-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SR3e2cBwaQLQF49pzPvLaMtGfLoidyRL+NgL+Ulm1O8W4g4XKUn31IdszXcCeTVF WS1aDrSubXqiJwXgUPnVbA== 0001019687-07-003225.txt : 20070928 0001019687-07-003225.hdr.sgml : 20070928 20070927185032 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019687-07-003225 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070928 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070927 GROUP MEMBERS: DAVID GELBAUM,TRUSTEE GROUP MEMBERS: MONICA CHAVEZ GELBAUM,TRUSTEE SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPEN ENERGY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001176193 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 980370750 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-79664 FILM NUMBER: 071140345 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 514 VIA DE LA VALLE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: SOLANA BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92075 BUSINESS PHONE: (858) 794-8800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 514 VIA DE LA VALLE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: SOLANA BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92075 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BARNABUS ENERGY, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050822 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BARNABUS ENTERPRISES LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020621 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Quercus Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001403463 IRS NUMBER: 552829330 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2309 SANTIAGO DRIVE CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 BUSINESS PHONE: 310-201-7481 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2309 SANTIAGO DRIVE CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 SC 13D/A 1 quercus_13da-092707.htm SCHEDULE 13D AMENDMENT NO. 2 quercus_13da-092707.htm

CUSIP NO. 683707103
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
SCHEDULE 13D
 
(Amendment No. 2)
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Open Energy Corporation
(Name of Issuer)

 
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

 
 
683707103
(CUSIP Number)

 
Joseph P. Bartlett, Esq.
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 201-7481
 
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
and Communications)

 
September 20, 2007
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
 
If the reporting person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box / /.
 
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Section 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
 
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
 
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
 
 
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(1)
Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
 
David Gelbaum, Trustee, The Quercus Trust
 
         
(2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(A) /X/
(B) /   /
         
(3)
SEC Use Only 
 
         
(4)
Source of Funds (See Instructions)
 
PF
 
         
(5)
Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) /  /
         
(6)
Citizenship or Place of Organization
 
U.S.
 
         
   
(7)
Sole Voting Power
-0-
 
Number of Shares      
Beneficially Owned 
(8)
Shared Voting Power
92,044,500
 
by Each Reporting      
Person With
(9)
Sole Dispositive Power
-0-
 
         
   
(10)
Shared Dispositive Power
92,044,500
 
         
(11)
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
92,044,500
 
         
(12)
Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) /  /
         
(13)
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
45.6%(1)
 
         
(14)
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN
 

______________
(1)           Based on 201,878,623  shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) outstanding, calculated in accordance with Rule 13d.
 
 
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(1)
Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
 
Monica Chavez Gelbaum, Trustee, The Quercus Trust
 
         
(2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(A) /X/
(B) /   /
         
(3)
SEC Use Only 
 
         
(4)
Source of Funds (See Instructions)
 
PF
 
         
(5)
Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) /  /
         
(6)
Citizenship or Place of Organization
 
U.S.
 
         
   
(7)
Sole Voting Power
-0-
 
Number of Shares      
Beneficially Owned 
(8)
Shared Voting Power
92,044,500
 
by Each Reporting      
Person With
(9)
Sole Dispositive Power
-0-
 
         
   
(10)
Shared Dispositive Power
92,044,500
 
         
(11)
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
92,044,500
 
         
(12)
Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) /  /
         
(13)
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
45.6%(1)
 
         
(14)
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN
 

_________
(1)           Based on 201,878,623  shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) outstanding, calculated in accordance with Rule 13d.
 
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(1)
Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
 
The Quercus Trust
 
         
(2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(A) /X/
(B) /   /
         
(3)
SEC Use Only 
 
         
(4)
Source of Funds (See Instructions)
 
PF
 
         
(5)
Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e) /  /
         
(6)
Citizenship or Place of Organization
 
U.S.
 
         
   
(7)
Sole Voting Power
-0-
 
Number of Shares      
Beneficially Owned 
(8)
Shared Voting Power
92,044,500
 
by Each Reporting      
Person With
(9)
Sole Dispositive Power
-0-
 
         
   
(10)
Shared Dispositive Power
92,044,500
 
         
(11)
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
92,044,500
 
         
(12)
Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) /  /
         
(13)
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
45.6%(1)
 
         
(14)
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO
 

_____________
(1)           Based on 201,878,623  shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) outstanding, calculated in accordance with Rule 13d.
 
 

 
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Item 1.    Security and Issuer
 
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 2”) amends and restates, where indicated, the statement on Schedule 13D relating to the Common Stock of the Issuer filed by The Quercus Trust (“Trust”), David Gelbaum and Monica Chavez Gelbaum (collectively as the “reporting persons”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2007 (the “Initial Schedule 13D”).  Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 2 but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Initial Schedule 13D or prior amendments thereto.
 
This Amendment No. 2 is being made to disclose the execution of a Securities Purchase Agreement by and between Issuer and Trust for the private placement of (i) Series B Convertible Note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000, convertible into Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) at an initial price of $0.50, subject to adjustment, and (ii) Series B Warrant exercisable for up to 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.506 per share, subject to adjustment.  Except as otherwise set forth herein, this Amendment No. 2 does not modify any of the information previously reported by the reporting persons in the Initial Schedule 13D or prior amendments thereto.
 
Item 5.       Interest in Securities of the Issuer
 
(a)  As of the date of this Amendment No. 2, each reporting person beneficially owns 92,044,500 shares of Common Stock, which are held of record by the Trust.
 
(b)  Each of David Gelbaum and Monica Chavez Gelbaum, acting alone, has the power to exercise voting and investment control over the shares of Common Stock owned by the Trust.
 
(c)  Since August 16, 2007, the Trust has purchased the following shares of Common Stock in brokered transactions as follows:
 
Date
Number of Shares
Price Per Share
     
8/16/2007
200,000
$0.4705
8/20/2007
245,000
$0.5653
8/21/2007
150,000
$0.5799
8/22/2007
110,000
$0.5836
8/23/2007
395,000
$0.6934
8/24/2007
145,000
$0.7041
9/7/2007
125,000
$0.5765
9/10/2007
90,000
$0.5653
 
On September 20, 2007, the reporting person purchased (i) Series B Convertible Note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000, convertible into Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at an initial price of $0.50, subject to adjustment, and (ii) Series B Warrant exercisable for up to 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.506 per share, subject to adjustment.
 
(d)  Not applicable.
 
(e)  Not applicable.
 
Item 6.    Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer
 
(a)  
Pursuant to the Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit “B” to Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed on August 24, 2007 with respect to the issuer Emcore Corp., David Gelbaum has been appointed as Monica Chavez Gelbaum’s Attorney-In-Fact.
 

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(b)  
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2007, by and between Open Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and The Quercus Trust (“Securities Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which The Quercus Trust purchases a private placement of (i) Series B Convertible Note in the original principal amount of $20,000,000, convertible into Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) at an initial price of $0.50, subject to adjustment, and (ii) Series B Warrant exercisable for up to 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.506 per share, subject to adjustment.
 
(c)  
Series B Convertible Note, dated as of September 19, 2007, issued by Open Energy Corporation to The Quercus Trust (“Series B Convertible Note”), pursuant to which Issuer promises to pay The Quercus Trust original principal amount of $20,000,000 upon terms and conditions set forth therein and pay interest on any outstanding principal at the interest rate set forth therein.
 
(d)  
Series B Warrant, dated as of September 19, 2007, issued by Open Energy Corporation to The Quercus Trust (“Series B Warrant”), pursuant to which The Quercus Trust is entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to purchase from Issuer at the exercise price of $.506 per share, subject to adjustment defined therein, 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
 
Item 7.    Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
 
Exhibit A:  Agreement Regarding Joint Filing of Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D.
 
Exhibit B:  Securities Purchase Agreement
 
Exhibit C:  Series B Convertible Note
 
Exhibit D:  Series B Warrant
 

SIGNATURE
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct and agrees that this statement may be filed jointly with the other undersigned parties.
 
Dated:  September 27, 2007
/s/ David Gelbaum
 
David Gelbaum, Co-Trustee of The Quercus Trust
   
 
/s/ David Gelbaum, Attorney-In-Fact for Monica Chavez Gelbaum
 
Monica Chavez Gelbaum, Co-Trustee of The Quercus Trust
   
 
/s/ David Gelbaum
 
The Quercus Trust, David Gelbaum, Co-Trustee of The Quercus Trust
 

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Exhibit A
 

 
Agreement Regarding Joint Filing of Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D
 
The undersigned agree that this Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D with respect to the Common Stock of Open Energy Corporation is a joint filing being made on their behalf.
 

Dated:  September 27, 2007
/s/ David Gelbaum
 
David Gelbaum, Co-Trustee of The Quercus Trust
   
 
/s/ David Gelbaum, Attorney-In-Fact for Monica Chavez Gelbaum
 
Monica Chavez Gelbaum, Co-Trustee of The Quercus Trust
   
 
/s/ David Gelbaum
 
The Quercus Trust, David Gelbaum, Co-Trustee of The Quercus Trust

 
 

 
 
Exhibit B
 

 
Securities Purchase Agreement
 
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 19, 2007, by and among Open Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).
 
WITNESSTH
 
A.            WHEREAS, the Company and each Buyer is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act;
 
B.            WHEREAS, the Company has authorized two new series of convertible notes of the Company, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Series A Notes”) and Exhibit B (the “Series B Notes” and together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”) which Notes shall be convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the ”Common Stock”) (as converted, the “Series AConversion Shares” or “Series B Conversion Shares” and collectively, the “Conversion Shares”), in accordance with the terms of the Notes;
 
C.            WHEREAS, each Buyer wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, (i) that aggregate principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (which aggregate amount for all Buyers shall be up to $35,000,000 (“Aggregate Principal Amount of Series A Notes and Series B Notes”) in amounts as subscribed by the Buyers), and (ii) warrants, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Series AWarrants”) and Exhibit D (the “Series B Warrants” together with the Series A Warrants, and collectively, the “Warrants”) to acquire up to that number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) of the Schedule of Buyers (as exercised, the “Series A Warrant Shares” and “Series B Warrant Shares” and collectively, the “Warrant Shares”).  Of the $35,000,000 principal amount of Notes being issued in connection with this transaction, not more than $15,000,000 principal amount of Notes shall be designated as Series A Notes not more than $20,000,000 principal amount of Notes shall be designated as Series B Notes;
 
D.            WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the purchasers of the Series A Notes and Series A Warrants are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws; and
 
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E.             WHEREAS, the Notes, the Conversion Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities.”
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement, the Company and each Buyer hereby agree as follows:
 
1.             PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.
 
(a)   Purchase of Notes and Warrants.
 
(i)            Notes and Warrants.  Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer, and each Buyer severally, but not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company on either the Initial Closing Date (as defined below) or the Final Closing Date (as defined below), (x) a principal amount of Notes as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Buyers, and (y) Warrants to acquire up to that number of Warrant Shares as is set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Buyers, (the “Closing”).
 
(ii)           Closing.  The date and time of the initial Closing (the “Initial Closing”) shall be no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time on September 18, 2007 (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) (the “Initial Closing Date”) after notification of satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below, with any additional closings (the “Additional Closing Dates”) to take place on or before October 31, 2007 (“Termination Date”) with the date of the final Closing (the “Final Closing”) occurring on before the Termination Date (the “Final Closing Date”), each to occur at the offices of Richardson & Patel LLP, 405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, New York 10174 unless the Company and the Buyers (as defined below) agree otherwise.  The Initial Closing and the Final Closing may be referred to herein collectively as a “Closing.”
 
(iii)          Purchase Price.  The aggregate purchase price for the Notes and Warrants to be purchased by each such Buyer at each Closing (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name in column (5) of the Schedule of Buyers.  The aggregate Purchase Price amount for all Buyers in the Initial Closing shall be no less than $20,000,000.  The aggregate Purchase Price for all Buyers in the Additional Closings shall be no more than $35,000,000 less the aggregate Purchase Price of Securities in the Initial Closing.
 
(b)   Form of Payment.  On the Initial Closing Date, each of the Additional Closings and the Final Closing Date, (i) each Buyer, shall deliver its Purchase Price, to the Escrow Agent (as defined below) pursuant to Section 2 of the Escrow Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2007 by and among the Company, the Agent (as defined in Section 3(h)) and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company (“Escrow Agent”), a financial institution chartered under the laws of the State of New York, attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Escrow Agreement”), or to the Company directly as directed by the Agent (as defined below), and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer the Notes (allocated in the principal amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is then purchasing hereunder along with the Warrants (allocated in the amounts as such Buyer shall request) which such Buyer is purchasing, in each case duly executed on behalf of the Company and registered in the name of such Buyer or its designee.
 
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2.             BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Each Buyer, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants with respect to only itself that:
 
(a)   Investment Purpose.  Such Buyer is acquiring the Notes and Warrants, and upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants, will acquire the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, as principal for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act and pursuant to the applicable terms of the Transaction Documents (as defined in Section 3(b)).  Such Buyer is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.  Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person (as defined in Section 3(r)) to distribute any of the Securities.
 
(b)   Accredited Investor Status.  At the time such Buyer was offered the Securities, it was, at the date hereof, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.  Such Buyer is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
 
(c)   Reliance on Exemptions.  Such Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire the Securities.
 
