Exhibit 10.1
EQUITY FINANCING AGREEMENT
This EQUITY FINANCING AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”), dated as of August 21, 2018 (the
“Execution Date”),
is entered into by and
between NaturalShrimp Incorporated.,
a
Nevada corporation
with its principal executive office at
5080 Spectrum Dr. Suite 1000, Addison TX 75001 (the
“Company”), and GHS Investments LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company, with offices at 420 Jericho
Turnpike, Suite 207, Jericho, NY 11753 (the
“Investor”
).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Investor shall
invest up to Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000) (the "Commitment
Amount"), from time to time over the course of thirty six (36)
months after an effective registration of the underlying shares
(the “Contract Period”) to purchase the Company’s
common stock par value $0.0001 per share (the
“
Common Stock
”);
WHEREAS, such investments will be made 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
”), Rule 506 of
Regulation D promulgated by the SEC under the 1933 Act, and/or upon
such other exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933
Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the
investments in Common Stock to be made hereunder;
and
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and
delivering a Registration Rights Agreement substantially in the
form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the “
Registration Rights
Agreement
”) pursuant to
which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights
under the 1933 Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and applicable state securities
laws.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, which shall
be considered an integral part of this Agreement, the covenants and
agreements set forth hereafter, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION I.
DEFINITIONS
For
all purposes of and under this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings below, and such meanings shall be
equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such defined
terms.
“
1933 Act
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
1934 Act
” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same will then be in
effect.
“
Affiliate
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
5.7
.
“
Agreement
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Articles of
Incorporation
” shall have
the meaning set forth in
Section
4.3
.
“
By-laws
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
4.3
.
“
Closing
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
2.4
.
“
Closing Date
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
2.4
.
“
Common Stock
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
Control
” or “
Controls
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
5.7
.
“
Effective
Date
” shall mean the date
the SEC declares effective under the 1933 Act the Registration
Statement covering the Securities.
“
Environmental
Laws
” shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
4.13
.
“
Execution
Date
” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“
Indemnified
Liabilities
” shall have
the meaning set forth in
Section
10
.
“
Indemnitees
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
10
.
“
Indemnitor
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
10
.
“
Ineffective
Period
” shall mean any
period of time that the Registration Statement or any supplemental
registration statement becomes ineffective or unavailable for use
for the sale or resale, as applicable, of any or all of the
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) for any reason (or in the event the prospectus under
either of the above is not current and deliverable) during any time
period required under the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“
Investor
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“Market
Price”
shall mean the
lowest traded price of the Company's Common Stock during the
Pricing Period.
“
Material Adverse
Effect
” shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
4.1
.
“
Maximum Common Stock
Issuance
” shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
2.5
.
“
Open Period
” shall mean the period beginning on and
including the Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date
and ending on the earlier to occur of (i) the date which is thirty
six (36) months from the Effective Date; or (ii) termination of the
Agreement in accordance with
Section
8
.
“
Pricing
Period
” shall mean ten
(10) consecutive trading days preceding the receipt of the
applicable Put Notice.
“
Principal
Market
” shall mean the
New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex, the Nasdaq Capital Market,
the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the
OTC Markets, whichever is the principal market on which the Common
Stock is listed.
“
Prospectus
” shall mean the prospectus, preliminary
prospectus and supplemental prospectus used in connection with the
Registration Statement.
“
Purchase
Amount
” shall mean the
total amount being paid by the Investor on a particular Closing
Date to purchase the Securities.
“
Purchase
Price
” shall mean eighty
percent (80%) of the Market Price.
“
Put
” shall mean the Company is entitled to
request equity investments (the “Put” or
“Puts”) by the Investor during the Contract Period,
pursuant to which the Company will issue Common Stock to the
Investor with an aggregate Purchase Price equal to the value of the
Put, subject to a price per share calculation based on the Market
Price.
“
Put Amount
” shall mean the total dollar amount
requested by the Company pursuant to an applicable Put. The timing
and amounts of each Put shall be at the discretion of the Company.
The maximum dollar amount of each Put will not exceed two hundred
percent (200%) of the average daily trading dollar volume for the
Company’s Common Stock during the ten (10) trading days
preceding the Put Date. No Put will be made in an amount greater
than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). Puts are further
limited to the Investor owning no more than 9.99% of the
outstanding stock of the Company at any given
time.
“
Put Notice
” shall mean a written notice sent to the
Investor by the Company stating the Put Amount in U.S. dollars that
the Company intends to sell to the Investor pursuant to the terms
of the Agreement and stating the current number of Shares issued
and outstanding on such date.
“
Put Notice
Date
” shall mean the
Trading Day, as set forth below, on which the Investor receives a
Put Notice.
“
Put
Restriction
” shall mean a
minimum of ten (10) days following a Put Notice Date. During this
time, the Company shall not be entitled to deliver another Put
Notice.
“
Put Shares
Due
” shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
2.4
.
“
Registered Offering Transaction
Documents
” shall mean
this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement between the
Company and the Investor as of the date
herewith.
“
Registration Rights
Agreement
” shall have the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
“
Registration
Statement
” means the
registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act
covering the Securities issuable hereunder.
“
Related
Party
” shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
5.7
.
“
Resolution
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
7.5
.
“
SEC
” shall mean the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“
SEC
Documents
” shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
4.6
.
“
Securities
” shall mean the shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Settlement
Date”
shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
6.2
.
“
Shares
” shall mean the shares of the
Company’s Common Stock.
“
Subsidiaries
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section
4.1
.
“
Trading Day
” shall mean any day on which the Principal
Market for the Common Stock is open for trading, from the hours of
9:30 am until 4:00 pm.
“
Waiting
Period
” shall have the
meaning set forth in
Section
2.2
.
SECTION II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK
2.1
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK
.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company
shall issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall
purchase from the Company, up to that number of Shares having an
aggregate Purchase Price of Seven Million Dollars
($7,000,000).
2.2
DELIVERY
OF PUT NOTICES
. Subject to the
terms and conditions herein, and from time to time during the Open
Period, the Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver a Put
Notice to the Investor which states the dollar amount (designated
in U.S. Dollars), which the Company intends to sell to the Investor
on a Closing Date (the “
Put
”). The Put Notice shall be in the form
attached hereto as
Exhibit C
and incorporated herein by reference.
The price of the Put shall be eighty (80%) percent of the
“Market Price”, which is the lowest traded price of the
Company’s Common Stock for ten (10) consecutive trading days
preceding the Put Date. During the Open Period, the Company shall
not be entitled to submit a Put Notice until after the
previous Closing has been completed. There will be a minimum of ten
(10) trading days between Put Notices.
2.3
CONDITIONS
TO INVESTOR’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE
SHARES
. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall not
be entitled to deliver a Put Notice and the Investor shall not be
obligated to purchase any Shares at a Closing unless each of the
following conditions are satisfied:
i.
a
Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and shall
remain effective and available for the resale of all the
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) at all times until the Closing with respect to the
subject Put Notice;
ii.
at
all times during the period beginning on the related Put Notice
Date and ending on and including the related Closing Date, the
Common Stock shall have been listed or quoted for trading on the
Principal Market and shall not have been suspended from trading
thereon for a period of two (2) consecutive Trading Days during the
Open Period and the Company shall not have been notified of any
pending or threatened proceeding or other action to suspend the
trading of the Common Stock;
iii.
the
Company has complied with its obligations and is otherwise not in
breach of or in default under, this Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement or any other agreement executed between the
parties, which has not been cured prior to delivery of the
Investor’s Put Notice Date;
iv.
no
injunction shall have been issued and remain in force, or action
commenced by a governmental authority which has not been stayed or
abandoned, prohibiting the purchase or the issuance of the
Securities; and
v.
the
issuance of the Securities will not violate any shareholder
approval requirements of the Principal Market.
If
any of the events described in clauses (i) through (v) above occurs
during a Pricing Period, then the Investor shall have no obligation
to purchase the Put Amount of Common Stock set forth in the
applicable Put Notice.
2.4
MECHANICS
OF PURCHASE OF SHARES BY INVESTOR.
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Sections 2.5, 7 and 8 of this Agreement, a
t the end
of the Pricing Period, the Purchase Price shall be established, and
the number of Put Shares shall be delivered for a particular Put.
