the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents (including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 2(e) of this Agreement or in the disclosure schedules to this Agreement) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made. The Company is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the financial statements (including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent accountants of the Company with respect thereto) included in the SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”), nor is the Company currently aware of facts or circumstances which would require the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Company has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the Company amend or restate any of the Financial Statements or that there is any need for the Company to amend or restate any of the Financial Statements. The forecasts and projections previously delivered to the Buyers by the Company and attached hereto as Schedule 3(k)(iii) have been prepared in good faith and on the basis of assumptions that are fair and reasonable in light of current and reasonably foreseeable circumstances. No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to any of the Buyers contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made. The forecasts and projections previously delivered to the Buyers by the Company and attached hereto as Schedule 3(k)(iii) have been prepared in good faith and on the basis of assumptions that are fair and reasonable in light of current and reasonably foreseeable circumstances. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents which are not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or could not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)       Absence of Certain Changes. Since January 1, 2017, there has been no Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Specifically, except as set forth on Schedule 3(l), since January 1, 2017, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have:

 

(i)       declared, set aside or paid any dividend or other distribution with respect to any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any such shares;

 

(ii)       sold, assigned, pledged, encumbered, transferred or other disposed of any tangible asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than sales or the licensing of its products to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or sold, assigned, pledged, encumbered, transferred or other disposed of any Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 3(w)) (other than licensing of products of the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and on a non-exclusive basis);

 

(iii)     entered into any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of any Intellectual Property other than licenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or any amendment or consent with respect to any licensing agreement filed or required to be filed with respect to any Governmental Entity;

 

(iv)     any obligation or liability (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due) incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in excess of $50,000 individually, other than obligations under customer contracts, current obligations and liabilities, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

 

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(v)      any Lien on any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except for Liens in existence on the date of this Agreement that are described on Schedules 3(l) (vi).

 

(vi)     any payment, discharge, satisfaction or settlement of any suit, action, claim, arbitration, proceeding or obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

 

(vii)    any split, combination or reclassification of any equity securities;

 

(viii)   any material loss, destruction or damage to any property of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not insured;

 

(ix)      any acceleration or prepayment of any Indebtedness (as defined below) for borrowed money or the refunding of any such Indebtedness;

 

(x)       any labor trouble involving the Company or any Subsidiary or any material change in their personnel or the terms and conditions of employment;

 

(xi)     any waiver of any valuable right, whether by contract or otherwise;

 

(xii)     except as disclosed in Schedule 3(l) (xiii), any loan or extension of credit to any officer or employee of the Company;

 

(xiii)    any change in the independent public accountants of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any material change in the accounting methods or accounting practices followed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, or any material change in depreciation or amortization policies or rates;

 

(xiv)    any resignation or termination of any officer, key employee or group of employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(xv)     any change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee, officer, director or stockholder that would result in the aggregate compensation to such Person in such year to exceed $100,000;

 

(xvi)    any material increase in the compensation of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any increase pursuant to any written bonus, pension, profit sharing or other benefit or compensation plan, policy or arrangement or commitment), or any increase in any such compensation or bonus payable to any officer, stockholder, director, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having an annual salary or remuneration in excess of $100,000, except as may be provided in projections contained in Schedule 3(l) (xvii);

 

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(xvii)   any revaluation of any of their respective assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets other than in the ordinary course of business; or

 

(xviii)  any acquisition or disposition of any material assets (or any contract or arrangement therefor), or any other material transaction by the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise than for fair value in the ordinary course of business.

 

(xix)     written-down the value of any asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries or written-off as uncollectible of any accounts or notes receivable or any portion thereof except in the ordinary course of business and in a magnitude consistent with historical practice;

 

(xx)      cancelled any debts or claims or any material amendment, termination or waiver of any rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or

 

(xxi)     any agreement, whether in writing or otherwise, to take any of the actions specified in the foregoing items (i) through (xxi).

 

Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so. The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). For purposes of this Section 3(l), “Insolvent” means, (i) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, (A) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total Indebtedness (as defined below), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (C) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature; and (ii) with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary, individually, (A) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be) assets is less than the amount required to pay its respective total Indebtedness, (B) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) is unable to pay its respective debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (C) the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) intends to incur or believes that it will incur debts that would be beyond its respective ability to pay as such debts mature. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any business or in any transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or in any transaction, for which the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s remaining assets constitute unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted.

 

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(m)       No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances. No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that (i) could have a material adverse effect on any Buyer’s investment hereunder or (ii) could have a Material Adverse Effect. The reserves, if any, established by the Company or the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable based upon facts and circumstances known by the Company on the date hereof and there are no loss contingencies that are required to be accrued by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for by the Company in its financial statements or otherwise.

 

(n)       Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designation, preferences or rights of any other outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Bylaws or their organizational charter, certificate of formation, memorandum of association, articles of association, Certificate of Incorporation or certificate of incorporation or bylaws, respectively. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except in all cases for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit. There is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(o)       Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, the Company’s subsidiary or any director, officer, agent, employee, nor any other person acting for or on behalf of the foregoing (individually and collectively, a “Company Affiliate”) have violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, nor has any Company Affiliate offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any officer, employee or any other person acting in an official capacity for any Governmental Entity to any political party or official thereof or to any candidate for political office (individually and collectively, a “Government Official”) or to any person under circumstances where such Company Affiliate knew or was aware of a high probability that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose of:

 

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(i)       (A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his/her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his/her lawful duty, (C) securing any improper advantage, or (D) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity, or

 

(ii)       assisting the Company or its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

(p)       Transactions With Affiliates. No current or former employee, partner, director, officer or stockholder (direct or indirect) of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any associate, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of any thereof, or any relative with a relationship no more remote than first cousin of any of the foregoing, is presently, or has ever been, (i) a party to any transaction with the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services by, or rental of real or personal property from, or otherwise requiring payments to, any such director, officer or stockholder or such associate or affiliate or relative Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries)) or (ii) the direct or indirect owner of an interest in any corporation, firm, association or business organization which is a competitor, supplier or customer of the Company or its Subsidiaries (except for a passive investment (direct or indirect) in less than 5% of the common stock of a company whose securities are traded on or quoted through an Eligible Market (as defined in the Notes)), nor does any such Person receive income from any source other than the Company or its Subsidiaries which relates to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or should properly accrue to the Company or its Subsidiaries. No employee, officer, stockholder or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or member of his or her immediate family is indebted to the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other than (i) for payment of salary for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and (iii) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees or executives (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company).

 

(q)        Equity Capitalization.

 

(i)          Definitions:

 

(A)       “Common Stock” means (x) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.000001 par value per share, and (y) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

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(B)       “Preferred Stock” means (x) the Company’s blank check preferred stock, $0.000001 par value per share, the terms of which may be designated by the board of directors of the Company in a certificate of designations and (y) any capital stock into which such preferred stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such preferred stock (other than a conversion of such preferred stock into Common Stock in accordance with the terms of such certificate of designations).

 

(ii)       Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock. As of January 24, 2018, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (A) 90,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which, 25,847,969 are issued and outstanding and 1,500,000 shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible Securities (as defined below) (other than the Warrants) exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock and (B) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, none of which are issued and outstanding. As of March 7, 2018, 64,152,031 shares of Common Stock are held in the treasury of the Company.

 

(iii)       Valid Issuance; Available Shares; Affiliates. All of such outstanding shares are duly authorized and have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Schedule 3(q)(iii) sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock that are (A) reserved for issuance pursuant to Convertible Securities (as defined below) (other than the Warrants) and (B) that are, as of the date hereof, owned by Persons who are “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act and calculated based on the assumption that only officers, directors and holders of at least 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock are “affiliates” without conceding that any such Persons are “affiliates” for purposes of federal securities laws) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, no Person owns 10% or more of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (calculated based on the assumption that all Convertible Securities (as defined below), whether or not presently exercisable or convertible, have been fully exercised or converted (as the case may be) taking account of any limitations on exercise or conversion (including “blockers”) contained therein without conceding that such identified Person is a 10% stockholder for purposes of federal securities laws).

 

(iv)       Existing Securities; Obligations. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3(q)(iv): (A) none of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s shares, interests or capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or Liens suffered or permitted by the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any shares, interests or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the 1933 Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement); (D) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (E) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; and (F) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement.

 

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(v)       Organizational Documents. The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all Convertible Securities and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

 

(r)       Indebtedness and Other Contracts. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, (i) except as disclosed on Schedule 3(q), has any outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound, (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) has any financing statements securing obligations in any amounts filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) is in violation of any term of, or in default under, any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (v) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement: (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without limitation, “capital leases” in accordance with GAAP) (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with GAAP, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; and (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

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(s)       Litigation. There is no action, suit, arbitration, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, other Governmental Entity, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ officers or directors, whether of a civil or criminal nature or otherwise, in their capacities as such, except as set forth in Schedule 3(s). No director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has willfully violated 18 U.S.C. §1519 or engaged in spoliation in reasonable anticipation of litigation. After reasonable inquiry of its employees, the Company is not aware of any fact which might result in or form the basis for any such action, suit, arbitration, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Entity.

 

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

 

(u)       Employee Matters; Benefit Plans.

 

(i)       Except as set forth on Schedule 3(u)(i), the employment of each officer and employee of the Company is terminable at the will of the Company. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all applicable laws relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, workers’ compensation insurance and the payment of social security and other taxes. The Company is not aware that any officer, key employee or group of employees intends to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor does the Company have a present intention, or know of a present intention of its Subsidiaries, to terminate the employment of any officer, key employee or group of employees. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened employment discrimination charges or complaints against or involving the Company or its Subsidiaries before any federal, state, or local board, department, commission or agency, or unfair labor practice charges or complaints, disputes or grievances affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

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(ii)       Since the Company’s inception, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has experienced any labor disputes, union organization attempts or work stoppage due to labor disagreements. There are no unfair labor practice charges or complaints against the Company or its Subsidiaries pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency or authority. There are no written or oral contracts, commitments, agreements, understandings or other arrangements with any labor organization, nor work rules or practices agreed to with any labor organization or employee association, applicable to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is the Company or its Subsidiaries a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining or similar agreement; there is not, and since the Company’s inception there has not been, any representation of the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries by any labor organization and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no union organizing activities among the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, no question concerning representation has been raised or is threatened respecting the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

(iii)       Schedule 3(u)(iii) contains a true, correct and complete list of each pension, retirement, savings, deferred compensation and profit-sharing plan and each stock option, stock appreciation, stock purchase, performance share, bonus or other incentive plan, severance plan, health, group insurance or other welfare plan, or other similar plan (whether written or otherwise) and any “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), under which the Company has any current or future obligation or liability (including any potential, contingent or secondary liability under Title IV of ERISA) or under which any employee or former employee (or beneficiary of any employee or former employee) of the Company has or may have any current or future right to benefits (the term “plan” shall include any contract, agreement (including an employment or independent contractor agreement), policy or understanding, each such plan being hereinafter referred to in this Agreement individually as a “Benefit Plan”). The Company has delivered to each Buyer true, correct and complete copies of (i) each material Benefit Plan, including any amendments thereto, (ii) the summary plan description, if any, for each Benefit Plan, including any summaries of material modifications made since the most recent summary plan description, (iii) the latest annual report which has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) for each Benefit Plan required to file an annual report, and (iv) the most recent IRS determination letter for each Benefit Plan that is a pension plan (as defined in ERISA) intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Each Benefit Plan intended to be tax qualified under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code is and has been determined by the IRS to be tax qualified under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code and, since such determination, no amendment to or failure to amend any such Benefit Plan and no other event or circumstance has occurred that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect its tax qualified status.

 

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(iv)     There are no actions, claims, audits, lawsuits or arbitrations pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, with respect to any Benefit Plan or the assets of any Benefit Plan. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(u)(iv), each Benefit Plan has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and with all applicable Legal Requirements (as defined below) (including, without limitation, the Code and ERISA). “Legal Requirement” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, or other administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law, regulation, statute, or treaty.

 

(v)      Except as set forth in Schedule 3(u)(v), the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (1) entitle any employee or independent contractor of the Company or its Subsidiaries to severance pay or termination benefits, (2) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any current or former employee or independent contractor of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (3) obligate the Company or any of its affiliates to pay or otherwise be liable for any compensation, vacation days, pension contribution or other benefits to any current or former employee, consultant, agent or independent contractor of the Company or its Subsidiaries for periods before the applicable Closing Date, (4) require assets to be set aside or other forms of security to be provided with respect to any liability under a Benefit Plan, or (5) result in any “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) under any Benefit Plan.

 

(vi)     No Benefit Plan is subject to the provisions of Section 412 of the Code or Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA. No Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA and no Benefit Plan is a “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). Since inception, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any business or entity treated as a single employer with the Company or its Subsidiaries for purposes of Title IV of ERISA contributed to or was obliged to contribute to a pension plan that was at any time subject to Title IV of ERISA.

 

(vii)     No Benefit Plan has provided, been required to provide, provides or is required to provide, at any time in the past, present, or future, health, medical, dental, accident, disability, death or survivor benefits to or in respect of any Person beyond one year following termination of employment, except to the extent required under any state insurance law or under Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and under Section 4980B of the Code. No Benefit Plan covers any individual that is not an employee or advisor of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than spouses and dependents of employees under health and child care policies listed in Schedule 3(u)(vii), true and complete copies of which have been made available to each Buyer.

 

Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to employment agreements with the Company disclosed to the Buyers, each officer of the Company is currently devoting all of such officer’s business time to the conduct of the business of the Company. Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to employment agreements with the Company disclosed to the Buyers, the Company is not aware of any officer or key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries planning to work less than full time at the Company or its Subsidiaries in the future.

 

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(v)       Assets; Title. 

 

(i)       Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, as applicable, all of its properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens except (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and (iv) such as have been disposed of in the ordinary course of business. All tangible personal property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries has been maintained in good operating condition and repair, except (x) for ordinary wear and tear, and (y) where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All assets leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are in the condition required by the terms of the lease applicable thereto during the term of such lease and upon the expiration thereof. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property, if any, and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such Liens set forth in Schedule 3(v)(i).

 

(ii)       Schedule 3(v)(ii) sets forth a complete list of all real property and interests in real property leased by the Company as of the date hereof. The Company has good and valid leasehold interest in all real property and interests in real property shown on Schedule 3(v)(ii) to be leased by it free and clear of all Liens except where such Liens would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(v)(ii), there exists no default, or any event which upon notice or the passage of time, or both, would give rise to any default, in the performance of the Company or by any lessor under any such lease, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is the landlord of any such lease in default except where any such default would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(w)       Intellectual Property. 

 

(i)       Except as set forth on Schedule 3(w)(i), the Company and its Subsidiaries own all right, title and interest in and to, or have a valid and enforceable license to use all the Intellectual Property used by them in connection with the their respective businesses, which represents all intellectual property rights necessary to the conduct of the their business as now conducted. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all contractual obligations relating to the protection of such of the Intellectual Property as they use pursuant to license or other agreement. The conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the Company, as currently conducted, or as reasonably be expected to be conducted, does not, and is not reasonably expected to, conflict with or infringe any proprietary right or Intellectual Property of any third party, including, without limitation, the transmission, reproduction, use, display or modification of any content or material (including framing, and linking web site content) on a web site, bulletin board or other like medium hosted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such infringements and conflicts which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no claim, suit, action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary: (i) alleging any such conflict or infringement with any third party’s proprietary rights; or (ii) challenging the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s ownership or use of, or the validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property.

 

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(ii)       Schedule 3(w)(ii) sets forth a complete and current list of registered trademarks or copyrights, issued patents, applications therefor, or other forms of Intellectual Property registration anywhere in the world that is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary (“Listed Intellectual Property”) and the owner of record, date of application or issuance and relevant jurisdiction as to each. All Listed Intellectual Property is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary, free and clear of security interests, liens, encumbrances or claims of any nature. All Listed Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting, unexpired, in proper form and enforceable and all renewal fees and other maintenance fees that have fallen due on or prior to the effective date of this Agreement have been paid. No Listed Intellectual Property is the subject of any proceeding before any governmental, registration or other authority in any jurisdiction, including any office action or other form of preliminary or final refusal of registration, except as noted on Schedule 3(w)(ii). The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not alter or impair any Intellectual Property that is owned or licensed by the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

(iii)      Schedule 3(w)(iii) sets forth a complete list of all agreements relating to Intellectual Property to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party, subject or bound (the “Intellectual Property Contracts”) (other than agreements involving (A) the license of the Company of standard, generally commercially available “off-the-shelf” third party products that are not and will not to any extent be part of any product, service or intellectual property offering of the Company or (B) non-disclosure or non-use of information). Each Intellectual Property Contract: (i) is valid and binding on the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and, to the Company’s knowledge, the counterparties thereto, and is in full force and effect and (ii) upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall continue in full force and effect without penalty or other adverse consequence.

 

(iv)     The Company and its Subsidiaries are not under any obligation to pay royalties or other payments in connection with any agreement, nor restricted from assigning their rights respecting Intellectual Property nor will the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise be, as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, in breach of any agreement relating to the Intellectual Property.

 

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(v)       Except as set forth on Schedule 3(w)(v), no present or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary, or agent or outside contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary, holds any right, title or interest, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or to any Intellectual Property that is owned or licensed by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(vi)     To the Company’s knowledge: (i) none of the Listed Intellectual Property has been used, disclosed or appropriated to the detriment of the Company or any Subsidiary for the benefit of any Person other than the Company; and (ii) no employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has misappropriated any trade secrets or other confidential information of any other Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(vii)    Any programs, modifications, enhancements or other inventions, improvements, discoveries, methods or works of authorship (“Works”) that were created by employees of the Company or any Subsidiary were made in the regular course of such employees’ employment or service relationships with the Company or its Subsidiary using the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s facilities and resources and, as such, constitute either works made for hire or all rights and title to and in such Works have been fully assigned to the Company or a Subsidiary. Each such employee who has created Works or any employee who in the regular course of his employment may create Works and all consultants have signed an assignment or similar agreement with the Company or the Subsidiary confirming the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s ownership or, in the alternate, transferring and assigning to the Company or the Subsidiary all right, title and interest in and to such programs, modifications, enhancements or other inventions including copyright and other intellectual property rights therein.

 

(viii)   For the purpose of this Agreement, “Intellectual Property” shall mean all of the following: (A) trademarks and service marks, trade dress, product configurations, trade names and other indications of origin, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing and all goodwill associated therewith; (B) inventions, discoveries, improvements, ideas, know-how, formula methodology, processes, technology, software (including password unprotected interpretive code or source code, object code, development documentation, programming tools, drawings, specifications and data) and applications and patents in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing, including re-issues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions; (C) trade secrets, including confidential information and the right in any jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof; (D) copyrights in writings, designs software, mask works or other works, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction for the foregoing and all moral rights related thereto; (E) database rights; (F) Internet Web sites, domain names and applications and registrations pertaining thereto and all intellectual property used in connection with or contained in all versions of the Company’s Web sites; (G) rights under all agreements relating to the foregoing; (H) books and records pertaining to the foregoing; and (I) claims or causes of action arising out of or related to past, present or future infringement or misappropriation of the foregoing.

 

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

 

(ii)       No Hazardous Materials:

 

(A)       have been disposed of or otherwise released from any Interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in violation of any Environmental Laws; or

 

(B)       are present on, over, beneath, in or upon an Interest or any portion thereof in quantities that would constitute a violation of any Environmental Laws. No prior use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Property has occurred that violates any Environmental Laws, which violation would have a material adverse effect on the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(iii)       Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries knows of any other person who or entity which has stored, treated, recycled, disposed of or otherwise located on any Interest any Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, such substances as asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls.

 

(iv)       None of the Interests are on any federal or state “Superfund” list or Liability Information System (“CERCLIS”) list or any state environmental agency list of sites under consideration for CERCLIS, nor subject to any environmental related Liens.

 

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

 

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(z)       Tax Status.

 

(i)       Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed in a timely manner (within any applicable extension periods) and in the appropriate jurisdictions all material returns, reports, information statements and other documentation (including any additional or supporting materials) filed or maintained, or required to be filed or maintained, in connection with the calculation, determination, assessment or collection of any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other taxes, levies, fees, imposts, duties, governmental fees and charges of whatever kind (including any interest, penalties or additions to the tax imposed in connection therewith or with respect thereto), including, without limitation, taxes imposed on, or measured by, income, franchise, profits, gross income or gross receipts, and also ad valorem, value added, sales, use, service, real or personal property, capital stock, stock transfer, license, payroll, withholding, employment, social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, utility, severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, transfer and gains taxes and customs duties (each a “Tax”) and shall include amended returns required as a result of examination adjustments made by the IRS or other Governmental Entity responsible for the imposition of any Tax (collectively, the “Returns”) and such Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

(ii)       Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has paid all material Taxes and other assessments due from and payable by the Company and the Subsidiaries on or prior to the date hereof on a timely basis except as to those set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii). The charges, accruals, and reserves for Taxes with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries are adequate to cover Tax liabilities of the Company and the Subsidiaries accruing throughout the date thereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including withholding and reporting requirements under Sections 1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406, and 6041 and 6049 of the Code and similar provisions under any other applicable Legal Requirements) and, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, has withheld from wages, fees and other payments and paid over to the proper governmental or regulatory authorities all amounts required. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of assessment or proposed assessment of any Taxes claimed to be owed by it or any other Person on its behalf. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), no Returns filed by or on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to Taxes are currently being audited or examined. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of any such audit or examination. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(ii), no issue has been raised by any taxing authority with respect to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in any audit or examination which, by application of similar principles, could reasonably be expected to result in a proposed material adjustment to the liability for Taxes for any period not so examined.