(d)   Information.  Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials deemed relevant to making an informed investment decision relating to the offer and sale of the Securities that have been requested by such Buyer.  Such Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein.  Such Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.  Such Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.
 
 
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(e)   No Governmental Review.  Such Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.
 
(f)    Transfer or Resale.  Such Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (which relates solely to the Series A Conversion Shares and the Series A Warrant Shares): (i) the Securities have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurance that such Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended (or a successor rule thereto) (collectively, “Rule 144”), notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement to deliver a legal opinion as set out in clause (B) above shall not apply to transfers to an affiliate of the Buyer; (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the Securities under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder.  The Securities may be pledged in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and such pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Buyer effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (as defined in Section 3(b)), including, without limitation, this Section 2(f).  The Company reserves the right to place stop transfer instructions against the shares and certificates for the Conversion Shares and/or Warrant Shares.
 
(g)   Legends.  Such Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Notes and Warrants and, solely with respect to the Series A Conversion Shares and the Series A Warrant Shares until such time as the resale of the Series A Conversion Shares and the Series A Warrant Shares have been registered under the Securities Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the stock certificates representing the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, except as set forth below, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in
 
 
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substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):
 
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE NOR SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE][EXERCISABLE] HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD RESALE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. [ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(d)(iii) AND 17(a) HEREOF.  THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(d)(iii) OF THIS NOTE.]
 
The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Securities are registered for resale under the Securities Act, (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, such holder provides the Company with an opinion of a law firm reasonably acceptable to the Company (with Richardson & Patel LLP being deemed acceptable), in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, or (iii) such holder provides the Company with reasonable assurance that the Securities can be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A.
(h)   Authorization.  Such Buyer has full power and authority to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a signatory.  All action on the part of the Buyer, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction documents has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing.  Each such agreement shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Buyer enforceable against such Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability
 
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may be limited by general principles of equity or to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
 
(i)    No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by such Buyer of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement (solely with respect to the Buyers of Series A Notes, Series A Warrants and Shares) and the consummation by such Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Buyer or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which such Buyer is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment  or decree (including federal and state securities laws) applicable to such Buyer, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, defaults, rights or violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Buyer to perform its obligations hereunder.
 
(j)    Residency.  Such Buyer is a resident of that jurisdiction specified below its address on the Schedule of Buyers.
 
(k)   No Legal Advice From the Company.  Such Buyer acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors.  Such Buyer is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the Transaction Documents, the transactions contemplated herein or therein or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.
 
(l)    Buyer’s Broker Fees.  Each Buyer shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions for placement agents, financial advisors and/or brokers engaged by such Buyer relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
(m)  Certain Trading Activities.  Other than the transactions contemplated herein, since the time that such Buyer was first contacted by the Company, the Agent or any other Person regarding this investment in the Company, neither the Buyer nor any Affiliate of such Buyer which (x) had knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) has or shares discretion relating to such Buyer’s investments or trading or information concerning such Buyer’s investments and (z) is subject to such Buyer’s review or input concerning such Affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has directly or indirectly, nor has any Person acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with such Buyer or Trading Affiliate, effected or agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the Company.  Such Buyer hereby covenants and agrees not to, and shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in any transactions in the securities of the Company or involving the Company’s securities during the period from the
 
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date hereof until the earlier to occur of (i) such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced as described in Section 4(h) hereof or (ii) such time as this Agreement is terminated in full pursuant to Section 8 hereof.  Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement and those expressly acknowledged by the Company, such Buyer has maintained the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction  “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker-dealers or foreign regulated brokers.  Such Buyer acknowledges the SEC’s position set forth in Item 65, Section 5 under Section A, of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997, compiled by the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance, and such Buyer will adhere to such position.
 
3.             REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents (as defined in Section 3(k)) the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto (the “Disclosure Schedule”), which Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Buyers that, as of the date hereof and as of each of the Initial Closing Date, Additional Closing Dates and the Final Closing Date:
 
(a)   Organization and Qualification.  The Company and its “Subsidiaries” (which for purposes of this Agreement means any joint venture or any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest) are entities validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are formed, and have the requisite power and authorization to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted.  Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to do business and, is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As used in this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, individually or taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Transaction Documents or by the agreements and instruments to be entered into in connection herewith or therewith, or on the authority or ability of the Company to perform in any material respect its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below).
 
(b)   Authorization; Enforcement; Validity.  Except as contemplated herein: (i) the Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined in Section 5(b)), and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue
 
 
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the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Sharesissuable upon conversion of the Notes and the reservation for issuance and issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and, except as set forth in Section 3(e), no further filing, consent, or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders; and (iii) this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents of even date herewith have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.
 
(c)   Issuance of Securities.  The issuance of the Notes and Warrants are duly authorized and are free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.  At Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stocknot less than the sum of 120% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable (x) upon conversion of the Notes (without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of the Notes set forth in the Notes), and (y) upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).  Upon conversion or exercise in accordance with the Notes or the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rightsaccorded to a holder of Common Stock.  Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Securities is exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
 
(d)   No Conflicts.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and Warrants and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of any articles of incorporation, articles of formation, any articles of designations or other constituent documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) in any respect under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including foreign, federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the NASD’s OTC Bulletin Board (the “Principal Market”)) applicable to the Company or any
 
 
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of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not be reasonably likely to have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(e)   Consents.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, except for the following consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations (none of which is required to be filed or obtained before the Closing): (i) the filing with the SEC of one or more registration statements (“Registration Statement”) in accordance with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the filing of a listing application for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares with the Principal Market, if applicable, which shall be done pursuant to the rules of the Principal Market, NASD or applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence.  The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Principal Market and has no knowledge of any facts that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market in the foreseeable future.
 
(f)    Acknowledgement Regarding Buyer’s Trading Activity.  Anything in this Agreement or elsewhere herein to the contrary notwithstanding (except as set forth in Section 2(m)), it is understood and acknowledged by the Company (i) that none of the Buyers have been asked by the Company to agree, nor has any Buyer agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Securities for any specified term; (ii) that past or future open market or other transactions by any Buyer, including Short Sales, and specifically including, without limitation, Short Sales or “derivative” transactions, before or after the Closing of this or future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) that any Buyer, and counter-parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Buyer is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that each Buyer shall not be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction.  The Company further understands and acknowledges that (a) one or more Buyers may engage in hedging activities at various times during the period that the Securities are outstanding, including, without limitation, during the periods that the value of the Warrant Shares deliverable with respect to Securities are being determined and (b) such hedging activities (if any) could reduce the value of the existing stockholders’ equity interests in the Company at and after the time that the hedging activities are being conducted.  The Company acknowledges that such aforementioned hedging activities do not constitute a breach of any of the Transaction Documents.
 
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(g)   Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of Securities.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and that no Buyer is (i) an officer or director of the Company, (ii) an “affiliate” of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 144 of the 1933 Act) or (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, a “beneficial owner” of more than 10% of the shares of Common Stock (as defined for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act.  The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any advice given by a Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Securities.  The Company further represents to each Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.
 
(h)   No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees.  Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, including, without limitation, any Person related to each Buyer, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.  The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any of the Agent’s (as defined below) fees relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to its outside counsel’s legal fees and expenses.  The Company acknowledges that it has engaged Knight Capital Markets, LLC as placement agent (the “Agent”) in connection with the sale of the Securities. The fees and expenses payable to the Agent are set forth in the Disclosure Schedule.  Other than the Agent, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged any placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of the Securities.
 
(i)    Dilutive Effect.  The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will increase in certain circumstances.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notesand its obligation to issue the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants is, in each case, absolute and unconditional, regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.
 
(j)    Application of Takeover Protections; Rights Agreement.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the Company and its board of directors have taken all necessary action in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Articles of Incorporation or the laws of the state of its incorporation which is or could become applicable to any Buyer as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the Securities and any Buyer’s ownership of the Securities.
 
 
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(k)   SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, during the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Company has timely 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 Exchange Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”), or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed all SEC Documents prior to the expiration of any such extension.  The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their respective representatives true, correct and complete copies of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system.  As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  As of their respective filing dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyers which is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in Section 2(d) of this Agreement or in the disclosure schedule, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made not misleading.
 
(l)    Absence of Certain Changes.  Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-KSB filed on September 13, 2007 and except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof or as set forth the Disclosure Schedule, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or 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, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial
 
 
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statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the SEC, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans or pursuant to conversion of outstanding debt.  The Company does not have pending before the SEC any request for confidential treatment of information.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, no event, liability or development has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, properties, operations or financial condition, that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.
 
(m)  Conduct of Business; Regulatory Permits.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its respective Certificates or Articles of Incorporation or its Bylaws or their organizational charter or bylaws, respectively.  To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any judgment, decree or order or any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will conduct its business in violation of any of the foregoing, except for possible violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is not in violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements of the Approved Market and has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably lead to delisting or suspension of the Common Stock by its Approved Market in the foreseeable future.  Since February 1, 2004, (i) the Common Stock has been designated for quotation on the Principal Market, (ii) trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended by the SEC or the Principal Market and (iii) the Company has received no communication, written or oral, from the SEC or the Principal Market regarding the suspension or delisting of the Common Stock from the Principal Market.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or in the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations or permits would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.
 
(n)   Foreign Corrupt Practices.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee
 
 
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(o)   Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  To the knowledge of the Company, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the Company is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof.
 
(p)   Transactions With Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents filed at least ten (10) days prior to the date hereof and other than the grant of stock options disclosed on the Disclosure Schedule, none of the senior executive officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as senior executive officers or directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any such senior executive officer or director or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such senior executive officer or director has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $60,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company
 
(q)   Equity Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents.  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents: (i) none of the Company’s capital stock is subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any 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 capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) other than the Notes being issued pursuant to this Agreement there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other agreements, documents or instruments evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound; (iv) there are no financing statements securing obligations in any material amounts, either singly or in the aggregate, filed in connection with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) 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 Securities Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement); (vi) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of
 
 
 
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the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (viii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (ix) the Company and its Subsidiaries have no liabilities or obligations required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents but not so disclosed in the SEC Documents, other than those incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not or would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has furnished to the Buyers true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s Bylaws, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
 
(r)    Indebtedness and Other Contracts.  Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Company’s Form 10-KSB filed on September 13, 2007 and except as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has any additional outstanding Indebtedness (as defined below), (ii) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument, the violation of which, or default under which, by the other party(ies) to such contract, agreement or instrument could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is in violation of any term of or in default under any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, except where such violations and defaults would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) is a party to any contract, agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness, the performance of which, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  For purposes of this Agreement:  (x) “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (A) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (B) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, including (without limitation) “capital leases” in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business), (C) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (D) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (E) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (F) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in connection with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a capital lease, (G) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (A) through (F) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise,
 
 
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to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (H) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (A) through (G) above; (y) “Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; and (z) “Person” means an individual or legal entity, including but not limited to a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
 
(s)   Absence of Litigation.  To the knowledge of the Company, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by the Principal Market, any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ officers or directors that, if adversely decided against the Company, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
 
(t)    Insurance.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged.  Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will 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.
 
(u)   Employee Relations.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or employs any member of a union.  The Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.  No executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 501(f) of the Securities Act) has notified the Company or any such Subsidiary that such officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such officer’s employment with the Company or any such Subsidiary.  To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement, non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant, and the continued employment of each such
 
 
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executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.  The Company and its Subsidiaries, to their knowledge, are in compliance in all material respects with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting labor, employment and employment practices and benefits, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where failure to be in compliance would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(v)   Title. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Disclosure Schedule or 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 and any of its Subsidiaries.  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries.
 
(w)  Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, service marks and all applications and registrations therefor, trade names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works of authorship, inventions, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted.  None of the Company’s registered, or applied for, Intellectual Property Rights, to the extent the Company has such Intellectual Property Rights, have expired or terminated or have been abandoned, or are expected to expire or terminate or expected to be abandoned, within three years from the date of this Agreement.  The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others.  There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company, being threatened, against the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding its Intellectual Property Rights.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(x)    Environmental Laws.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries, to their knowledge, (i) are in compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, (iv) do not own or operate any real property contaminated with any substance that is in violation of Environmental Laws, and
 
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(v) is not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  There is no civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by or before any court or governmental authority against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or arising from the Company’s nor any Subsidiary’s non-compliance with any Environmental Laws, nor has the Company received written notice of any alleged violations of Environmental Laws.  The term “Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”)into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.
 
(y)   Subsidiary Rights.  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has the unrestricted right to vote, and (subject to limitations imposed by applicable law) to receive dividends and distributions on, all capital securities of its Subsidiaries as owned by the Company or such Subsidiary.
 
(z)    Tax Status.  Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule or the SEC Documents, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.
 
(aa)               Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls.  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference.  The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act) that are
 
 
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effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed in to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  During the twelve months prior to the date hereof neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice or correspondence from any accountant relating to any potential material weakness in any part of the system of internal accounting controls of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
 
(bb)               Ranking of Notes.  The Notes shall be issued as general obligations of the Company and on at least a pari passu priority with other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company incurred prior to the date hereof and at least pari passu with any unsecured Indebtedness incurred on or after the date hereof.
 