In the event that (i) the lowest volume-weighted average price (the
“
VWAP
”) of the
Company’s Common Stock for any given trading day during the
ten (10) trading days following a Put Notice (the
“
Trading
Period
”) is less than 80% of the Market Price used to
determine the Purchase Price in connection with the Put and (ii) as
of the end of such Trading Period, the Investor holds Shares issued
pursuant to such Put Notice (the “
Trading Period Shares
”), then the
Company shall issue such additional Shares, on the Trading Day
immediately following the Trading Period, as may be necessary to
adjust the Purchase Price for that portion of the Put represented
by the Trading Period Shares to equal the lowest VWAP during the
Trading Period. The Closing of a Put shall occur upon the first
Trading Day following the receipt and approval by Investor's broker
of the Put Shares, whereby the Company shall have caused the
Transfer Agent to electronically transmit, prior to the applicable
Closing Date, the applicable Put Shares by crediting the account of
the Investor's broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission ("DWAC") system. The Investor shall deliver the
Investment Amount specified in the Put Notice by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company
if the aforementioned receipt and approval are confirmed before
9:30 AM EST or on the following Trading day if receipt and approval
by the Investor's Broker is made after 9:30 AM EST ("Closing Date"
or "Closing"). In addition, on or prior to such Closing Date, each
of the Company and Investor shall deliver to each other all
documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered or
reasonably requested by either of them pursuant to this Agreement
in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated
herein.
2.5
OVERALL
LIMIT ON COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE
.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if
during the Open Period the Company becomes listed on an exchange
which limits the number of shares of Common Stock that may be
issued without shareholder approval, then the number of Shares
issuable by the Company and purchasable by the Investor, shall not
exceed that number of the shares of Common Stock that may be
issuable without shareholder approval (the
“
Maximum Common Stock
Issuance
”). If such
issuance of shares of Common Stock could cause a delisting on the
Principal Market, then the Maximum Common Stock Issuance shall
first be approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance
with applicable law and the By-laws and the Articles of
Incorporation of the Company, if such issuance of shares of Common
Stock could cause a delisting on the Principal Market. The parties
understand and agree that the Company’s failure to seek or
obtain such shareholder approval shall in no way adversely affect
the validity and due authorization of the issuance and sale of
Securities or the Investor’s obligation in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof to purchase a number of Shares in
the aggregate up to the Maximum Common Stock Issuance, and that
such approval pertains only to the applicability of the Maximum
Common Stock Issuance limitation provided in this
Section
2.5
.
2.6
LIMITATION
ON AMOUNT OF OWNERSHIP
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall the Investor be
entitled to purchase that number of Shares, which when added to the
sum of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned (as
such term is defined under Section 13(d) and Rule 13d-3 of the 1934
Act), by the Investor, would exceed 9.99% of the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date, as determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-1(j) of the 1934 Act.
2.7
COMMITMENT
FEE
.
The Company shall issue a
promissory note in favor of the Investor in the principal amount of
fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to offset the transaction costs
incurred by the Investor in connection with this
Agreement.
SECTION III
INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
The
Investor represents and warrants to the Company, and covenants,
that to the best of the Investor's knowledge:
3.1
SOPHISTICATED
INVESTOR
. The Investor has, by
reason of its business and financial experience, such knowledge,
sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and
in making investment decisions of this type that it is capable of
(I) evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
Securities and making an informed investment decision; (II)
protecting its own interest; and (III) bearing the economic risk of
such investment for an indefinite period of
time.
3.2
AUTHORIZATION;
ENFORCEMENT
. This Agreement has
been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf
of the Investor and is a valid and binding agreement of the
Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its
terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity
and to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’
rights and remedies.
3.3
SECTION
9 OF THE 1934 ACT
. During the
term of this Agreement, the Investor will comply with the
provisions of Section 9 of the 1934 Act, and the rules promulgated
thereunder, with respect to transactions involving the Common
Stock.
3.4
ACCREDITED
INVESTOR
. Investor is an
“Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D of the 1933 Act.
3.5
NO
CONFLICTS
. The execution,
delivery and performance of the Documents by the Investor and the
consummation by the Investor of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby will not result in a violation of Partnership
Agreement or other organizational documents of the
Investor.
3.6
OPPORTUNITY
TO DISCUSS
. The Investor has
received all materials relating to the Company’s business,
finance and operations which it has requested. The Investor has had
an opportunity to discuss the business, management and financial
affairs of the Company with the Company’s
management.
3.7
INVESTMENT
PURPOSES
. The Investor is
purchasing the Securities for its own account for investment
purposes and not with a view towards distribution and agrees to
resell or otherwise dispose of the Securities solely in accordance
with the registration provisions of the 1933 Act (or pursuant to an
exemption from such registration provisions).
3.8
NO
REGISTRATION AS A DEALER
. The
Investor is not required to be registered as a “dealer”
under the 1934 Act, either as a result of its execution and
performance of its obligations under this Agreement or
otherwise.
3.9
GOOD
STANDING
. The Investor is a
limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing in the State of its Nevada.
3.10
TAX
LIABILITIES
. The Investor
understands that it is liable for its own tax
liabilities.
3.11
REGULATION
M
. The Investor will comply
with Regulation M under the 1934 Act, if
applicable.
3.12
NO
SHORT SALES
. No short sales
shall be permitted by the Investor or its affiliates during the
period commencing on the Execution Date and continuing through the
termination of this Agreement.
SECTION IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except
as set forth in the Schedules attached hereto, or as disclosed on
the Company’s SEC Documents, the Company represents and
warrants to the Investor that:
4.1
ORGANIZATION
AND QUALIFICATION
. The Company
is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and has the
requisite corporate power and authorization to own its properties
and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Both the
Company and the companies it owns or controls
(“
Subsidiaries
”) are duly qualified to do business and are
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 have a Material
Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement,
“
Material Adverse
Effect
” means a change,
event, circumstance, effect or state of facts that has had or is
reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on the
business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations,
financial condition or prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, or on the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the agreements and instruments to be
entered into in connection herewith, or on the authority or ability
of the Company to perform its obligations under the Registered
offering Transaction Documents.
4.2
AUTHORIZATION;
ENFORCEMENT; COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS
.
i.
The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and perform this Investment Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the
“
Registered Offering Transaction
Documents
”), and to issue
the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof.
ii.
The
execution and delivery of the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including without
limitation the issuance of the Securities pursuant to this
Agreement, have been duly and validly authorized by the
Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or
authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors,
or its shareholders.
iii.
The
Registered Offering Transaction Documents have been duly and
validly executed and delivered by the Company.
iv.
The
Registered Offering Transaction Documents constitute the valid and
binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their 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 creditors’ rights and remedies.
4.3
CAPITALIZATION
.
As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 300,000,000 shares of the Common Stock, par value
$0.0001 per share, of which as of the date hereof 154,262,533
shares are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares
have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable.
Except
as disclosed in the Company’s publicly available filings with
the SEC or as otherwise set forth on Schedule 4.3:
i.
no
shares of the Company’s capital stock are subject to
preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or
encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company;
ii.
there
are no outstanding debt securities;
iii.
there
are no outstanding shares of capital stock, options, warrants,
scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights
convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or
arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or
may become bound to issue additional shares of 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,
any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
iv.
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 the Registration Rights
Agreement);
v.
there
are no outstanding securities 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;
vi.
there
are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or
similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the
Securities as described in this Agreement;
vii.
the
Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or
“phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan
or agreement; and
viii.
there
is no dispute as to the classification of any shares of the
Company’s capital stock.
The Company has furnished to the Investor, or the
Investor has had access through EDGAR to, true and correct copies
of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as in effect on
the date hereof (the “
Articles of
Incorporation
”), and the
Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the
“
By-laws
”), and the terms of all securities
convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock and the material
rights of the holders thereof in respect
thereto.
4.4
ISSUANCE
OF SHARES
. The Company has
reserved the amount of Shares included in the Company’s
registration statement for issuance pursuant to the Registered
Offering Transaction Documents, which have been duly authorized and
reserved (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company’s
covenant set forth in
Section 5.5
below) pursuant to this Agreement.
Upon issuance in accordance with this Agreement, the Securities
will be validly issued, fully paid for and non-assessable and free
from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance
thereof. In the event the Company cannot register a sufficient
number of Shares for issuance pursuant to this Agreement, the
Company will use its best efforts to authorize and reserve for
issuance the number of Shares required for the Company to perform
its obligations hereunder as soon as reasonably
practicable.