 

(iii)       Except as set forth in Schedule 3(z)(iii), no known Liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted by or against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to any Taxes (other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable). Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has elected pursuant to the Code to be treated as an S corporation or any comparable provision of local, state or foreign law, or has made any other elections pursuant to the Code (other than elections that relate solely to entity classification, methods of accounting, depreciation, or amortization) that would have a material effect on the business, properties, prospects, or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate.

 

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(iv)       No claim has ever been made, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or pending, by any authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, respectively, does not file Returns that the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice or request for information from any such authority. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been a member of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code) or filed or been included in a combined, consolidated or unitary income tax return other than the affiliated group of which the Company is currently the common parent. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is required to include in income any adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code by reason of a voluntary change in accounting methods initiated by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, and no Governmental Entity has proposed an adjustment or change in accounting method. All transactions or methods of accounting that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income tax as described in Section 6662(d)(2)(B)(i) of the Code have been adequately disclosed on the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ federal income tax returns in accordance with Section 6662(d)(2)(B) of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax sharing or Tax indemnity agreement or any other agreement of a similar nature that remains in effect. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has consented to any waiver of the statute of limitations for the assessment of any Taxes or has requested any extension of time for the payment of any Taxes. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has ever held a material beneficial interest in any other Person, other than those listed in Schedule 3(z)(iv). Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is obligated to make, nor as a result of any event connected with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will become obligated to make, any payment that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1296 of the Code (a “PFIC”), and the Company does not anticipate that the Company or any additional foreign Subsidiary will become a PFIC in the foreseeable future.

 

(v)       The net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) for United States federal income tax purposes of the consolidated group of which the Company is the common parent, if any, shall not be adversely effected by the transactions contemplated hereby. The transactions contemplated hereby do not constitute an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code, thereby preserving the Company’s ability to utilize such NOLs.

 

(aa)     Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements that accurately reflect the current status of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant, Governmental Entity or other Person relating to any potential material weakness or significant deficiency in any part of the internal controls over financial reporting of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

(cc)    Investment Company Status. The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(dd)    U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or has ever been, and so long as any of the Securities are held by any of the Buyers, shall become, a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code, and the Company and each Subsidiary shall so certify upon any Buyer’s request.

 

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

 

(ff)    Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

(gg)    Illegal or Unauthorized Payments; Political Contributions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry of its officers and directors), any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or other representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other business entity or enterprise with which the Company or any Subsidiary is or has been affiliated or associated, has, directly or indirectly, made or authorized any payment, contribution or gift of money, property, or services, whether or not in contravention of applicable law, (i) as a kickback or bribe to any Person or (ii) to any political organization, or the holder of or any aspirant to any elective or appointive public office except for personal political contributions not involving the direct or indirect use of funds of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(hh)    Money Laundering. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have not previously violated, the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and all other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the laws, regulations and Executive Orders and sanctions programs administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, including, but not limited, to (i) Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 entitled, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)); and (ii) any regulations contained in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V.

 

(ii)       Books and Records. The books of account, ledgers, order books, records and documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries accurately and completely reflect all information relating to the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the nature, acquisition, maintenance, location and collection of each of their respective assets, and the nature of all transactions giving rise to material obligations or accounts receivable of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, except where the failure to so reflect such information would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The minute books of the Company and its Subsidiaries contain accurate records of all meetings and accurately reflect all other actions taken by the stockholders, boards of directors and all committees of the boards of directors, and other governing Persons of the Company and its Subsidiaries, respectively.

 

(jj)      Acknowledgement Regarding Buyers’ Trading Activity. It is understood and acknowledged by the Company (a) (i) that none of the Buyers have been asked by the Company or its Subsidiaries to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed with the Company or its Subsidiaries, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; and (ii) that each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter party in any “derivative” transaction. The Company further understands and acknowledges that following the public disclosure of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents pursuant to the 8-K Filing (as defined below) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging and/or trading activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value and/or number of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are being determined and such hedging and/or trading activities, if any, can reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company both at and after the time the hedging and/or trading activities are being conducted. The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging and/or trading activities do not constitute a breach of this Agreement, the Warrants or any other Transaction Document or any of the documents executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

(kk)    Management. Except as set forth in Schedule 3(kk) hereto, during the past five year period, no current or former officer or director or, to the knowledge of the Company, no current ten percent (10%) or greater stockholder of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been the subject of:

 

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(i)       a petition under bankruptcy laws or any other insolvency or moratorium law or the appointment by a court of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for such Person, or any partnership in which such person was a general partner at or within two years before the filing of such petition or such appointment, or any corporation or business association of which such person was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of the filing of such petition or such appointment;

 

(ii)       a conviction in a criminal proceeding or a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations that do not relate to driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence);

 

(iii)       any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining any such person from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

 

(1)       Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;

 

(2)       Engaging in any particular type of business practice; or

 

(3)       Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of securities laws or commodities laws;

 

(iv)       any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than sixty (60) days the right of any such person to engage in any activity described in the preceding sub paragraph, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

 

(v)       a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the SEC or other authority to have violated any securities law, regulation or decree and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the SEC or any other authority has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated; or

 

(vi)       a finding by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(pp)    No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Buyer with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction Documents.

 

(qq)    Public Utility Holding Act. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Act of 2005.

 

(rr)     Federal Power Act. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation as a “public utility” under the Federal Power Act, as amended.

 

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(ss)     Ranking of Notes. No Indebtedness of the Company, at the Closing, will be senior to, or pari passu with, the Notes in right of payment, whether with respect to payment or redemptions, interest, damages, upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.

 

(tt)     Disclosure. No statement made by the Company in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or the exhibits and schedules attached hereto or in any certificate or schedule furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investors or any of their representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The due diligence materials previously provided by or on behalf of the Company to each Buyer (the “Due Diligence Materials”), have been prepared in a good faith effort by the Company to describe the Company’s present and proposed products, and projected growth of the Company and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that with respect to assumptions, projections and expressions of opinion or predictions contained in the Due Diligence Materials, the Company represents only that such assumptions, projections, expressions of opinion and predictions were made in good faith and that the Company believes there is a reasonable basis therefor. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 2.

 

4.          COVENANTS.

 

(a)       Best Efforts. Each Buyer shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 5(c) of this Agreement. The Company shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the covenants hereunder and conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Section 7 of this Agreement.

 

(b)       Form D and Blue Sky. The Company shall file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to, qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date. Without limiting any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, all applicable federal securities laws and all applicable “Blue Sky” laws), and the Company shall comply with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations and the like relating to the offering and sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

 

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(c)       Reporting Status. Immediately following the date the Common Stock of the Company is initially registered (or is exchanged into a class of securities registered) under the 1934 Act (whether by registration, merger or otherwise) (the “Public Company Date”) and until the date on which a Buyer or any transferee or assignee thereof to which a Buyer assigns its rights as a holder of Securities under this Agreement (each an “Investor”, and collectively, the “Investors”) shall have sold all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would no longer require or otherwise permit such termination, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain its eligibility to register the Registrable Securities for resale by the Investors on Form S-3 once Form S-3 is available to the Company for such use.

 

(d)       Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate purposes, but not, directly or indirectly, for (i) except as set forth on Schedule 4(d), the satisfaction of any indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the redemption or repurchase of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) the settlement of any outstanding litigation.

 

(e)       Financial Information. From and after the Public Company Date, the Company agrees to send the following to each Investor during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any interim reports or any consolidated balance sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (ii) unless the following are either filed with the SEC through EDGAR or are otherwise widely disseminated via a recognized news release service (such as PR Newswire), on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR, copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders.

 

(f)       Listing. Immediately following the Public Company Date, the Company shall promptly secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all of the Registrable Securities upon either the OTCQB, the OTCQX, The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (each, an “Eligible Market”) and, as long as any Warrants remain outstanding, shall maintain such listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents on an Eligible Market. From and after such listing of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).

 

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(g)       Fees. The Company shall reimburse the lead Buyer for all costs and expenses incurred by it or its affiliates in connection with the structuring, documentation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, as applicable, all reasonable legal fees of outside counsel and disbursements of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, counsel to the lead Buyer, any other reasonable fees and expenses in connection with the structuring, documentation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and due diligence and regulatory filings in connection therewith) (the “Transaction Expenses”) and shall be withheld by the lead Buyer from its Purchase Price at the Closing, less $25,000 previously paid by the Company to Kelley Drye & Warren LLP; provided, that the Company shall promptly reimburse Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on demand for all Transaction Expenses not so reimbursed through such withholding at the Closing. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, Controlled Account Bank fees (including, without limitation, any fees and expenses related to the Master Restricted Account), transfer agent fees, DTC (as defined below) fees or broker’s commissions (other than for Persons engaged by any Buyer) relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any fees or commissions payable to the Placement Agent, who is the Company’s sole placement agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement). The Company shall pay, and hold each Buyer harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any claim relating to any such payment. Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, each party to this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Buyers.

 

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

 

(i)       Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information.

 

(i)       Disclosure of Transaction. The Company shall, on or before 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the Public Company Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing all the material terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the 1934 Act and attaching all the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement (and all schedules to this Agreement), the form of Notes, the form of the Warrants, the form of Controlled Account Agreement and the form of the Registration Rights Agreement) (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”). From and after the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company shall have disclosed all material, non-public information (if any) provided to any of the Buyers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. In addition, effective upon the filing of the 8-K Filing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement, whether written or oral, between the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, affiliates, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Buyers or any of their affiliates, on the other hand, shall terminate.

 

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(ii)       Limitations on Disclosure. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide any Buyer with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the date hereof without the express prior written consent of such Buyer (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion). In the event of a breach of any of the foregoing covenants, including, without limitation, Section 4(o) of this Agreement, or any of the covenants or agreements contained in any other Transaction Document, by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (as determined in the reasonable good faith judgment of such Buyer), in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, such Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such breach or such material, non-public information, as applicable, without the prior approval by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, stockholders or agents, for any such disclosure. To the extent that the Company delivers any material, non-public information to a Buyer without such Buyer’s consent, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that such Buyer shall not have any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, such material, non-public information. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make the any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Buyer shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). Without the prior written consent of the applicable Buyer (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion), the Company shall not (and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and affiliates to not) disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no Buyer shall have (unless expressly agreed to by a particular Buyer after the date hereof in a written definitive and binding agreement executed by the Company and such particular Buyer (it being understood and agreed that no Buyer may bind any other Buyer with respect thereto)), any duty of confidentiality with respect to, or a duty not to trade on the basis of, any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

(k)       Reservation of Shares. So long as any of the Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, no less than 200% of the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all the Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth therein) (collectively, the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 4(k) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise and/or redemption, as applicable, of Warrants. If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is not sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount, the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Transaction Documents, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares, and voting the management shares of the Company in favor of an increase in the authorized shares of the Company to ensure that the number of authorized shares is sufficient to meet the Required Reserve Amount.

 

(l)       Passive Foreign Investment Company. The Company shall conduct its business, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses, in such a manner as will ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.

 

(m)      Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends. So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on, any securities of the Company without the prior express written consent of the Buyers.

 

(n)       Corporate Existence. So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Notes or Warrants, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and in the Warrants.

 

(o)       Regulation M. The Company will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the 1934 Act, in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.

 

(p)       General Solicitation. None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act) or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation D, including: (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio; and (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

 

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(q)       Integration. None of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act), or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will sell, offer for sale, or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the 1933 Act) which will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner which would require the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act and the Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of other securities will not be integrated for purposes of the 1933 Act, with the issuance of Securities contemplated hereby.

 

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

 

(s)       Books and Records. The Company will keep proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the asset and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

 

(t)       Financial Statements and Inspection.

 

(i)          The Company shall deliver to each Buyer (unless any such Buyer has elected by written notice to the Company that it does not want to receive any or all of the following):

 

(1)       as soon as practicable following the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year), but in no event later than fifteen (15) days after the end of such fiscal quarter, the Company’s consolidated unaudited balance sheet, income statement, a statement of stockholder’s equity and a statement of cash flows for such quarter, such quarter-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (A) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (B) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);

 

(2)       as soon as practicable following the end of each fiscal year, but in no event later than ninety (90) days following the end of such fiscal year, the Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet, income statement, a statement of stockholder’s equity and a statement of cash flows for such year and, if applicable, the immediately preceding fiscal year, such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and audited by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders;

 

(3)       as soon as practicable, all material communications with stockholders or the financial community, including press releases, but in no event later than three (3) days after the date of each such communication;

 

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(4)       as soon as practicable, (x) all material reports prepared for the Company by outside consultants, and (y) all reports prepared for the Company by outside legal counsel and auditors, but in no event later than three (3) days after receipt thereof by the Company, provided that the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to any Investor any report prepared by outside legal counsel to the extent such report is privileged communication and is subject to the attorney/client privilege, in the reasonable opinion of such legal counsel;

 

(5)       as soon as practicable (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after any such communication), all material communications with and from United States federal or state or foreign regulatory agencies or other governmental or quasi-governmental authorities of any kind;

 

(6)       as soon as practicable, notice of any material events, including any pending or threatened litigation and/or events that is reasonably likely to materially delay the advancement of the business objectives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days after the occurrence thereof; and

 

(7)       notice of any Material Adverse Effect as soon as practicable after upon the occurrence thereof, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter.

 

(ii)           The Company shall notify the Buyers in writing of (i) any default under any of the Company’s agreements governing its Indebtedness and (ii) the receipt by the Company of any default notices in connection therewith, in each case promptly and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after the occurrence of any such default or the receipt of any such default notice.

 

(iii)          The Company shall permit each Buyer to visit and inspect the Company’s properties, to examine its books of account, records, contracts and agreements and to discuss the Company’s affairs, finances and accounts with its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, all at such times as may be reasonably requested by the Investor.

 

(iv)          The covenants set forth in this Section 4(t) shall terminate as to Buyers and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of the Public Company Date and the time when no Notes are outstanding.

 

(u)       Participation Right. Until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4(u). The Company acknowledges and agrees that the right set forth in this Section 4(u) is a right granted by the Company, separately, to each Buyer.

 

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(i)       At least five (5) Trading Days (as defined in the Warrants) prior to any proposed or intended Subsequent Placement, the Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice (each such notice, a “Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall not contain any information (including, without limitation, material, non-public information) other than: (A) if the proposed Offer Notice (as defined below) constitutes or contains material, non-public information, a statement asking whether the Investor is willing to accept material non-public information or (B) if the proposed Offer Notice does not constitute or contain material, non-public information, (x) a statement that the Company proposes or intends to effect a Subsequent Placement, (y) a statement that the statement in clause (x) above does not constitute material, non-public information and (z) a statement informing such Buyer that it is entitled to receive an Offer Notice (as defined below) with respect to such Subsequent Placement upon its written request. Upon the written request of a Buyer within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s delivery to such Buyer of such Pre-Notice, and only upon a written request by such Buyer, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver to such Buyer an irrevocable written notice (the “Offer Notice”) of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange (the “Offer”) of the securities being offered (the “Offered Securities”) in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer Notice shall (A) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (B) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (C) identify the Persons (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (D) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with such Buyer in accordance with the terms of the Offer such Buyer’s pro rata portion of 20% of the Offered Securities, provided that the number of Offered Securities which such Buyer shall have the right to subscribe for under this Section 4(u) shall be (x) based on such Buyer’s pro rata portion of the aggregate original principal amount of the Notes purchased hereunder by all Buyers (the “Basic Amount”), and (y) with respect to each Buyer that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Buyers as such Buyer shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Buyers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the “Undersubscription Amount”), which process shall be repeated until each Buyer shall have an opportunity to subscribe for any remaining Undersubscription Amount.

 

(ii)       To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, such Buyer must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of the Offer Notice (the “Offer Period”), setting forth the portion of such Buyer’s Basic Amount that such Buyer elects to purchase and, if such Buyer shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Buyer elects to purchase (in either case, the “Notice of Acceptance”). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Buyers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Buyer who has set forth an Undersubscription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the “Available Undersubscription Amount”), each Buyer who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Buyer bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Buyers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Company to the extent it deems reasonably necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company desires to modify or amend the terms and conditions of the Offer prior to the expiration of the Offer Period, the Company may deliver to each Buyer a new Offer Notice and the Offer Period shall expire on the fifth (5th) Business Day after such Buyer’s receipt of such new Offer Notice.

 

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

 

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

 

(v)       Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, such Buyer shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to such Buyer, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4(u)(iv) above if such Buyer has so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by such Buyer of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and such Buyer of a separate purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Buyer and its counsel.

 

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(vi)       Any Offered Securities not acquired by a Buyer or other Persons in accordance with this Section 4(u) may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to such Buyer under the procedures specified in this Agreement.

 

(vii)      The Company and each Buyer agree that if any Buyer elects to participate in the Offer, (x) neither the Subsequent Placement Agreement with respect to such Offer nor any other transaction documents related thereto (collectively, the “Subsequent Placement Documents”) shall include any term or provision whereby such Buyer shall be required to agree to any restrictions on trading as to any securities of the Company or be required to consent to any amendment to or termination of, or grant any waiver, release or the like under or in connection with, any agreement previously entered into with the Company or any instrument received from the Company, and (y) any registration rights set forth in such Subsequent Placement Documents shall be similar in all material respects to the registration rights contained in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(viii)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4(u) and unless otherwise agreed to by such Buyer, the Company shall either confirm in writing to such Buyer that the transaction with respect to the Subsequent Placement has been abandoned or shall publicly disclose its intention to issue the Offered Securities, in either case, in such a manner such that such Buyer will not be in possession of any material, non-public information, by the fifth (5th) Business Day following delivery of the Offer Notice. If by such fifth (5th) Business Day, no public disclosure regarding a transaction with respect to the Offered Securities has been made, and no notice regarding the abandonment of such transaction has been received by such Buyer, such transaction shall be deemed to have been abandoned and such Buyer shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Should the Company decide to pursue such transaction with respect to the Offered Securities, the Company shall provide such Buyer with another Offer Notice and such Buyer will again have the right of participation set forth in this Section 4(u). The Company shall not be permitted to deliver more than one such Offer Notice to such Buyer in any sixty (60) day period, except as expressly contemplated by the last sentence of Section 4(u)(ii).

 

(ix)         The restrictions contained in this Section 4(u) shall not apply in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Warrants). The Company shall not circumvent the provisions of this Section 4(u) by providing terms or conditions to one Buyer that are not provided to all.

 

(x)          For the purpose of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(1)       “Convertible Securities” means any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock) or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(2)       “Subsequent Placement” means any, direct or indirect, issuance, offering, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase, or otherwise disposal of (or announcement of any issuance, offer, sale, grant of any option or right to purchase or other disposition of), by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, of any equity security or any equity-linked or related security (including, without limitation, any “equity security” (as that term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the 1933 Act), any Convertible Securities, any debt, any preferred stock or any purchase rights).

 

(v)        Stock Splits. Until the Notes and all notes issued pursuant to the terms thereof are no longer outstanding, the Company shall not effect any stock combination, reverse stock split or other similar transaction (or make any public announcement or disclosure with respect to any of the foregoing) without the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined below).

 

(w)        Exchange and Exercise Procedures. Each of the form of Exercise Notice (as defined in the Warrants) included in the Warrants and the form of Exchange Notice attached hereto set forth the totality of the procedures required of the Buyers in order to exercise the Warrants or exchange the Notes. Except as provided in Section 5(c), no additional legal opinion, other information or instructions shall be required of the Buyers to exercise their Warrants or exchange their Notes. The Company shall honor exercises of the Warrants and exchange of the Notes and shall deliver the Exchange Common Shares and Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms, conditions and time periods set forth herein and in the Warrants.

 

(x)         Short Sales. As long as any Notes or Warrants remain outstanding, each Buyer, severally, and not jointly, covenants and agrees, solely on behalf of itself and not any other Buyer, not to, directly or indirectly, through related parties, affiliates or otherwise, effect any “Short Sales” (as defined in Regulation SHO of the 1934 Act) except in compliance with applicable law.

 

(y)         Closing Documents. On or prior to fourteen (14) calendar days after the Closing Date, the Company agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each Buyer and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP a complete closing set of the executed Transaction Documents, Securities and any other document required to be delivered to any party pursuant to Section 7 hereof or otherwise.

 

5.          REGISTER; LEGEND.

 

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

 

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(b)       Legends. Each Buyer understands that the Securities have been issued (or will be issued in the case of the Commitment Shares and the Warrant Shares) pursuant to an exemption from registration or qualification under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, and except as set forth below, the Securities shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

 

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

 

(c)       Removal of Legends. Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain the legend set forth in Section 5(b) above or any other legend (i) while a registration statement (including a Registration Statement) covering the resale of such Securities is effective under the 1933 Act, (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferor is not an affiliate of the Company), (iii) if such Securities are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred under Rule 144 (provided that a Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securities are eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144 which shall not include an opinion of Buyer’s counsel), (iv) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer (other than under Rule 144), provided that such Buyer provides the Company with an opinion of counsel to such Buyer, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or (v) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including, without limitation, controlling judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the SEC). If a legend is not required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall no later than two (2) Trading Days (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade initiated on the date such Buyer delivers such legended certificate representing such Securities to the Company) following the delivery by a Buyer to the Company or the transfer agent (with notice to the Company) of a legended certificate representing such Securities (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer, if applicable), together with any other deliveries from such Buyer as may be required above in this Section 5(c), as directed by such Buyer, either: (A) provided that the Company’s transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and such Securities are Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares, credit the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Buyer shall be entitled to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system or (B) if the Company’s transfer agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to such Buyer, a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends, registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee (the date by which such credit is so required to be made to the balance account of such Buyer’s or such Buyer’s designee with DTC or such certificate is required to be delivered to such Buyer pursuant to the foregoing is referred to herein as the “Required Delivery Date”, and the date such shares of Common Stock are actually delivered without restrictive legend to such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC, as applicable, the “Share Delivery Date”). The Company shall be responsible for any transfer agent fees or DTC fees with respect to any issuance of Securities or the removal of any legends with respect to any Securities in accordance herewith.