(cc)               Off Balance Sheet Arrangements.  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its Exchange Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(dd)               Investment Company Status.  The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Securities will not be, an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
(ee)               Transfer Taxes.  On each of the Initial Closing Date and the Final Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income or similar taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold to each Buyer hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company, and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been complied with.
 
(ff)                 Manipulation of Price.  The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) other than the Agent, sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) other than the Agent, paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
 
(gg)               Disclosure.  To the Company’s knowledge, all disclosure provided by the Company to the Buyers regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, their business and the transactions contemplated hereby in the Transaction Documents and the
 
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Schedules to this Agreement is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed.
 
4.             COVENANTS.
 
(a)   Best Efforts.  Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to timely satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
 
(b)   Form D and Blue Sky.  The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing.  The Company shall, on or before the Initial Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to each of the Initial Closing Date and the Final Closing Date.  The Company shall make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Securities required under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Initial Closing Date or the Final Closing Date, as the case may be.
 
(c)   Reporting Status.  Until the date on which the Investors (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall have sold all the Conversion Shares and Warrant Sharesand none of the Notesor Warrants is outstanding, (the “Reporting Period”), the Company shall file, in a timely manner, all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.
 
(d)   Use of Proceeds.  The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate and working capital purposes and not for (i) the repayment of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for the repayment of outstanding indebtedness as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule, or (ii) redemption or repurchase of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ equity securities.
 
(e)   Financial Information.  The Company agrees to send the following to each Buyer during the Reporting Period (i) unless the following are filed with the SEC through EDGAR and are available to the public through the EDGAR system, within one (1) Business Day after the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of its Annual Reports and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-K, 10-KSB, 10-Q or 10-QSB, any interim reports or any consolidated balance sheets, income statements, stockholders’ equity statements and/or cash
 
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flow statements for any period other than annual, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any registration statements (other than on Form S-8) or amendments filed pursuant to the Securities Act, (ii) on the same day as the release thereof, facsimile or e-mailed copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) copies of any notices and other information made available or given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the making available or giving thereof to the stockholders.  As used herein, “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
 
(f)    Listing.  The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), all of the Series A Conversion Shares and all of the Series A Warrant Shares upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Common Stock is then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain, in accordance with the Notes and Warrants, such listing of all Registrable Securities, Series A Conversion Shares and Series A Warrant Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents.  The Company shall maintain the Common Stocks’ authorization for quotation on the Principal Market or an Approved Market (as defined below).  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market or an Approved Market.  As used herein, “Approved Market” shall mean any of the following: The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange or the NASD’s OTC Bulletin Board.  The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 4(f).
 
(g)   Pledge of Securities.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may be pledged by a Buyer in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Securities.  The pledge of Securities shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities hereunder, and no Investor effecting a pledge of Securities shall be required to provide the Company with any notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, Section 2(f) hereof; provided that an Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply with the provisions of Section 2(f) hereof in order to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Securities to such pledgee.  The Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Securities to such pledgee by an Investor
 
(h)   Disclosure of Transactions and Other Material Information.  The Company shall (i) within forty-eight (48) hours following the date of this Agreement issue a press release describing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) by 8:30 a.m., New York City time on or before the fourth Business Day immediately following the date of this Agreement, file a Current Report on Form 8-K describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in the form required by the Exchange Act and attaching the material Transaction Documents (including, without
 
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limitation, this Agreement, the form of the Notes, the form of the Warrants and the form of the Registration Rights Agreement) as exhibits to such filing (including all attachments, the “8-K Filing”).  The Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, not to, provide any Buyer with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing with the SEC without the express written consent of such Buyer.  From and after the deadline specified above, if a Buyer has, or believes it has, received any such material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, it shall provide the Company with written notice thereof.  The Company shall, within five (5) Trading Days (as defined in the Notes) of receipt of such notice, make public disclosure of such material, nonpublic information.  In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents.  No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents for any such disclosure.  Subject to the foregoing, neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any Buyer shall issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Buyer, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations.  Without the prior written consent of any applicable Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates shall disclose the name of such Buyer in any filing, announcement, release or otherwise; provided, however, that such consent shall be deemed to be given for any disclosure required by law in the reasonable opinion of the Company or its counsel.
 
(i)    Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends.  So long as fifteen percent (15%) or more of the total dollar amount of Notes originally issued remain outstanding, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on, the Common Stock without the prior express written consent of the holders of Notes representing not less than 75% of the aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
 
(j)    Additional Notes; Variable Securities; Dilutive Issuances.  So long as fifteen percent (15%) or more of the total dollar amount of Notes originally issued remain outstanding, the Company will not issue any Notes other than to the Buyers as contemplated hereby and the Company shall not issue any other securities that would cause a breach or default under the Notes.   For so long as any Notes or Warrants originally issued remain outstanding, the Company shall not, in any manner, enter into or affect any Dilutive Issuances (as defined in the Notes) if the effect of such Dilutive Issuance is to cause the Company to be required to issue upon conversion of any Note or exercise of any Warrant any shares of Common Stock in excess of that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market.
 
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(k)   Corporate Existence.  So long as any Buyer beneficially owns any Securities, the Company shall not be party to any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Notes) unless the Company is in compliance with the applicable provisions governing Fundamental Transactions set forth in the Notes and the Warrants.
 
(l)    Reservation of Shares.  The Company shall take all action necessary to at all times have authorized and reserved for the purpose of issuance no less than, from each of the Initial Closing Date and the Final Closing Date, 120% of the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable (i) upon conversion of the Notes issued at the Closing and (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants issued at the Closing (without taking into account any limitations on the Conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Notes and Warrants, respectively).
 
(m)  Conduct of Business.  The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except where such violations would not result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(n)   Delivery of Certificates.  Upon conversion or exercise of the Notes and Warrants, respectively, any request for removal of restrictive legends on the shares of Common Stock issuable in connection therewith, certificates for shares of Common Stock will be delivered to the Investor within three (3) Trading Days.  If such delivery is made more than two (2) additional Trading Days after conversion or exercise or request for removal of legend, as the case may be, the Company will compensate the Investor at a rate of $100 per day for each of the first ten (10) Trading Days and $200 per day thereafter for each $10,000 of securities. In such event, after the first such ten (10) Trading Days noted above, the Investor will also have right to rescind its conversion notice for the Notes and/or its exercise notice for the Warrants. In addition, if the certificates have not been delivered by the fifth (5th) Trading Day, then, if the Investor has sold shares of Common Stock after the conversion or exercise date, as the case may be, the Company will compensate Investor for extra costs, if any, incurred to cover the sale, all as agreed upon and reflected in the Transaction Documents.
 
(o)   Additional Issuances of Securities.
 
(i)            For purposes of this Section 4(o) below, the following definitions shall apply.
 
(1)           Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock.
 
(2)           Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
 
 
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(3)           Common Stock Equivalents” means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.
 
(4)           “Additional Issuance Restrictions” shall mean the requirements set forth in Section 4(o)(ii) and 4(o)(iii) below.
 
(ii)           From the date hereof until 90 days after the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, other than pursuant to this Agreement or upon the conversion of Notes or exercise of Warrants issued in connection with this Agreement; provided, however, the 90 day period set forth in this Section 4(o) shall be extended for the number of Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common Stock is suspended by any Trading Market, or (ii) following the Effective Date, the Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus included in the Registration Statement may not be used by the Buyers for the resale of the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares.
 
(iii)          During the period that any Note or Warrant remains outstanding, notwithstanding whether or not an issuance of securities is deemed to be an issuance of Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes), the Company shall not issue or sell, or agree to issue or sell Variable Equity Securities (as defined below), or any securities of the Company pursuant to an Equity Line (as defined below) structure or format, without obtaining the prior written approval of each of the Buyers, with the exception of any such agreements, transactions or Equity Lines existing as of the date hereof.  For purposes hereof, an “Equity Line” shall mean a transaction involving a written agreement between the Company and an investor or underwriter whereby the Company has the right to “put” its securities to the investor or underwriter over an agreed period of time and at an agreed price or price formula.  For purposes hereof, the following shall be collectively referred to herein as, the “Variable Equity Securities”: (A) any debt or equity securities which are convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or carry the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock either (1) at any conversion, exercise or exchange rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of or quotations for Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security, or (2) with a fixed conversion, exercise or exchange price that is subject to being reset at some future date at any time after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security due to a change in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock since the date of initial issuance, or (B) any amortizing convertible security which amortizes prior to its maturity date, where the Company is required to or has the option to (or the investor in such transaction has the option to require the Company to) make such amortization payments in shares of Common Stock (whether or not such payments in stock are subject to certain equity conditions), or (C) any debenture, note or preferred stock that is accompanied by a number of warrants greater than 100% of the original principal amount, divided by the Weighted Average Price at the time of closing of such debenture, note or preferred stock, or (D) any Common Stock that is sold at a discount to the market price at the time of closing that is greater than 10%, or (E) any adjustable warrant where the number of shares issuable thereunder is subject to increase, or (F) any common stock that is accompanied by a number of warrants greater than 100% of the number of shares of
 
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common stock sold by the Company in such transaction, or (G) any warrant, convertible security or other Common Stock Equivalent with a conversion, exercise or exchange price that is set at a price that is less than 70% of the initial Conversion Price of the Note, or (H) any note, debenture or other debt obligation that is accompanied by shares of Common Stock for which the additional consideration paid per share of Common Stock is less than 90% of the Weighted Average Price at the time of closing.  For purposes of the above, the “Weighted Average Price” at time of closing shall mean the Weighted Average Price, as defined in the Notes.  Any Buyer shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to any right to collect damages.
 
(iv)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(o) shall not apply in respect of any Strategic Investment Partner or Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes), except that no Variable Equity Securities or Equity Line transaction shall be deemed to be included in the definition of Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes).  For purposes of this Section 4(o) and Section 4(r), “Strategic Investment Partner” shall include, without limitation, any party with whom the Company may enter into any business relationship whereby such party (i) invests cash or other funds into the Company, (ii) enters into a joint venture with the Company or (iii) enters into such other similar business arrangement.
 
(v)           The Company recognizes that in the event that it breaches any of the requirements of this Section 4(o) or of Section 4(t) below, that irreparable harm will result and any remedy at law would be inadequate relief to the Buyers.  The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.
 
(p)   Participation in Future Financing.
 
(i)            From the date hereof until the date that is the 12 month anniversary of the Effective Date, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents for cash consideration (a “Subsequent Financing”), each Buyer shall have the right to participate in the Subsequent Financing, on a pro rata basis, up to an amount up to 50% of the Subsequent Financing (the “Participation Maximum”) on the same terms, conditions and price provided for in the Subsequent Financing. This Section 4(p)(i) shall not apply in the case of an underwritten public offering of the Company’s Common Stock.
 
(ii)           At least 5 Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Financing, the Company shall deliver to each Buyer a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask such Buyer if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”).  Upon the request of a Buyer, which shall be delivered to the Company within one (1) Trading Day of the Company’s delivery of a Pre-Notice, and only upon a request by such Buyer, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Company shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a
 
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Subsequent Financing Notice to such Buyer.  The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the Person or Persons through or with whom such Subsequent Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment.
 
(iii)          Any Buyer desiring to participate in such Subsequent Financing must provide written notice to the Company by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after all of the Buyers have received the Pre-Notice that the Buyer is willing to participate in the Subsequent Financing, the amount of the Buyer’s participation, and that the Buyer has such funds ready, willing, and available for investment on the terms set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.  If the Company receives no notice from a Buyer as of such 5th Trading Day, such Buyer shall be deemed to have notified the Company that it does not elect to participate.
 
(iv)          If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after all of the Buyers have received the Pre-Notice, notifications by the Buyers of their willingness to participate in the Subsequent Financing (or to cause their designees to participate) is, in the aggregate, less than the total amount of the Subsequent Financing, then the Company may effect the remaining portion of such Subsequent Financing on the terms and with the Persons set forth in the Subsequent Financing Notice.
 
(v)           If by 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 5th Trading Day after all of the Buyers have received the Pre-Notice, the Company receives responses to a Subsequent Financing Notice from Buyers seeking to purchase more than the aggregate amount of the Participation Maximum, each such Buyer shall have the right to purchase its Pro Rata Portion (as defined below) of the Participation Maximum.  “Pro Rata Portion” means the ratio of (x) the Subscription Amount of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by a Buyer participating under this Section 4(p) and (y) the sum of the aggregate Subscription Amounts of Securities purchased on the Closing Date by all Buyers participating under this Section 4(p).
 
(vi)          The Company must provide the Buyers with a second Subsequent Financing Notice, and the Buyers will again have the right of participation set forth above in this Section 4(q), if the Subsequent Financing subject to the initial Subsequent Financing Notice is not consummated for any reason on the terms set forth in such Subsequent Financing Notice within 60 Trading Days after the date of the initial Subsequent Financing Notice.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(p) shall not apply in respect of (i) any Excluded Securities (as defined in the Notes), or (ii) an underwritten public offering of Common Stock.
 