4.5
NO
CONFLICTS
. The execution,
delivery and performance of the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in
a violation of the Articles of Incorporation, any Certificate of
Designations, Preferences and Rights of any outstanding series of
preferred stock of the Company or the By-laws; or (ii) conflict
with, or constitute a material default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default)
under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any material agreement, contract,
indenture mortgage, indebtedness or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or to the Company’s
knowledge result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment or decree (including United States federal and
state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations
of the Principal Market or principal securities exchange or trading
market on which the Common Stock is traded or listed) 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. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in violation
of any term of, or in default under, the Articles of Incorporation,
any Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of any
outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or the By-laws
or their organizational charter or by-laws, respectively, or any
contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument,
judgment, decree or order or any statute, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for possible
conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations,
cancellations and violations that would not individually or in the
aggregate have or constitute a Material Adverse Effect. The
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not being
conducted, and shall not be conducted, in violation of any law,
statute, ordinance, rule, order or regulation of any governmental
authority or agency, regulatory or self-regulatory agency, or
court, except for possible violations the sanctions for which
either individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as specifically contemplated by this
Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act or any securities laws
of any states, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company is not
required to obtain any consent, authorization, permit or order of,
or make any filing or registration (except the filing of a
registration statement as outlined in the Registration Rights
Agreement between the parties) with, any court, governmental
authority or agency, regulatory or self-regulatory agency or other
third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of
its obligations under, or contemplated by, the Registered Offering
Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or
thereof. All consents, authorizations, permits, orders, filings and
registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to
the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior
to the date hereof and are in full force and effect as of the date
hereof. The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts
or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing. The
Company is not, and will not be, in violation of the listing
requirements of the Principal Market as in effect on the date
hereof and on each of the Closing Dates and is not aware of any
facts which would reasonably lead to delisting of the Common Stock
by the Principal Market in the foreseeable
future.
4.6
SEC
DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
. As of the date hereof, the Company has filed all
reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required
to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting
requirements of the 1934 Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to
the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial
statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by
reference therein, and amendments thereto, being hereinafter
referred to as the “
SEC
Documents
”). The Company
has delivered to the Investor or its representatives, or they have
had access through EDGAR to, true and complete copies of the SEC
Documents. As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934
Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at
the time they were filed with the SEC or the time they were
amended, if amended, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of
their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company
included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, by a firm that is a
member of the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board
(“
PCAOB
”) 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). No
other written information provided by or on behalf of the Company
to the Investor which is not included in the SEC Documents,
including, without limitation, information referred to in
Section
4.3
of this Agreement, contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not
misleading. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their officers, directors, employees or agents have provided the
Investor with any material, nonpublic information which was not
publicly disclosed prior to the date hereof and any material,
nonpublic information provided to the Investor by the Company or
its Subsidiaries or any of their officers, directors, employees or
agents prior to any Closing Date shall be publicly disclosed by the
Company prior to such Closing Date.
4.7
ABSENCE
OF CERTAIN CHANGES
. Except as
otherwise set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company does not
intend to change the business operations of the Company in any
material way. The Company has not taken any steps, and does not
currently expect to take any steps, to seek protection pursuant to
any bankruptcy law nor does the Company or its Subsidiaries have
any knowledge or reason to believe that its creditors intend to
initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings.
4.8
ABSENCE
OF LITIGATION AND/OR REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS
. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there
is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or
by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory
organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive
officers of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against
or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or the
Company’s Subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their
capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.9
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REGARDING INVESTOR’S PURCHASE OF SHARES
. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length
Investor with respect to the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The
Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a
financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar
capacity) with respect to the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
any advice given by the Investor or any of its respective
representatives or agents in connection with the Registered
Offering Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the Investor’s
purchase of the Securities, and is not being relied on by the
Company. The Company further represents to the Investor that the
Company’s decision to enter into the Registered Offering
Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent
evaluation by the Company and its
representatives.
4.10
NO
UNDISCLOSED EVENTS, LIABILITIES, DEVELOPMENTS OR
CIRCUMSTANCES
. Except as set
forth in the SEC Documents, as of the date hereof, no event,
liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or
to the Company’s knowledge is contemplated to occur, with
respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective
business, properties, assets, prospects, operations or financial
condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company
under applicable securities laws on a registration statement filed
with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Company of its
Common Stock and which has not been publicly
announced.
4.11
EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS
. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is involved in any union labor dispute
nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is
any such dispute threatened. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and
the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that relations with their
employees are good. No executive officer (as defined in Rule 501(f)
of the 1933 Act) has notified the Company that such officer intends
to leave the Company’s employ or otherwise terminate such
officer’s employment with the Company.
4.12
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
. The Company
and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to
use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark
registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights,
inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade
secrets and rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses
as now conducted. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, none of
the Company’s trademarks, trade names, service marks, service
mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights,
copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, government
authorizations, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights
necessary to conduct its business as now or as proposed to be
conducted have expired or terminated, or are expected to expire or
terminate within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. The
Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any knowledge of any
infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of trademark, trade
name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions,
licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations,
trade secret or other similar rights of others, or of any such
development of similar or identical trade secrets or technical
information by others and, except as set forth in the SEC
Documents, there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or
brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being
threatened against, the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding
trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention,
copyright, license, service names, service marks, service mark
registrations, trade secret or other infringement; and the Company
and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances
which might give rise to any of the foregoing. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable security measures
to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their
intellectual properties.
4.13
ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS
. The Company and its
Subsidiaries (i) are, to the knowledge of the management and
directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in compliance with
any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and
regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety,
the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants (“
Environmental
Laws
”); (ii) have, to the
knowledge of the management and directors of the Company, received
all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses; and (iii) are in compliance, to the knowledge of the
management and directors of the Company, with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each
of the three (3) foregoing cases, the failure to so comply would
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.14
TITLE
.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have 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 as are
described in the SEC Documents or such as do not materially affect
the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company
and its Subsidiaries.
4.15
INSURANCE
.
Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as management of the Company reasonably
believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the
Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage
sought or applied for and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries
has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.16
REGULATORY
PERMITS
. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have in full force and effect all certificates,
approvals, authorizations and permits from the appropriate federal,
state, local or foreign regulatory authorities and comparable
foreign regulatory agencies, necessary to own, lease or operate
their respective properties and assets and conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, approval, authorization or
permit, except for such certificates, approvals, authorizations or
permits which if not obtained, or such revocations or modifications
which, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.17
INTERNAL
ACCOUNTING CONTROLS
. Except as
otherwise set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles by a firm
with membership to the PCAOB and to maintain asset accountability;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Company’s management has
determined that the Company’s internal accounting controls
were not effective as of the date of this Agreement as further
described in the SEC Documents.
4.18
NO
MATERIALLY ADVERSE CONTRACTS, ETC
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or
any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the
judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected in the
future to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement
which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.19
TAX
STATUS
. The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries has made or filed all United States federal and
state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations
required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and
only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries
has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the
payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes
and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in
amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has
set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the
payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which
such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid
taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing
authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know
of no basis for any such claim.
4.20
CERTAIN
TRANSACTIONS
. Except as set
forth in the SEC Documents filed at least ten (10) days prior to
the date hereof and except for arm’s length transactions
pursuant to which the Company makes payments in the ordinary course
of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company could
obtain from disinterested third parties , none of the officers,
directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any
transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
for services as employees, officers and directors), including any
contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, such that
disclosure would be required in the SEC
Documents..
4.21
DILUTIVE
EFFECT
. The Company understands
and acknowledges that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon purchases pursuant to this Agreement will increase in certain
circumstances including, but not necessarily limited to, the
circumstance wherein the trading price of the Common Stock declines
during the period between the Effective Date and the end of the
Open Period. The Company’s executive officers and directors
have studied and fully understand the nature of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and recognize that they have a
potential dilutive effect on the shareholders of the Company. The
Board of Directors of the Company has concluded, in its good faith
business judgment, and with full understanding of the implications,
that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company. The
Company specifically acknowledges that, subject to such limitations
as are expressly set forth in the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents, its obligation to issue shares of Common Stock upon
purchases pursuant to this Agreement is absolute and unconditional
regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on
the ownership interests of other shareholders of the
Company.
4.22
NO
GENERAL SOLICITATION
. Neither
the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on
its 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 Common Stock to be offered
as set forth in this Agreement.
4.23
NO
BROKERS, FINDERS OR FINANCIAL ADVISORY FEES OR
COMMISSIONS
. No brokers,
finders or financial advisory fees or commissions will be payable
by the Company, its agents or Subsidiaries, with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.24
EXCLUSIVITY
.
The Company shall not pursue a similar Equity Financing transaction
with any other party unless and until good faith negotiations have
terminated between the Investor and the Company or until such time
as the registration statement has been declared effective by the
SEC.
SECTION V
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
5.1
BEST EFFORTS
. The Company shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to timely satisfy each of
the conditions set forth in
Section 7
of this
Agreement.
5.2
REPORTING STATUS
. Until one of
the following occurs, the Company shall file all reports required
to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the Company
shall not terminate its status, or take an action or fail to take
any action, which would terminate its status as a reporting company
under the 1934 Act: (i) this Agreement terminates pursuant to
Section 8
and the
Investor has the right to sell all of the Securities without
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act,
or such other exemption, or (ii) the date on which the Investor has
sold all the Securities and this Agreement has been terminated
pursuant to
Section
8
.