 

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(d)       Failure to Timely Deliver; Buy-In. At any time on or after the Public Company Date, if the Company fails to fail, for any reason or for no reason, to issue and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to a Buyer (or its designee) by the Required Delivery Date, either (I) if the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, a certificate for the number of Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) to which such Buyer is entitled and register such Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC for such number of Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(c) above or (II) if the Registration Statement covering the resale of the Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(c) above (the “Unavailable Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify such Buyer and (y) deliver the Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(c) above to such Buyer’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Buyer, the Company shall pay in cash to such Buyer on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to such Buyer on or prior to the Required Delivery Date and to which such Buyer is entitled, and (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by such Buyer in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the date of the delivery by such Buyer to the Company of the applicable Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date. In addition to the foregoing, if on or prior to the Required Delivery Date either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to a Buyer and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Buyer submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(c) above (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Trading Day such Buyer purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Buyer of shares of Common Stock submitted for legend removal by such Buyer pursuant to Section 5(c) above that such Buyer is entitled to receive from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days after such Buyer’s request and in such Buyer’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to such Buyer in an amount equal to such Buyer’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, for the shares of Common Stock so purchased) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so deliver such certificate or credit such Buyer’s balance account shall terminate and such shares shall be cancelled, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so deliver to such Buyer a certificate or certificates or credit the balance account of such Buyer or such Buyer’s designee with DTC representing such number of shares of Common Stock that would have been so delivered if the Company timely complied with its obligations hereunder and pay cash to such Buyer in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) that the Company was required to deliver to such Buyer by the Required Delivery Date multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price (as defined in the Warrants) of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the delivery by such Buyer to the Company of the applicable Commitment Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and ending on the date of such delivery and payment under this clause (ii). Nothing shall limit such Buyer’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) as required pursuant to the terms hereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any given Notice Failure and/or Delivery Failure, this Section 5(d) shall not apply to the applicable Buyer the extent the Company has already paid such amounts in full to such Buyer with respect to such Notice Failure and/or Delivery Failure, as applicable, pursuant to the analogous sections of the Note or Warrant, as applicable, held by such Buyer.

 

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

 

(f)       Optional Exchange. Each holder of Notes shall have the right, at any time, at such holder’s sole option to exchange (each, an “Optional Exchange”) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 3(a)(9) or 144(d)(3)(ii) of the 1933 Act (or in such other manner as the Company and the applicable holder of a Note shall mutually agree) all, or any part, of such holder’s Note (such portion of such Note to be exchanged together with the pro rata portion of the Warrant issued in connection therewith, collectively, the “Exchanged Securities”) into such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (x) the Outstanding Amount (as defined in the Notes) of such portion of such Note being exchanged, divided by (y) the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) of the Warrants then in effect, which shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be Warrant Shares for all purposes hereunder (the “Exchange Common Shares”). Upon the delivery of such Exchange Common Shares to such holder (or its designee), the Exchanged Securities shall be automatically cancelled. To effect an Optional Exchange, such holder must deliver an exchange notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D to the Company (the “Exchange Notice”), specifying that such holder is electing to effect an Optional Exchange of the Notes. Each Optional Exchange shall be consummated under the mechanics set forth in Section 1 of the Warrants, subject to the limitations under Section 1(f), in each case, as if such Optional Exchange was an exercise thereunder, mutatis mutandis and with “Exchange Notice” replacing “Exercise Notice” for all purposes thereunder and with the Aggregate Exercise Price (as defeind in the Warrants) with respect thereto deemed paid in full on the Closing Date (including without limitation, the required delivery of such Exchange Common Shares to the holder (or its designee) on or prior to the applicable Share Delivery Date (as defined in the Warrants), any payments required to be made to such holder in connection with any Delivery Failure or Notice Failure (in each case, as defined in the Warrants) thereunder and the prohibition on issuances of Exchange Common Shares if, after giving effect to such Optional Exchange, such holder (together with any Attribution Party (as defined in the Warrants)) would beneficially own in excess of the applicable Maximum Percentage (as defined in the Warrants)).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ii)        Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price (less, in the case of any Buyer, the amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4(g)) for the Note and the related Warrants and Commitment Shares being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Flow of Funds Letter.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(i)       The Company and each Subsidiary (as the case may be) shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer (A) a Note in such original principal amount as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (3) of the Schedule of Buyers, (B) a Warrants initially exercisable for such aggregate number of Warrant Shares as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers and (C) such aggregate number of Commitment Shares as is set forth across from such Buyer’s name in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers, in each case, as being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(ii)        Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Brannelly Law, the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form acceptable to such Buyer.

 

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

 

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

 

(v)       The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Delaware Secretary of State within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

 

(vi)       Each Subsidiary shall have delivered to such Buyer a certified copy of its Certificate of Incorporation (or such equivalent organizational document) as certified by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of incorporation within ten (10) days of the Closing Date.

 

(vii)     The Company and each Subsidiary shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, in the form acceptable to such Buyer, executed by the Secretary of the Company and each Subsidiary and dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s board of directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the organizational documents of each Subsidiary and (iii) the Bylaws of the Company and the bylaws of each Subsidiary, each as in effect at the Closing.

 

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(viii)     Each and every representation and warranty of the Company shall be true and correct as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form acceptable to such Buyer.

 

(ix)       The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a letter from the Company’s transfer agent certifying the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(x)        The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities.

 

(xi)       No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(xii)      Since the date of execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xiii)     Within two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to each Buyer certified copies of requests for copies of information on Form UCC-11, listing all effective financing statements which name as debtor the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the results of searches for any tax Lien and judgment Lien filed against such Person or its property, which results, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Buyers, shall not show any such Liens.

 

(xiv)     Each Controlled Account Bank shall have duly executed and delivered to such Buyer a Controlled Account Agreement with respect to the Master Restricted Account related to the Note of such Buyer.

 

(xv)      Such Buyer shall have received a letter on the letterhead of the Company, duly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, setting forth the wire amounts of each Buyer, the wire amounts and instructions with respect to the reasonable legal fees and expenses of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and CKR Law LLP and the wire transfer instructions of the Controlled Account Bank (the “Flow of Funds Letter”).

 

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(xvi)     The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

8.          TERMINATION.

 

In the event that the Closing shall not have occurred with respect to a Buyer within five (5) business days of the date hereof, then such Buyer shall have the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement with respect to itself at any time on or after the close of business on such date without liability of such Buyer to any other party; provided, however, (i) the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8 shall not be available to such Buyer if the failure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to have been consummated by such date is the result of such Buyer’s breach of this Agreement and (ii) the abandonment of the sale and purchase of the Notes, Warrants and Commitment Shares shall be applicable only to such Buyer providing such written notice, provided further that no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Company under this Agreement to reimburse such Buyer for the expenses described in Section 4(g) above. Nothing contained in this Section 8 shall be deemed to release any party from any liability for any breach by such party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or to impair the right of any party to compel specific performance by any other party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

9.          MISCELLANEOUS.

 

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

 

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(b)       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page, such signature page shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.

 

(c)       Headings; Gender. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Agreement instead of just the provision in which they are found.

 

(d)       Severability; Maximum Payment Amounts. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and without implication that the following is required or applicable), it is the intention of the parties that in no event shall amounts and value paid by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be), or payable to or received by any of the Buyers, under the Transaction Documents (including without limitation, any amounts that would be characterized as “interest” under applicable law) exceed amounts permitted under any applicable law. Accordingly, if any obligation to pay, payment made to any Buyer, or collection by any Buyer pursuant the Transaction Documents is finally judicially determined to be contrary to any such applicable law, such obligation to pay, payment or collection shall be deemed to have been made by mutual mistake of such Buyer, the Company and its Subsidiaries and such amount shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by the applicable law. Such adjustment shall be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing or refunding, at the option of such Buyer, the amount of interest or any other amounts which would constitute unlawful amounts required to be paid or actually paid to such Buyer under the Transaction Documents. For greater certainty, to the extent that any interest, charges, fees, expenses or other amounts required to be paid to or received by such Buyer under any of the Transaction Documents or related thereto are held to be within the meaning of “interest” or another applicable term to otherwise be violative of applicable law, such amounts shall be pro-rated over the period of time to which they relate.

 

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(e)       Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, its Subsidiaries, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf, including, without limitation, any transactions by any Buyer with respect to Common Stock or the Securities, and the other matters contained herein and therein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties solely with respect to the matters covered herein and therein; provided, however, nothing contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall (or shall be deemed to) (i) have any effect on any agreements any Buyer has entered into with, or any instruments any Buyer has received from, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof with respect to any prior investment made by such Buyer in the Company or (ii) waive, alter, modify or amend in any respect any obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights of or benefits to any Buyer or any other Person, in any agreement entered into prior to the date hereof between or among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and any Buyer, or any instruments any Buyer received from the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof, and all such agreements and instruments shall continue in full force and effect. Except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. For clarification purposes, the Recitals are part of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Required Holders (as defined below), and any amendment to any provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable; provided that no such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it (A) applies to less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding or (B) imposes any obligation or liability on any Buyer without such Buyer’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion). No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party, provided that the Required Holders may waive any provision of this Agreement, and any waiver of any provision of this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities, as applicable, provided that no such waiver shall be effective to the extent that it (1) applies to less than all of the holders of the Securities then outstanding (unless a party gives a waiver as to itself only) or (2) imposes any obligation or liability on any Buyer without such Buyer’s prior written consent (which may be granted or withheld in such Buyer’s sole discretion). No consideration (other than reimbursement of legal fees) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, all holders of the Notes or all holders of the Warrants (as the case may be) (except that a holder of Notes that does not have any of its Notes secured by cash amounts in a Master Restricted Account will not be entitled to any consideration granted to any other holder of Notes in connection with any amendment, consent, waiver or modification related to any provision relating to any Master Restricted Account). From the date hereof and while any Notes or Warrants are outstanding, the Company shall not be permitted to receive any consideration from a Buyer or a holder of Notes or Warrants that is not otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents in order to, directly or indirectly, induce the Company or any Subsidiary (i) to treat such Buyer or holder of Notes or Warrants in a manner that is more favorable than to other similarly situated Buyers or holders of Notes or Warrants, as applicable, or (ii) to treat any Buyer(s) or holder(s) of Notes or Warrants in a manner that is less favorable than the Buyer or holder of Notes or Warrants that is paying such consideration; provided, however, that the determination of whether a Buyer has been treated more or less favorably than another Buyer shall disregard any securities of the Company purchased or sold by any Buyer. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company, any Subsidiary or otherwise. As a material inducement for each Buyer to enter into this Agreement, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (x) no due diligence or other investigation or inquiry conducted by a Buyer, any of its advisors or any of its representatives shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and (y) nothing contained in any of the Due Diligence Materials or the SEC Documents shall affect such Buyer’s right to rely on, or shall modify or qualify in any manner or be an exception to any of, the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. “Required Holders” means (I) prior to the Closing Date, each Buyer entitled to purchase Notes at the Closing and (II) on or after the Closing Date, holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities as of such time (excluding any Registrable Securities held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of such time) issued or issuable hereunder or pursuant to the Notes and/or the Warrants (or the Buyers, with respect to any waiver or amendment of Section 4(o)); provided, that such majority must include each holder of at least $500,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes.

 

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(f)       Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party) or electronic mail (provided that such sent email is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s email server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses for such communications shall be:

 

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If to the Company:

 

Yayyo, Inc.
433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600
Beverly Hills, California 90210
Telephone: (310) 497-6857
Attention: Ramy, El-Batrawi, Chief Executive Officer
E-Mail: ramy@yayyo.com

 

With a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

CKR Law LLP
1800 Century Park East, 14th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: (310) 400-0110
Facsimile: (424) 382-1871
Attention: Joe Tagliaferro III
E-Mail: jat@ckrlaw.com

 

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

 

with a copy (for informational purposes only) to:

 

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
Telephone: (212) 808-7540
Facsimile: (212) 808-7897
Attention: Michael A. Adelstein, Esq.
E-mail: madelstein@kelleydrye.com

 

or to such other address, e-mail address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change, provided that Kelley Drye & Warren LLP shall only be provided copies of notices sent to the lead Buyer. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine or e-mail containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and, with respect to each facsimile transmission, an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by an overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from an overnight courier service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

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(g)       Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of any of the Notes and Warrants. The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, including, without limitation, by way of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Warrants) or a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) (unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes). A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder in connection with any transfer of any of its Securities without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights.

 

(h)       No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, other than the Indemnitees referred to in Section 9(k).

 

(i)       Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants shall survive the Closing. Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

 

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

 

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

 

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(l)       Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. No specific representation or warranty shall limit the generality or applicability of a more general representation or warranty. Each and every reference to share prices, shares of Common Stock and any other numbers in this Agreement that relate to the Common Stock shall be automatically adjusted for any stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions that occur with respect to the Common Stock after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty against, or a prohibition of, any actions with respect to the borrowing of, arrangement to borrow, identification of the availability of, and/or securing of, securities of the Company in order for such Buyer (or its broker or other financial representative) to effect short sales or similar transactions in the future.

 

(m)       Remedies. Each Buyer and in the event of assignment by Buyer of its rights and obligations hereunder, each holder of Securities, shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law. Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it or any Subsidiary fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its or such Subsidiary’s (as the case may be) obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law would inadequate relief to the Buyers. The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The remedies provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief).

 

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

 

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(o)       Payment Set Aside; Currency. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Buyer hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.

 

(p)         Judgment Currency.

 

(i)         If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 9(p) referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in US Dollars under this Agreement, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:

 

(1)         the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

 

(2)         the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 9(p)(i)(2) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

 

(ii)       If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 9(p)(i)(2) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US Dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

 

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(iii)       Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

(q)         Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Buyer under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity, and the Company shall not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The decision of each Buyer to purchase Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by such Buyer independently of any other Buyer. Each Buyer acknowledges that no other Buyer has acted as agent for such Buyer in connection with such Buyer making its investment hereunder and that no other Buyer will be acting as agent of such Buyer in connection with monitoring such Buyer’s investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. The Company and each Buyer confirms that each Buyer has independently participated with the Company and its Subsidiaries in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors. Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement to effectuate the purchase and sale of the Securities contemplated hereby was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Buyer, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Buyer. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement and in each other Transaction Document is between the Company, each Subsidiary and a Buyer, solely, and not between the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Buyers collectively and not between and among the Buyers.

 

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

 

  COMPANY:
   
  YAYYO, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi
    Name: Ramy El-Batrawi
    Title: CEO

 

 

 

 

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

 

  BUYER:
   
  Bellridge Capital, LP
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

(1)   (2)   (3)     (4)     (5)     (6)     (7)
Buyer   Address and Facsimile Number   Original
Principal
Amount of
Notes
    Aggregate
Number of
 Warrant Shares
    Aggregate
Number of
 Commitment
Shares
    Purchase Price     Legal Representative’s
Address and Facsimile Number
                                         
Bellridge Capital, LP   c/o Bellridge Capital, LLC
515 E. Las Olas Boulevard
Suite 120A
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Facsimile: 954-745-7988
Attention: Robert Klimov
Managing Partner
  $ 6,000,000       1,500,000       150,000     $ 6,000,000     Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178
Telephone: (212) 808-7540
Facsimile: (212) 808-7897
Attention: Michael A. Adelstein, Esq.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(a)

 

Schedule 3(g)

 

Schedule 3(k)(i)

 

Schedule 3(k)(ii)

 

Schedule 3(l)

 

Schedule 3(ll)

 

The Company owes CKR Law LLP the sum of $278,000.00 for services rendered.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(l)(vi)

 

Schedule 3(l)(xiii)

 

Schedule 3(l)(xvii)

 

Schedule 3(q)(iii)

 

Schedule 3(q)(iv)

 

Schedule 3(q)

 

Schedule 3(s)

 

Schedule 3(u)(i)

 

Schedule 3(u)(iii)

 

Schedule 3(u)(iv)

 

Schedule 3(u)(v)

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3(u)(vii)

 

Schedule 3(v)(i)

 

Schedule 3(v)(ii)

 

Schedule 3(w)(i)

 

Schedule 3(w)(ii)

 

Schedule 3(w)(iii)

 

Schedule 3(w)(v)

 

Schedule 3(z)(ii)

 

Schedule 3(z)(iii)

 

Schedule 3(z)(iv)

 

Schedule 3(kk)

 

 

 

 

Schedule 4(d)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1a.6k

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.

 

Yayyo, Inc.

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: W-1

 

Date of Issuance: March 8, 2018 (“Issuance Date”)

 

Yayyo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Bellridge Capital, LP, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), 1,500,000 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (the “Warrant Shares”, and such number of Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Number”). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 19. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the “SPA Warrants”) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein, as amended from time to time (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

 

 

 

 

1.           EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a)          Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an “Exercise Date”), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received an Exercise Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, to the Holder and, if after the Public Company Date, the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), which confirmation shall, if after the Public Company Date, constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date on which the Company has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Company shall (X) if on or after the Public Company Date, provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if either (x) prior to the Public Company Date or (y) on or after the Public Company Date if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than two (2) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise), the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares to the Holder on or prior to the later of ((i) two (2) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Shares initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Company’s receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise (such later date, the “Share Delivery Date”) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant or the Registration Rights Agreement, after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and prior to the Holder’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to the Holder (or its designee) in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to which the Holder has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, and for which the Holder has not yet settled. From the Issuance Date through and including the Expiration Date, the Company shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in the DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program. Notwithstanding any provision of this Warrant to the contrary, at any time prior to the Listing Date, no more than the Pre-Listing Maximum Eligibility Number of Warrant Shares shall be exercisable hereunder.

 

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(b)          Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $4.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)          Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities.

 

(i)         General. The Company shall in all cases use its reasonable best efforts to comply with the delivery requirements set forth herein and shall do all things and take all actions reasonably requested by the Holder in furtherance thereof.

 

(ii)         Exercise Failures On or After the Public Company Date. If on or after the Public Company Date, the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Share Delivery Date, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Shares on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares and the Company fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Shares electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a “Notice Failure” and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a “Delivery Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, (X) the Company shall pay in cash to the Holder on each day after the Share Delivery Date and during such Delivery Failure an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled, multiplied by (B) any trading price of the Common Stock selected by the Holder in writing as in effect at any time during the period beginning on the applicable Exercise Date and ending on the applicable Share Delivery Date, and (Y) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Exercise Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the voiding of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if on or after the Public Company Date and on or prior to the Share Delivery either (I) the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall fail to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holder’s designee with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder or pursuant to the Company’s obligation pursuant to clause (ii) below or (II) a Notice Failure occurs, and if on or after such Share Delivery Date the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock corresponding to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Company and has not received from the Company in connection with such Delivery Failure or Notice Failure, as applicable (a “Buy-In”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Shares) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Shares or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holder’s designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Shares multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the “Buy-In Payment Amount”). Nothing shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock (or to electronically deliver such shares of Common Stock) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof. After the Public Company Date, while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to participate in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program. In addition to the foregoing rights, (i) if the Company fails to deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares upon an exercise pursuant to Section 1 by the applicable Share Delivery Date, then the Holder shall have the right to rescind such exercise in whole or in part and retain and/or have the Company return, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an exercise shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and (ii) if a registration statement covering the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares that are subject to an Exercise Notice is not available for the issuance or resale, as applicable, of such Exercise Notice Warrant Shares and the Holder has submitted an Exercise Notice prior to receiving notice of the non-availability of such registration statement and the Company has not already delivered the Warrant Shares underlying such Exercise Notice electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit / Withdrawal At Custodian system, the Holder shall have the option, by delivery of notice to the Company, to (x) rescind such Exercise Notice in whole or in part and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Warrant that has not been exercised pursuant to such Exercise Notice; provided that the rescission of an Exercise Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation to make any payments that have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 1(c) or otherwise, and/or (y) switch some or all of such Exercise Notice from a cash exercise to a Cashless Exercise.

 

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(d)          Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), if at the time of exercise hereof a registration statement is not effective (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use) for the issuance of all of the Warrant Shares being exercised pursuant to the applicable Exercise Notice, but not prior to the earlier to occur of (x) such initial time the Common Stock of the Company is listed on an Eligible Market and (y) August 31, 2018, then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

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

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

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

 

B = (i) prior to the Public Company Date, the greatest of (w) the last purchase price at which the Company issued or sold Common Stock preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (x) the initial conversion price of the last Convertible Securities issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (y) the initial exercise price of the last Options issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice and (z) the fair market value of the Common Stock as mutually determined by the Company and the Required Holders; and (ii) on or after the Public Company Date, the greater of (I) the Spot Price and (II) the quotient of (A) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock of each of the twenty (20) Trading Days ending at the close of business on the Principal Market immediately prior to the time of exercise as set forth in the applicable Exercise Notice, divided by (B) twenty (20).

 

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

 

D = (i) prior to the Public Company Date, the greatest of (w) the last purchase price at which the Company issued or sold Common Stock preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (x) the initial conversion price of the last Convertible Securities issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice, (y) the initial exercise price of the last Options issued or sold by the Company preceding the date of the Exercise Notice and (z) the fair market value of the Common Stock as mutually determined by the Company and the Required Holders and (ii) after the Public Company Date, the Spot Price.

 

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

 

(e)          Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.

 

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(f)          Limitations on Exercises. From and after the Public Company Date, the Company shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants, including other SPA Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f). For purposes of this Section 1(f), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (the “Reported Outstanding Share Number”). If the Company receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is less than the Reported Outstanding Share Number, the Company shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holder’s beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Company of a reduced number of Warrant Shares to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of shares by which such purchase is reduced, the “Reduction Shares”) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Company shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Shares. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Share Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of shares so issued by which the Holder’s and the other Attribution Parties’ aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the “Excess Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Shares. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Shares has been deemed null and void, the Company shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Shares. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Company, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to the extent necessary to correct this paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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(g)         Reservation of Shares.