(q)   Company’s Disclosure of Material, Non-Public Information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, if the Company, in connection with this financing, discloses material, non-public information to the Buyers, including without limitation the items set forth on the Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Information”), in addition to the existence and terms of the financing, the Company covenants that the
 
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Information will be disclosed in the ordinary course of its business, either by Form 8-K or press release, or both, on or before the first Business Day after the Initial Closing, or on or before the first Business Day after any Additional Closing if additional material non-public information is disclosed to the Buyers after the Initial Closing, but in any event the Company shall make public disclosure of all material non-public information that has been disclosed to the Buyers by not later than September 30, 2007, at which point the Buyers will no longer be in possession of any material, non-public information.  The Company covenants and agrees that thereafter, neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf will provide any Buyer or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Buyer shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information.  The Company understands and confirms that each Buyer shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.  In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, the Company shall publicly disclose any material, non-public information in a Form 8-K within five (5) Business Days of the date that it discloses such information to the Buyer.  In the event of a breach of any of the foregoing covenant by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Buyer shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material, nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company. No Buyer shall have any liability to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, stockholders or agents for any such disclosure.
 
(r)    Shareholder Issuance Vote Upon National Listing.  If the Company, at any time while any of the Notes or Warrants are outstanding, becomes listed on a National Exchange (as defined below)(a “National Listing”), and the rules or regulations of such National Exchange limit the number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Notes and Warrants (the amount of such limit is referred to herein as the “Exchange Cap Amount”), then, within thirty (30) days of the date of such National Listing, the Company shall (i) prepare a proxy statement, (ii) file a preliminary and definitive proxy statement with the SEC and (iii) mail the definitive proxy statement to its shareholders, requesting and recommending that they vote affirmatively (a “Shareholder Issuance Vote”) on a proposal to approve the issuance, under the applicable rules of such National Exchange, of all of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares and other shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents without regard to the Exchange Cap Amount and to eliminate any prohibitions under applicable law or the rules or regulations of any stock exchange, interdealer quotation system or other self-regulatory organization with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its securities on the Company’s ability to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the Exchange Cap Amount (the shareholder approval of such proposal is referred to herein as the “Shareholder Issuance Approval”).  The Shareholder Issuance Approval, if required hereunder, shall occur before the date that is ninety (90) days after the date of the National Listing (the “Shareholder Issuance Voting Deadline”).  For purposes hereof, “National Exchange” shall mean an Approved Market other than NASD’s OTC Bulletin Board.
 
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(s)   Retention of Transfer Agent.  The Company will engage the services of a transfer agent for its Common Stock that is a participant in the Depository Trust Company’s Full Fast Program prior to the Initial Closing.
 
(t)    Limitation On Sale Or Disposition Of Intellectual Property to Related Parties.  So long as any portion of the Notes remain outstanding, so long as the Company shall have any obligation under the Notes or so long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall not sell, convey, dispose of, spin off or assign any or all of its Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in Section 3(w) above), or the rights to receive proceeds from patent licensing agreements, patent infringement litigation or other litigation related to such Intellectual Property Rights, in each case without Buyer’s written consent, to any Related Party (as defined below).   For purposes hereof, “Related Party” shall mean any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s officers, directors, persons who were officers or directors at any time during the previous two (2) years, stockholders who beneficially own five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock, Strategic Investment Partners or Affiliates (as defined below) or (ii) 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 five percent (5%) or more beneficial interest.  “Affiliate” for purposes hereof means, with respect to any person or entity, another person or entity that, directly or indirectly, (i) has a ten percent (10%) or more equity interest in that person or entity, (ii) has ten percent (10%) or more common ownership with that person or entity, (iii) controls that person or entity, or (iv) shares common control with that person or entity.  “Control” or “Controls” for purposes hereof means that a person or entity has the power, direct or indirect, to conduct or govern the policies of another person or entity
 
(u)   Right of First Negotiation.  For a period of twelve (12) months from the date hereof, if the Company intends to raise additional capital by the issuance or sale of common stock of the Company, including without limitation shares of any class of common stock or any securities convertible or exercisable into shares of common stock (whether the offering is conducted by the Company, underwriter, placement agent or any third party) the Company shall be obligated to offer to the Buyers, subject to similar rights of other security holders, on a pro rata basis, in an amount of up to 50% of such issuance or sale of common stock or securities convertible or exercisable into shares of common stock, by providing in writing the principal amount of capital it intends to raise and outline of the material terms of such capital raise, prior to the offering such issuance or sale of capital stock to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former officers or directors, current or former shareholders and/or investors of the obligor, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.  The Buyers shall have five (5) business days from receipt of such notice of the sale or issuance of capital stock to accept or reject all or a portion of such capital raising offer.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4(u) shall not apply to the issuance or sale of common stock of the Company in an underwritten public offering.
 
5.             REGISTER; TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
 
(a)   Register.  The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to each holder of Securities), a register for the Notes and the Warrants in which the Company shall record
 
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the name and address of the Person in whose name the Notes andthe Warrants have been issued (including the name and address of each transferee), the principal amount of Notes held by such Person, the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Person.  The Company shall keep the register open and available at all times during business hours for inspection of any Buyer or its legal representatives.
 
(b)   Transfer Agent Instructions.  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, to issue certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares issued at the Closing or upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto (the “Transfer Agent Instructions”).  The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5(b), and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(g) hereof, will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(f), the Company shall permit the transfer and shall promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates or credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC in such name and in such denominations as specified by such Buyer to effect such sale, transfer or assignment.  .  In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144, the transfer agent shall issue such Securities to the Buyer, assignee or transferee, as the case may be, without any restrictive legend.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
 
(c)   Additional Relief.  If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to such holder unlegended certificates or to credit the holder’s balance account with DTC within two (2) Trading Days of receipt of documents necessary for the removal of legend set forth above, then the Company will compensate the holder at a rate of $100 per day for each of the first ten (10) Trading Days and $200 per day thereafter for each $10,000 of securities.  If the Company shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to such holder unlegended certificates or to credit the holder’s balance account with DTC within five (5) Trading Days of receipt of documents necessary for the removal of legend set forth above (the “Deadline Date”) and if on or after the Trading Day (as defined in the Warrants) immediately following such Deadline Date, the holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale
 
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by the holder of shares of Common Stock that the holder anticipated receiving from the Company, then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the holder’s request and in the holder’s discretion, pay cash to the holder in an amount equal to the holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased, at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate.
 
6.             CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.
 
The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and the related Warrants to each Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before each of the Initial Closing Date, Additional Closing Dates and the Final Closing Date, as the case may be, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion by providing each Buyer with prior written notice thereof:
(i)            Such Buyer shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and delivered the same to the Company.
 
(ii)           Such Buyer and each other Buyer shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Notes and the related Warrants being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.
 
(iii)          The representations and warranties of such Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Initial Closing Date, the Additional Closing Date or the Final Closing Date, as the case may be, as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date), and such Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by such Buyer at or prior to the Initial Closing Date, Additional Closing Date or the Final Closing Date, as the case may be.
 
7.             CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.
 
The obligation of each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes and the related Warrants at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before each of the Initial Closing Date, Additional Closing Dates and the Final Closing Date, as the case may be, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:
(i)    The Company shall have duly executed and delivered (physically or by electronic copy) to such Buyer (i) each of the Transaction Documents (not including the Registration Rights Agreement or the Transfer Agent Instructions to each Buyer of Series B Notes and Series B Warrants), (ii) the Notes (allocated in such principal amounts as such Buyer
 
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shall request), being purchased by such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, and (iii) the related Warrants (allocated in such amounts as such Buyer shall request) being issued to such Buyer at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement in an amount equal to (A) 75% of the number of Series A Conversion Shares underlying Series A Notes purchased by Buyer at an exercise price per Series A Warrant Share of 120% of the closing price of the common stock on the date immediately prior to the Initial Closing, subject to adjustment, and (B) 100% of the Series B Conversion Shares, underlying Series B Notes purchased by Buyer at an exercise price per Series B Warrant Share of 110% of the closing price of the common stock on the date immediately prior to the Initial Closing, subject to adjustment .
 
(ii)           Such Buyer shall have received the opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation, the Company’s outside counsel (“Opinion of Counsel”), dated as of the Closing Date each Additional Closing Date and the Final Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit H attached hereto.
 
(iii)          The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer of Notes and Warrants a copy of the Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto, which instructions shall have been delivered to the Company’s transfer agent.
 
(iv)          The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in such entity’s jurisdiction of formation issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) of such jurisdiction, as of a date within 10 days of the Initial Closing Date.
 
(v)           The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate evidencing the Company’s qualification as a foreign corporation and good standing issued by the Secretary of State (or comparable office) in each jurisdiction in which the Company has so qualified, as of a date within 10 days of the Initial Closing Date.
 
(vi)          The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer a certificate, executed by the Secretary of the Company and dated as of each of the Initial Closing Date, Additional Closing Date(s) and the Final Closing Date, as the case may be, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(b) as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Articles of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
 
(vii)         The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of each of the Initial Closing Date, Additional Closing Date(s) and the Final Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct as of such specified date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Initial Closing Date, the Additional Closing Date(s) and the Final Closing Date.  Such Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of each of the Initial Closing Date, the Additional Closing Date(s) and the Final Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J.
 
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(viii)        Each of the Company’s officers, directors and their respective affiliates shall have entered into a lock-up agreement with the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K.
 
(ix)           The Common Stock (A) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Principal Market and (B) shall not have been suspended, as of the Initial Closing Date, Additional Closing Date or the Final Closing Date, by the SEC or the Principal Market from trading on the Principal Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Principal Market have been threatened, as of the Initial Closing Date or the Final Closing Date, either (I) in writing by the SEC or the Principal Market or (II) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Principal Market.
 
(x)            The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Buyer or its counsel may reasonably request.
 
8.             TERMINATION.  This Agreement may be terminated by any Buyer, as to such Buyer’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other buyers, by written notice to the other parties, if the Initial Closing has not been consummated on or before September 21, 2007, or, after the Initial Closing has been consummated if the Final Closing has not been consummated on or before October 31, 2007; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).
 
9.             MISCELLANEOUS.
 
(a)   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial.  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
 
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permitted by law.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
 
(b)   Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original, not a facsimile signature.
 
(c)   Headings.  The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
 
(d)   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.
 
(e)   Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents supersede all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyers, the Company, their affiliates and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters.  No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holders of at least 85% of the aggregate number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares issued and issuable hereunder, and any amendment to this Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of this Section 9(e) shall be binding on all Buyers and holders of Securities as applicable.  No provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.  No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the applicable Securities then outstanding.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents, holders of Notes or holders of the Warrants, as the case may be.  The Company has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreements with any Buyers relating to the terms or conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents except as set forth in the Transaction Documents.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company confirms that, except as set forth in this Agreement, no Buyer has made any commitment or promise or has any other obligation to provide any financing to the Company or otherwise.
 
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(f)    Notices.  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the 2nd Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.
 
(g)   Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes or the Warrants.  The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the holders of at least 75% of the aggregate number of Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares issued and issuable hereunder, including by way of a Fundamental Transaction.  A Buyer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder without the consent of the Company, in which event such assignee shall be deemed to be a Buyer hereunder with respect to such assigned rights
 
(h)   No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
 
(i)    Survival.  Unless this Agreement is terminated under Section 8, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers contained in Sections 2 and 3, and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9 shall survive the Closing.  Each Buyer shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
 
(j)    Further Assurances.  Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
(k)   Indemnification.  By the Company.  In consideration of each Buyer’s execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Buyer and each other holder of the Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses,
 
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costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Buyer 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 Buyer Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Buyer Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of or resulting from (i) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Securities, (iii) any disclosure made by such Buyer pursuant to Section 4(g), or (iv) the status of such Buyer or holder of the Securities as an investor in the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company shall not be obligated to indemnify a Buyer Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 9(k) for Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are caused by acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Buyer Indemnitee.  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities that is permissible under applicable law.  Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with respect to the rights and obligations under this Section 9(k) shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
(l)    No Strict Construction.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
 
(m)  Remedies.  The Company, each Buyer, and each holder of the Securities shall have all rights and remedies set forth in the Transaction Documents and all rights and remedies which such Company or holders have been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such holders have under any law.  Any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by law.  Furthermore, the Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Buyers.  The Company therefore agrees that the Buyers shall be entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security.
 
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(n)   Rescission and Withdrawal Right.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Buyer exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not perform, in a timely manner, its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Buyer may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.
 
(o)   Payment Set Aside.  To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Buyers hereunder or pursuant to any of the other Transaction Documents or the Buyers enforce or exercise their rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, foreign, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
 
(p)   Independent Nature of Buyers’ Obligations and Rights.  The obligations of each Buyer under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Buyer, and no Buyer shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Buyer under any Transaction Document.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Buyer pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Buyers as, and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers do not so constitute, a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Buyers are in any way acting in concert or as a group, and the Company will not assert any such claim with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Company acknowledges that the Buyers are not acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  The Company acknowledges and each Buyer confirms that it has independently participated in the negotiation of the transaction contemplated hereby with the advice of its own counsel and advisors.  Each Buyer shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of any other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Buyer to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
 
[Signature Pages Follow]
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
Open Energy Corporation
Address for Notice:
 
 
514 Via de la Valle, Suite 200
 
 
Solana Beach, CA 92075
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ David Saltman
 
Facsimile: (858) 794-8811
 
Name: David Saltman
Attention: David Saltman,
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Address for Notice:
 
12235 El Camino Real, Suite 200
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
San Diego, CA 92130
Attention: Martin J. Waters, Esq.
 