5.3
USE OF PROCEEDS
. The Company
will use the proceeds from the sale of the Shares (excluding
amounts paid by the Company for fees as set forth in the Registered
Offering Transaction Documents) for general corporate and working
capital purposes and acquisitions or assets, businesses or
operations or for other purposes that the Board of Directors, in
good faith deem to be in the best interest of the
Company.
5.4
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
. During
the Open Period, the Company agrees to make available to the
Investor via EDGAR or other electronic means the following
documents and information on the forms set forth: (i) within five
(5) Trading Days after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of
its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any Registration
Statements or amendments filed pursuant to the 1933 Act; (ii)
copies of any notices and other information made available or given
to the shareholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously
with the making available or giving thereof to the shareholders;
and (iii) within two (2) calendar days of filing or delivery
thereof, copies of all documents filed with, and all correspondence
sent to, the Principal Market, any securities exchange or market,
or the Financial Industry Regulatory Association, unless such
information is material nonpublic information.
5.5
RESERVATION OF SHARES
. The
Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have
authorized, and reserved
the amount of
Shares included in the Company’s registration statement for
issuance pursuant to the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents
. In the event that the Company determines that it
does not have a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common
Stock to reserve and keep available for issuance as described in
this
Section 5.5
,
the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to
increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock by seeking
shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional
shares.
5.6
LISTING
. The Company shall
promptly secure and maintain the listing of all of the Registrable
Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) on the
Principal Market and each other national securities exchange and
automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common
Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and
shall maintain, such listing of all Registrable Securities from
time to time issuable under the terms of the Registered Offering
Transaction Documents. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably
expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common
Stock on the Principal Market (excluding suspensions of not more
than one (1) Trading Day resulting from business announcements by
the Company). The Company shall promptly provide to the Investor
copies of any notices it receives from the Principal Market
regarding the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for listing
on such automated quotation system or securities exchange. The
Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with
satisfying its obligations under this
Section 5.6
.
5.7
TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
.
The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not
to, enter into, amend, modify or supplement, or permit any
Subsidiary to enter into, amend, modify or supplement, any
agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement with any of its
or any Subsidiary’s officers, directors, persons who were
officers or directors at any time during the previous two (2)
years, shareholders who beneficially own 5% or more of the Common
Stock, or Affiliates or with any individual related by blood,
marriage or adoption to any such individual or with any entity in
which any such entity or individual owns a 5% or more beneficial
interest (each a “
Related
Party
”), except for (i) customary employment
arrangements and benefit programs on reasonable terms, (ii) any
agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement on an arms-length
basis on terms no less favorable than terms which would have been
obtainable from a disinterested third party other than such Related
Party, or (iii) any agreement, transaction, commitment or
arrangement which is approved by a majority of the disinterested
directors of the Company. For purposes hereof, any director who is
also an officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
shall not be a disinterested director with respect to any such
agreement, transaction, commitment or arrangement.
“
Affiliate
” for
purposes hereof means, with respect to any person or entity,
another person or entity that, directly or indirectly, (i) has a 5%
or more equity interest in that person or entity, (ii) has 5% or
more common ownership with that person or entity, (iii) controls
that person or entity, or (iv) is under common control with that
person or entity. “
Control
” or “
Controls
” for purposes hereof
means that a person or entity has the power, directly or
indirectly, to conduct or govern the policies of another person or
entity.
5.8
FILING OF FORM 8-K
. On or
before the date which is four (4) Trading Days after the Execution
Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the
SEC describing the terms of the transaction contemplated by the
Registered Offering Transaction Documents in the form required by
the 1934 Act, if such filing is required.
5.9
CORPORATE EXISTENCE
. The
Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to preserve
and continue the corporate existence of the Company.
5.10
NOTICE
OF CERTAIN EVENTS AFFECTING REGISTRATION; SUSPENSION OF RIGHT TO
MAKE A PUT
. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor
upon the occurrence of any of the following events in respect of a
Registration Statement or related prospectus in respect of an
offering of the Securities: (i) receipt of any request for
additional information by the SEC or any other federal or state
governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or related prospectus; (ii) the issuance by
the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iii) receipt of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or notice
of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the happening of any event
that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or
related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or
that requires the making of any changes in the Registration
Statement, related prospectus or documents so that, in the case of
a Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and that in the case of the related prospectus, it will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and (v) the
Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement would be
appropriate, and the Company shall promptly make available to
Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related
prospectus. The Company shall not deliver to Investor any Put
Notice during the continuation of any of the foregoing events in
this
Section
5.10
.
5.11
TRANSFER
AGENT
. The Company shall deliver instructions to its
transfer agent to issue Shares to the Investor that are issued to
the Investor Pursuant to the Transactions contemplated
herein.
5.12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF TERMS
. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the
Investor that: (i) it is voluntarily entering into this Agreement
of its own freewill, (ii) it is not entering this Agreement under
economic duress, (iii) the terms of this Agreement are reasonable
and fair to the Company, and (iv) the Company has had independent
legal counsel of its own choosing review this Agreement, advise the
Company with respect to this Agreement, and represent the Company
in connection with this Agreement.
SECTION VI
CONDITIONS OF THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL
The
obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and sell the
Securities to the Investor is further subject to the satisfaction,
at or before each Closing Date, of each of the following conditions
set forth below. These conditions are for the Company’s sole
benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole
discretion.
6.1
The Investor shall
have executed this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement
and delivered the same to the Company.
6.2
The Investor shall
have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Securities
being purchased by the Investor.
6.3
No statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
SECTION VII
FURTHER CONDITIONS OF THE INVESTOR’S OBLIGATION TO
PURCHASE
The
obligation of the Investor hereunder to purchase Securities is
subject to the satisfaction, on or before each Closing Date, of
each of the following conditions set forth below.
7.1
The Company shall
have executed the Registered Offering Transaction Documents and
delivered the same to the Investor.
7.2
The representations
and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct as of the
date when made and as of the applicable Closing Date as though made
at that time and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and
complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by
the Registered Offering Transaction Documents to be performed,
satisfied or complied with by the Company on or before such Closing
Date. The Investor may request an update as of such Closing Date
regarding the representation contained in
Section 4.3
.
7.3
The Company shall
have executed and delivered to the Investor the certificates
representing, or have executed electronic book-entry transfer of,
the Securities (in such denominations as the Investor shall
request) being purchased by the Investor at such
Closing.
7.4
The Board of
Directors of the Company shall have adopted resolutions consistent
with
Section
4.2(ii)
(the “
Resolutions
”) and such Resolutions
shall not have been amended or rescinded prior to such Closing
Date.
7.5
No statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
7.6
Within thirty (30)
days after the Agreement is executed, the Company agrees to use its
best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering
the shares of stock underlying the Equity Financing contemplated
herein. Such registration statement shall conform to the
requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and the terms
and conditions of Equity Financing this agreement as expressed in
the registration statement shall be reviewed and approved by the
Investor. The Company will take any and all steps necessary to have
its registration statement declared effective by the SEC within 30
days but no more than 90 days after the Company has filed its
registration statement. Such registration Statement shall conform
to the requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and the
terms and conditions of the equity financing Equity Financing as
expressed in the Registration Statement and shall be reviewed and
approved by the Investor. The Registration Statement shall be
effective on each Closing Date and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration statement shall be in effect or
to the Company’s knowledge shall be pending or threatened.
Furthermore, on each Closing Date (I) neither the Company nor the
Investor shall have received notice that the SEC has issued or
intends to issue a stop order with respect to such Registration
Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement, either temporarily or
permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so (unless the
SEC’s concerns have been addressed), and (II) no other
suspension of the use or withdrawal of the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement or related prospectus shall
exist.
7.7
At the time of each
Closing, the Registration Statement (including information or
documents incorporated by reference therein) and any amendments or
supplements thereto shall not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or which would require public disclosure or an update
supplement to the prospectus.
7.8
If applicable, the
shareholders of the Company shall have approved the issuance of any
Shares in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance in accordance
with
Section 2.5
or
the Company shall have obtained appropriate approval pursuant to
the requirements of applicable state and federal laws and the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation and By-laws.
7.9
The conditions to
such Closing set forth in
Section 2.3
shall have been
satisfied on or before such Closing Date.
7.10
The
Company shall have certified to the Investor the number of Shares
of Common Stock outstanding when a Put Notice is given to the
Investor. The Company’s delivery of a Put Notice to the
Investor constitutes the Company’s certification of the
existence of the necessary number of shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance.