 

(i)          Required Reserve Amount. So long as this Warrant remains outstanding, the Company shall at all times keep reserved for issuance under this Warrant a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to 200% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to issue shares of Common Stock under the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise) (the “Required Reserve Amount”); provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock reserved pursuant to this Section 1(g)(i) be reduced other than proportionally in connection with any exercise or redemption of SPA Warrants or such other event covered by Section 2(a) below. The Required Reserve Amount (including, without limitation, each increase in the number of shares so reserved) shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the SPA Warrants based on number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of SPA Warrants held by each holder on the Closing Date (without regard to any limitations on exercise) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s SPA Warrants, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any SPA Warrants shall be allocated to the remaining holders of SPA Warrants, pro rata based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants then held by such holders (without regard to any limitations on exercise).

 

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(ii)         Insufficient Authorized Shares. If, notwithstanding Section 1(g)(i) above, and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the SPA Warrants remain outstanding, the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for all the SPA Warrants then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon an exercise of this Warrant due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “Authorization Failure Shares”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to the Holder, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such portion of this Warrant exercisable into such Authorization Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the greatest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date the Holder delivers the applicable Exercise Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this Section 1(f); and (ii) to the extent the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any Buy-In Payment Amount, brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of the Holder incurred in connection therewith. Nothing contained in this Section 1(g) shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

2.            ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.

 

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(a)          Stock Dividends and Splits. Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Company, at any time on or after the Subscription Date, (i) pays a stock dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock 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 clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

 

(b)          Adjustment Upon Issuance of Shares of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any Excluded Securities issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to herein as the “Applicable Price”) (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to 90% of the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i)          Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

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(ii)         Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.

 

(iii)        Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.

 

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(iv)        Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Company (as determined by the Holder, the “Primary Security”, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the “Secondary Securities”), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Company either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per share of Common Stock with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per share basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Stock, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(v)         Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

 

(c)          Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).

 

(d)          Holder’s Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Certain Options or Convertible Securities. In addition to and not in limitation of the other provisions of this Section 2, if the Company in any manner issues or sells or enters into any agreement to issue or sell, any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities (any such securities, “Variable Price Securities”) after the Subscription Date that are issuable pursuant to such agreement or convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the shares of Common Stock, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price, but exclusive of such formulations reflecting customary anti-dilution provisions (such as share splits, share combinations, share dividends and similar transactions) (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, the “Variable Price”), the Company shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder on the date of such agreement and the issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Company enters into such agreement or issues any such Variable Price Securities, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute the Variable Price for the Exercise Price upon exercise of this Warrant by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon any exercise of this Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holder’s election to rely on a Variable Price for a particular exercise of this Warrant shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price for any future exercises of this Warrant.

 

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(e)          Stock Combination Event Adjustment. If at any time and from time to time on or after the Issuance Date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (each, a “Stock Combination Event”, and such date thereof, the “Stock Combination Event Date”) and the Event Market Price is less than the Exercise Price then in effect (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause 2(a) above), then on the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the Exercise Price then in effect on such sixteenth (16th) Trading Day (after giving effect to the adjustment in clause 2(a) above) shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the Event Market Price. For the avoidance of doubt, if the adjustment in the immediately preceding sentence would otherwise result in an increase in the Exercise Price hereunder, no adjustment shall be made.

 

(f)          Other Events. In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(f) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Company’s board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

 

(g)          Calculations. All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Stock.

 

(h)          Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

 

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(i)          Dollar-Value Adjustment. At any time the Dollar Value of this Warrant is less than $6 million, the number of Warrant Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise set forth herein) shall automatically be increased such that, after giving effect to such increase, the Dollar Value of this Warrant equals $6 million.

 

3.            RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that, on or after the Public Company Date, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).

 

4.           PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.

 

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

 

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(b)          Fundamental Transactions. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such adjustments to the number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of each Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 2(b)(i) and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction, such shares of publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without limiting Section 1(f) hereof, the Holder may elect, at its sole option, by delivery of written notice to the Company to waive this Section 4(b) to permit the Fundamental Transaction without the assumption of this Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of each Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 2(b)(i) and 4(a) above, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of the applicable Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the applicable Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant). Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder.

 

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(c)          Black Scholes Value.

 

(i)          Fundamental Transaction Redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value. Payment of such amounts shall be made by the Company (or at the Company’s direction) to the Holder on or prior to the later of (x) the second (2nd) Trading Day after the date of such request and (y) the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction.

 

(ii)         Event of Default Redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes)(assuming for such purpose that the Notes remain outstanding), the Company or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Event of Default Black Scholes Value.

 

(d)          Application. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to shares of capital stock registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).

 

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5.          NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the sixty (60) calendar day anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Holder is not permitted to exercise this Warrant in full for any reason (other than pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 1(f) hereof), the Company shall use its best efforts to promptly remedy such failure, including, without limitation, obtaining such consents or approvals as necessary to permit such exercise into shares of Common Stock.

 

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

 

7.           REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

8.          NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, (iii) at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (iv) within one (1) Business Day of the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes), setting forth in reasonable detail any material events with respect to such Event of Default and any efforts by the Company to cure such Event of Default. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Company.

 

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9.          AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

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

 

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

 

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12.         CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

13.         DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

 

(a)          Submission to Dispute Resolution.

 

(i)          In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, the Bid Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Event of Default Black Scholes Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to the other party via facsimile (A) if by the Company, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Company are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Bid Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Event of Default Black Scholes Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Shares (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2nd) Business Day following such initial notice by the Company or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

 

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(ii)         The Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Dispute Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

 

(iii)        The Company and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

 

(b)          Miscellaneous. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the rules then in effect under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“CPLR”) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 13, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per share at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Stock occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Stock was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).

 

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14.         REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of shares and certificates for shares as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the Holder or its agent on its behalf.

 

15.         PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the company or other proceedings affecting company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

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16.         TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(c)          “Adjustment Right” means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of shares of Common Stock (other than rights of the type described in Section 2(b)(i) and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Company in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).

 

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

 

(e)           “Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which shares of Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company in their capacity as such.

 

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

 

(g)          “Bid Price” means, for any security as of the particular time of determination, the bid price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or if the foregoing does not apply, the bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, or, if no bid price is reported for such security by Bloomberg as of such time of determination, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC) as of such time of determination. If the Bid Price cannot be calculated for a security as of the particular time of determination on any of the foregoing bases, the Bid Price of such security as of such time of determination shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

(h)          “Black Scholes Consideration Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be).

 

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(i)          “Black Scholes Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the earliest to occur of (A) the public disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (B) the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (C) the date on which the Holder first became aware of the applicable Fundamental Transaction.

 

(j)          “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

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

 

(l)          “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

 

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(m)          “Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.000001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

 

(n)          “Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

 

(o)          “Dollar Value” means, as of any given time, the sum of (x) the sum of each Aggregate Exercise Price of each exercise of this Warrant (assuming solely for such purpose that each such exercise was a cash exercise of this Warrant) that occurred prior to such given time and (y) the Aggregate Exercise Price of a cash exercise of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as of such given time.

 

(p)          “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the OTCQB, the OTCQX or the Principal Market.

 

(q)          “Event Market Price” means, with respect to any Stock Combination Event Date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest Trading Days during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) Trading Day after such Stock Combination Event Date, divided by (y) five (5).

 

(r)           “Event of Default Black Scholes Value” means (x) prior to the Public Company Date, the fair market value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant as determined in good faith by the Required Holders, and (y) on or after the Public Company Date, the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per share equal to the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on the date of the occurrence of the Event of Default through the date all Events of Default have been cured (assuming for such purpose that the Notes remain outstanding) or, if earlier, the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following later of (x) the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default and (y) the date of the public announcement of such Event of Default.

 

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(s)           “Excluded Securities” means (i) shares of Common Stock or standard options to purchase Common Stock issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company for services rendered to the Company in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (as defined above), provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such options) after the Subscription Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed more than 5% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Subscription Date and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (ii) shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the Subscription Date, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; and (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants; provided, that the terms of the SPA Warrant are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Subscription Date).

 

(t)          “Expiration Date” means the date that is the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Trading Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.

 

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

 

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

 

(w)          “Listing Date” means the earlier to occur of (x) May 31, 2018 (solely if the Company fails to use its reasonably best efforts to effect this listing of the Common Stock on an Eligible Market (other than the OTCQB or the OTCQX) on or prior thereto) or (y) the initial date any security of the Company (including, without limitation, the Common Stock) is listed on an Eligible Market (other than the OTCQB or the OTCQX).

 

(x)          “Notes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all notes issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.

 

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

 

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(z)          “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

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

 

(bb)         “Pre-Listing Maximum Eligibility Number” means 100,000 Warrant Shares (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and similar events).

 

(cc)          “Public Company Date” means the date on which the shares of Common Stock of the Company (or its direct or indirect successor, subsidiary or parent company, whose securities are issued or issuable to holders of Common Stock), whether as a result of a public offering, merger, recapitalization, reorganization or otherwise, are registered under the 1934 Act.

 

(dd)         “Principal Market” means, as of any date of determination, the Eligible Market that is the principal securities exchange market for the Common Stock as of such date of determination.

 

(ee)         “Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain registration rights agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes relating to, among other things, the registration of the resale of the Common Stock issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(ff)          “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

 

(gg)         “Spot Price” means, with respect to any given Exercise Notice, as applicable: (A) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (B) the Bid Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof, or (C) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day

 

(hh)         “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

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(ii)         “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(jj)         “Trading Day” means, as applicable, (i) prior to the Public Company Date, any Business Day, and (ii) from and after the Public Company Date, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

(kk)         “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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

 

  Yayyo, Inc.

 

  By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

YAYYO, INC.

 

The undersigned holder hereby elects to exercise the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock No. _______ (the “Warrant”) of Yayyo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) as specified below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

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

 

¨ a “Cash Exercise” with respect to _________________ Warrant Shares; and/or

 

¨ a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to _______________ Warrant Shares.

 

In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at __________ [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below and (ii) if applicable, the Bid Price as of such time of execution of this Exercise Notice was $________.

 

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

 

4.           Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below, __________ shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:

 

¨           Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:  
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

¨ Check here if (x) after the Public Company Day and (y) requesting delivery by Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian as follows:

 

DTC Participant:  
   
DTC Number:  
   
Account Number:  

 

Date: _____________ __,

 

   
Name of Registered Holder

 

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Tax ID:____________________________

 

Facsimile:__________________________

 

E-mail Address:_____________________

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs ______________ to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by _______________.

 

  Yayyo, Inc.

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

Exhibit 1a.6l

 

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITY REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

Yayyo, Inc.

 

Senior Secured Note

 

Issuance Date:  March 8, 2018 Original Principal Amount:
U.S.  $6,000,000

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Yayyo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Bellridge Capital, LP or its registered assigns (“Holder”) the amount set forth above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption or otherwise, the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at a rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate (as defined below), from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon an Interest Date (as defined below), the Maturity Date, acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof). This Senior Secured Note (including all Senior Secured Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is one of an issue of Senior Secured Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2018 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein, as amended from time to time (collectively, the “Notes”, and such other Senior Secured Notes, the “Other Notes”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 23.

 

1.            PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges (as defined in Section 16(c)) on such Principal and Interest. Other than as specifically permitted by this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges on Principal and Interest, if any.

 

 

 

 

2.           INTEREST; INTEREST RATE.

 

(a)         Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months and shall automatically be capitalized on each Interest Date by adding such accrued and unpaid interest to the Principal then outstanding hereunder (each, a “Capitalization”).

 

(b)         Prior to each Capitalization of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this Note shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable upon any redemption in accordance with Section 6 or any required payment upon any Bankruptcy Event of Default. From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall automatically be increased to eighteen percent (18.0%) per annum (the “Default Rate”). In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured and no other Event of Default then exists, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the calendar day immediately following the date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of such cure of such Event of Default.

 

3.          RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

 

(a)         Event of Default. Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” and each of the events in clauses (vi), (vii) and (viii) shall constitute a “Bankruptcy Event of Default”:

 

(i)         the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, Late Charges or other amounts when and as due under this Note (including, without limitation, the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure to pay any redemption payments or amounts hereunder or any fees and expenses related to the Collateral Account) or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except, in the case of a failure to pay Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which case only if such failure remains uncured for a period of at least two (2) Trading Days;

 

(ii)         the Company’s (A) failure to cure a Delivery Failure (as defined in the Warrants) by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) within five (5) Trading Days after the applicable exercise date or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Warrants, including, without limitation, by way of public announcement or through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply, as required, with a request for exercise of any Warrants for shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Warrants (other than Section 1(f) of the Warrants);

 

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(iii)       except to the extent the Company is in compliance with Section 1(g) of the Warrants, at any time following the tenth (10th) consecutive day that the Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation (as defined in the Warrants) is less than the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon exercise in full of the Holder’s Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrants);

 

(iv)       the Company fails to remove any restrictive legend on any certificate or any shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder under the Securities Purchase Agreement (including the Warrants) as and when required by the Securities Purchase Agreement, unless otherwise then prohibited by applicable federal securities laws, and any such failure remains uncured for at least five (5) days;

 

(v)       the occurrence of any default under, redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of at least an aggregate of $100,000 of Indebtedness (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than with respect to any Other Notes;

 

(vi)       bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company or any Subsidiary and, if instituted against the Company or any Subsidiary by a third party, shall not be dismissed within thirty (30) days of their initiation;

 

(vii)       the commencement by the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal, state or foreign law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the execution of a composition of debts, or the occurrence of any other similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action or the taking of any action by any Person to commence a Uniform Commercial Code foreclosure sale or any other similar action under federal, state or foreign law;

 

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(viii)     the entry by a court of (i) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (ii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document adjudging the Company or any Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable federal, state or foreign law or (iii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order, judgment or other similar document or any such other decree, order, judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days;

 

(ix)       a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $100,000 are rendered against the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged, settled or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within thirty (30) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the $100,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment;

 

(x)        the Company and/or any Subsidiary, individually or in the aggregate, either (i) fails to pay, when due, or within any applicable grace period, any payment with respect to any Indebtedness in excess of $100,000 due to any third party (other than, with respect to unsecured Indebtedness only, payments contested by the Company and/or such Subsidiary (as the case may be) in good faith by proper proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP) or is otherwise in breach or violation of any agreement for monies owed or owing in an amount in excess of $100,000, which breach or violation permits the other party thereto to declare a default or otherwise accelerate amounts due thereunder, or (ii) suffer to exist any other circumstance or event that would, with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, result in a default or event of default under any agreement binding the Company or any Subsidiary, which default or event of default would or is likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations (including results thereof), liabilities, properties, condition (including financial condition) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate;

 

(xi)        other than as specifically set forth in another clause of this Section 3(a), the Company or any Subsidiary breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or condition that is curable, only if such breach remains uncured for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days;

 

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(xii)       any breach or failure in any respect by the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any provision of Section 8 of this Note;

 

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

 

(xiv)      this Note shall for any reason fail or cease to create a separate valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) on the Collateral (as defined below) in favor of the Holder or any material provision of this Note shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof;

 

(xv)      any material damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of, any Collateral, whether or not insured;

 

(xvi)      any Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) occurs;

 

(xvii)     the failure of the Public Company Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) to occur on or prior to the later of (x) May 31, 2018 and (y) the Listing Date (as defined in the Warrants);

 

(xviii)    the failure of the Common Stock to be listed on an Eligible Market (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) on or prior to August 31, 2018;

 

(xix)      with respect to any given calendar month occurring after the Public Company Date, the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) then in effect is greater than 110% of the Closing Bid Price (as defined in the Warrants) of the Common Stock for more than three (3) Trading Days in such calendar month;

 

(xx)       any Change of Control occurs; or

 

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

 

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(b)         Notice of an Event of Default; Redemption Right. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of Default, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the “Event of Default Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Event of Default Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to redeem. Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be redeemed by the Company at a price in cash equal to the product of (i) the Outstanding Amount multiplied by (ii) the Redemption Premium (the “Event of Default Redemption Price”). In the event of a partial redemption of this Note pursuant hereto, the amount of Restricted Principal redeemed, if any, shall be set forth in the applicable Event of Default Redemption Notice. Redemptions required by this Section 3(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 6. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 3(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments.

 

(c)         Mandatory Redemption upon Bankruptcy Event of Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, upon any Bankruptcy Event of Default, whether occurring prior to or following the Maturity Date, the Company shall immediately pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal to the Event of Default Redemption Price, in addition to any and all other amounts due hereunder, without the requirement for any notice or demand or other action by the Holder or any other person or entity, provided that the Holder may, in its sole discretion, waive such right to receive payment upon a Bankruptcy Event of Default, in whole or in part, and any such waiver shall not affect any other rights of the Holder hereunder, including any other rights in respect of such Bankruptcy Event of Default, and any right to payment of the Event of Default Redemption Price or any other Redemption Price, as applicable.

 

4.           RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts and the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder and having similar ranking to the Notes, and satisfactory to the Required Holders. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions.

 

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5.           NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), Bylaws (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note.

 

6.           REDEMPTIONS.

 

(a)         Mechanics. The Company shall deliver the applicable Event of Default Redemption Price to the Holder in cash within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Event of Default Redemption Notice. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with any redemption hereunder at a time the Holder is entitled to receive a cash payment under any of the other Transaction Documents, at the option of the Holder delivered in writing to the Company, the applicable Redemption Price hereunder shall be increased by the amount of such cash payment owed to the Holder under such other Transaction Document and, upon payment in full in accordance herewith, shall satisfy the Company’s payment obligation under such other Transaction Document. In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Outstanding Amount of this Note, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 11(d)) representing the outstanding Principal which has not been redeemed. In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Outstanding Amount that was submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Redemption Price (together with any Late Charges thereon) has not been paid. Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Outstanding Amount, and (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue a new Note (in accordance with Section 11(d)), to the Holder, and in each case the principal amount of this Note or such new Note (as the case may be) shall be increased by an amount equal to the difference between (1) the applicable Redemption Price (as the case may be, and as adjusted pursuant to this Section 6, if applicable) minus (2) the Principal portion of the Outstanding Amount submitted for redemption. The Holder’s delivery of a notice voiding a Redemption Notice and exercise of its rights following such notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments of Late Charges which have accrued prior to the date of such notice with respect to the Outstanding Amount subject to such notice.

 

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(b)         Redemption by Other Holders. Upon the Company’s receipt of notice from any of the holders of the Other Notes for redemption or repayment as a result of an event or occurrence substantially similar to the events or occurrences described in Section 3(c) or Section 4 (each, an “Other Redemption Notice”), the Company shall immediately, but no later than one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by facsimile or electronic mail a copy of such notice. If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is two (2) Business Days prior to the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s applicable Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is two (2) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s applicable Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all principal, interest and other amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of the Notes (including the Holder) based on the principal amount of the Notes submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven (7) Business Day period.

 

7.          VOTING RIGHTS. The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law (including, without limitation, the Delaware General Corporation Law) and as expressly provided in this Note.

 

8.          COVENANTS. Until all of the Notes have been prepaid, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms:

 

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

 

(b)         Incurrence of Indebtedness. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness (other than (i) the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes and (ii) other Permitted Indebtedness).

 

(c)         Existence of Liens. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Liens”) other than Permitted Liens.

 

(d)         Restricted Payments. At any time a Defeasance Failure exists, the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Indebtedness (other than the Notes) whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, (i) an event constituting an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) an event that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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(e)         Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, redeem, repurchase or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on any of its capital stock.

 

(f)          Restriction on Transfer of Assets. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, spin-off, split-off, close, convey or otherwise dispose of any assets or rights of the Company or any Subsidiary owned or hereafter acquired whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, other than (i) sales, leases, licenses, assignments, transfers, conveyances and other dispositions of such assets or rights by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice and (ii) sales of inventory and product in the ordinary course of business.

 

(g)         Maturity of Indebtedness. At any time a Defeasance Failure exists, the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, permit any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to mature or accelerate prior to the Maturity Date.

 

(h)         Change in Nature of Business. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by or publicly contemplated to be conducted by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries on the Subscription Date or any business substantially related or incidental thereto. The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to not, directly or indirectly, modify its or their corporate structure or purpose.

 

(i)          Preservation of Existence, Etc. The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

 

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

 

(k)         Maintenance of Intellectual Property. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take all action necessary or advisable to maintain all of the Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries that are necessary or material to the conduct of its business in full force and effect.

 

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

 

(m)         Transactions with Affiliates. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any affiliate, except in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it or its Subsidiaries than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an affiliate thereof.

 

(n)         Restricted Issuances. The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, issue any Notes (other than as contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes).

 

(o)         Holder Master Restricted Account.

 

(i)        General. The Company shall establish and maintain a bank account for each holder of Notes (collectively, including the Holder Master Restricted Account, the “Master Restricted Accounts”) at bank listed on Schedule 8(o) attached hereto (each a “Controlled Account Bank”), which Master Restricted Account applicable to a holder of Notes shall be subject to a deposit account control agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such holder of Notes (each, a “Controlled Account Agreement”). On the Issuance Date, the Company shall have directed the initial Buyers to deposit an aggregate of $6 million of the Purchase Price (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) into Master Restricted Accounts.

 

(ii)        Controlled Account Release. Upon the occurrence of any Controlled Account Release Event, the Holder shall, as soon as commercially practicable, but in no event later than two (2) Trading Days thereafter, cause the applicable Controlled Account Release Amount to be released from the Holder Master Restricted Account and deposited into an bank account specified in writing by the Company on or prior to such date (each a “Controlled Account Release”); provided, that if the Company fails to select a bank account in a writing delivered to the Holder on or prior to such second Trading Day, the Holder shall effect such Controlled Account Release as soon as commercially practicable after receipt of such bank account election from the Company.