 
 
 
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[BUYER SIGNATURE PAGES TO OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
 
Name of Buyer:
The Quercus Trust
 
 
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Buyer:
 /s/ David Gelbaum
 
 
Name of Authorized Signatory:
 David Gelbaum
 
 
Title of Authorized Signatory:
 Trustee
 
 
 
Email Address of Buyer:
 
 
 
 
Fax Number of Buyer:
 
 
 
 
Address for Notice of Buyer:             2309 Santiago Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
 
Address for Delivery of Securities for Buyer (if not same as address for notice):
 
Principal Amount of Series A Note: $
 
Principal Amount of Series B Note: $20,000,000
 
Series A Warrant Shares:
 
Series B Warrant Shares: 40,000,000
 
EIN Number:  [PROVIDE THIS UNDER SEPARATE COVER]
 
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SCHEDULE OF NOTES AND WARRANT BUYERS
 
(1)
 
 
(2)
 
 
(3)
 
 
(4)
 
 
(5)
 
 
(6)
 
 
Buyer
 
 
Address and
Facsimile Number
 
 
Aggregate
Principal
Amount of
Series A
Notes
 
 
Number of
Series A
Warrant
Shares
 
 
Aggregate
Purchase Price
 
 
Legal
Representative’s
Address and Facsimile
Number
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Buyer
 
 
Address and
Facsimile Number
 
 
Aggregate
Principal
Amount of
Series B
Notes
 
 
Number of
Series B
Warrant
Shares
 
 
Aggregate
Purchase Price
 
 
Legal
Representative’s
Address and Facsimile
Number
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Quercus Trust
 
 
 
2309 Santiago Drive
Newport Beach,
California 92660
 
 
$
20,000,000
 
 
40,000,000
 
 
$
20,000,000
 
 
David Gelbaum
Trustee
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit A
 
 
 
Form of Series A Note
 
Exhibit B
 
 
 
Form of Series B Note
 
Exhibit C
 
 
 
Form of Series A Warrant
 
Exhibit D
 
 
 
Form of Series B Warrant
 
Exhibit E
 
 
 
Form of Registration Rights Agreement
 
Exhibit F
 
 
 
Form of Escrow Agreement
 
Exhibit G
 
 
 
Form of Transfer Agent Instructions
 
Exhibit H
 
 
 
Form of Opinion of Company’s Counsel
 
Exhibit I
 
 
 
Form of Secretary’s Certificate
 
Exhibit J
 
 
 
Form of Officer’s Certificate
 
Exhibit K
 
 
 
Form of Lockup Agreement
 
 
 
 
 
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 3(h)
Schedule 3(h)
Placement Agent’s Fees
 
Pursuant to the engagement agreement entered into between Open Energy Corporation (“Open”) and Knight Capital Markets, LLC (“Knight”) on March 12, 2007, as subsequently amended, Open has agreed to pay Knight the following placement and advisory fees in connection with the total dollar amount of securities sold pursuant to this Agreement:
Advisory Fees:
·
1.0% cash advisory fee;
·
Warrants to purchase up to 1.0% of the number of shares of common stock underlying the Convertible Notes sold in this offering, exercisable at the Conversion Price of the Convertible Notes.
 
Placement Fees:
·
6.0% cash placement fee;
·
Warrants to purchase up to 3.0% of the number of shares of common stock underlying the Convertible Notes sold in this offering, exercisable at the Conversion Price of the Convertible Notes.
 
Expenses:
Open has agreed to pay for all of Knight’s legal counsel fees and all expenses incurred by Knight in connection with the offering of its securities pursuant to this Agreement.
 
 
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 3(q)(ii)
Equity Capitalization
·
22,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.55 per share issued to Everest Asset Management, exercisable for a period of 60 months from the date of issuance.
·
400,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.50 per share issued to J. H. Darbie & Co., exercisable for a period of 36 months from the date of issuance.
 
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE 4(d)
Use of Proceeds
 
·
repayment of John Fife debenture in the amount of $950,000
   
·
repayment of Everest Asset Management note in the amount of $1,000,000
   
·
repayment of loans payable to former SRS shareholders as follows:
 
 
 
Account Description
 
 
Ending Balance
 
 
Due to Geocalm/LabX US$-SRS
 
 
$
269,171.21
 
 
Due to Geocalm/LabX CDN$-SRS
 
 
30,798.40
 
 
Shareholder - Robert Kafato-SRS
 
 
74,467.23
 
 
Shareholder - Norm Dodd-SRS
 
 
48,968.01
 
 
Shareholder - Bill Chislett-SRS
 
 
36,474.09
 
 
Subtotal related parties
 
 
459,878.94
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank of Montreal Loan-SRS U$D, CAD Loan
 
 
61,535.43
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
521,414.37
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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Exhibit C
 
SERIES B CONVERTIBLE NOTE
 
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(d)(iii) AND 17(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(d)(iii) OF THIS NOTE.
 
Series B Convertible Note
 
Issuance Date: September 19, 2007
Original Principal Amount: U.S. $20,000,000
 
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Open Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to The Quercus Trust or its registered assigns (“Holder”) the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to conversion or otherwise, the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the Interest Rate as required by Section 2 hereof. This Series B Convertible Note (including all Series B Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is one of an issue of Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below) on the Closing Date (collectively, the “Notes” and such other Convertible Notes, the “Other Notes”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 27. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
 
(1)          PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, and accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, on such Principal and Interest. The
 
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MaturityDate” shall be three (3) years from the date of the Initial Closing, as may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, a Trigger Event (as defined in Section 4(a)) shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) or any event that shall have occurred and be continuing that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in a Trigger Event, and (ii) through the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of a Change of Control in the event that a Change of Control is publicly announced. Other than as specifically permitted by the Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, on Principal and Interest.
 
(2)          INTEREST; INTEREST RATE. During the term of this Note, Interest shall accrue on outstanding Principal at an interest rate equal to six percent (6%) per annum (the “Interest Rate”) commencing on the Issuance Date. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any Interest that shall accrue hereunder shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 (each an “Interest Payment Due Date”), beginning on the first such date after the Issuance Date hereof, in cash or shares of Common Stock (“Interest Shares”) at the option of the Company. If the Company elects to pay all or any portion of any Interest due in shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), such Interest to be paid in Interest Shares shall be paid in a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares (rounded to the nearest whole cent) equal to the quotient of (a) the amount of Interest payable on such Interest Date less any such Interest to be paid in cash on such Interest Date divided by (b) an amount equal to 95% of the 5-day Weighted Average Price (as defined in Section 27) of the Common Stock ending on the Trading Day prior to such Interest Payment Due Date, with the right of the Company to make such payment of Interest in Interest Shares subject to the following conditions: (i) the Common Stock shall have traded an average of at least 300,000 shares per day for each of the five trading days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Due Date, (ii) a registration statement covering the resale by the Holder of the Interest Shares shall be current and effective as of the date of delivery of such Interest Shares to the Holder, and (iii) a Trigger Event, as defined below, in accordance with Section 4(a)(v), shall not have occurred. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Holder or its assignee in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of Notes.
 
(3)          CONVERSION OF NOTES. This Note shall be convertible by the Holder into shares of the Company’s Common Stock on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.
 
(a)          Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 3(e), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert, at the Holder’s sole option, any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any issuance of Common Stock to any Person other than the converting Holder or with respect to any income tax due by the Holder with respect to such Common Stock.
 
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(b)         Forced Conversion. The Company shall have the right to call all, but not less than all, of the Notes for conversion at the Conversion Price (as defined below) if the Weighted Average Price for the Company’s Common Stock has exceeded 300% of the Conversion Price of the Series A Notes for at least 20 Trading Days during a 30 Trading Day period ending within 5 Trading Days prior to the Company sending a notice (the “Forced Conversion Notice”) of forced conversion and the date of such forced conversion (the “Forced Conversion Notice Date”) to the Holders the (“MeasurementPeriod”), and if the following conditions are satisfied: (i) there is either an effective registration statement providing for the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes during each Trading Day of the Measurement Period or all of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes may be resold pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act without restriction during each Trading Day of the Measurement Period; and (ii) the Common Stock has traded an average of 400,000 shares per day during the Measurement Period. The date the Notes shall be converted pursuant to this provision shall be thirty (30) days after the Forced Conversion Notice Date specified in the Forced Conversion Notice sent to the Holders.
 
(c)          Conversion Rate. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the then applicable Conversion Price (the “Conversion Rate”).
 
(i)                                     Conversion Amount” means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal, if any, and (C) accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Principal and Interest, if any.
 
(ii)                                  Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, an amount equal to $0.50, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
 
(d)         Mechanics of Conversion.
 
(i)                                     Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company and (B) if required by Section 3(d)(iii), surrender this Note to a common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable on or following such date (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”). If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion as required by Section 3(d)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
 
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event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date. In the event of a partial conversion of this Note pursuant hereto, the principal amount converted shall be deducted from the outstanding Principal for purposes of calculating interest payments due on the Note pursuant to Section 2.
 
(ii)                                  Delivery of Certificates. On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”) or request for removal of restrictive legends on the shares of Common Stock issuable in connection therewith, the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled.
 
(A)                              If such delivery is made more than two (2) additional Trading Days after conversion or request for removal of legend (a “Conversion Failure”), as the case may be, then the Company will compensate the Holder at a rate of $100 per day for each of the first ten (10) Trading Days and $200 per day thereafter for each $10,000 of securities. In such event, after the first such ten (10) Trading Days noted above, the Holder will also have the right to rescind its Conversion Notice for the Notes.
 
(B)                                If the certificates have not been delivered by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after conversion or request for removal of legend, as the case may be, and the Holder has purchased (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.
 
(iii)                               Registration; Book-Entry. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the principal amount of the Notes held by such holders (the “Registered Notes”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent
 
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manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of principal and interest hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 17. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Note upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal, Interest and Late Charges, if any, converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion.
 
(iv)                              Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes. In the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one holder of Notes for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such portions of the Notes submitted for conversion, the Company shall convert from each holder of Notes electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of such holder’s portion of its Notes submitted for conversion based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for conversion on such date by such holder relative to the aggregate principal amount of all Notes submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 22.
 
(e)                                  Limitations on Conversions.
 
(i)                                     Principal Market Regulation.
 
(A) Exchange Cap. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note or exercise of the Warrants and no Buyer shall be entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon exercise or conversion, as applicable, of the Warrants and Notes or otherwise without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of any applicable Eligible Market (the “Exchange Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company (A) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Eligible Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount or (B) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders. Until such approval or written
 
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opinion is obtained, no Buyer shall be issued in the aggregate, upon exercise or conversion, as applicable, of any Warrants or Notes, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes issued to such Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Notes and Series B Notes issued to the Buyers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date (with respect to each Buyer, the “Exchange Cap Allocation”). In the event that any Buyer shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Buyer’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Buyer’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such transferee. In the event that any holder of Notes shall convert all of such holder’s Notes into a number of shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less than such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of the remaining holders of the Series A Notes and Series B Notes on a pro rata basis in proportion to the total number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Notes and Series B Notes then held by each such holder. In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing any Conversion Shares for which a Conversion Notice has been received as a result of the operation of this Section 3(e)(2), the Company shall pay cash in exchange for cancellation of such Conversion Shares, at a price per Conversion Share equal to the Weighted Average Price as of the date of the attempted conversion.
 
(B) Redemption Upon Exchange Cap Violation. In the event that, anytime after the Shareholder Issuance Voting Deadline (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), (A) the Shareholder Issuance Approval (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), if applicable, has not been obtained and (B) the then Holder’s current Fully Diluted Amount (as defined below) would exceed the Holder’s Pro-Rata Portion (as defined below) of the Exchange Cap (an “Exchange Cap Violation”), then the Company shall be required to redeem, from time to time, a sufficient amount of the Notes such that the Holder’s Fully Diluted Amount after such redemption equals the Holder’s Pro-Rata Portion of the Exchange Cap (an “Exchange Cap Redemption”). Each Exchange Cap Redemption shall be at a redemption price, in cash, equal to the outstanding principal amount of this Note to be redeemed, plus all accrued and unpaid Interest, Late Charges and any other amounts when and as due under this Note (the “Exchange Cap Redemption Amount”). The Exchange Cap Redemption Amount shall be applied first to accrued and unpaid Interest, Late Charges and any other amounts when and as due under this Note, and then to the principal amount of the Note.
 
The Exchange Cap Redemption Amount shall be due and payable to the Holder within five (5) Business Days of the date of each applicable Exchange Cap Violation (each, an “Exchange Redemption Payment Date”).
 