SECTION VIII
TERMINATION
This
Agreement shall terminate upon any of the following
events:
8.1
when the Investor
has purchased an aggregate of Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000) in
the Common Stock of the Company pursuant to this Agreement;
or
8.2
on the date which
is thirty-six (36) months after the Effective Date; or
8.3
at such time that
the Registration Statement is no longer in effect.
8.4
30 day notice by
the Company if the Investor has not fulfilled Put
request.
Any and
all shares, or penalties, if any, due under this Agreement shall be
immediately payable and due upon termination of this
Agreement.
SECTION IX
SUSPENSION
This
Agreement shall be suspended upon any of the following events, and
shall remain suspended until such event is rectified:
i.
The trading of the
Common Stock is suspended by the SEC, the Principal Market or FINRA
for a period of two (2) consecutive Trading Days during the Open
Period; or
ii.
The Common Stock
ceases to be quoted, listed or traded on the Principal Market or
the Registration Statement is no longer effective (except as
permitted hereunder). Immediately upon the occurrence of one of the
above-described events, the Company shall send written notice of
such event to the Investor.
SECTION X
INDEMNIFICATION
In
consideration of the parties mutual obligations set forth in the
Transaction Documents, the Company ( the “
Indemnitor
”) shall defend,
protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and all of the
investor’s shareholders, officers, directors, employees,
counsel, and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing
person’s 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 reasonable 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 Indemnitor or any other
certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby;
(II) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the
Indemnitor contained in the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document
contemplated hereby or thereby; or (III) any cause of action, suit
or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party
and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery,
performance or enforcement of the Registered Offering Transaction
Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document
contemplated hereby or thereby, except insofar as any such
misrepresentation, breach or any untrue statement, alleged untrue
statement, omission or alleged omission is made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished to Indemnitor which is
specifically intended for use in the preparation of any such
Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, prospectus or
amendments to the prospectus. To the extent that the foregoing
undertaking by the Indemnitor may be unenforceable for any reason,
the Indemnitor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment
and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is
permissible under applicable law. The indemnity provisions
contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or
similar rights Indemnitor may have, and any liabilities the
Indemnitor or the Indemnitees may be subject to.
SECTION XI
GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTES SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION.
11.1
LAW
GOVERNING THIS AGREEMENT
. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada
without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action
brought by either party against the other concerning the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only
in the state or federal courts located in New York City, New York
State. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waive any
objection to jurisdiction and venue of any action instituted
hereunder and shall not assert any defense based on lack of
jurisdiction or venue or based upon
forum non conveniens
.
The parties executing this
Agreement and other agreements referred to herein or delivered in
connection herewith on behalf of the Company agree to submit to the
in personam jurisdiction of such courts and hereby irrevocably
waive trial by jury.
The prevailing party shall be entitled
to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s
fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Agreement
or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith is invalid
or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then
such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it
may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with
such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove
invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision of any agreement.
Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and consents to process being served in any suit, action or
proceeding in connection with this Agreement or any other
Transaction Documents by mailing a copy thereof via registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to
such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.
11.2
LEGAL
FEES; AND MISCELLANEOUS FEES
. Except as otherwise set forth
in the Registered Offering Transaction Documents (including but not
limited to Section V of the Registration Rights Agreement), each
party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, the
accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses
incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Any
attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by either the Company
or the Investor in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution and delivery of any amendments to this Agreement or
relating to the enforcement of the rights of any party, after the
occurrence of any breach of the terms of this Agreement by another
party or any default by another party in respect of the
transactions contemplated hereunder, shall be paid on demand by the
party which breached the Agreement and/or defaulted, as the case
may be. The Company shall pay all stamp and other taxes and duties
levied in connection with the issuance of any
Securities.
11.3
COUNTERPARTS
.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different signatories hereto on separate counterparts, each of
which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such
counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This
Agreement may be executed by facsimile transmission, PDF,
electronic signature or other similar electronic means with the
same force and effect as if such signature page were an original
thereof.
11.4
HEADINGS;
SINGULAR/PLURAL
. The headings of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Agreement. Whenever required by the context
of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and
masculine shall include the feminine.
11.5
SEVERABILITY
.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the
validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in
any other jurisdiction.
11.6
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS
. This Agreement is the FINAL AGREEMENT
between the Company and the Investor with respect to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, and, the terms of this Agreement may
not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or
subsequent oral agreements of the Parties. No provision of this
Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing
signed by the Company and the Investor, and no provision hereof may
be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against whom enforcement is sought. The execution and
delivery of the Registered Offering Transaction Documents shall not
alter the force and effect of any other agreements between the
Parties, and the obligations under those agreements.
11.7
NOTICES
.
Any notices 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 (III) one (1)
day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery
service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive
the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such
communications shall be:
If
to the Company:
|
NaturalShrimp
Incorporated
|
|
5080 Spectrum Dr.,
Suite 1000
|
|
Addison, TX
75001
|
|
|
With a copy
to:
|
Lucosky Brookman
LLP
|
|
101 Wood Avenue
South, Fifth Floor
|
|
Woodbridge, NJ
08830
|
|
|
If
to the Investor:
|
GHS Investments,
LLC
|
|
420 Jericho
Turnpike, Suite 207Jericho, NY 11753
|
Each
party shall provide five (5) days prior written notice to the other
party of any change in address or facsimile number.
11.8
NO
ASSIGNMENT
. This Agreement may not be assigned.
11.9
NO
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
. This Agreement is intended for
the benefit of the parties hereto and is not for the benefit of,
nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person,
except that the Company acknowledges that the rights of the
Investor may be enforced by its general partner.
11.10
SURVIVAL
.
The representations and warranties of the Company and the Investor
contained in Sections 3 and 4, the agreements and covenants set
forth in Sections 5 and 6, and the indemnification provisions set
forth in
Section
10
, shall survive each of the Closings and the termination
of this Agreement.
11.11
PUBLICITY
.
The Investor acknowledges that this Agreement and all or part of
the Registered Offering Transaction Documents may be deemed to be
“material contracts” as that term is defined by Item
601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K, and that the Company may therefore be
required to file such documents as exhibits to reports or
registration statements filed under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act.
The Investor further agrees that the status of such documents and
materials as material contracts shall be determined solely by the
Company, in consultation with its counsel.
11.12
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 the 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.
11.13
PLACEMENT
AGENT
. If so required, the Company agrees to pay a
registered broker dealer, to act as placement agent, a percentage
of the Put Amount on each Put toward the fee as outlined in that
certain placement agent agreement entered into between the Company
and the placement agent. The Investor shall have no obligation with
respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on
behalf of other persons or entities for fees of a type contemplated
in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the
Registered
Offering Transaction Documents
. The Company shall indemnify
and hold harmless the Investor, their employees, officers,
directors, agents, and partners, and their respective affiliates,
from and against all claims, losses, damages, costs (including the
costs of preparation and attorney’s fees) and expenses
incurred in respect of any such claimed or existing fees, as such
fees and expenses are incurred.
11.14
NO
STRICT CONSTRUCTION
. The language used in this Agreement
will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express
their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be
applied against any party, as the parties mutually agree that each
has had a full and fair opportunity to review this Agreement and
seek the advice of counsel on it.
11.15
REMEDIES
.
The Investor shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement 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 the
Investor has by 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 default or breach of any provision
of this Agreement, including the recovery of reasonable attorneys
fees and costs, and to exercise all other rights granted by
law.
11.16
PAYMENT
SET ASIDE
. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or
payments to the Investor hereunder or under the Registration Rights
Agreement or the Investor enforces or exercises its 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, 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.
11.17
PRICING
OF COMMON STOCK
. For purposes of this Agreement, the price
of the Common Stock shall be as reported by Quotestream
Media.
SECTION XII
NON-DISCLOSURE OF NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION
The
Company shall not disclose non-public information to the Investor,
its advisors, or its representatives.
Nothing
herein shall require the Company to disclose non-public information
to the Investor or its advisors or representatives, and the Company
represents that it does not disseminate non-public information to
any investors who purchase stock in the Company in a public
offering, to money managers or to securities analysts, provided,
however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Company will, as hereinabove provided, immediately notify the
advisors and representatives of the Investor and, if any,
underwriters, of any event or the existence of any circumstance
(without any obligation to disclose the specific event or
circumstance) of which it becomes aware, constituting non-public
information (whether or not requested of the Company specifically
or generally during the course of due diligence by such persons or
entities), which, if not disclosed in the prospectus included in
the Registration Statement would cause such prospectus to include a
material misstatement or to omit a material fact required to be
stated therein in order to make the statements, therein, in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
Nothing contained in this
Section 12
shall be construed
to mean that such persons or entities other than the Investor
(without the written consent of the Investor prior to disclosure of
such information) may not obtain non-public information in the
course of conducting due diligence in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and nothing herein shall prevent any such persons or
entities from notifying the Company of their opinion that based on
such due diligence by such persons or entities, that the
Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of material
fact or omits a material fact required to be stated in the
Registration Statement or necessary to make the statements
contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading.