 

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

 

(iv)       Cash Payment Obligations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at the option of the Holder, the Holder may satisfy all, or any part, of any redemption or other cash payment obligation of the Company hereunder and/or pursuant to any other Transaction Document (each, a “Cash Payment Obligation”), in whole or in part, at the sole option of the Holder, from the Collateral in the Holder Master Restricted Account, including, without limitation, in connection with any redemption hereunder upon any Event of Default, or any other payment due hereunder (whether at or prior to the Maturity Date). In connection with any Cash Payment Obligation hereunder, the Company hereby irrevocably consents to the Holder’s delivery of an instruction letter to the Controlled Account Bank to release Collateral from the Holder Master Restricted Account in an amount not to exceed such Cash Payment Obligation to the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of any such election by the Holder, the Company shall remain obligated to pay such Cash Payment Obligation to the Holder without regard to any Collateral in the Holder Master Restricted Account. Upon the occurrence of any event which could reasonably be expected to result in a Cash Payment Obligation, the Holder may, at the Holder’s option, withdraw any Collateral in the Holder Master Restricted Account; provided that (x) such withdrawn amount shall not exceed such amount which the Holder reasonably believes would be necessary to satisfy such Cash Payment Obligation, and (y) such withdrawal shall not constitute the delivery of a Redemption Notice hereunder or payment hereunder unless the Holder specifies in writing to the Company that the Holder has applied such Collateral in satisfaction of such Cash Payment Obligation.

 

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

 

(p)        Registration; Book-Entry. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the principal amount of the Notes and Restricted Principal held by such holders (the “Registered Notes”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes (including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and Interest hereunder) notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned, transferred or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a written request to assign, transfer or sell all or part of any Registered Note by the holder thereof, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 11, provided that if the Company does not so record an assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be) of all or part of any Registered Note within two (2) Business Days of such a request, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such assignment, transfer or sale (as the case may be). The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal, Interest and Late Charges paid or Restricted Principal becoming unrestricted and the dates of each Controlled Account Release and/or payments (as the case may be). If the Company does not update the Register to record such Principal, Interest and Late Charges paid or Restricted Principal becoming unrestricted, Controlled Account Release and/or payments (as the case may be) within two (2) Business Days of such occurrence, then the Register shall be automatically deemed updated to reflect such occurrence.

 

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(q)        Independent Investigation. At the request of the Holder either (x) at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (y) upon the occurrence of an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default or (z) at any time the Holder reasonably believes an Event of Default may have occurred or be continuing, the Company shall hire an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder to investigate as to whether any breach of this Note has occurred (the “Independent Investigator”). If the Independent Investigator determines that such breach of this Note has occurred, the Independent Investigator shall notify the Company of such breach and the Company shall deliver written notice to each holder of a Note of such breach. In connection with such investigation, the Independent Investigator may, during normal business hours, inspect all contracts, books, records, personnel, offices and other facilities and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the extent available to the Company after the Company uses reasonable efforts to obtain them, the records of its legal advisors and accountants (including the accountants’ work papers) and any books of account, records, reports and other papers not contractually required of the Company to be confidential or secret, or subject to attorney-client or other evidentiary privilege, and the Independent Investigator may make such copies and inspections thereof as the Independent Investigator may reasonably request. The Company shall furnish the Independent Investigator with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business and properties of the Company as the Independent Investigator may reasonably request. The Company shall permit the Independent Investigator to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with, and to make proposals and furnish advice with respect thereto to, the Company’s officers, directors, key employees and independent public accountants or any of them (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss with such Independent Investigator the finances and affairs of the Company and any Subsidiaries), all at such reasonable times, upon reasonable notice, and as often as may be reasonably requested.

 

9.           AMENDING THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE. The prior written consent of the Holder shall be required for any change, waiver or amendment to this Note.

 

10.         TRANSFER. This Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company, provided the Holder provides the Company with no less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice, and otherwise subject only to the provisions of Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

11.         REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

 

(a)       Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 11(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 11(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred.

 

(b)       Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 11(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

 

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(c)        Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 11(d) and in principal amounts of at least $1,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.

 

(d)        Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 11(a) or Section 11(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest and Late Charges on the Principal and Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

 

12.         REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, redemptions and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note.

 

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13.         PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that no amounts due under this Note shall be affected, or limited, by the fact that the purchase price paid for this Note was less than the original Principal amount hereof.

 

14.        CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the initial Holder and shall not be construed against any such Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each pronoun herein shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural forms thereof. The terms “including,” “includes,” “include” and words of like import shall be construed broadly as if followed by the words “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereof” and words of like import refer to this entire Note instead of just the provision in which they are found. Unless expressly indicated otherwise, all section references are to sections of this Note. Terms used in this Note and not otherwise defined herein, but defined in the other Transaction Documents, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.

 

15.        FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.

 

16.         NOTICES; CURRENCY; PAYMENTS.

 

(a)       Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore.

 

(b)       Currency. All dollar amounts referred to in this Note are in United States Dollars (“U.S. Dollars”), and all amounts owing under this Note shall be paid in U.S. Dollars. All amounts denominated in other currencies (if any) shall be converted into the U.S. Dollar equivalent amount in accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. “Exchange Rate” means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Note, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation (it being understood and agreed that where an amount is calculated with reference to, or over, a period of time, the date of calculation shall be the final date of such period of time).

 

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(c)       Payments. Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a certified check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the Buyers, shall initially be as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement), provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day. Any amount of Principal or other amounts due under the Transaction Documents which is not paid when due shall result in a late charge being incurred and payable by the Company in an amount equal to interest on such amount at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum from the date such amount was due until the same is paid in full (“Late Charge”).

  

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

 

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

 

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

 

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20.         JUDGMENT CURRENCY.

 

(a)         If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against the Company in any court in any jurisdiction it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 20 referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in U.S. dollars under this Note, the conversion shall be made at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Trading Day immediately preceding:

 

(i)         the date actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of New York or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date: or

 

(ii)        the date on which the foreign court determines, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 20(a)(ii) being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Conversion Date”).

 

(b)         If in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 20(a)(ii) above, there is a change in the Exchange Rate prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, the applicable party shall pay such adjusted amount as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of US dollars which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the Exchange Rate prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.

 

(c)         Any amount due from the Company under this provision shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of this Note.

 

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

 

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22.         MAXIMUM PAYMENTS. Without limiting Section 9(d) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(d)        “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

 

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

 

(f)       “Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (i) any merger of the Company or any of its, direct or indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiaries with or into any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the shares of Common Stock in which holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, are, in all material respects, the holders of the voting power of the surviving entity (or entities with the authority or voting power to elect the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities) after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification, or (iii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(g)        “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(h)       “Controlled Account Release Amount” means, with respect to any given Controlled Account Release Event, such amount of cash as specified in the applicable clause of the definition of “Controlled Account Release Event”.

 

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(i)        “Controlled Account Release Event” means, as applicable, (i) the Company’s receipt of a notice by the Holder electing to effect a release of cash with respect to any Restricted Principal to the Company or (ii) at any time the Outstanding Amount hereunder is greater than the cash amount in the Holder Master Restricted Account (such excess amount, the “Excess Collateral”), as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company may, by delivery of written notice to the Holder, require the release of such Excess Collateral to the Company from the Holder Master Restricted Account.

 

(j)       “Defeasance Failure” means, as of any given time of determination, the failure of the cash amount in the Holder Master Restricted Account to be greater than or equal to the Outstanding Amount hereunder.

 

(k)       “Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market.

 

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

 

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(m)        “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

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

 

(o)       “Holder Master Restricted Account” means, solely with respect to the Holder, account number 4864621356 at Umpqua Bank, or such other account as may be directed by the Holder, from time to time, subject to a Controlled Account Agreement in favor of the Holder in a form reasonably acceptable to the Holder.

 

(p)        “Indebtedness” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(q)        “Interest Date” means, with respect to any given calendar quarter, the first Trading Day of such calendar quarter.

 

(r)        “Interest Rate” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points, as may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 2.

 

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(s)       “LIBOR” means, as of any given date, (i) the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars, as shown on such date in The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) under the caption “Money Rates - London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR)”; or (ii) if The Wall Street Journal does not publish such rate, the offered one-month rate for deposits in U.S. dollars which appears on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 10:00 a.m., New York time, each day, provided that if at least two rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page on any day, the “LIBOR” for such day shall be the arithmetic mean of such rates.

 

(t)       “Maturity Date” shall mean March 8, 2023; provided, however, the Maturity Date may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or any event shall have occurred and be continuing that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default or (ii) through the date that is the later of (x) twenty (20) Business Days after the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction in the event that a Fundamental Transaction is publicly announced prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction or (y) twenty (20) Business Days after the announcement of a Fundamental Transaction in the event that a Fundamental Transaction is not publicly announced prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction.

 

(u)       “Outstanding Amount” means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal and (C) accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Principal and Interest.

 

(v)        “Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

 

(w)       “Permitted Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes, (ii) Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 3(s) to the Securities Purchase Agreement, as in effect as of the Subscription Date, (iii) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens or unsecured but as described in clauses (iv) and (v) of the definition of Permitted Liens, and (iv) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

(x)       “Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that: (i) is made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders, (ii) not provide at any time for the payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon at any time a Defeasance Failure exists until at least ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date.

 

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(y)       “Permitted Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment, in either case, with respect to Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000, (v) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the Indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clause (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase, (vi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods, (vii) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 3(a)(ix) and (viii) any Liens creased with respect to any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

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

 

(aa)        “Redemption Notices” means, collectively, each Event of Default Redemption Notices, and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Redemption Notice.”

 

(bb)       “Redemption Premium” means 125%.

 

(cc)       “Redemption Prices” means, collectively, each Event of Default Redemption Price, and each of the foregoing, individually, a “Redemption Price.”

 

(dd)       “Restricted Principal” means, as of any given date, the difference of (i) all cash amounts held in the Master Restricted Account of the Holder as of the Closing Date and (ii) all cash amounts released from the Master Restricted Account of the Holder to the Company (or at the Company’s direction) on or prior to such given date.

 

(ee)       “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement, dated as of the Subscription Date, by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes pursuant to which, among other things, the Company issued the Notes, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(ff)         “Subject Entity” means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.

 

(gg)       “Subsidiaries” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement

 

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(hh)        “Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

 

(ii)         “Trading Day” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

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

 

24.         DISCLOSURE. At any time from and after the initial Issuance Date, upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day after any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to the Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. Nothing contained in this Section 24 shall limit any obligations of the Company, or any rights of the Holder, under the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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

 

  YAYYO, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi
    Name: Ramy El-Batrawi
    Title: CEO

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1a.6m

 

SIDE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SIDE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of July 15, 2017 by and between Distinct Cars, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Distinct Cars"), and Acme Auto Leasing LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company ("Acme").

 

WHEREAS, the Distinct Cars and Acme desire to enter into a series of automobile leases; and

 

WHEREAS, Distinct Cars, LLC, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of YayYo Inc., a Delaware Corporation. YayYo Inc. is Tier II, qualified Regulation A+ company with a current public offering1; and

 

WHEREAS, the Distinct Cars has agreed to provide additional consideration in exchange for certain lease terms;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Lease Terms. Acme shall lease automobiles to Distinct Cars according to the following terms:

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b.       36 months

c.       20% down payment

 

2. Additional Consideration. In exchange for the above lease terms, Acme shall receive a grant of 100,000 shares of YayYo Inc. common stock, which grant shall be executed simultaneously with the execution of the above-described automobile leases.

 

3. Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended or waived only with the written consent of the ACME and YayYo, Inc.

 

4. Notices. Any notice required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient upon delivery, when delivered personally or by overnight courier or sent by fax.

 

5. Severability. To the fullest extent that they may effectively do so under applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of Law which renders any provision of this Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect.

 

 

1 Offering Circular is viewable at:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691077/000161577417001046/s105572_partiiandiii.htm

 

 

 

 

6. Governing Law. This Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.

 

7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

9. Specific Enforcement. It is agreed and understood that monetary damages would not adequately compensate an injured party for the breach of this Agreement by any other party, that this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable, and that any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement shall be the proper subject of a temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order. Further, each party hereto waives any claim or defense that there is an adequate remedy at law for such breach or threatened breach or any requirement for posting of a bond.

 

10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, any other Transaction Agreements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and any exhibits hereto or thereto, constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and no party shall be liable or bound to any other in any manner by any oral or written representations, warranties, covenants and agreements except as specifically set forth herein and therein. Each party expressly represents and warrants that it is not relying on any oral or written representations, warranties, covenants or agreements outside of this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

 

Distinct Cars, LLC

Acme Auto Leasing LLC
   
By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi   By: /s/ Christopher T. Cullen
         
Name: Ramy El-Batrawi,   Name: Christopher T. Cullen
   
Date: 7/15/2017 Date: 7-24-2017

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1a.6n

 

Distinct Cars, LLC

 

SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$ 10,000 January 4, 2018

Los Angeles, California

 

For value received Distinct Cars, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of YayYo, Inc. a Delaware Corporation (the “Parent Company”), promises to pay to McKenzie Capital Group Inc or its assigns (“Holder”) the principal sum of $ 10,000 together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, each due and payable on the date and in the manner set forth below.

 

1.          Repayment. All payments of interest and principal shall be in lawful money of the United States of America and shall be made pro rata among all Holders. All payments shall be applied first to accrued interest, and thereafter to principal.

 

(a)          Repayment Schedule. The principal amount of this promissory note (the "Note") and any accrued but unpaid interest shall be due and payable in twelve (12) equal quarterly installments beginning January 1st, 2018. All outstanding principal and interest amounts under the Note shall be due and payable thirty-six (36) months from the date of the Note (the “Maturity Date”).

 

(b)          Stock Grant. In addition to the total amount of principal and interest owing under the Note, upon execution of the Note and placement of funds the Holder shall receive a stock grant (the “Stock Grant”) of YayYo Inc. common stock (the “Parent Shares”) in an amount equal to 100% of the principal sum as calculated by a price of $4.00 per share with 30% coverage. The Stock Grant is offered pursuant to a Reg D Rule 506(b) private placement, the Private Placement Memorandum for which is attached hereto.

 

2.          Interest Rate. The Company promises to pay simple interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from the date hereof until payment in full, which interest shall be payable at the rate of 8% per annum. Interest shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date and shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year for the actual number of days elapsed.

 

3.          Maturity. The entire outstanding principal balance and all unpaid accrued interest, as well stock grants for the Parent Shares shall become fully due and payable on the Maturity Date.

 

4.          Expenses. In the event of any default hereunder, the Company shall pay all reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs incurred by Holder in enforcing and collecting this Note.

 

5.          Prepayment. The Company may not prepay this Note prior to the Maturity Date without the consent of the Holder.

 

6.          Default. If there shall be any Event of Default hereunder, at the option and upon the declaration of the Holder and upon written notice to the Company (which election and notice shall not be required in the case of an Event of Default under Section 6(c) or 6(d)), this Note shall accelerate and all principal and unpaid accrued interest shall become due and payable. The occurrence of any one or more of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)          The Company fails to pay timely any of the principal amount due under this Note on the date the same becomes due and payable or any accrued interest or other amounts due under this Note on the date the same becomes due and payable;

 

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(b)          The Company shall default in its performance of any covenant under the Agreement or any Note;

 

(c)          The Company files any petition or action for relief under any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or moratorium law or any other law for the relief of, or relating to, debtors, now or hereafter in effect, or makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors or takes any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or

 

(d)          An involuntary petition is filed against the Company (unless such petition is dismissed or discharged within 60 days under any bankruptcy statute now or hereafter in effect, or a custodian, receiver, trustee, assignee for the benefit of creditors (or other similar official) is appointed to take possession, custody or control of any property of the Company.

 

7.          Waiver. The Company hereby waives demand, notice, presentment, protest and notice of dishonor.

 

8.          Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles.

 

9.          Parity with Other Notes. The Company’s repayment obligation to the Holder under this Note shall be on parity with the Company’s obligation to repay all Notes issued pursuant to this loan series. In the event that the Company is obligated to repay the Notes and does not have sufficient funds to repay all the Notes in full, payment shall be made to the Holders of the Notes on a pro rata basis. The preceding sentence shall not, however, relieve the Company of its obligations to the Holder hereunder.

 

10.         Modification; Waiver. Any term of this Note may be amended or waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

11.         Assignment. This Note may be transferred only upon its surrender to the Company for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a duly executed written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company. Thereupon, this Note shall be reissued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee, or a new Note for like principal amount and interest and grants shall be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Interest and principal and grants shall be issued solely to the registered holder of this Note. Such payment shall constitute full discharge of the Company’s obligation to pay such interest, principal and grant.

 

12.         Grant of Security Interest. As a condition for the Holder to agree to lend the Company the funds contemplated herein, Company grants to Holder a security interest in the equity in the Company’s leased automobile fleet, which shall first be first position lien subject only to the automobile lessor itself (the "Collateral"). This lien position shall be held jointly by the Holders of the Notes in this series on a pro rata basis.

 

13.         This security interest is granted to secure the debt evidenced by this note agreement and all costs and expenses incurred by Holder in the collection of the debt.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement in duplicate originals by their duly authorized officers or representatives.

 

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Distinct Cars, LLC

 

Distinct Cars, LLC  
   
By:    
     
Name: Ramy El-Batrawi  
   
Title: CEO  
   
Holder: McKenzie Capital Group Inc  
   
Principal Amount of Note: $10,000  
   
Date of Note: January 4, 2018  

 

[Signature page to SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE of Distinct Cars, LLC]

 

 

 

 

YAYYO, INC.

 

STOCK GRANT

 

1.          Grant. For value received YayYo, Inc. a Delaware Corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby grants to McKenzie Capital Group Inc (the “Grantee”) an aggregate of 750 shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (the “Grant”).

 

2.          Effective Date. The Grant is effective as of January 4, 2018 (the “Grant Date”).

 

3.          Conveyance. The Corporation will cause issuance in book entry shares of stock equivalent to the Grant with the transfer agent of the Corporation, evidencing Grantee ownership. Federal and state securities laws may require the placement of certain restrictive legends upon the certificate(s) evidencing the Stock in connection with this Grant.

 

4.          Relation to Secured Promissory Note. The Grant is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Secured Promissory Note executed and funded by Grantee, and whose terms are incorporated herein by reference.

 

5.          Governing Law. This Grant shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

6.          Binding Effect. This Grant shall be binding upon the Corporation and Grantee and their respective heirs, executors, administrators and successors.

 

7.          Headings and Sections. The headings contained in this Certificate are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Grant. Any references to sections in this Certificate shall be to sections of this Certificate unless otherwise expressly stated as part of such reference.

 

YAYYO, INC.    
   
By:    
   
Name : Ramy El-Batrawi  
   
Title: CEO  
     

 

 

 

Exhibit 1a.6o

 

DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

 

This Deposit Account Control Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is dated as of __________, 2018, and entered into by and among YAYYO, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Depositor”), _________________ (“Secured Party”), and Umpqua Bank (“Bank”).

 

Recitals

 

A.           Pursuant to the transactions contemplated by that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of ___, 2018 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) by and between Depositor and Secured Party, Depositor has granted to Secured Party a security interest and lien upon deposit account number _________ (as such account may be renumbered by Bank), along with all credits or proceeds thereto and all monies, checks, and other instruments held or deposited therein, maintained by Depositor at Bank (“Deposit Account”).

 

B.           In connection therewith, Depositor and Secured Party request that Bank enter into a deposit account control agreement with regard to the Deposit Account. Bank is willing to do so upon the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Agreement

 

1.          Deposit Agreements. The terms and conditions of this Agreement are in addition to any deposit account agreements and other related agreements that Depositor has with Bank, including, without limitation, all agreements concerning banking products and services, treasury management documentation, account booklets containing the terms and conditions of the Deposit Account, signature cards, fee schedules, disclosures, specification sheets, and change of terms notices (collectively, “Deposit Agreements”). The provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the provisions of the Deposit Agreements only to the extent the provisions herein are inconsistent with the Deposit Agreements, and in all other respects, the Deposit Agreements shall remain in full force and effect.

 

2.          Security Interest. Depositor represents and warrants that it has the legal right to pledge the Deposit Account to Secured Party, that the funds in the Deposit Account are not held for the benefit of a third party, and that there are no perfected liens or encumbrances with respect to the Deposit Account. Except as set forth in Section 5 below, Depositor will not permit the Deposit Account to become subject to any other pledge, assignment, lien, charge, or encumbrance of any kind, other than the security interest of the Secured Party. Bank represents and warrants to the Secured Party that it has not entered into any other account control agreements with any other party relating to the Deposit Account.

 

3.          Control. In order to provide Secured Party with control over the Deposit Account, Depositor, Bank, and Secured Party agree, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, that Bank shall comply with all written instructions originated by Secured Party directing disposition of the funds in the Deposit Account without any further consent from Depositor, even if such instructions are contrary to any of Depositor’s instructions or demands or result in Bank dishonoring items which may be presented for payment. Depositor agrees that written instructions from Secured Party may include instructions to transfer funds to or for the benefit of Secured Party or any other person or entity and instructions to close the Deposit Account.

 

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4.          Access to Deposit Account. The Deposit Account shall be under the sole control of Secured Party and Bank will comply with Secured Party’s written instructions with regard to the Deposit Account, including written instructions originated by Secured Party directing disposition of the funds in the Deposit Account, subject to the terms of this Agreement and applicable law. In all cases, Secured Party shall promptly contact Bank to confirm Bank’s receipt of Secured Party’s written instructions. In connection with Secured Party’s written instructions, Bank shall not be required to provide extraordinary services or documentation regarding the Deposit Account unless Bank confirms that such extraordinary services or documentation are available. If there is any additional cost associated therewith, Depositor agrees to pay such additional cost. Deductions for any amounts otherwise reimbursable to Bank as provided in Section 5 may be made before any funds are remitted to Secured Party pursuant to this Section 4.