 
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For purposes hereof, “Fully Diluted Amount” shall mean (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that have been issued to the Holder upon the conversion of Holder’s Note, plus (ii) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable to the Holder upon the full Conversion of all of Holder’s outstanding Note, together with any accrued and unpaid Interest, Late Charges and any other amounts when and as due under this Note and the full exercise of Holders Warrants (in each case, without regard to any limitations on conversion herein or elsewhere, including but not limited to the Exchange Cap and without regard to whether or not a sufficient number of shares are authorized and reserved to effect any such exercise and issuance).
Holder’s Pro-Rata Portion” shall mean the purchase price of the Note purchased by the Holder in this offering, divided by the aggregate purchase price of all Notes sold by the Company in this offering.
(4)          RIGHTS UPON TRIGGER EVENT.
 
(a)          Trigger Event. Each of the following events shall constitute a “Trigger Event”:
 
(i)                                     the suspension from trading or failure of the Common Stock to be listed on the Principal Market or an Eligible Market for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of ten (10) Trading Days in any 365-day period;
 
(ii)                                  the Company’s (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within ten (10) Trading Days after the applicable Conversion Date or (B) written notice to any holder of the Notes or public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of any Notes into shares of Common Stock that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of the Notes;
 
(iii)                               at any time following the thirtieth (30th) day that the Company fails to have a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock available to satisfy its obligations for issuance upon a conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note (without regard to any limitations on conversion);
 
(iv)                              the Company’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal (including, without limitation, any redemption payments), Interest, Late Charges or other amounts when and as due under this Note, except, in the case of a failure to pay any Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which case only if such failure continues for a period of at least fifteen (15) Business Days;
 
(v)                                 the failure to pay when due or any acceleration, prior to maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiaries of $100,000 or more of such Indebtedness in the aggregate and such failure to pay continues uncured for more than ten (10) Business Days, other than with respect to any Other Notes;
 
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(vi)                              the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (as defined in SEC Regulation S-X), pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief of debtors (collectively, “Bankruptcy Law”), (A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official (a “Custodian”), (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due;
 
(vii)                           a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
(viii)                        a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $250,000 are rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the $250,000 amount, provided that the creditworthiness of any such party shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors in their reasonable judgment;
 
(ix)                                the Company breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document, and such breach constitutes, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that in the case of a breach of a covenant which is curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days;
 
(x)                                   any breach or failure in any material respect to comply with Section 12 of this Note;
 
(xi)                                the Company’s failure to engage the services of a transfer agent for its Common Stock that is a participant in the Depository Trust Company’s Full Fast Program prior to the date on which the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC; or
 
(xii)                             the Company has failed to comply in good faith with the Dispute Resolution Procedures (as defined herein) or has failed to adjust the Conversion Price as required hereunder following a Dilutive Issuance, or otherwise (after any applicable Dispute Resolution Procedure required herein).
 
(b)         Redemption Right. Upon the occurrence of a Trigger Event with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within three (3) Business Day deliver written notice thereof via facsimile or e-mail and overnight courier (a “Trigger Event Notice”) to the Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of a Trigger Event Notice and the Holder becoming aware of a Trigger Event, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the “Trigger Event
 
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Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Trigger Event Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to have redeemed. Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company at an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid liquidated damages and Interest, plus the greater of (A) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed multiplied by the Redemption Premium, or (B) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed multiplied by the quotient of (i) the Closing Sale Price at the time of the Triggering Event (or at the time of payment of the redemption price, if greater) divided by (ii) the Conversion Price (the “Trigger EventRedemption Price”), provided, however, (B) shall be applicable only in the event that a Trigger Event of the type specified in Section 4(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) hereof has occurred and remains uncured or the Conversion Shares otherwise could not be received or sold by the Holder without any resale restrictions (or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement). After a Trigger Event occurs, the Conversion Price shall be permanently decreased (but not increased) on the first Business Day of each calendar month thereafter (each a “Trigger Adjustment Date”) until either the Trigger Event is cured or the Trigger Event Redemption Price is paid in full, to a price (the “Trigger Event Reset Price”) equal to the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price then in effect, or (ii) the lowest Weighted Average Price that has occurred on any Trigger Adjustment Date since the date of occurrence of the Trigger Event. Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 11. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 4(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any Triggering Event Redemption Price due under this Section 4(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.
 
(5)          RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION AND CHANGE OF CONTROL.
 
(a)          Assumption. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a), including agreements to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts then outstanding and the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder, having similar conversion rights as the Notes and having similar ranking to the Notes and (ii) the Successor Entity is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market and has “Substantially Similar Trading Characteristics” (as defined below) as the Company. For purposes hereof, an entity shall have Substantially Similar Trading Characteristics as the Company if the average daily dollar trading volume of the common stock of such entity is equal to or in excess of $500,000 for the 60th through the 16th day prior to the public announcement of such transaction. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity
 
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shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Note. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.
 
(b)         Redemption Right. If at the time known to the Company, no sooner than fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control, but in any event not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (a “Change of ControlNotice”). At any time during the period beginning on the date of the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending twenty (20) Trading Days after the consummation of such Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note after receipt by the Company of such notice and promptly after (or upon, in the case of such notice delivered prior to the Change of Control) consummation of the Change of Control by delivering written notice thereof (“Change of Control Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to have redeemed. The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5 shall be redeemed by the Company in cash for an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid liquidated damages, plus the greater of (i) the product of (x) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (y) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the greater of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately prior to the consummation of the Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price immediately following the public announcement of such proposed Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately prior to the public announcement of such proposed Change of Control by (B) the Conversion Price and (ii) Change of Control Premium of the Conversion Amount being redeemed (the “Change of Control Redemption Price”). Redemptions required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 and shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with a Change of Control. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, until the Change of Control Redemption Price is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 5(b) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.
 
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(6)          RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.
 
(a)          Purchase Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6(a) to the contrary, in the event that the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 150% of the applicable Conversion Price for each of the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding a Purchase Right Date and the Company’s Common Stock has traded an average of at least 600,000 shares per day during each of such twenty consecutive Trading Days, then this Section 6(a) shall not apply to such Purchase Right.
 
(b)         Other Corporate Events. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Note, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, if applicable, such securities or other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Note initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.
 
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(7)          ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE UPON SUBDIVISION OR COMBINATION OF COMMON STOCK. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.
 
(8)          ADJUSTMENT UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. If the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 8 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. Upon each such adjustment of the Conversion Price hereunder, the number of Conversion Shares shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Conversion Shares acquirable upon conversion of this Note immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment. For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion Price under this Section 8, the following shall be applicable:
 
(a)                                  Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 8(a), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price or number of Conversion Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
 
(b)                                 Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price,
 
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then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 8(b), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price or number of Conversion Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Note has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 8, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price or number of Conversion Shares shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
 
(c)                                  Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time, the Conversion Price and the number of Conversion Shares in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price and the number of Conversion Shares which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 8(c), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date of issuance of this Note are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Conversion Shares.
 
(d)                     Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (i) the aggregate fair market value of such Options and other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction, less (ii) the fair market value of the securities other than such Option, issued or sold in such transaction and the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction will be deemed to have been issued or sold for the balance of the consideration received by the Company. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Weighted Average Price of such security on the date of receipt. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving
 
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entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.
 
(e)                      Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
 
(9)          NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action for the purpose of avoiding or seeking to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action that is required hereunder to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note.
 
(10)                            RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES.
 
(a)          Reservation. So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Notes, 120% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Notes then outstanding; provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions) (the “Required Reserve Amount”). The number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Notes and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the Notes based on the principal amount of the Notes held by each holder at the Closing (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or increase in the number of reserved shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event that a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such holder’s Notes, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Notes shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Notes, pro rata based on the principal amount of the Notes then held by such holders.
 
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(b)         Insufficient Authorized Shares. If at any time while any of the Notes remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Notes at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Notes then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.
 
(11)                            HOLDER’S REDEMPTIONS.
 
(a)          The Company shall deliver the applicable Trigger Event Redemption Price to the Holder within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Trigger Event Redemption Notice. If the Holder has submitted a Change of Control Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 5(b), the Company shall deliver the applicable Change of Control Redemption Price to the Holder concurrently with the consummation of such Change of Control if such notice is received prior to the consummation of such Change of Control and within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of such notice otherwise. In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Conversion Amount of this Note, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal which has not been redeemed. In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within the time period required, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Conversion Amount that was submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Redemption Price (together with any Late Charges thereon) has not been paid. Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Conversion Amount, (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) to the Holder representing such Conversion Amount and (z) the Conversion Price of this Note or such new Notes shall be adjusted to the lesser of (A) the Conversion Price as in effect on the date on which the Redemption Notice is voided and (B) the lowest Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock during the period beginning on and including the date on which the Redemption Notice is delivered to the Company and ending on and including the date on which the Redemption Notice is voided. The Holder’s delivery of a notice voiding a Redemption Notice and exercise of its rights following such notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments of Late Charges which have accrued prior to the date of such notice with respect to the Conversion Amount subject to such notice.
 
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(b)         Redemption by Other Holders. Upon the Company’s receipt of notice from any of the holders of the Other Notes for redemption or repayment as a result of an event or occurrence substantially similar to the events or occurrences described in Section 4(b) or Section 5(b) (each, an “Other Redemption Notice”), the Company shall immediately, but no later than one (1) Business Day of its receipt thereof, forward to the Holder by facsimile a copy of such notice. If the Company receives a Redemption Notice and one or more Other Redemption Notices, during the seven (7) Business Day period beginning on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Redemption Notice and ending on and including the date which is three (3) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of the Holder’s Redemption Notice and the Company is unable to redeem all principal, interest and other amounts designated in such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received during such seven (7) Business Day period, then the Company shall redeem a pro rata amount from each holder of the Notes (including the Holder) based on the principal amount of the Notes submitted for redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and such Other Redemption Notices received by the Company during such seven (7) Business Day period.
 
(12)                            VOTING RIGHTS. The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law, including, but not limited to, Nevada Revised Statutes, Title 7,Chapter 78, and as expressly provided in this Note.
 
(13)                            COVENANTS.
 
(a)          Rank.                                          All payments due under this Note (A) shall rank pari passu with all of the Series B Notes and the Series B Notes, and (B) shall rank at least pari passu with all other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company incurred on or after the date of this Note.
 
(b)         Incurrence of Indebtedness. So long as there remains twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the original face amount of the Notes outstanding, the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to incur or guarantee or assume any Indebtedness, other than (i) the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and the Other Notes, and (ii) other Permitted Indebtedness, without the prior written consent of the Holders of fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding amount of the Notes.
 
(c)          Existence of Liens. So long as there remains twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the original Notes outstanding, other than Permitted Liens, the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to allow any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “Liens”), to the extent such Lien is upon or in a material portion of (x) the Company’s property and assets or (y) the property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole on a consolidated basis; unless, all payment obligations under the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis as the obligations secured by such Lien until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien without the prior written consent of the Holders of 50% of the then outstanding Notes.
 
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(d)         Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Permitted Indebtedness (other than this Note and the Other Notes), whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Indebtedness, if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made or after giving effect to such payment, an event constituting, or that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute, a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing.
 
(e)          Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends. Until all of the Notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with their terms, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, repurchase or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on its capital stock without the prior express written consent of the Required Holders.
 
(14)                            PARTICIPATION. The Holder, as the holder of this Note, shall be entitled to receive such dividends paid and distributions made generally to all the holders of Common Stock to the same extent as if the Holder had so converted this Note into Common Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion herein or elsewhere) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 16 to the contrary, in the event that the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 150% of the applicable Conversion Price or the average daily trading volume of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 600,000 shares per day for each of the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding a the date of a change to the Conversion Price, then this Section 16 shall not apply to such change to the Conversion Price addressed in Sections 7 and 8.
 
(15)                            VOTE TO ISSUE, OR CHANGE THE TERMS OF, NOTES. In addition to the written consent of the Company, the affirmative vote of the Required Holders at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of the Required Holders shall be required for any change or amendment to this Note or the Other Notes. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any holder of Notes to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of the Notes unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the holders of Notes.
 
(16)                            TRANSFER. This Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company, subject only to the provisions of Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
 
(17)                            REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.
 
(a)          Transfer. If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less then the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder
 
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and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 3(d)(iii) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.
 
(b)         Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.
 
(c)          Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 17(d)) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.
 
(d)         Issuance of New Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 17(a) or Section 17(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest and Late Charges on the Principal and Interest of this Note, if any, from the Issuance Date.
 
(18)                            REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief) and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, specifically including but not limited to the Company’s failure to adjust the Conversion Price as required hereunder following a Dilutive Issuance, the Holder shall be entitled, upon posting a bond and demonstrating economic loss, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach.
 