SECTION XIII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the parties hereto
hereby acknowledge and agree to the following: (i) the Investor
makes no representations or covenants that it will not engage in
trading in the securities of the Company, other than the Investor
will not short the Company’s common stock at any time during
this Agreement; (ii) the Company shall, by 8:30 a.m. EST on the
second Trading Day following the date hereof, file a current report
on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions
contemplated hereby and in the other Registered Offering
Transaction Documents; (iii) the Company has not and shall not
provide material non-public information to the Investor unless
prior thereto the Investor shall have executed a written agreement
regarding the confidentiality and use of such information; and (iv)
the Company understands and confirms that the Investor will be
relying on the acknowledgements set forth in clauses (i) through
(iii) above if the Investor effects any transactions in the
securities of the Company.
[Signature page follows]
Your
signature on this Signature Page evidences your agreement to be
bound by the terms and conditions of the Investment Agreement as of
the date first written above. The undersigned signatory hereby
certifies that he has read and understands the Investment
Agreement, and the representations made by the undersigned in this
Investment Agreement are true and accurate, and agrees to be bound
by its terms.
GHS
INVESTMENTS, LLC
By:
_________________________________
Name:
____________
Title:
_____________
NATURALSHRIMP
INCORPORATED
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Gerald Easterling
Title:
President
[SIGNATURE PAGE OF EQUITY FINANCING AGREEMENT]
LIST OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A
Registration Rights
Agreement
EXHIBIT B
Notice of Effectiveness
EXHIBIT C
Put Notice
EXHIBIT D
Put Settlement
Sheet
EXHIBIT A
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
See attached.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Re:
NaturalShrimp
Incorporated,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to
NaturalShrimp
Incorporated,
a ____________ Nevada
corporation (the “Company”), and have represented the
Company in connection with that certain Equity Financing Agreement
(the “Investment Agreement”) entered into by and among
the Company and GHS Investments, LLC(the “Investor”)
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue to the Investor
shares of the Company’s common stock, $___ par value per
share (the “Common Stock”) on the terms and conditions
set forth in the Investment Agreement. Pursuant to the Investment
Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights
Agreement with the Investor (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other
things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), including the shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable under the Investment Agreement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). In
connection with the Company’s obligations under the
Registration Rights Agreement, on ____________ ___, 20__, the
Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S- ___ (File No.
__-________) (the “Registration Statement”) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating
to the Registrable Securities which names the Investor as a selling
shareholder thereunder.
In
connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the
SEC's staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an
order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933
Act at ______ on __________, 20__ and we have no knowledge, after
telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC's staff, that any stop
order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any
proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by,
the SEC and the Registrable Securities are available for sale under
the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF PUT NOTICE
Date:
RE: Put Notice Number __
Dear Mr./Ms.__________,
This is to inform you that as of today,
NaturalShrimp
Incorporated.,
a _______ corporation
(the “Company”), hereby elects to exercise its right
pursuant to the Equity Financing Agreement to require GHS
Investments LLC to purchase shares of its common stock. The Company
hereby certifies that:
The amount of this put is $__________.
The Pricing Period runs from _______________ until
_______________.
The Purchase Price is: $_______________
The number of Put Shares Due:___________________.
The current number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding
is: _________________.
The number of shares currently available for issuance on the S-1
is: ________________________.
Regards,
NaturalShrimp
Incorporated
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Gerald Easterling
Title:
President
EXHIBIT D
PUT SETTLEMENT SHEET
Date: ________________
Dear Mr. ________,
Pursuant to the Put given by
NaturalShrimp Incorporated,
to GHS Investments LLC
(“GHS”) on _________________ 201_, we are now
submitting the amount of common shares for you to issue to
GHS.
Please have a certificate bearing no restrictive legend totaling
__________ shares issued to GHS immediately and send via DWAC to
the following account:
[INSERT]
If not DWAC eligible, please send FedEx Priority Overnight
to:
[INSERT ADDRESS]
Once these shares are received by us, we will have the funds wired
to the Company.
Regards,
GHS INVESTMENTS LLC
By:
_________________________________
Name:
Title
Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (
the
“
Agreement
”), dated as of August 21, 2018 (the
“Execution Date”),
is entered into by and
between NaturalShrimp Incorporated.,
a
Nevada corporation
with its principal executive office at
5080 Spectrum Dr., Suite 1000, Addison, TX 75001 (the
“Company”), and GHS Investments LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company, with offices at 420 Jericho
Turnpike, Jericho, NY 11753 (the
“Investor”
).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Equity Financing Agreement entered into by and between the
Company and the Investor of this even date (the “
Equity Financing Agreement
”), the
Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investor an
indeterminate number of shares of the Company’s common stock,
par value $0.0001 per share
(the “
Common
Stock
”), up to an aggregate purchase price of Seven
Million Dollars
(
$7,000,000);
WHEREAS, as an
inducement to the Investors to execute and deliver the Equity
Financing Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor
statute (collectively, the “
1933 Act
”), and applicable state
securities laws, with respect to the shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Equity Financing Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing promises and the
mutual covenants contained hereinafter and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION I
DEFINITIONS
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“
Execution Date
” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preambles.
“
Investor
” shall have the meaning
set forth in the preambles.
“
Person
” means a corporation, a
limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an
organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or
political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
“
Potential Material Event
” means
any of the following: (i) the possession by the Company of material
information not ripe for disclosure in the Registration Statement,
which shall be evidenced by determinations in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company that disclosure of such
information in the Registration Statement would be detrimental to
the business and affairs of the Company, or (ii) any material
engagement or activity by the Company which would, in the good
faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, be
adversely affected by disclosure in the Registration Statement at
such time, which determination shall be accompanied by a good faith
determination by the Board of Directors of the Company that the
Registration Statement would be materially misleading absent the
inclusion of such information.
“
Register
,” “
Registered
,” and
“
Registration
”
refer to the Registration effected by preparing and filing one (1)
or more Registration Statements in compliance with the 1933 Act and
pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act or any successor rule
providing for offering securities on a continuous basis
(“Rule 415”), and the declaration or ordering of
effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
“
Registrable Securities
” means (i)
the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the
Equity Financing Agreement, and (ii) any shares of capital stock
issued or issuable with respect to such shares of Common Stock, if
any, as a result of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, which
have not been (x) included in the Registration Statement that has
been declared effective by the SEC, or (y) sold under circumstances
meeting all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any
similar provision then in force) under the 1933 Act.
“
Registration Statement
” means the
registration statement of the Company filed under the 1933 Act
covering the Registrable Securities.
“
Registered Offering Transaction
Documents
” shall mean
this Agreement and the Equity Financing Agreement between the
Company and the Investor as of the date hereof.
All
capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to them as in the
Equity Financing Agreement.
SECTION II
REGISTRATION
2.1
The Company shall,
within thirty (30) calendar days upon the date of execution of this
Agreement, use its best efforts to file with the SEC a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements (as is necessary) on Form S-1
(or, if such form is unavailable for such a registration, on such
other form as is available for such registration), covering the
resale of all of the Registrable Securities, which Registration
Statement(s) shall state that, in accordance with Rule 416
promulgated under the 1933 Act, such Registration Statement also
covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock as may become issuable upon stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions. The Company shall initially register for
resale all of the Registrable Securities which would be issuable on
the date preceding the filing of the Registration Statement based
on the closing bid price of the Company’s Common Stock on
such date and the amount reasonably calculated that represents
Common Stock issuable to other parties as set forth in the Equity
Financing Agreement except to the extent that the SEC requires the
share amount to be reduced as a condition of
effectiveness.
2.2
The Company shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration
Statement(s) declared effective by the SEC within thirty (30)
calendar days, but no more than ninety (90) calendar days after the
Company has filed the registration statement.
2.3
The Company agrees
not to include any other securities in the Registration Statement
covering the Registrable Securities without Investor’s prior
written consent which Investor may withhold in its sole discretion.
Furthermore, the Company agrees that it will not file any other
Registration Statement for other securities, until thirty calendar
days after the Registration Statement for the Registrable
Securities is declared effective by the SEC.