 

5.          Subordination by Bank. Depositor and Bank acknowledge and recognize Secured Party’s continuing security interest in the Deposit Account and in all items deposited in the Deposit Account and in the proceeds thereof. Except for the amounts set forth in this Section 5 and except for any security interest that Bank has under Article 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code, Bank hereby subordinates any statutory or contractual right or claim of offset or lien resulting from any transaction which involves the Deposit Account to Secured Party’s security interest until this Agreement is terminated. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, nothing herein constitutes a waiver of, and Bank expressly reserves all of its present and future rights with respect to: (a) fees and expenses related to the Deposit Account (“Fees”); (b) any checks, ACH entries, wire transfers, merchant card transactions, or other paper or electronic items which were deposited or credited to the Deposit Account that are returned, reversed, refunded, adjusted, or charged back for insufficient funds or for any other reason (“Returned Items”); and (c) obligations and liabilities connected with the Deposit Account that arise out of any treasury management services provided by Bank, its subsidiaries or affiliates, including, but not limited to, ACH, merchant card, zero balance account, sweeps, controlled disbursement or payroll (“Overdrafts”). Bank may charge the Deposit Account to cover Fees, Returned Items, and Overdrafts. If there are insufficient funds in the Deposit Account to cover the Fees, Returned Items, and Overdrafts, Depositor agrees to immediately reimburse Bank for the amount of such shortfall. If Depositor fails to pay the amount demanded by Bank, Secured Party agrees to reimburse Bank within fifteen (15) Business Days of demand thereof by Bank for any Fees, Returned Items, and Overdrafts to the extent of the amount of any funds from the Deposit Account were transferred pursuant to the written instructions of Secured Party, and provided that Secured Party received written demand for such reimbursement within one-hundred-eighty (180) days after the transfer of such funds from the Deposit Account at the written instruction of Secured Party. As used in this Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday, or any other day on which commercial banks in Oregon are authorized or required by law to close.

 

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6.          Exculpation of Bank. Depositor and Secured Party agree that Bank shall incur no liability to either of them for any loss or damage that either or both may claim to have suffered or incurred, either directly or indirectly, by reason of this Agreement or any transaction or service contemplated by the provisions hereof unless it is finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss or damage was directly caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no event, shall Bank be liable to Depositor or Secured Party for any of the following: (a) failing to follow any written instructions of Secured Party that (i) require the disposition of funds in the Deposit Account by a method not available to Depositor under the Deposit Agreements (provided that Bank acknowledges that disposition of funds in the Deposit Account by wire transfer or checks are available to the Depositor under the Deposit Agreements), (ii) in Bank’s reasonable belief, would result in Bank failing to comply with a statute, rule, regulation, or guideline of any governmental body or an order or process binding upon Bank, or (iii) require the disposition of funds that are not immediately available in the Deposit Account; (b) wrongful dishonor of any item as a result of Bank following any of Secured Party’s written instructions; or (c) failing to comply or delaying in complying with any Secured Party’s instructions or any provision of this Agreement due to a computer malfunction, legal constraint, emergency condition, fire, war, terrorist act, riot, theft, flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster, acts of God, interruption of communication facilities, labor difficulties or other cause beyond Bank’s reasonable control. IN NO EVENT WILL BANK BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INDIRECT DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH ARISE OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF BANK HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. Other than pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2 above, Bank makes no representation or warranty regarding, and shall not have any responsibility for, the creation, attachment, perfection, or priority of Secured Party’s purported security interest in the Deposit Account or any present or future adverse liens, claims, or encumbrances against the Deposit Account, and Bank shall have no liability to Depositor or Secured Party under this Agreement for any claim, damage, loss, cost, or expense resulting from, arising out of, or relating to such matters.

 

7.          Indemnity. Depositor agrees to defend (with counsel reasonably acceptable to Bank), indemnify, and hold Bank and its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, shareholders, officers, employees, representatives, attorneys, successors, and assigns (collectively “Depository Bank”) harmless from and against any and all claims, causes of action, losses, liabilities, costs, damages, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees and attorney fees (collectively, “Claims”), arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement except to the extent the Claims are finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be directly caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without regard to Depositor’s indemnification obligations to Bank, Secured Party agrees to defend (with counsel reasonably acceptable to Bank), indemnify, and hold Depository Bank harmless from and against any and all Claims arising out of or related to Bank’s compliance with any instruction given by Secured Party; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (i) such indemnification obligation shall not apply to the extent the Claims are finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be directly caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) Depositary Bank shall not make a claim of indemnity against the Secured Party unless it has first made such claim of indemnity to the Depositor and the Depositor has failed to satisfy the claim within 15 Business Days after the Depository Bank made the claim of indemnity. Secured Party’s obligations to Bank hereunder shall in no way operate to release Depositor from its obligations to Secured Party and shall not impair any rights or remedies of Secured Party to collect any such amounts from Depositor.

 

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8.          Bank’s Responsibility. The duties of Bank are strictly limited to those set forth in this Agreement. Nothing within this Agreement shall create any agency, fiduciary, joint venture, or partnership relationship between Bank and Depositor or Secured Party. Bank will have no fiduciary duties under this Agreement to any party. Bank shall be protected in relying on any form of instruction, notice, or other communication purporting to be from an authorized representative of Secured Party. Bank shall have no duty to inquire as to the genuineness, validity, or enforceability of any such instruction, notice, or communication even if Depositor notifies Bank that Secured Party is not legally entitled to originate any such instruction, notice, or communication.

 

9.          Deposit Account Information. If Secured Party so requests and at Depositor’s expense, to the extent that Bank has the operational ability to do so, Bank will provide to Secured Party, whether by first class mail, Internet access or otherwise, a copy of each periodic account statement relating to the Deposit Account ordinarily furnished by Bank to Depositor. Depositor authorizes Bank to provide to Secured Party, whether by first class mail, Internet access, or otherwise, such statements and any other information concerning the Deposit Account that Bank may agree to provide to Secured Party at Secured Party’s request. Bank will have no liability for providing or failing to provide any such statement or other information related to the Deposit Account pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

10.         Termination. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated (a) by Bank upon not less than thirty (30) calendar days’ written notice to each of the other parties, (b) by Secured Party upon written notice to Bank, or (c) by Depositor with the prior written consent of Secured Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bank may immediately and automatically close the Deposit Account and terminate the Agreement (a) in the event that Bank reasonably believes that any fraudulent activity has or is occurring with regard to the Deposit Account or (b) if Bank becomes obligated to close the Deposit Account or terminate this Agreement under any statute, rule, or regulation, or any other order or process binding upon Bank; provided that Bank shall give prompt written notice of such termination to Depositor and Secured party to the extent allowed under applicable law. In addition, Bank may terminate this Agreement upon ten (10) calendar days’ written notice to the other parties if Depositor or Secured Party is in material breach of the Deposit Agreement or this Agreement, including, without limitation, Depositor’s or Secured Party’s failure to reimburse Bank pursuant to Section 5 above. In the event of any termination, all fees incurred under this Agreement shall become immediately due and payable in full. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon (a) Bank’s receipt of written notice from Secured Party of the payment in full of all of Depositor’s obligations due and owing to Secured Party or (b) the closure of the Deposit Account (provided, however, that Depositor hereby covenants to Secured Party that Depositor will not close the Deposit Account without the prior written consent of Secured Party). Prior to the termination of this Agreement by the Bank, and unless otherwise prohibited by order or law, Bank will (at the cost and expense of Depositor) remit any available funds in the Deposit Account on the date of termination to Secured Party. Deductions for any amounts otherwise reimbursable to Bank as provided in this Agreement may be made before any funds are remitted. Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the rights or obligations of any party hereto with respect to the period prior to such termination. Specifically, the rights of Bank and the obligations of Depositor and Secured Party under Sections 5, 6, and 7 of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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11.         Legal Process and Insolvency. In the event Bank receives any form of legal process concerning the Deposit Account, including, without limitation, court orders, levies, garnishments, attachments, and writs of execution, or in the event Bank learns of any insolvency proceeding concerning Depositor, including, without limitation, bankruptcy, receivership, and assignment for the benefit of creditors, Bank will respond to such legal process or knowledge of insolvency in the normal course or as required by law and shall not be in violation of this Agreement for so doing. Bank shall promptly notify Secured Party in writing of the occurrence of any such event set forth in the preceding sentence.

 

12.         Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon (without giving effect to its choice of law provisions) and applicable federal laws and regulations. The parties agree that Oregon is the “bank’s jurisdiction” for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

13.         Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all communications given by any party to another required under this Agreement must be in writing, directed to the party at its address(es) as set forth below (or at such other address as such party may hereafter specify in a written notice given to the other parties in accordance with this Section 13) and shall be delivered by hand, sent by nationally-recognized overnight, receipted delivery service, or sent by registered/certified United States mail. Any such communication shall be deemed delivered if delivered by: (a) hand, on the date and time that such communication shall have been delivered, in hand, with proof of receipt by signature, (b) nationally-recognized overnight, receipted delivery service, on the date and time that such communication shall have been delivered and receipted by such delivery service with proof of receipt by signature, or (c) registered or certified United States mail, on the date and time that such communication shall have been delivered and receipted by the United States Postal Service with proof of receipt by signature. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13, any communication hereunder to Bank (including, without limitation, a Notice of Exclusive Control) made by (or believed in good faith by Bank to be made by) Secured Party or Depositor and confirmed to have been delivered after 2:00 pm Pacific Time on a Business Day or delivered on a day that is not a Business Day, shall be deemed delivered to Bank at the opening of the next Business Day. In all circumstances, Bank shall have a reasonable period of time (not to exceed two (2) Business Days) to act on Secured Party’s instructions. Bank may elect in its sole and absolute discretion to accept a communication delivered in a method other than as set forth above.

 

Depositor Yayyo, Inc.
  Attn: Ramy El-Batrawi
  433 North Camden Dr. Suite 600
  Beverly Hills, CA  90210
  Telephone: _________________
  E-mail: ramy@yayyo.com

 

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Secured Party:  
   
Bank: Umpqua Bank
  16501 Ventura Blvd, Suite 101
  Encino, CA  91436
  Attn: Gary Ketenchian, Store Manager
  Telephone: 818-464-9700
  E-mail: garyketenchian@umpquabank.com
   
              and
   
  Umpqua Bank
  Attn: Operations Legal Process Management OR0047
  P.O. Box 1820
  Roseburg, OR 97470

 

14.         Successors and Transferees. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this section. An assignment of a party’s rights or duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties will be void except Bank, without the consent of Secured Party or Depositor, may transfer its rights and duties to a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, Bank transfers the Deposit Account.

 

15.         Entire Agreement/Amendments/Headings. This Agreement, the Deposit Agreements (provided that in the event of any conflict between the terms of the Deposit Agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control), and the instructions and notices required or permitted to be executed and delivered hereunder set forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended only with the prior written consent of all parties hereto. None of the terms of this Agreement may be waived except as Bank may consent thereto in writing. No delay on the part of Bank in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver hereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power, or privilege hereunder preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power, or privilege. The rights and remedies specified herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which Bank would otherwise have. All headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

16.         Severability. If any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the offending term, condition, or provision will be struck, and the remainder of this Agreement will not be affected thereby.

 

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17.         Jury Trial Waiver. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, THE PARTIES AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, IRREVOCABLY, AND WITHOUT COERCION, WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, OR RELATING TO, THIS AGREEMENT OR SERVICES RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN THEM ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT AND TORT CLAIMS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

 

18.         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Signature pages may be detached from separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

 

DEPOSITOR:   SECURED PARTY:
       
YAYYO, INC.      
         
By:     By:  
         
Name:     Name:  
         
Title:     Title:  

 

BANK:  
   
UMPQUA BANK  
   
By:    
     
Name:    
     
Title:    

 

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Exhibit 1a.6p

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITY.

 

Original Issue Date: December 27, 2017 Original Principal Amount: $222,222.22
Note: 6 % SPN-No - 1 Purchase Price: $200,000.00

 

6% SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

DUE MARCH 31, 2018

 

THIS 6% SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE is duly authorized and validly issued by YayYo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at 433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210, designated as its 6% Secured Promissory Note due March 31, 2018 (the “Note”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Bellridge Capital, L.P. or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $222,222.22 on March 31, 2018 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company, (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, (c) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Company’s board of directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Company’s board of directors on the Original Issue Date (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the Company’s board of directors on any date whose nomination to the Company’s board of directors was approved by a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors who are members on the date hereof), or (e) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (a) through (d) above. Any Change in Control that is required by a National Exchange or Trading Market in connection with a bona fide listing application shall not be considered a Change of Control Transaction, provided that in the event of such exchange of such 50% of the Common Stock or Change of Control to or with an unaffiliated third party, such third party shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holder.

 

Default Redemption Amount” means the product of (i) 130% multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount outstanding of this Note through and including the Default Redemption Payment Date; (y) all accrued but unpaid principal due on this Note including, but not limited to, as provided in the last sentence of Section 4 hereof, and (z) all other amounts owed under this Note including, but not limited to, Late Fees and liquidated damages, all through and including the date all amounts herein are paid in cash to the Holder.

 

Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

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Fundamental Transaction” means (i) a transaction in which the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) a transaction in which the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination). Any change in ownership that is required by a National Exchange or Trading Market in connection with a bona fide listing application shall not be considered a Fundamental Transaction, provided that in the event of such exchange of such 50% of the Common Stock or Change of Control to or with an unaffiliated third party, such third party shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holder.

 

Illinois Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2017 by and among the Company, the original Holder, and the other parties named therein, if any, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

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

 

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Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Trading Market, or, if the Trading Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or with respect to all determinations other than price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock (or any other common stock of any other Person that references the Trading Market for its common stock) is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the OTC Bulletin Board, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, the NYSE MKT, or the OTCQX Marketplace, the OTCQB Marketplace, the OTCPink Marketplace or any other tier operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or any successor to any of the foregoing).

 

Section 2.             Interest.

 

a)       Payment of Interest in Cash or Kind. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder in an amount equal to the product of (i) 6% (which interest rate may be increased as provided elsewhere herein), multiplied by (ii) (x) the Original Principal Amount, for the 12 month period beginning on the Original Issuance Date (the “Initial 12 Month Period”), and (y) the aggregate principal amount of this Note outstanding on the first day following the last day (the “First Day of a New 12 Month Period”) of the (I) Initial 12 Month Period, and (II) each succeeding 12 month anniversary date of the Original Issue Date (each a “New 12 Month Period”), provided any amount due under this Note is outstanding on the First Day of a New 12 Month Period. Interest provided for in this Section 2(a), shall be guaranteed and deemed earned in full (i) on the first day following the Original Issuance Date for the Initial 12 Month Period, and (ii) on the First Day of each New 12 Month Period for each New 12 Month Period. All interest provided for in this Section (2)(a) shall be due and payable with respect to (x) the Initial 12 Month Period, on the Maturity Date, and with respect to each New 12 Month Period, 30 days following the First Day of a New 12 Month Period (as applicable, each a “Fixed Interest Payment Date”); provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, interest due hereunder will be due and payable prior to the applicable Fixed Interest Payment Date, upon any prepayment, Event of Default, and/or other acceleration of principal outstanding on this Note, with respect to the interest relating to the principal so converted, prepaid and/or accelerated whether as a result of an Event of Default, or otherwise. All interest payments hereunder will be payable in cash.

 

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b)       Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue and compound daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note (the “Note Register”).

 

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

 

Section 3.        Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 4.          Events of Default.

 

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

 

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

 

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ii.         the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other material covenant or agreement contained in the Note which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

vi.         the Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $50,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, provided, however that the acquisition, purchase, financing or leasing of a fleet of cars for operational purposes as provided in a schedule to the Purchase Agreement, shall not by itself create an Event of Default, unless such default is, in the aggregate, greater than $250,000;

 

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

 

viii.         the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or a portion of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, without the approval of the Holder or Holders as provided in the Purchase Agreement (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

xii.         the occurrence of any levy upon or seizure or attachment of, or any uninsured loss of or damage to, any property of the Company or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair value or repair cost (as the case may be) in excess of $100,000 individually or in the aggregate, and any such levy, seizure or attachment shall not be set aside, bonded or discharged within thirty (30) days after the date thereof;

 

xiii.         any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or other assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days;

 

xiv.         the Company, without the written consent of the Holders, shall enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom; provided, however, that the prohibition of this Section 4(a)(xiv) will not apply to the Company’s primary business of acquiring, purchasing, financing or leasing a fleet of automobiles to service its business so long as the Company does not assume an obligation of greater than $500,000 during the term of this Note without the Holder’s prior consent;

 

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xv.           the Company, without the written consent of the Holders, shall enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness similar in nature or structure to this Note; and

 

xvi.         the Company, without the written consent of the Holders, shall enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom; provided, however, that the prohibition of this Section 4(a)(xiv) will not apply to the Company’s primary business of acquiring, purchasing, financing or leasing a fleet of automobiles to service its business so long as the Company does not assume an obligation of greater than $500,000 during the term of this Note without the Holder’s prior consent.

 

b)       Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, then the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount. After the occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on this Note shall accrue at an additional interest rate equal to the lesser of 2% per month (24% per annum) or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 4(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Alternatively, at the election of the Holder, the Holder shall have the option to require the Company to redeem all of the Notes then held by such Holder though the issuance to such Holder of such number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (x) the Default Redemption Amount, divided by (y) lowest price in the ten (10) Trading Days immediately prior to the date of election hereunder, or (ii) increase the dividend rate on the outstanding Note held by such Holder retroactively to the initial Closing Date to 18% per annum thereafter. The Default Redemption Amount, whether payable in cash or in shares, shall be due and payable or issuable, as the case may be, within five (5) Trading Days of the date on which the notice for the payment therefor is provided by a Holder (the “Default Redemption Payment Date”). If the Company fails to pay in full the Default Redemption Amount hereunder on the date such amount is due in accordance with this Section 4(b) (whether in cash or shares of Common Stock), the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, accruing and compounding daily from such date until the Default Redemption Amount, plus all such interest thereon, is paid in full.

 

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Section 5.         Prepayment; Exit Fee

 

At any time upon five (5) days prior written notice to the Holder, the Company may prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Note, all accrued and unpaid interest relating to such prepaid portion of the principal and all other amounts due under this Note. The written notice shall, among other items, state the date such Prepayment Amount (as defined below) is to be paid to the Holder, which shall not in any event be later than 5 days from the date of mailing of the prepayment notice to the Holder (the “Prepayment Date”). If the Company exercises its right to prepay the Note, the Company shall make payment to the Holder of an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the sum of (x) the then outstanding principal amount of this Note, (y) all accrued but unpaid interest and (z) all other amounts owed pursuant to this Note including, but not limited to, all Late Fees and liquidated damages (collectively the “Prepayment Amount”), multiplied by (ii) (x) 105%. The Holder may continue to convert the Note from the date notice of the prepayment is given until the date the Holder receives in full, the Prepayment Amount. If the entire Prepayment Amount is not received by the Holder in immediately available funds by wire transfer pursuant to wire transfer instructions provided to the Company by the Holder, on or before the Prepayment Date, such shall, (at the election of the Holder) be an Event of Default of the payment of principal pursuant to Section 4(a)(1) hereof.

 

Section 6.         Miscellaneous.

 

a)       Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at 433 North Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 6(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second

 

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Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

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

 

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

 

d)       Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois, 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 Chicago, County of Cook (the “Illinois Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Illinois 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 Illinois Courts, or such Illinois Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

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

 

f)         Severability. If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

 

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

 

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h)       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.

 

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

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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

 

  YAYYO, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi
    Name: Ramy El-Batrawi
    Title: CEO

 

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Exhibit 1a.6q

 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE

 

This Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release (the "Agreement") is entered into and effective as of December 20, 2017 (the "Effective Date"), by and between CKR Law, LLP, a California limited liability partnership, including its partners, attorneys, officers, directors, employees, shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries and parent companies (collectively. "CKR") on the one hand, and YayYo, Inc.. a Delaware corporation ("YayYo"), on the other hand. For the purposes of this Agreement, CKR and YayYo are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Parties" and each separately as a "Party".

 

RECITALS

 

This Agreement is entered into with reference to the following facts:

 

A.           In November 2016. CKR and YayYo entered into a written engagement agreement (the "Original Engagement Agreement") pursuant to which CKR agreed to represent YayYo in certain legal matters involving corporate and securities law (the "Legal Services"); and

 

B.           Since the execution of the Engagement Agreement. CKR performed its Legal Services at the request and for the benefit of YayYo; and

 

C.           As of the date of this Agreement, YayYo owes CKR for accrued and unpaid legal fees in the amount of approximately $278,000.00 (hereinafter, the "Invoice") for Legal Services performed by CKR at the request and for the benefit of YayYo; and

 

D.           On or about May 10. 2017. the Parties agreed to terminate their attorney-client relationship and to terminate the Engagement Agreement, CKR resigned as legal counsel to YayYo, and YayYo engaged new legal counsel to represent YayYo going forward; and

 

E.           The Parties acknowledge and agree that, while there is currently no dispute under the terms of the Engagement Agreement or the resulting Legal Services or Invoice, it is nonetheless the Parties desire and intent to (i) terminate the Engagement Agreement, (ii) terminate and sever the attorney-client relationship between CKR and YayYo effective as of May 10, 2017, and (iii) provide for the settlement of the Invoice and the payment of the sums set forth herein as full and final payment of the Invoice owed by YayYo to CKR; and

 

F.           The Parties desire to settle any and all disputes which exist between them, including but not limited to, all disputes relating to the Engagement Agreement and/or the outstanding Invoice owed to CKR, subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement as set forth below.