 
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(19)                            PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, but not limited to, financial advisory fees and attorneys’ fees and disbursements.
(20)                            CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Purchasers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note.
(21)                            FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.
(22)                            DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price, the determination of the occurrence of a Dilutive Issuance which would trigger a reset of the Conversion Price, the determination of the Company entering into an agreement to issue securities pursuant to an Equity Line (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the determination of the Company entering into an agreement to issue Variable Equity Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate or any Redemption Price, or the determination of the Company entering into a transaction that would violate any of the Additional Issuance Restrictions (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt, or deemed receipt, of the Conversion Notice or Redemption Notice or other event giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within one (1) Business Day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within one (1) Business Day submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Closing Bid Price, the Closing Sale Price or the Weighted Average Price to an independent, reputable investment bank (which is ranked in the top 10 investment banks nationally, by revenue) selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, or (b) a copy of the disputed agreement or other documentation pursuant to which the Holder believes securities may be issued pursuant to an Equity Line or as Variable Equity Securities, or which Holder believes may be a Dilutive Issuance which would trigger a reset of the Conversion Price, or which Holder believes may violate the Additional Issuance Restrictions, to an independent law firm selected by the Company and approved by Holder or (c) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate or any Redemption Price to the Company’s independent, outside accountant (which is ranked in the top 10 accounting firms nationally, by revenue). The Company, at the Company’s expense, shall cause the investment bank, the law firm or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the
 
 
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determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations.  Such investment bank’s, law firm’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.  The procedures required by this Section 22 are collectively referred to herein as the “Dispute Resolution Procedures.”
 
(23)                            NOTICES; PAYMENTS.
(a)          Notices.  Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.
 
(b)         Payments.  Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing (which address, in the case of each of the Purchasers, shall initially be as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder’s wire transfer instructions.  Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and, in the case of any Interest Date which is not the date on which this Note is paid in full, the extension of the due date thereof shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the amount of Interest due on such date.  Any amount of Principal which is not paid when due shall result in a late charge being incurred and payable by the Company in an amount equal to interest on such amount at the rate of eleven percent (11.0%) per annum from the date such amount was due until the same is paid in full (“Late Charge”).
 
(24)                            CANCELLATION.  After all Principal, accrued Interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.
(25)                            WAIVER OF NOTICE.  To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby waives demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Securities Purchase Agreement.
 
 
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(26)                            GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; SEVERABILITY; JURY TRIAL.  This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  In the event that any provision of this Note 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 this Note.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder.  THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
(27)                            CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.  For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)                                  Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been or hereafter is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company.
 
(b)                                 Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
 
(c)                                  Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
 
(d)                                 Change of Control” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (A) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of Common Stock, in which a majority of holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the surviving entity or entities necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of
 
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directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities, (B) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or (C) in the event of a Change of Control involving consideration paid to holders of the Company’s Common Stock, the consideration per share of the Company’s Common Stock to be received by the holders thereof is greater (as to amounts other than cash, as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) than the product of the (x) Change of Control Premium and (y) Conversion Price then in effect.
 
(e)                                  Change of Control Premium” means (i) 120% from the Issuance Date through the first anniversary of the Issuance Date, (ii) 115% after the first anniversary of the Issuance Date through the second anniversary of the Issuance Date and (iii) 110% thereafter.
 
(f)                                    Closing Bid Price” and “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price, as the case may be, then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.).  If the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or the Closing Sale Price, as the case may be, of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.  If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 22.  All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
 
(g)                                 Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
 
(h)                                 Common Stock Deemed Outstanding” shall mean, at any given time, the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time, plus (i) the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time and (ii) plus the number of shares of Common Stock underlying Options or Convertible Securities issued pursuant to the Approved Stock Plans that are actually exercisable or convertible at such time at an exercise price or conversion price that is less than or equal to the
 
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per share fair market value of such underlying shares of Common Stock, but excluding any shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or issuable upon conversion of the Notes or the Other Notes.
 
(i)                                     Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.
 
(j)                                     Convertible Notes” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all notes issued in exchange thereof or replacement thereof.
 
(k)                                  Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
 
(l)                                     Eligible Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Capital Market, or the NASD’s OTC Bulletin Board.
 
(m)                               Excluded Securities” means any Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in connection with any Approved Stock Plan; (ii) upon conversion of the Series B Notes or Series B Notes or the exercise of the Series B Warrants or the Series B Warrants; (iii) upon conversion of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Subscription Date, provided that the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date; (iv) in connection with mergers, acquisitions, strategic business partnerships or joint ventures, in each case with non-affiliated third parties and otherwise on an arm’s-length basis, the primary purpose of which is not to raise additional capital; (v) upon the issuance of Options or the exercise of any Options issued to financial institutions in connection with commercial credit agreements or issuance of non-convertible debt by the Company, each of which the primary purpose is not to raise additional capital, (vi) pursuant to a bona fide firm commitment underwritten public offering with a nationally recognized underwriter that generates gross proceeds to the Company in excess of $10 million (other than an “at-the-market offering” as defined in rule 415 under the 1933 Act and “equity lines”), provided that such underwritten offering is completed at a per share price that is greater than the applicable Conversion Price, and (vii) securities issued in connection with corporate partnering transactions or terms approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital.
 
(n)                                 Fundamental Transaction” means that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person or Persons, or (ii) sell,
 
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assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock (not including any shares of Voting Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock (not including any shares of Voting Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock or (vi) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.
 
(o)                                 GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
 
(p)                                 Holder Pro Rata Amount” means a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the lesser of the Principal amount outstanding as of the relevant measurement date the Principal amount of this Note on the Issuance Date and (ii) the denominator of which is the lesser of the aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued to the initial purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date and the Principal amount outstanding as of the relevant measuring date of all such Notes.
 
(q)                                 Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities, other than those issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the stock option or other employee benefit plans of the Company and is Subsidiaries and which are exercisable at a price not less than the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of grant.
 
(r)                                    Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
 
(s)                                  Permitted Indebtedness” means (A) Indebtedness incurred by the Company that is made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, as reflected in a written agreement acceptable to the Holder and approved by the Holder in writing, and which Indebtedness does not provide at any time for (1) the payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon until ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date or later and (2) total interest and fees at a rate in excess of three percent (3%) over the greater of the
 
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Interest Rate and the rate for U.S. treasury notes with comparable maturity per annum; (B) Indebtedness existing as of the Issuance Date and set forth in the Schedule of Exceptions; (C) Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refund, renew, refinance, defease or replace Permitted Indebtedness; (D) intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Subsidiaries, provided that if issued by the Company, the intercompany Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, provided, however, that (i) such extension, refund, renewal, refinancing, defeasance or replacement is pursuant to terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries than the terms of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced or modified and (ii) after giving effect to such extension, refund, renewal, refinancing, defeasance or replacement, the amount of such Indebtedness is not greater than the amount of Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to such refund, renewal, refinancing, defeasance or replacement; (E) hedging obligations that are incurred for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any floating and/or fixed rate Permitted Indebtedness; (F) Indebtedness of a Person or business existing at the time such Person or business was acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such acquisition is not prohibited hereunder and such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition and has no recourse to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ existing assets and properties; (G) Indebtedness incurred solely in respect of bankers acceptances, letters of credit and performance bonds (to the extent that such incurrence does not result in the incurrence of any obligation to repay any obligation relating to borrowed money or other Indebtedness), all in the ordinary course of business in amounts and for the purposes customary in the Company’s industry; (H) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Company or its subsidiaries including, without limitation, trade payables, revolving credit card accounts and similar credit arrangements; and (I) Indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary to financial institutions or similar entities in connection with commercial credit arrangements, equipment financings, commercial property lease transactions or similar transactions.
 
(t)                                    Permitted Liens” means:
 
(i)                                     any Lien for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
 
(ii)                                  any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent
 
(iii)                               any Lien imposed by law or created by operation of law, including, without limitation, materialmen’s mechanics’, landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, suppliers’ and vendors’ Liens, Liens for master’s and crew’s wages and other similar Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
 
(iv)                              Liens incurred or deposits and pledges made in connection with (1) obligations incurred in respect of workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits or legislation, (2) the performance of letters of credits, bids, tenders, leases, contracts (other than for the payment of
 
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money) and statutory obligations or (3) obligations on surety or appeal bonds, but only to the extent such deposits or pledges are made or otherwise arise in the ordinary course of business and secure obligations not past due;
 
(v)                                 reservations, exceptions, encroachments, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, easements, restrictions and similar encumbrances or charges on real property and minor irregularities in the title thereto that do not (i) secure obligations for the payment of money or (ii) materially impair the value of such property or its use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the normal conduct of such Person’s business;
 
(vi)                              Liens securing the Company’s obligations under the Notes;
 
(vii)                           Liens in favors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
(viii)                        Liens on property, shares of stock or Indebtedness or other assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise acquired by the Company or its Subsidiaries, provided that such merger or consolidation is not prohibited hereunder and such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
(ix)                                Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such acquisition is not prohibited hereunder and such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to property or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries existing immediately prior to such acquisition;
 
(x)                                   Liens existing on the date hereof and either (x) described on the Schedule of Exceptions hereto or (y) with a value of less than $100,000 individually and $500,000 in the aggregate;
 
(xi)                                Liens to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (ix), (x) and (xii) hereof; provided that such Liens do not extend to any other property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased;
 
(xii)                             judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
 
(xiii)                          Liens securing hedging obligations permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (F) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
 
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(xiv)                         Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of banker’s acceptances issued or credited for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
 
(xv)                            Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
 
(xvi)                         Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business,
 
(xvii)                      Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
 
(xviii)                   Liens on assets leased to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if such lease is properly classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP;
 
(xix)                           Liens with respect to conditional sale or other title retention agreements and any leases in the nature thereof, provided any such Lien with respect to conditional sales or other title retention agreements encumbers only property and accretions thereto (and proceeds arising from the disposition thereof) which are subject to such conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof;
 
(xx)                              leases and subleases of, and licenses and sub-licenses with respect to, property where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessor or licensor (or sublessor or sublicensor), provided that such leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and
 
(xxi)                           Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (C) and (H) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that such Liens do not extend to any other property of the Company or its Subsidiaries and the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased.
 
(u)                                 Person” means an individual or legal entity, including but not limited to a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
 
(v)                                 Principal Market” means the NASD OTC Bulletin Board.
 
(w)                               Redemption Notices” means, collectively, the Trigger Event Redemption Notices and the Change of Control Redemption Notices, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Notice.
 
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(x)                                   Redemption Premium” means (i) in the case of the Trigger Events described in Section 4(a)(i) - (vi) and (ix) - (xii), 125% during the first twelve months that this Note is outstanding and 115% thereafter or (ii) in the case of the Trigger Events described in Section 4(a)(vii) - (viii), 100%.
 
(y)                                 Redemption Prices” means, collectively, the Trigger Event Redemption Price and the Change of Control Redemption Price, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Price.
 
(z)                                   Required Holders” means, in the event that there remains fifteen percent (15%) or more of the original dollar amount of the Notes issued still outstanding, holders of Notes representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
 
(aa)                            SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(bb)     Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement dated as of the Subscription Date by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes pursuant to which the Company issued the Notes and the Warrants.
 
(cc)                            Subscription Date” means September __, 2007.
 
(dd)                          Subsidiary” means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns any of the capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest.
 
(ee)                            Successor Entity” means the Person, which may be the Company, formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been made, provided that if such Person is not a publicly traded entity whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market, Successor Entity shall mean such Person’s Parent Entity.
 
(ff)                                Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time).
 
(gg)                          Voting Stock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
 
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(hh)                          Warrants” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.
 
(ii)                                  Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as the Principal Market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” functions, or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time (or such other time as such market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.).  If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.  If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 22.  All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.
 
(28)                            DISCLOSURE. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Company shall comply with the disclosure requirements under the U.S. federal securities laws.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
 
 
OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ David Saltman
 
 
Name: David Saltman
 
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 


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EXHIBIT I

OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
 
CONVERSION NOTICE
 
Reference is made to the Series B Convertible Note (the “Series BNote”) issued to the undersigned by OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION (the “Company”).  In accordance with and pursuant to the Note, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Note) of the Note indicated below into shares of Common Stock par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, as of the date specified below.
 
Date of Conversion:
 
 
 
Aggregate Conversion Amount to be converted:
 
 
 
Please confirm the following information:
 
 
 
Conversion Price:
 
 
 
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
 
 
 
Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted in the following name and to the following address:
 
 
 
Issue to:
 
 
 
 
 
Facsimile Number:
 
 
 
Authorization:
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
Dated:
 
 
 
Account Number:
 
 (if electronic book entry transfer)
 
 
 
Transaction Code Number:
 
 (if electronic book entry transfer)
 
 
 
C-31



ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 
The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs Madison Stock Transfer, Inc. to issue the above-indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated [      ], 2007 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by Madison Stock Transfer, Inc.
 
 
OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
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Exhibit D
SERIES B WARRANT
 
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD RESALE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.
 
OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
SERIES B WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
 
Warrant No.: 0709-1
Number of Shares of Common Stock: 40,000,000
Date of Issuance: September 19, 2007 (“Issuance Date”)
 
Open Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, The Quercus Trust, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon surrender of this Series B Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (including any Warrants to purchase Common Stock issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “Warrant”), at any time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), Forty Million (40,000,000) fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below)(the “Warrant Shares”).  Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 15.  This Series B Warrant is one of the series of Warrants to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2007 (the “Subscription Date”), by and among the Company and the investors (the “Buyers”) referred to therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).
 