2.4
Notwithstanding the
registration obligations set forth in this Section 2.1, if the
staff of the SEC (the “
Staff
”) or the SEC informs the
Company that all of the unregistered Registrable Securities cannot,
as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for
resale as a secondary offering on a single Registration Statement,
the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the holders
thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file
amendments to the Registration Statement as required by the SEC
and/or (ii) withdraw the Registration Statement and file a new
registration statement (the “
New Registration Statement
”), in
either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities
permitted to be registered by the SEC, on Form S-1 to register for
resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering. If the
Company amends the Registration Statement or files a New
Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or
(ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to file with the SEC, as promptly as allowed by the Staff
or SEC, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 to register
for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered
for resale on the Registration Statement, as amended, or the New
Registration Statement (each, an “
Additional Registration
Statement
”).
SECTIONIII
RELATED OBLIGATIONS
At such
time as the Company is obligated to prepare and file the
Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2, the
Company will affect the registration of the Registrable Securities
in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and,
with respect thereto, the Company shall have the following
obligations:
3.1
The Company shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration
Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to become
effective and shall keep such Registration Statement effective
until the earlier to occur of the date on which (A) the Investor
shall have sold all the Registrable Securities; or (B) the Investor
has no right to acquire any additional shares of Common Stock under
the Equity Financing Agreement (the “
Registration Period
”).
The Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements
thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they
were made, not misleading. The Company shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts to respond to all SEC comments within ten (10)
business days from receipt of such comments by the Company. The
Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to
become effective no later than three (3) business days after notice
from the SEC that the Registration Statement may be declared
effective. The Investor agrees to provide all information which is
required by law to provide to the Company, including the intended
method of disposition of the Registrable Securities, and the
Company’s obligations set forth above shall be conditioned on
the receipt of such information.
3.2
The Company shall
prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration
Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 promulgated under the 1933 Act, as may be necessary to
keep such Registration Statement effective during the Registration
Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the
1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable
Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement
until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have
been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the Investor thereof as set forth in such
Registration Statement. In the event the number of shares of Common
Stock covered by the Registration Statement filed pursuant to this
Agreement is at any time insufficient to cover all of the
Registrable Securities, the Company shall amend such Registration
Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form
available therefor, if applicable), or both, so as to cover all of
the Registrable Securities, in each case, as soon as practicable,
but in any event within thirty (30) calendar days after the
necessity therefor arises (based on the then Purchase Price of the
Common Stock and other relevant factors on which the Company
reasonably elects to rely), assuming the Company has sufficient
authorized shares at that time, and if it does not, within thirty
(30) calendar days after such shares are authorized. The Company
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment
and/or new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as
practicable following the filing thereof.
3.3
The Company shall
make available to the Investor whose Registrable Securities are
included in any Registration Statement and its legal counsel
without charge (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed
with the SEC at least one (1) copy of such Registration Statement
and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference and all
exhibits, the prospectus included in such Registration Statement
(including each preliminary prospectus) and, with regards to such
Registration Statement(s), any correspondence by or on behalf of
the Company to the SEC or the staff of the SEC and any
correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company
or its representatives; (ii) upon the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement, the Company shall make available copies of
the prospectus, via EDGAR, included in such Registration Statement
and all amendments and supplements thereto; and (iii) such other
documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus,
as the Investor may reasonably request from time to time to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable
Securities.
3.4
The Company shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under
such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such states
in the United States as the Investor reasonably requests; (ii)
prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations
and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the
effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period; (iii) take
such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such
registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the
Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably
necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for
sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition
thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it
would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section
3.4, or (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such
jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor who
holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under
the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction
in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose.
3.5
As promptly as
practicable after becoming aware of such event, the Company shall
notify Investor in writing of the happening of any event as a
result of which the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (“
Registration Default
”)
and use all diligent efforts to promptly prepare a supplement or
amendment to such Registration Statement and take any other
necessary steps to cure the Registration Default (which, if such
Registration Statement is on Form S-3, may consist of a document to
be filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act (as defined below) and to be
incorporated by reference in the prospectus) to correct such untrue
statement or omission, and make available copies of such supplement
or amendment to the Investor. The Company shall also promptly
notify the Investor (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become
effective (the Company will prepare notification of such
effectiveness which shall be delivered to the Investor on the same
day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), additionally, the
Company will promptly provide to the Investor, a copy of the
effectiveness order prepared by the SEC once it is received by the
Company; (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or related prospectus or
related information, (iii) of the Company’s reasonable
determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement would be appropriate, (iv) in the event the Registration
Statement is no longer effective, or (v) if the Registration
Statement is stale as a result of the Company’s failure to
timely file its financials or otherwise
3.6
The Company shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of
any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of
any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and,
if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal
of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to
notify the Investor holding Registrable Securities being sold of
the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its
receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any
proceeding concerning the effectiveness of the registration
statement.
3.7
The Company shall
permit the Investor and one (1) legal counsel, designated by the
Investor, to review and comment upon the Registration Statement and
all amendments and supplements thereto at least one (1) calendar
day prior to their filing with the SEC. However, any postponement
of a filing of a Registration Statement or any postponement of a
request for acceleration or any postponement of the effective date
or effectiveness of a Registration Statement by written request of
the Investor (collectively, the “
Investor’s Delay
”)
shall not act to trigger any penalty of any kind, or any cash
amount due or any in-kind amount due the Investor from the Company
under any and all agreements of any nature or kind between the
Company and the Investor. The event(s) of an Investor’s Delay
shall act to suspend all obligations of any kind or nature of the
Company under any and all agreements of any nature or kind between
the Company and the Investor.
3.8
At the request of
the Investor, the Company’s counsel shall furnish to the
Investor, within two (2) business days, an opinion letter
confirming the effectiveness of the registration statement. Such
opinion letter shall be issued as of the date of the effectiveness
of the registration statement, in a form suitable to the
Investor.
3.9
The Company shall
hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information
concerning the Investor unless (i) disclosure of such information
is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii)
the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct
a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, or (iii)
the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena
or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental
body of competent jurisdiction. The Company agrees that it shall,
upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning the
Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of
competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written
notice to the Investor and allow the Investor, at the
Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order covering
such information.
3.10
The
Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
designation and quotation of all the Registrable Securities covered
by any Registration Statement on the Principal Market. If, despite
the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts, the Company is
unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding sentence, it shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause all the Registrable
Securities covered by any Registration Statement to be listed on
each other national securities exchange and automated quotation
system, if any, on which securities of the same class or series
issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of
such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of
such exchange or system. The Company shall pay all fees and
expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this
Section 3.10.
3.11
The
Company shall cooperate with the Investor to facilitate the prompt
preparation and delivery the Registrable Securities to be offered
pursuant to the Registration Statement and enable such Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations or amounts, as the case may
be, as the Investor may reasonably request.
3.12
The
Company shall provide a transfer agent for all the Registrable
Securities not later than the effective date of the first
Registration Statement filed pursuant hereto.
3.13
If
requested by the Investor, the Company shall (i) as soon as
reasonably practical incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information as the Investor
reasonably determines should be included therein relating to the
sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without
limitation, information with respect to the offering of the
Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) make all
required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as reasonably possible after being notified of
the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments
to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by the
Investor.
3.14
The
Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration
Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to
facilitate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities.
3.15
The
Company shall otherwise use all commercially reasonable efforts to
comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in
connection with any registration hereunder.
3.16
Within
three (3) business day after the Registration Statement which
includes Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC,
the Company shall deliver to the transfer agent for such
Registrable Securities, with copies to the Investor, confirmation
that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
SEC.
3.17
The
Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to
expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investor of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
SECTION IV
OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTOR
4.1
At least five (5)
calendar days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the
Registration Statement, the Company shall notify the Investor in
writing of the information the Company requires from the Investor
for the Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent
to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration
pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable
Securities and the Investor agrees to furnish to the Company that
information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities and the
intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities as
shall reasonably be required to effect the registration of such
Registrable Securities and the Investor shall execute such
documents in connection with such registration as the Company may
reasonably request. The Investor covenants and agrees that, in
connection with any sale of Registrable Securities by it pursuant
to the Registration Statement, it shall comply with the “Plan
of Distribution” section of the then current prospectus
relating to such Registration Statement.
4.2
The Investor, by
its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate
with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in
connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration
Statement hereunder, unless the Investor has notified the Company
in writing of an election to exclude all of the Investor’s
Registrable Securities from such Registration
Statement.
4.3
The Investor agrees
that, upon receipt of written notice from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.6 or the
first sentence of 3.5, the Investor will immediately discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until the
Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.6 or the first
sentence of 3.5.
SECTION V
EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION
All
legal expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions
and other than as set forth in the Equity Financing Agreement,
incurred in connection with registrations including comments,
filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including,
without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications
fees, and printing fees shall be paid by the Company.