 

TERMS OF SETTLEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, including the mutual promises as set forth below, the payment of monies as set forth below, and the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows (hereinafter referred to as the "Settlement"):

 

1.          Settlement Amount. As full and final settlement of the Invoice, YayYo agrees to pay to CKR cash and stock consideration in amounts to be paid and delivered as follows:

 

(a)          $50,000.00 in cash by bank wire transfer on or before January 5, 2018 (the "First Cash Payment"), the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged; and

 

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(b)          $50,000.00 in cash by bank wire transfer (the "Second Cash Payment") on or before April 5, 2018; provided that if CKR determines that YayYo has failed to comply with this Section 1(b), YayYo agrees:

 

(i) To commence repayment of the Second Cash Payment in no fewer than ten (10) monthly installments on the 8th of each month commencing April 8. 2018: and

 

(ii) In each instance, should YayYo fail to make a timely monthly installment payment (commencing with the first such payment on April 8, 2018 and on the 8th of each month thereafter), then YayYo shall on each such failure, issue and deliver a stock certificate representing 2.000 shares of YayYo common stock to CKR within three (3) business days of CKR making each such demand, with email demand to suffice:

 

(c)          To issue a stock certificate representing 20,000 shares of YayYo common stock on or before March 15, 2018; provided that if CKR determines that YayYo has failed to comply with this Section 1(c) YayYo agrees to issue and deliver a stock certificate representing 25,000 shares no later than March 20, 2018; and

 

(d)          if at any time after March 5, 2018, YayYo (or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries) raises investment capital in the amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) or more, YayYo agrees to immediately pay the Second Cash Payment less any amounts previously paid under Section l(b)(i) above, all as determined by CKR.

 

2.           Termination of the Original Engagement Agreement. The Parties agree that the Original Engagement Agreement between the Parties is terminated and CKR's representation of YayYo is terminated effective as of May 10, 2017.

 

3.           Representations and Warranties of YayYo. YayYo hereby expressly warrants and represents to CKR as follows:

 

(a)          YayYo understands and acknowledges that CKR has advised YayYo to seek the advice of independent legal counsel in connection with the preparation, review and execution of this Agreement and the settlement and mutual release contained in this Agreement:

 

(b)          YayYo understands and acknowledges that CKR has not and is not representing or advising YayYo as to this Agreement, including without limitation, the settlement of this fee dispute and the settlement of any other claims of any nature whatsoever, including without limitation legal malpractice claims;

 

(c)          YayYo has engaged independent legal counsel to represent YayYo's interests in connection with this Agreement and the subject matter hereof: and

 

(d)          The foregoing warranties and representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

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4.           Mutual General Release of All Claims. Each of the Parties to this Agreement, on behalf of themselves, and their respective present and former agents, employees, employers, officers, directors, shareholders, corporations (including, but not limited to, professional corporations), parent and subsidiary corporations, partnerships, partners, joint venturers, heirs, spouses, children, issue, family members, estates, beneficiaries, representatives, executors, administrators, investors, affiliates, attorneys, insurers, predecessor and successor corporations, successors and assigns, and each of them, and all those claiming by, through, under or in concert with them or any of them (collectively, the "Releasing Parties"), hereby completely release and fully and forever discharge each other and their respective present and former agents, employees, employers, officers, directors, shareholders, corporations (including, but not limited to, professional corporations), parent and subsidiary corporations, partnerships, partners, joint venturers, heirs, spouses, children, issue, family members, estates, beneficiaries, representatives, executors, administrators, investors, affiliates, attorneys, insurers, predecessor and successor corporations, successors and assigns, and each of them, and all those claiming by. through, under or in concert with them or any of them (collectively the "Released Parties"), from any and all claims, contentions, rights, debts, liabilities, demands, accounts, damages, promises, costs, expenses, (including but not limited to attorneys' fees), liens, subrogation rights, indemnification rights, losses, actions, and causes of action of any kind or nature whatsoever (hereinafter, referred to as "Claims"), whether due or owing in the past, present or future and whether based upon contract, tort, statute, or any other legal or equitable theory of recovery, and whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, with respect to, pertaining to, or that in any manner arise from or relate to the Original Engagement Agreement, the Legal Services, the Invoice and the Released Parties actions up through the Effective Date of this Agreement. This Section 4 is referred to as the "General Release." Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, it is the express intention of the Parties, and each of them, that the Claims released pursuant to this General Release do not include (i) Claims, if any, which arise from, pertain to, or are based upon a breach of this Agreement, including but not limited to, a breach of any or all of the payment and delivery obligations of YayYo under Section 1 above, and/or the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, and/or (ii) Claims, if any. which arise from, pertain to, or are based upon the executory obligations of this Agreement, including, but not limited to. any or all of the indemnifications set forth in this Agreement.

 

5.           Waiver of Civil Code Section 1542. Releasing Parties, and each of them, hereby waive any and all rights or benefits which any of them may have under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, providing that:

 

"A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR."

 

Releasing Parties, and each of them, hereby represent and warrant to the Released Parties, and each of them, that they understand the effect of this waiver and said Civil Code section and that they are represented and have been advised in this General Release by an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of California. Releasing Parties, and each of them, hereby specifically waive all rights, benefits and provisions of Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and any similar law of any other jurisdiction, which section has been fully explained to them.

 

6.           Release of Unknown Claims. Releasing Parties, and each of them, acknowledge that they, or any of them, may hereafter discover Claims and/or facts now unknown or unsuspected, or in addition to. or different from, those which Releasing Parties now know or believe to be true with respect to this General Release. Nevertheless, Releasing Parties, and each of them, intend by this General Release to release fully, finally, and forever all Claims released hereby. Accordingly, this General Release will remain in full force and as a separate release of such Claims notwithstanding the discovery or existence of any such additional or different Claims and/or facts before or after the Effective Date of this Agreement.

 

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7.           No Admission of Liability. This Agreement is entered into for the purposes of compromising disputed claims and avoiding the expense, inconvenience, and uncertainty of litigation. Nothing contained in this Agreement, nor any consideration given pursuant to it, shall constitute or be deemed an admission of any act, omission, liability, or damages of any party. It being understood and agreed that this is a compromise settlement of doubtful and disputed claims, or potential disputed claims, and the furnishing of the consideration for this Agreement shall not be deemed or construed as an admission of liability or responsibility at any time for any purpose.

 

8.           Terms and Conditions Confidential.

 

(a)          Subject to Section 8(b) below and except as may be required by law, each Party agrees to hold the terms and conditions of this Agreement in strict confidence. No Party shall disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement to any person or entity, except such Party's attorneys, accountants, tax consultants, state or federal authorities, or as may be required by law. Any person or entity to whom disclosure of the terms and conditions of this Agreement is made in accordance with this Section 7 shall be instructed that the terms and conditions of this Agreement are confidential. In the event that an inquiry is made to any of the Parties by any individual, other than the individuals described in this Section 7, to whom the Parties are bound or required to disclose such information, regarding the status of the dispute between the Parties, the Parties may comment only that this dispute was "resolved'' No Party shall disparage any other Party, nor shall any Party make any public statement nor do any act that is calculated or likely to result in an inquiry by any member of the public as to any aspect of the dispute between the Parties or any of the information covered by this confidentiality provision. All Parties shall make their best efforts in all respects and in good faith to keep all information concerning the dispute between the Parties or any of the information covered by this confidentiality provision confidential and secret from any person except the individuals described in this paragraph to whom the Parties are legally bound or otherwise required or permitted to disclose such information.

 

(b)          Any confidentiality or non-disclosure provision in this Agreement does not prohibit or restrict any Party (or such Party's attorney) from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing testimony before, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), any other self-regulatory organization or any other state or federal regulatory authority, regarding this settlement or its underlying facts or circumstances.

 

9.           Representations and Warranties of the Parties. The undersigned Parties each further expressly warrant and represent to the other Parties as follows:

 

(a)          Final Integrated Agreement. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire, final and binding understanding between the Parties hereto; that no other statement or representation, written or oral, express or implied, has been received or relied upon in the Settlement, and that all prior discussions, statements and negotiations made or which have occurred prior to the date of the Agreement will be deemed merged into this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, and will not be used for any other purpose whatsoever;

 

(b)          Understanding of Agreement. Each Party understands and agrees to the Settlement, this Agreement and the terms and conditions contained herein and in the documents referred to herein (if any), and has relied upon his, her or its own judgment, belief, knowledge, understanding and expertise after careful consideration with his, here or its own legal counsel concerning the legal effect of the Settlement and all of the terms of this Agreement;

 

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(c)          Voluntary Settlement. Each Party enters into the Settlement, this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, knowingly and voluntarily, in the total absence of any fraud, mistake, duress, coercion, or undue influence and after careful thought and reflection upon the Settlement, the Agreement and the documents referred to herein; and accordingly, by signing this document and the documents referred to herein, each signifies full understanding, agreement and acceptance;

 

(d)          Investigation of Facts. Each Party has investigated the facts pertaining to this Settlement and the Agreement and all matters pertaining thereto as deemed necessary to each Party and have assumed any risk of mistake of fact and any facts proven to be other than or different from the facts now known to any of the parties and therefore intend this Agreement to be binding without regard to any mistake of fact or law relating to the subject matter of this Agreement; and

 

(e)          No Other Actions. Each Party represents and warrants that he, she or it has not commenced or prosecuted and will not commence or prosecute any other action or proceeding for recovery of damages or for any form of equitable relief, declaratory relief or any other form of action or proceeding or arbitration against any Party or any other person based upon the Claims released in this Agreement. Each Party further acknowledges that this Agreement will constitute a judicial bar to the institution of any such action or proceeding or any assignment thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing there is no bar to further action based upon a breach of the terms of this agreement, specifically the amounts, timing and characteristics of the consideration set forth in Section 1 above; and

 

(f)          No Tax Representations. Except as may be set forth in this Agreement, no statement or representation, written or oral, express or implied, has been made to any Party or to their respective agents, representatives, employees, or attorneys about the federal or state income tax consequences of this Agreement and/or tax treatment of any monies paid pursuant to this Agreement; and

 

(g)          Authority to Execute, Deliver and Perform this Agreement; Indemnity. Each Party hereto represents and warrants to the other Party or Parties that he, she or it has the full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform under this Agreement and all documents referred to herein, and that any needed consent or approval from any other person has been obtained, including, but not limited to, valid corporate franchise and approval of the board of directors for any corporate party, and including the absence of any duty or obligation that would prevent, or be put in breach or default by, such execution, delivery or performance; and each Party will indemnify and hold the other Party or Parties harmless with respect to any and all liability, cost, expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), or claim with respect to, pertaining to, or arising from any assertion of any such obligation or lack of such power or authority.

 

(h)          This Agreement is being executed solely in reliance on their own respective judgment, belief and knowledge of the matters set forth here and on the advice of their respective attorneys following an independent investigation of all relevant matters to the extent they deem necessary and reasonable;

 

(i)          The parties hereby incorporate the Recitals set forth above as an integral part of this Agreement and acknowledge the truth and accuracy of those Recitals.

 

10.        Attorneys' Fees. The Parties shall each bear their own attorney's fees and other expenses incurred as a result of the dispute to which this Agreement relates, including expenses for the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement. If any legal action is commenced to interpret, enforce, or recover damages for the breach of any term of this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees incurred in connection with that action, in addition to costs of suit.

 

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11.         Non-Disparagement Clause. Each Party agrees that he, she or it will not directly or indirectly make any statement that will or may have the effect of disparaging any other Party or which is or may be derogatory of any other Party to this Agreement.

 

12.         Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the Parties concerning the settlement of this dispute. Any and all prior negotiations that are not contained in this Agreement are superseded and of no force or effect. Each Party represents and warrants that no promise or inducement to enter into this settlement has been made to him or her that is not set forth in this Agreement.

 

13.         Further Assurances. Each party covenants and agrees to execute such further documents and perform such further acts as may be reasonable and necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.

 

14.         Governing Law; Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of California. Each Party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Los Angeles County, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.

 

15.         Counterparts. This Agreement shall become effective on its execution by or on behalf of all Parties. It may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all counterparts shall together constitute the Agreement.

 

16.         Amendment. This Agreement may not be orally superseded, modified, or amended. No waiver, modification, or amendment shall be valid unless signed by all Parties.

 

17.         Authority. Each execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of the Parties hereto have been duly authorized by all necessary actions of each such Party.

 

18.         Binding on Successors. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties, their assigns, affiliates and their parent, subsidiary, related and affiliated organizations, companies and corporations.

 

19.         Construction; Gender. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

20.         Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and in no way, define or limit the scope or interpretation of this Agreement. Where the context requires, the masculine, feminine, and neuter genders shall be construed to include each other, as shall the singular and the plural and the past, present, and future tenses.

 

21.         Ambiguities or Uncertainties. The Settlement, this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, and any ambiguities or uncertainties herein or therein, will be equally and fairly interpreted and construed without reference to the identity of the Party or Parties preparing this document or the documents referred to herein, on the express understanding and agreement that the Parties participated equally in the negotiation and preparation of the Agreement and the documents referred to herein, or have had equal opportunity to do so. Accordingly, the Parties hereby waive the benefit of California Civil Code section 1654 and any successor or amended statute, providing that in cases of uncertainty, language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the Party who caused the uncertainty to exist.

 

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22.         Advice of Legal Counsel; Voluntary Execution of this Agreement. Each of the Parties acknowledge that they have read and understood this Agreement, its legal effect and its tax ramifications (if any). Each Party acknowledges that such Party has had a reasonable opportunity to obtain independent legal counsel for advice and representation in connection with this Agreement. Each Party further acknowledges that such Party is not relying on the legal counsel employed by the other Party, and each Party is entering into this Agreement without any fraud, deception, misrepresentation, duress or undue influence on the part or behalf of the Parties hereto, with the full intent of releasing all claims. The Parties further acknowledge that: (a) they have read this Agreement); (b) they have been represented in the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this Agreement by legal counsel of their own choice, or have had an opportunity to do so and voluntarily elected not to; (c) they know and understand the terms of this Agreement and of the releases it contains; and (d) they are fully aware of the legal and binding effect of this Agreement.

 

23.         Survival of Executory Provisions. Any and all executory provision under this Agreement and the documents referred to herein will survive the consummation of this Agreement and will continue in full force and effect until fully performed and satisfied.

 

24.         Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement should be held to be void, voidable or unenforceable, the remaining portions hereof will remain in full force and effect.

 

25.         Waiver. No waiver by any of the Parties of any breach by the other Party hereto of any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by the other Party hereto shall be deemed a waiver of any similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any prior or subsequent time, nor shall the failure of or delay by either of the Parties in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder operate as a waiver thereof to preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands with effect as of the date first above written.

 

For: CKR LAW, LLP   For: YAYYO, INC.
         
By: /s/ Joe Tagliaferro   By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi
         
Name: Joe Tagliaferro   Name: Ramy El-Batrawi
         
Title: Partner   Title: CEO
         
Dated: 3/618   Dated: 12-27-17

 

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Exhibit 1a.6r

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December [__], 2017 (this “Agreement”), is among YayYo, Inc. (the “Company”), all of the Subsidiaries of the Company, which Subsidiaries are set forth on Schedule I hereto (the Subsidiaries, and together with the Company, collectively the “Debtors”) and the holder of the Company’s 6% Secured Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $200,000 due on or about [_______], [___] (the “Note”), signatory hereto, its endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the “Secured Parties”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend the loan evidenced by the Note and to consummate the transaction contemplated by Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (the “Transaction”), the Debtors have agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties, pari passu with each other Secured Party and through the Agent (as defined in Section 18 hereof), a security interest in the Collateral to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Debtors’ Obligations to the Secured Parties including, but not limited to, under the Note, the Purchase Agreement, dated on or about December [__], 2017, by and between Bellridge Capital, L.P. (“Bellridge”) and the Company (the “Purchase Agreement”)

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.           Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”, “commercial tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”, “general intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”, “letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”) shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

(a)          “Collateral” means the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest by this Agreement and which shall include the following personal property of the Debtors, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming into existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and all substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in connection therewith, and all dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities, equity interest or other property at any time and from time to time acquired, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the following:

 

(i)          All goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers, motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment of every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with the Debtors’ businesses and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory, including all now owned or hereafter acquired inventory wherever located including in transit or in warehouses;

 

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(ii)         All contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation, all partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities, rights under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged Securities, licenses, distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”, licensed from any third party or developed by Debtors), computer software development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, Intellectual Property and income tax refunds;

 

(iii)        All accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing any of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title, security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of stoppage in transit;

 

(iv)        All documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;

 

(v)         All commercial tort claims;

 

(vi)        All deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit accounts);

 

(vii)       All investment property;

 

(viii)      All supporting obligations; and

 

(ix)         All files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs; and

 

(x)          the Pledged Securities;

 

(xi)         the products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i)-(x) above.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the “Collateral” shall include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership and/or other equity interests in each subsidiary of the Debtors, including, without limitation, the shares of capital stock and the other equity interests listed on Schedule I hereto (as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof), and any other shares of capital stock and/or other equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Debtors obtained in the future, and, in each case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and, in each case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or equity interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing and all rights arising under or in connection with the Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all dividends, interest and cash.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of any asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden by Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law); provided, however, that to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in the proceeds of such asset.

 

(b)          “Intellectual Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing, and (vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.

 

(c)          “Majority in Interest” means, at any time of determination, 50.01% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Notes of the Secured Parties.

 

(d)          “Necessary Endorsement” means undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that term is defined below) may reasonably request.

 

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(e)          “Obligations” means all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted, acquired, or owing to, of Debtors to the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Agreement, the Note, the Purchase Agreement, the other Documents and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Note and the loan extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time to time under or in connection with this Agreement, the Note, the Purchase Agreement and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; including but not limited to late fees, liquidated damages, default interest and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Debtors.

 

(f)          “Organizational Documents” means with respect to Debtors, the documents by which Debtors were organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of Debtors (such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members agreement).

 

(g)          “Pledged Interests” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(j).

 

(h)          “Pledged Securities” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(i).

 

(i)          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person and “Subsidiaries” means collectively each and every Subsidiary of a Person. The signature page hereto of the Debtors lists, in addition to the Company, all Subsidiaries of the Company

 

(ii) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly, if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.

 

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2.           Grant of Security Interest in Collateral. As an inducement for the Secured Parties to extend the loan as evidenced by the Note and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, Debtors hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledge, grant and hypothecate to the Secured Parties a security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (a “Security Interest” and, collectively, the “Security Interests”).

 

3.           Delivery of Certain Collateral. Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, Debtors shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities, and (b) any and all certificates and other instruments or documents representing any of the other Collateral, in each case, together with all Necessary Endorsements. The Debtors are, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, delivering to Agent, or have previously delivered to Agent, a true and correct copy of each Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged Securities.

 

4.           Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the Debtors. Except as expressly set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Secured Parties concurrently herewith and attached hereto (the “Disclosure Schedules”), which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, Debtors represent and warrant to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as follows:

 

(a)          Each Debtor has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Debtors of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Debtors and no further action is required by Debtors. This Agreement has been duly executed by Debtors. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Debtors, enforceable against Debtors in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity.

 

(b)          Each Debtor has no place of business or offices where their respective books of account and records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. Except as specifically set forth on Schedule A, Debtors are the record owner of the real property where such Collateral is located, and there exist no mortgages or other liens on any such real property. Except as disclosed on Schedule A, none of such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee, warehouseman, agent or processor.

 

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(c)          Except as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto, the Debtors are the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by Debtors in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and is fully authorized to grant the Security Interests. Except as set forth on Schedule C attached hereto, there is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that will be filed in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral. Except as set forth on Schedule C attached hereto and except pursuant to this Agreement the Purchase Agreement, the Note and the other Documents as long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Debtors shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any other financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).

 

(d)          Except as set forth on Schedule D attached hereto, no written claim has been received that any Collateral or Debtors’ use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. Except as set forth on Schedule D attached hereto, there has been no adverse decision to Debtors’ claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to Debtors’ right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of Debtors, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.

 

(e)          The Debtors shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 30 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interests to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral.

 

(f)          This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. Upon making the filings described in the immediately following paragraph, all security interests created hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing UCC financing statements shall have been duly perfected. Except for the filing of the UCC financing statements referred to in the immediately following paragraph, the recordation of the Patent and Security Agreement (as defined in Section 4(p) hereof) with respect to copyrights and copyright applications in the United States Copyright Office referred to in paragraph (m), the execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit account of the Debtors, and the delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in Section 3, no action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests created hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the filing of said financing statements, the recordation of said Patent and Security Agreement, and the execution and delivery of said deposit account control agreements, no consent of any third parties and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection of the Security Interests created hereunder in the Collateral or (iii) the enforcement of the rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder.

 

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(g)          Debtors hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more (i) financing statements under the UCC or any other similar law with respect to the Obligations of the Debtors to the Secured Parties, (ii) amend and restate all prior financing statements under the UCC, and (iii) take all such other actions so that all Obligations hereunder are pari passu between each of the Secured Parties with respect to the Security Interests, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it, including foreign jurisdictions.

 

(h)          The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtors does not (i) violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of Debtors or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to Debtors or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a breach, default and/or on event of default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing Debtors’ debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which Debtors are a party or by which any property or asset of Debtors are bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of Debtors) necessary for Debtors to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained, and which consents are set forth on Schedule J hereto.

 

(i)          The capital stock and other equity interests listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Pledged Securities”) represent all of the capital stock and other equity interests of all of the subsidiaries of the Debtors, and represent all capital stock and other equity interests owned, directly or indirectly, by the Debtors. All of the Pledged Securities are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and except as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto, the Debtors are the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Securities, free and clear of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance except for the security interests created by this Agreement.

 

(j)          The ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability companies (if any) included in the Collateral (the “Pledged Interests”) by their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial intermediary.

 

(k)          Except as set forth on Schedule D, Debtors shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interests provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 14 hereof. Debtors hereby agree to defend the same against the claims of any and all persons and entities. Debtors shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured Parties. At the request of the Agent, Debtors will sign and deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Agent to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Debtors shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interests hereunder, and Debtors shall obtain and furnish to the Agent from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interests hereunder.