 
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1.               EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
 
(a)          Mechanics of Exercise.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the date hereof, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds or (B) by notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)).  The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder.  Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.  On or before the second (2nd) Business Day following the date on which the Company has received each of the Exercise Notice and the Aggregate Exercise Price (or notice of a Cashless Exercise) (the “Exercise Delivery Documents”), the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”).  On or before the third (3rd) Business Day following the date on which the Company has received all of the Exercise Delivery Documents (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, which balance account shall be specified in the Exercise Notice, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and dispatch by overnight courier to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice and Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (ii)(A) above or notification to the Company of a Cashless Exercise referred to in Section 1(d), the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares.  If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is exercised.  No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number.  The Company shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
 
 
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(b)         Exercise Price.  For purposes of this Warrant, “Exercise Price” means $0.506 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
 
(c)          Company’s Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. Upon the Company’s receipt of an Exercise Notice or request for removal of restrictive legends on the shares of Common Stock issuable in connection therewith, the Company will deliver, or cause to be delivered, the certificates evidencing such shares of Common Stock to the Holder within three (3) Trading Days.  If such delivery is made more than two (2) additional Trading Days after exercise or request for removal of legend, as the case may be, then the Company will compensate the Holder at a rate of $100 per day for each of the first ten (10) Trading Days and $200 per day thereafter for each $10,000 of securities.  In such event, after the first such ten (10) Trading Days noted above, the Holder will also have the right to rescind its Exercise Notice for the Warrants.  If the certificates have not been delivered by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after conversion or request for removal of legend, as the case may be, and the Holder has purchased (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall, within three (3) Trading Days after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.
 
(d)         Cashless Exercise.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if at any time after the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Issuance Date, a Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the Warrant Shares that are the subject of an Exercise Notice (the “Unavailable Warrant Shares”) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Shares, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):
 
Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)
B
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
 
 
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B=
the arithmetic average of the Weighted Average Prices of the shares of Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
 
C=
the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
 
(e)          Disputes.  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12.
 
(f)            Limitations on Exercise.
 
(i)                                                       Principal Market Regulation.  The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant or conversion of SPA Notes and no Buyer shall be entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon exercise or conversion, as applicable, of the SPA Warrants and SPA Notes or otherwise without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of any applicable Eligible Market (the “Exchange Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company (A) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Eligible Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount or (B) obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders.  Until such approval or written opinion is obtained, no Buyer shall be issued in the aggregate, upon exercise or conversion, as applicable, of any SPA Warrants or SPA Notes, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants issued to such Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants issued to the Buyers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (with respect to each Buyer, the “Exchange Cap Allocation”).  In the event that any Buyer shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Buyer’s SPA Warrants, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Buyer’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such transferee.  In the event that any holder of SPA Warrants shall exercise all of such holder’s SPA Warrants into a number of shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less than such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of the remaining holders of SPA Warrants on a pro rata basis in proportion to the shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA Warrants then held by each such holder.  In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing any Warrant Shares for which an Exercise Notice has been received as a result of the operation of this Section 1(f)(2), the Company shall pay cash in exchange for cancellation of such Warrant Shares, at a price per Warrant Share equal to the difference between the Weighted Average Price and the Exercise Price as of the date of the attempted exercise.
 
 
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(g)                                 Insufficient Authorized Shares.  If at any time while any of the Warrants remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock (an “Authorized Share Failure”) to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants no less than 120% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of all of the Warrants then outstanding (the “Required Reserve Amount”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Warrants then outstanding.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock.  In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.
 
2.               ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES.  The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
 
(a)          Adjustment upon Issuance of shares of Common Stock.  If the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities (as defined in the SPA Notes) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price.  Upon each such adjustment of the Exercise Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.  For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under this Section 2(a), the following shall be applicable:
 
(i)                                     Issuance of Options.  If the Company grants any Options (except in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be
 
 
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deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share.  For purposes of this Section 2(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option.  No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
 
(ii)                                  Issuance of Convertible Securities.  If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities (except in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities) and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share.  For the purposes of this Section 2(a)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security.  No further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(a), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
 
(iii)                               Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion.  If the purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (except in each case in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities), the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the time of such increase or
 
 
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decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold.  For purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the date of issuance of this Warrant are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease.  No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.
 
(iv)                              Calculation of Consideration Received.  In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction (except in connection with the issuance of any Excluded Securities), the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (x) the aggregate fair market value of such Options and other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction, less (y) the fair market value of the securities other than such Option, issued or sold in such transaction and the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction will be deemed to have been issued or sold for the balance of the consideration received by the Company.  If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor.  If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Weighted Average Price of such security on the date of receipt.  If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be.  The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company within five (5) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation.  If the Required Holders disagree with the determination of the Board of Directors and give written notice of such disagreement to the Company within ten (10)
 
 
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days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Required Holders.  The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.
 
(v)                                 Record Date.  If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
 
(b)         Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock.  If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased.  If the Company combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased.  Any adjustment under this Section 2(b) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
 
(c)          Minimum Adjustment.  No adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrants shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Exercise Price as last adjusted; provided, however, that any adjustments which would be required to be made but for this Section 2(c) shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.  All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made to the nearest cent, with one half cent being rounded upward.
 
(d)         Floor Price.  If the Company’s Common Stock is listed on either the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ Stock Market, and such market requires stockholder approval to adjust the Exercise Price in accordance with this Section 2, then, until such time as the Company receives any required stockholder approval, no adjustment pursuant to Section 2(a) shall cause the Exercise Price to be less than the closing bid price of the Common Stock on the date immediately prior to the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction.
 
 
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3.               RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS.  If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of all or substantially all of its shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities not addressed by Section 2 above, property or options not addressed by Section 2 above by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:
 
(a)          any Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the Weighted Average Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to one share of shares of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Weighted Average Price of a share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding such record date; or
 
(b)         the number of Warrant Shares shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (a); provided that in the event that the Distribution is of shares of Common Stock (or common stock) (“Other Shares of Common Stock”) of a company whose common shares are traded on a national securities exchange or a national automated quotation system, then the Holder may elect to receive a warrant to purchase Other Shares of Common Stock in lieu of an increase in the number of Warrant Shares, the terms of which shall be identical to those of this Warrant, except that such warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of Other Shares of Common Stock that would have been payable to the Holder pursuant to the Distribution had the Holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an aggregate exercise price equal to the product of the amount by which the exercise price of this Warrant was decreased with respect to the Distribution pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding paragraph (a) and the number of Warrant Shares calculated in accordance with the first part of this paragraph (b).
 
4.               PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
 
(a)          Purchase Rights.  In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, during the term hereof, the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all or substantially all of the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then, upon exercise of this Warrant, the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights, in lieu of any adjustments to which the Holder is otherwise entitled under Section 2 above in respect of such Purchase Right, which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the proportionate number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to
 
 
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any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6(a) to the contrary, in the event that the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 150% of the applicable Exercise Price for each of the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding a Purchase Right Date and the Company’s Common Stock has traded an average of at least 600,000 shares per day during each of such twenty consecutive Trading Days, then this Section 6(a) shall not apply to such Purchase Right.
 
(b)         Fundamental Transactions.  The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4(b) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each holder of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant, including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market and has “Substantially Similar Trading Characteristics” (as defined below) as the Company.  For purposes hereof, an entity shall have Substantially Similar Trading Characteristics as the Company if the average daily dollar trading volume of the common stock of such entity is equal to or in excess of $500,000 for the 60th through the 16th day prior to the public announcement of such transaction.  Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the effective date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.  Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.  In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder
 
 
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will thereafter have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction.  Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders.  The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant.
 
(c)          Not later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, but not prior to the public announcement of such Fundamental Transaction, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile to the Holder (a “Fundamental Transaction Notice”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction in which a Successor Entity that is a publicly traded corporation whose stock is quoted or listed for trading on an Eligible Market does not assume this Warrant such that the Warrant shall be exercisable for the publicly traded Common Stock of such Successor Entity, then, at the request of the Holder, delivered anytime before the 90th day after such Fundamental Transaction, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five Business Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction), cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Fundamental Transaction.
 
5.               NONCIRCUMVENTION.  The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, solely with the intention of so doing, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) shall, so long as any of the SPA Warrants are outstanding take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of the SPA Warrants, 120% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the exercise of the SPA Warrants then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on exercise).
 
6.               WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be
 
 
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construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such Person’s capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares which such Person is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant.  In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company.  Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.
 
7.               REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
 
(a)          Transfer of Warrant.  If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company together with an opinion from Holder’s counsel, satisfactory to the Company and its counsel, that such transfer complies with the requirements of all applicable federal and state securities laws, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if less then the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not being transferred.
 
(b)         Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant.
 
(c)          Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants.  This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, that no Warrants for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be given.
 
(d)         Issuance of New Warrants.  Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the other
 
 
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new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
 
8.               NOTICES.  Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) promptly after any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting forth in reasonable detail and certifying the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to all holders of shares of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.
 
9.               AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the Required Holders; provided that no such action may increase the exercise price of any SPA Warrant or decrease the number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon exercise of any SPA Warrant without the written consent of the Holder.  No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Series B Warrants then outstanding.
 
10.         GOVERNING LAW.  This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accor­dance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  In the event that any provision of this Warrant 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
 
 
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of this Warrant.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder.  THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
 
11.         CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS.  This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Buyers and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof.  The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant.
 
12.         DISPUTE RESOLUTION.  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price, the determination of the occurrence of a Dilutive Issuance which would trigger a reset of the Exercise Price, the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, or the determination of the Company entering into a transaction that would violate any of the Additional Issuance Restrictions (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder.  If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two Business Days submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank (which is ranked in the top 10 investment banks nationally, by revenue) selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, or (b) a copy of the disputed agreement or other documentation pursuant to which the Holder believes securities may be issued pursuant to an Equity Line or as Variable Equity Securities, or which Holder believes may be a Dilutive Issuance which would trigger a reset of the Conversion Price, or which Holder believes may violate the Additional Issuance Restrictions, to an independent law firm selected by the Company and approved by Holder, or (c) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant(which is ranked in the top 10 accounting firms nationally, by revenue).  The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause at its expense the investment bank, law firm or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations.  Such investment bank’s, law firm’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.  The procedures required by this Section 12 are collectively referred to herein as the “Dispute Resolution Procedures.
 
13.         REMEDIES, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.  The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein
 
 
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shall limit the right of the Holder right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.  The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, specifically including but not limited to the Company’s failure to adjust the Exercise Price as required hereunder following a Dilutive Issuance, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
 
14.         TRANSFER.  This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
 
15.         CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.  For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
(a)          Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request and (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 80% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg.
 
(b)         Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
 
(c)          Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
 
(d)         Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
 
(e)          “Common Stock Deemed Outstanding” means, at any given time, the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time, plus the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(a)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company or issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants.
 
(f)            Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for shares of Common Stock.
 
 
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(g)         Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the NASD’s OTC Bulletin Board.
 
(h)         Expiration Date” means the date eighty four (84) months after the Initial Closing Date under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement or, if such date falls on a day other than a Business Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.
 
(i)             Fundamental Transaction” means that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, or (vi) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock.
 
(j)             Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities, other than those that may be issued as part of a compensation package of any employee of the Company or it Subsidiaries and which are exercisable at a price not less than the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on the Principal Market on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of grant.
 
(k)          Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
 
(l)             Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.
 
(m)       Principal Market” means the NASD OTC Bulletin Board.
 
 
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(n)         Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain registration rights agreement by and among the Company and the Buyers.
 
(o)         Required Holders” means the holders of the Series B Warrants representing at least a majority of shares of Common Stock underlying the Series B Warrants then outstanding, provided fifteen percent (15%) or more of the Series B Warrants originally issued remain outstanding.
 
(p)         SPA Notes” means the Notes (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement);
 
(q)         SPA Warrants” means the Warrants (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).
 
(r)            Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
 
(s)          Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock are traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock are then traded; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock are scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time).
 
(t)            Weighted Average Price” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.).  If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.  If the Required Holders disagree with the determination of the Board of Directors and give written notice of such disagreement to the Company, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 12 with the term “Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term “Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction during such period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Series B Warrant to Purchase Common Stock to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
 
OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ David Saltman
 
Name: David Saltman
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT A
 
EXERCISE NOTICE
 
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
SERIES B WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
c/o John E. Hart
Fax: (858) 794-8811
 
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                     of the shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Open Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrant”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
 
1.  Form of Exercise Price.  The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as:
 
                      a “Cash Exercise” with respect to             Warrant Shares; and/or
 
                      a “Cashless Exercise” with respect to             Warrant Shares.
 
2.  Payment of Exercise Price.  In the event that the holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Shares to be issued pursuant hereto, the holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
3.  At the time such Holder was offered the Warrant, it was, at the date hereof, and on each date on which it exercises any Warrants, it will be either: (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (ii) a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A(a) under the Securities Act.  Such Buyer is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
4.  Delivery of Warrant Shares.  The Company shall deliver to the holder             Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
Date:
 
,
 
 
 
 
 
Name of Registered Holder
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 
The Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs Madison Stock Transfer, Inc. to issue the above-indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated [      ], 2007 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by Madison Stock Transfer, Inc.
 
 
OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
Title:
 
 

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