SECTION VI
INDEMNIFICATION
In the
event any Registrable Securities are included in the Registration
Statement under this Agreement:
6.1
To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Company, under this Agreement, will,
and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Investor
who holds Registrable Securities, the directors, officers,
partners, employees, counsel, agents, representatives of, and each
Person, if any, who controls, any Investor within the meaning of
the 1933 Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “
1934 Act
”)
(each, an “
Indemnified
Person
”), against any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs,
attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses,
joint or several (collectively, “
Claims
”), incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit,
inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the
foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or
other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or
threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a
party thereto (“
Indemnified
Damages
”), to which any of them may become subject
insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether
commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact in the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the
qualification of the offering under the securities or other
“blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which the
Investor has requested in writing that the Company register or
qualify the Shares (“
Blue Sky
Filing
”), or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
the statements therein were made, not misleading, (ii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company
files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or
the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact
necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not
misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the
Company of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, any other law, including,
without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or
regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (the
matters in the foregoing clauses (I) through (iii) being,
collectively, “
Violations
”). Subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 6.3 the Company shall reimburse
the Investor and each such controlling person, promptly as such
expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable
legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6.1: (I) shall
not apply to a Claim arising out of or based upon a Violation which
is due to the inclusion in the Registration Statement of the
information furnished to the Company by any Indemnified Person
expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement
thereto; (ii) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is
based on (a) a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be
delivered the prospectus made available by the Company or (b) the
Indemnified Person’s use of an incorrect prospectus despite
being promptly advised in advance by the Company in writing not to
use such incorrect prospectus; (iii) any claims based on the manner
of sale of the Registrable Securities by the Investor or of the
Investor’s failure to register as a dealer under applicable
securities laws; (iv) any omission of the Investor to notify the
Company of any material fact that should be stated in the
Registration Statement or prospectus relating to the Investor or
the manner of sale; and (v) any amounts paid in settlement of any
Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written
consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Indemnified Person and shall survive the resale of the Registrable
Securities by the Investor pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
6.2
In connection with
any Registration Statement in which Investor is participating, the
Investor agrees to severally and jointly indemnify, hold harmless
and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set
forth in Section 6.1, the Company, each of its directors, each of
its officers who signs the Registration Statement, each Person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act or
the 1934 Act and the Company’s agents (collectively and
together with an Indemnified Person, an “
Indemnified Party
”), against any
Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become
subject, under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as
such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon
any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent,
that such Violation is due to the inclusion in the Registration
Statement of the written information furnished to the Company by
the Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration
Statement; and, subject to Section 6.3, the Investor will reimburse
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such Claim;
provided, however
, that the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6.2 and the agreement
with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply
to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is
effected without the prior written consent of the Investor, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, further,
however, that the Investor shall only be liable under this Section
6.2 for that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not
exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party
and shall survive the resale of the Registrable Securities by the
Investor pursuant to the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification
agreement contained in this Section 6.2 with respect to any
preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any
Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material
fact contained in the preliminary prospectus were corrected on a
timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented.
This indemnification provision shall apply separately to each
Investor and liability hereunder shall not be joint and
several.
6.3
Promptly after
receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this
Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding
(including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a
Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a
Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying
party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a
written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying
party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent
the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the
defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified
Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified
Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying
party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party, the representation by
counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the
indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or
Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel
in such proceeding. The indemnifying party shall pay for only one
(1) separate legal counsel for the Indemnified Persons or the
Indemnified Parties, as applicable, and such counsel shall be
selected by the Investor, if the Investor is entitled to
indemnification hereunder, or the Company, if the Company is
entitled to indemnification hereunder, as applicable. The
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with
the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or
defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and
shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably
available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which
relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep
the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all
times as to the status of the defense or any settlement
negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be
liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding
affected without its written consent, provided, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or
condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the
consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to
entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other
compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof
the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party
or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to
such Claim. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder,
the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third
parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which
indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written
notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the
commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying
party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such
action.
6.4
The indemnity
agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (I) any cause
of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified
Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any
liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to
the law.
SECTIONVII
CONTRIBUTION
7.1
To the extent any
indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited
by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum
contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would
otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted
by law; provided, however, that: (I) no contribution shall be made
under circumstances where the maker would not have been liable for
indemnification under the fault standards set forth in Section 6;
(ii) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of
Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation; and (iii) contribution by any seller of
Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount
of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such
Registrable Securities.
SECTION VIII
REPORTS UNDER THE 1934 ACT
8.1
With a view to
making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act or any other similar rule or
regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investor to
sell securities of the Company to the public without registration
(“Rule 144”), provided that the Investor holds any
Registrable Securities are eligible for resale under Rule 144, the
Company agrees to:
a.
make and keep
adequate current public information available, as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144;
b.
file with the SEC
in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act so long as the Company
remains subject to such requirements (it being understood that
nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations under
Section 5(c) of the Equity Financing Agreement) and the filing of
such reports and other documents is required for the applicable
provisions of Rule 144; and
c.
furnish to the
Investor, promptly upon request, (I) a written statement by the
Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of
Rule 144, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, (ii) a copy of the most
recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other
reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other
information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investor
to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without
registration.
SECTION X
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1
NOTICES.
Any notices or other
communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of
this Agreement that must be in writing will be deemed to have been
delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided a confirmation of
transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept
on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) day after deposit
with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each
case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The
addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall
be:
If
to the Company:
|
NaturalShrimp
Incorporated
|
|
5080 Spectrum Dr.,
Suite 1000
|
|
Addison, TX
75001
|
|
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With a copy
to:
|
Lucosky Brookman
LLP
|
|
101 Wood Avenue
South, Fifth Floor
|
|
Woodbridge, NJ
08830
|
|
|
If
to the Investor:
|
GHS Investments,
LLC
|
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420 Jericho
Turnpike, Suite 207Jericho, NY 11753
|
Each
party shall provide five (5) business days prior notice to the
other party of any change in address, phone number or facsimile
number.
9.2
NO WAIVERS
. Failure of any
party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or
otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
9.3
NO ASSIGNMENTS
. The rights and
obligations under this Agreement shall not be
assignable.
9.4
ENTIRE AGREEMENT/AMENDMENT
.
This Agreement and the Registered Offering Transaction Documents
constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than
those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement
and the Registered Offering Transaction Documents supersede all
prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. The provisions of
this Agreement may be amended only with the written consent of the
Company and Investor.
9.5
HEADINGS
. The headings in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit
or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. Whenever required by the
context of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural
and masculine shall include the feminine. This Agreement shall not
be construed as if it had been prepared by one of the parties, but
rather as if all the parties had prepared the same.
9.6
COUNTERPARTS
. This Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
signatories hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement
may be executed by facsimile transmission, PDF, electronic
signature or other similar electronic means with the same force and
effect as if such signature page were an original
thereof.
9.7
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 the
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.
9.8
SEVERABILITY
. In case any
provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be excessive in scope or otherwise invalid or
unenforceable, such provision shall be adjusted rather than voided,
if possible, so that it is enforceable to the maximum extent
possible, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement will not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
9.9
LAW GOVERNING THIS AGREEMENT
.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to principles
of conflicts of laws. Any action brought by either party against
the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be brought only in the federal courts located in
New York City, New York. The parties to this Agreement hereby
irrevocably waive any objection to jurisdiction and venue of any
action instituted hereunder and shall not assert any defense based
on lack of jurisdiction or venue or based upon
forum non conveniens
.
The parties executing this
Agreement and other agreements referred to herein or delivered in
connection herewith on behalf of the Company agree to submit to the
in personam jurisdiction of such courts and hereby irrevocably
waive trial by jury.
The prevailing party shall be entitled
to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s
fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Agreement
or any other agreement delivered in connection herewith is invalid
or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then
such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it
may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with
such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove
invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other provision of any agreement.
Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and consents to process being served in any suit, action or
proceeding in connection with this Agreement or any other
Registered Offering Transaction Documents by mailing a copy thereof
via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with
evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for
notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service
shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any
way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law.
9.10
NO
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
. This Agreement is intended for
the benefit of the parties hereto and is not for the benefit of,
nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person,
except that the Company acknowledges that the rights of the
Investor may be enforced by its general partner.
[Signature page follows]
Your
signature on this Signature Page evidences your agreement to be
bound by the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above. The undersigned
signatory hereby certifies that he has read and understands the
Registration Rights Agreement, and the representations made by the
undersigned in this Registration Rights Agreement are true and
accurate, and agrees to be bound by its terms.
GHS
INVESTMENTS, LLC
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