 

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(l)          Debtors will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by Debtors in their ordinary course of business and sales of inventory by Debtors in their ordinary course of business) without the prior written consent as provided herein.

 

(m)         Debtors shall keep and preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible Collateral in good condition, repair and order and shall not operate or locate any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from insurance coverage.

 

(n)          Debtors shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the Collateral, including Collateral hereafter acquired, against loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by entities of established reputation having similar properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by other such entities and otherwise as is prudent for entities engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient to cover the full replacement cost thereof. Debtors shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer issuing such policy to certify to the Agent, that (a) the Agent will be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage under the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty (30) days of notice from the insurer of such default. If no Event of Default (as defined in the Note) exists and if the proceeds arising out of any claim or series of related claims do not exceed $50,000, loss payments in each instance will be applied by the Debtors to the repair and/or replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to the Debtors; provided, however, that payments received by Debtors after an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or in excess of $50,000 for any occurrence or series of related occurrences shall be paid to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and, if received by Debtors, shall be held in trust for the Secured Parties and immediately paid over to the Agent unless otherwise directed in writing by the Agent. Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in each case, naming the Agent as lender loss payee and additional insured shall be delivered to the Agent at least annually and at the time any new policy of insurance is issued.

 

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(o)          Debtors shall promptly but in no event later than two (2) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Parties, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Parties’ security interest, through the Agent, therein.

 

(p)          Debtors shall promptly execute and deliver to the Agent such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Agent may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce the Secured Parties’ security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, if applicable, the execution and delivery of a separate security agreement with respect to Debtors’ Intellectual Property (“Patent and Security Agreement”) in which the Secured Parties have been granted a security interest hereunder, substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which Patent and Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.

 

(q)          Debtors shall permit the Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Agent from time to time (except upon an Event of Default, an event of default (and/or an event of default or an event of default that would occur upon the passage of time and/or the giving of notice), in which event inspection shall be at any time as requested by all of the above parties.

 

(r)          Debtors shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.

 

(s)          Debtors shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against any Collateral and of any other information received by Debtors that may materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder.

 

(t)          All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties by or on behalf of Debtors with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.

 

(u)          The Debtors shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises material to its business.

 

(v)         Debtors will not change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it provides at least 30 days prior written notice to the Secured Parties of such change and, at the time of such written notification, Debtors provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.

 

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(w)          Except in the ordinary course of business, Debtors may not consign any of its inventory or sell any of its inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale without the consent of the Agent which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(x)          Debtors may not relocate their chief executive office to a new location without providing 30 days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Parties and so long as, at the time of such written notification, Debtors provide any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this Agreement.

 

(y)          Debtors were organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state set forth next to Debtors’ name in Schedule E attached hereto, which Schedule E sets forth Debtors’ organizational identification number or, if Debtors do not have one, states that one does not exist.

 

(z)          (i) The actual names of Debtors are the name set forth in Schedule F attached hereto; (ii) Debtors have no trade names except as set forth on Schedule F attached hereto; (iii) Debtors have not used any name other than that stated in the preamble hereto or as set forth on Schedule F for the preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into Debtors or been acquired by Debtors within the past five years except as set forth on Schedule F.

 

(aa)         At any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments, certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the Debtors shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.

 

(bb)         Debtors, in their capacity as issuer, hereby agree to comply with any and all orders and instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent with the terms of this Agreement without the further consent of Debtors as contemplated by Section 8-106 (or any successor section) of the UCC. Further, Debtors agree that they shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one that would confer “control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any other person or entity.

 

(cc)         Debtors shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral to be delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, the Debtors shall cause the underlying chattel paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or successor section thereto).

 

(dd)         If there is any investment property or deposit account included as Collateral that can be perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, the Debtors shall cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance in each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into and delivered to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

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(ee)         To the extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights, the Debtors shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to consent to an assignment of the proceeds thereof to the Secured Parties.

 

(ff)         To the extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the Debtors shall join with the Agent in notifying such third party of the Secured Parties’ security interest in such Collateral and shall use its best efforts to obtain an acknowledgement and agreement from such third party with respect to the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

(gg)         If Debtors shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, Debtors shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in a writing signed by Debtors of the particulars thereof and grant to the Secured Parties in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

 

(hh)         Debtors shall immediately provide written notice to the Secured Parties of any and all accounts which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority and, to the extent necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and deliver to the Agent an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate with the Agent in taking any other steps required, in its judgment, under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof.

 

(ii)         Debtors shall cause each Subsidiary of Debtors to immediately become a party hereto (an “Additional Debtor”), by executing and delivering an Additional Debtor Joinder in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable to the Debtors. Concurrent therewith, the Additional Debtor shall deliver replacement schedules for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or referred to in) this Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall supersede, or supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in effect. The Additional Debtor shall also deliver such opinions of counsel, authorizing resolutions, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates, organizational documents, financing statements and other information and documentation as the Agent may reasonably request. Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Agent, the Additional Debtor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same rights and obligations as the Debtors, for all purposes hereof as fully and to the same extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed to have made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein as of the date of execution and delivery of such Additional Debtor Joinder, and all references herein to the “Debtor” shall be deemed to include each Additional Debtor.

 

(jj)          Debtors shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Note.

 

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(kk)         Upon execution of this Agreement, Debtors shall provide the Agent (i) undated Necessary Endorsements for the transfer to and in the name of the Agent of all Pledged Securities so that all such Pledged Securities can be dealt with by the Agent upon the occurrence and in the manner as provided herein, and (ii) all Pledged Securities to the Agent. Upon execution of the Agreement register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on the books of Debtors. Debtors shall notify each issuer of Pledged Securities to register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the name of the Secured Parties on the books of such issuer. Further, except with respect to certificated securities delivered to the Agent, the Debtors shall deliver to Agent an acknowledgement of pledge (which, where appropriate, shall comply with the requirements of the relevant UCC with respect to perfection by registration) signed by the issuer of the applicable Pledged Securities, which acknowledgement shall confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its books and records; and (b) at any time directed by Agent during the continuation of an Event of Default, such issuer will transfer the record ownership of such Pledged Securities into the name of any designee of Agent, will take such steps as may be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply with all other instructions of Agent regarding such Pledged Securities without the further consent of the Debtors.

 

(ll)           In the event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall sell all or any of the Pledged Securities to another party or parties (herein called the “Transferee”) or shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, Debtors shall, to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee, as the case may be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock certificate books, corporate seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements, evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other Organizational Documents and records of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations of the persons then serving as officers and directors of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, if so requested; and (iii) use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that are required by any governmental or regulatory body in order to permit the sale of the Pledged Securities to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the Pledged Securities by Agent and allow the Transferee or Agent to continue the business of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries.

 

(mm)       Without limiting the generality of the other obligations of the Debtors hereunder, Debtors shall promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright Office all of its material copyrights, (ii) cause the security interest contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at the United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office to be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any additional material Intellectual Property.

 

(nn)        Debtors will from time to time promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, and take all such further action as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder and with respect to any Collateral or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(oo)         Schedule G attached hereto lists all of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by the Debtors as of the date hereof. Schedule G lists all material licenses in favor of Debtors for the use of any patents, trademarks, copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof. All material patents and trademarks of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.

 

(pp)         Except as set forth on Schedule H attached hereto, none of the account debtors or other persons or entities obligated on any of the Collateral is a governmental authority covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule in respect of such Collateral.

 

5.            Effect of Pledge on Certain Rights. If any of the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights) that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that the pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or the enforcement of any of Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the type of event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which Debtors are subject or to which Debtors are party.

 

6.            Events of Defaults. The following events shall be “Events of Default”:

 

(a)          The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) under the Note;

 

(b)          Any representation or warranty of Debtors in this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;

 

(c)          The failure by Debtors to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder for five (5) days after delivery to Debtors of notice of such failure by or on behalf of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such time frame and Debtors are using best efforts to cure same in a timely fashion;

 

(d)          If any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by Debtors, or a proceeding shall be commenced by Debtors, or by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over Debtors, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or Debtors shall deny that Debtors have any liability or obligation purported to be created under this Agreement; or

 

(e)          Any material diminution in the value of the collateral as determined by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

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7.           Duty To Hold In Trust.

 

(a)          Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, Debtors shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income, dividend, interest or other sums subject to the Security Interests, whether payable pursuant to the Note or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to their then-currently outstanding principal amount of Note, for application to the satisfaction of the Obligations.

 

(b)          If Debtors shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or other property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or instruments representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof, or any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization of Debtors or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities or otherwise), Debtors agree to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth business day following the receipt thereof by Debtors, in the exact form received together with the Necessary Endorsements, to be held by Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.

 

8.           Rights and Remedies Upon an Event of Default.

 

(a)          Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Parties, acting through the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Note, and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the following rights and powers:

 

(i)          The Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and Debtors shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at Debtors’ premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Agent, without rent, all of Debtors’ respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Agent taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or disposable form.

 

(ii)         Upon notice to the Debtors by Agent, all rights of Debtors to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise and all rights of Debtors to receive the dividends and interest which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease. Upon such notice, Agent shall have the right to receive, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the option of Agent, to exercise in such Agent’s discretion all voting rights pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other readjustment concerning or involving the Collateral or Debtors or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries.

 

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(iii)        The Agent shall have the right to operate the business of Debtors using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to Debtors or right of redemption of Debtors, which are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of Debtors, which are hereby waived and released.

 

(iv)        The Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce the Debtors’ rights against such account debtors and obligors.

 

(v)         The Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other person or entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or its designee.

 

(vi)        The Agent may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in the name of Debtors at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.

 

(b)          The Agent shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtors will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition, Debtors waive any and all rights that they may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.

 

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(c)          For the purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, Debtors hereby grant to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to Debtors) to use, license or sublicense following an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtors, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.

 

9.           Applications of Proceeds. The proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring any portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amount of the Note at the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the Debtors any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtors will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 18% per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “Default Rate”), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtors waive all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

10.         Securities Law Provision. Debtors recognize that Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal or state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities Laws”), and may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Debtors agree that sales so made may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public, and that Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Laws. Debtors shall cooperate with Agent in its attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including, without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable to the sale of the Pledged Securities by Agent.

 

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11.         Costs and Expenses. Debtors agree to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Agent. The Debtors shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interests therein. The Debtors will also, upon demand, pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur in connection with the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure, collection or enforcement of the Security Interest and the preparation, administration, continuance, amendment or enforcement of this Agreement and pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Note. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Note and shall bear interest at the default rate.

 

12.         Responsibility for Collateral. The Debtors assume all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) Debtors shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by Debtors thereunder. Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of Debtors under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.

 

13.         Security Interests Absolute. All rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Debtors hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Note or any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Note or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to Debtors, or a discharge of all or any part of the Security Interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Debtors expressly waive presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, Debtors’ obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Debtors waive all right to require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Debtors waive any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.

 

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14.          Term of Agreement. This Agreement and the Security Interests shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Note have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all indemnities of the Debtors contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Annex B hereto) shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.

 

15.          Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.

 

(a)          Debtors authorize the Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Agent and its officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as Debtors’ true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Agent or Debtors, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of the Agent, and at the expense of the Debtors, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interests granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Note all as fully and effectually as the Debtors might or could do; and Debtors hereby ratify all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding. The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or agreements to which Debtors are subject or to which Debtors are a party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.

 

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(b)          On a continuing basis, Debtors will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule E attached hereto, all such instruments, and take all such action as may reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the Agent, to perfect the Security Interests granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the Agent the grant or perfection of a perfected security interest in all the Collateral under the UCC.

 

(c)          Debtors hereby irrevocably appoint the Agent as Debtors’ attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and instead of Debtors and in the name of Debtors, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of Debtors where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need not) describe the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of like import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Agent. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.

 

16.         Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement.

 

17.         Other Security. To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.

 

18.         Appointment of Agent. The Secured Parties hereby appoint [______] to act as their agent (“Agent”) for purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder including Annex B hereto. Such appointment shall continue until revoked in writing by a Majority in Interest, at which time a Majority in Interest shall appoint a new Agent. The Agent shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in Annex B hereto.

 

19.         Miscellaneous.

 

(a)          No course of dealing between the Debtors and the Secured Parties, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

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(b)          All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Note or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently.

 

(c)          This Agreement, together with the annexes and schedules hereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Agreement and the annexes and schedules hereto. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Debtors and the Secured Parties holding a Majority in Interest of the principal amount of Note then outstanding, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.

 

(d)          If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(e)          No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

(f)          This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Debtors may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Secured Party (other than by merger). Any Secured Party may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to whom such Secured Party assigns or transfers any Obligations, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Obligations, by the provisions of this Agreement that apply to the Secured Parties.

 

(g)          Each party hereto shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(h)          Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, Debtors agree that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Note, the Purchase Agreement and/or other documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, Debtors hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by 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 Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(i)          This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.

 

(j)          Debtors shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless each of the Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in the Note, the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

 

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(k)          Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject Agent or any Secured Party to liability as a partner in Debtors or any if their direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member in Debtors or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of any Debtors or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted for Debtors as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.

 

(l)          To the extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of any partner or member, as applicable, of Debtors or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Debtors or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents, the Debtors hereby grants such consent and approval and waives any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.

 

YAYYO, INC.  
 
By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Name: Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Title: CEO  

 

Distinct Cars, LLC  
   
By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Name: Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Title: Managing Member  

 

Savy, LLC  
   
By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Name: Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Title: Managing Member  

 

RideYayYo, LLC  
 
By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Name: Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Title: Managing Member  

 

RideShare Car Rentals, LLC  
 
By: /s/ Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Name: Ramy El-Batrawi  
  Title: Managing Member  

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF SECURED PARTIES TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

Name of Investing Entity: Bellridge Capital, L.P.

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity: _________________________

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: _________________________

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________

 

 

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF SECURED PARTIES TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

Name of Investing Entity: Bellridge Capital, L.P.

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity: /s/ Robert Klimov

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: Robert Klimov

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: Managing Partner

 

Appointment as Collateral Agent accepted and agreed to:

 

[_________]

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity:  

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:  

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

to

SECURITY

AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF ADDITIONAL DEBTOR JOINDER

 

Security Agreement dated as of December [__], 2017 made by
YayYo, Inc.,

and its Subsidiaries party thereto from time to time, as Debtors

to and in favor of

the Secured Parties identified therein (the “Security Agreement”)

 

Reference is made to the Security Agreement as defined above; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby agrees that upon delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder to the Secured Parties referred to above, the undersigned shall (a) be an Additional Debtor under the Security Agreement, (b) have all the rights and obligations of the Debtor under the Security Agreement as fully and to the same extent as if the undersigned was an original signatory thereto and (c) be deemed to have made the representations and warranties set forth therein as of the date of execution and delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE UNDERSIGNED SPECIFICALLY GRANTS TO THE SECURED PARTIES A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE COLLATERAL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL PROVISIONS SET FORTH THEREIN.

 

Attached hereto are supplemental and/or replacement Schedules to the Security Agreement, as applicable.

 

An executed copy of this Joinder shall be delivered to the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may rely on the matters set forth herein on or after the date hereof. This Joinder shall not be modified, amended or terminated without the prior written consent of the Secured Parties.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in the name and on behalf of the undersigned.

 

  [Name of Additional Debtor]
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  Address:  
   
Dated:  

 

 

 

 

ANNEX B
to

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THE AGENT

 

1. Appointment. The Secured Parties (all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings provided in the Security Agreement to which this Annex B is attached (the “Agreement”)), by their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate [_______] (“Agent”) as the Agent to act as specified herein and in the Agreement. Each Secured Party shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize the Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Agreement and any other Document (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and/or any other agreement deemed to be a part of the Transaction (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees.

 

2. Nature of Duties. The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Agreement. Neither the Agent nor any of its partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it as such under the Agreement or hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any oversight or error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused solely by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction. The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have by reason of the Agreement or any other Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of Debtor or any Secured Party; and nothing in the Agreement or any other Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except as expressly set forth herein and therein.

 

3. Lack of Reliance on the Agent. Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each Secured Party, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Debtor and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured Party’s investment in the Debtor, the creation and continuance of the Obligations, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the taking or not taking of any action in connection therewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Debtor and its subsidiaries, and of the value of the Collateral from time to time, and the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Secured Party with any credit, market or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred or at any time or times thereafter. The Agent shall not be responsible to any Debtor or any Secured Party for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith, or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectability, priority or sufficiency of the Agreement or any other Document, or for the financial condition of any Debtor or the value of any of the Collateral, or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the financial condition of any Debtor, or the value of any of the Collateral, or the existence or possible existence of any default or Event of Default under the Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Note or any of the other Documents.

 

 

 

 

4. Certain Rights of the Agent. The Agent shall have the right to take any action with respect to the Collateral, on behalf of all of the Secured Parties. To the extent practical, the Agent shall request instructions from the Secured Parties with respect to any material act or action (including failure to act) in connection with the Agreement or any other Document, and shall be entitled to act or refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of a Majority in Interest; if such instructions are not provided despite the Agent’s request therefor, the Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action, and if such action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate indemnification from the Secured Parties in respect of actions to be taken by the Agent; and the Agent shall not incur liability to any person or entity by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement or any other Document, and the Debtors shall have no right to question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions given to, the Agent pursuant to the foregoing, and (b) the Agent shall not be required to take any action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be expected to expose it to personal liability or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or applicable law.

 

5. Reliance. The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone message signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement and the other Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it and upon all other matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of other experts selected by it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Secured Party to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Debtors or is cared for, protected or insured or that the liens granted pursuant to the Agreement have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority.

 

6. Indemnification. To the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Debtor, the Secured Parties will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Agent, in proportion to their initially purchased principal amount of Note, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in performing its duties hereunder or under the Agreement or any other Document, or in any way relating to or arising out of the Agreement or any other Document except for those determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the Agent's (and/or by Agent’s representatives of the Agent) gross negligence or willful misconduct. Prior to taking any action hereunder as Agent, the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient sums as it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and expenses associated with taking such action.

 

 

 

 

7. Resignation by the Agent.

 

(a)  The Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving 30 days' prior written notice (as provided in the Agreement) to the Debtor and the Secured Parties. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.

 

(b) Upon any such notice of resignation, the Secured Parties, acting by a Majority in Interest, shall appoint a successor Agent hereunder.

 

(c) If a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30-day period, the Agent shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Agent until such time, if any, as the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent as provided above. If a successor Agent has not been appointed within such 30-day period, the Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction or may interplead the Debtors and the Secured Parties in a proceeding for the appointment of a successor Agent, and all fees, including, but not limited to, extraordinary fees associated with the filing of interpleader and expenses associated therewith, shall be payable by the Debtor on demand.

 

8. Rights with respect to Collateral. Each Secured Party agrees with all other Secured Parties and the Agent (i) that it shall not, and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to its security interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant to any other agreement or otherwise (other than pursuant to this Agreement), or take or institute any action against the Agent or any of the other Secured Parties in respect of the Collateral or its rights hereunder (other than any such action arising from the breach of this Agreement) and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights with respect to the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement and the other Documents. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of the Agreement including this Annex B shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent.

 

 

 

 

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

(Security Agreement)

 

The following are the Disclosure Schedules (the “Disclosure Schedules”) referred to in that certain Security Agreement, dated as of December [__], 2017 (the “Agreement”), by and between YayYo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), all of the Subsidiaries of the Company (such subsidiaries, the “Subsidiaries” and together with the Company, the “Debtors ”) and the holders of the Company’s 6% Secured Promissory Note, in the original principal amount of up to $200,000 (the “Note”) signatory thereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the “Secured Parties”).

 

Schedule A

Principal Place of Business of each Debtor:

Locations Where all Collateral is Located or Stored, Etc.

 

[LIST]

 

Schedule B

Ownership Interest to Collateral

 

[LIST]

 

Schedule C

Other Liens, Etc.

 

[LIST]

 

Schedule D

List of Capital Stock and other Equity Securities of Subsidiaries; Ownership of such Capital Stock; Liens, Etc. on Collateral and such Capital Stock

 

[LIST]

 

Schedule E

Name and Place of Jurisdiction; State of Formation and Organized Number of each Debtor.

 

[LIST]

 

Schedule F

 

 

 

 

Legal Names of Organization Identification Numbers of each Debtor, and Trade Names, other Names, Mergers and Acquisitions

 

[LIST AS APPROPRIATE.]

 

Schedule G

Intellectual Property, Etc.

 

Patents/Patent Applications

 

Domain Names

 

Copyrights

 

[LIST]

 

Trademarks/Trademark Applications

 

FILE NO.   COUNTRY   MARK
         

 

Schedule H

Account Debtors

 

[LIST]

 

Schedule I

Pledged Securities

 

The Company is the sole owner 100% of the [_____] its subsidiaries, as follows:

 

[LIST]

 

Schedule J

Consents

 

[LIST]

 

 

 

Exhibit 1a.12b

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and

Stockholders of Yayyo Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial /statements

 

I have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Yayyo, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2016 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity (deficit), and cash flows for the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016 and for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In my opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Yayyo, Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from June 21, 2016 (inception) to December 31, 2016 and for the year ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. My responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. I am a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United Sates) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

I conducted my audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that I plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor was I engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of my audits I was required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. According I express no such opinion.

 

My audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. My audits also included evaluation of the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. I believe that my audits provide a reasonable basis for my opinion.

 

   

I have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016

 

Denver, Colorado

 

March 9, 2018

 

 

aj@ajrobbins.com

3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Suite 575 East, Denver, Colorado 80209

(B)303-331-6190 (M)720-339-5566 (F)303-845-9078