-----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, Sn4juWsm7Kchn4YEzmGYLu3fqfITj5lN6UDWT0hmkgs5R1LjskhGUj0mi1gH9u1H V1GRSNikpnqaUd28e2ECgg== 0001104659-08-040647.txt : 20080618 0001104659-08-040647.hdr.sgml : 20080618 20080618141344 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-040647 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080613 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080618 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080618 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ISONICS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001023966 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800] IRS NUMBER: 770338561 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21607 FILM NUMBER: 08905368 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5906 MCINTYRE STREET CITY: GOLDEN STATE: CO ZIP: 80403 BUSINESS PHONE: 3032797900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5906 MCINTYRE STREET CITY: GOLDEN STATE: CO ZIP: 80403 8-K 1 a08-16698_28k.htm 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report:  June 13, 2008

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

(Name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California

 

001-12531

 

77-0338561

State of

 

Commission File

 

IRS Employer

Incorporation

 

Number

 

Identification No.

 

5906 McIntyre Street, Golden, Colorado 80403

Address of principal executive offices

 

303-279-7900

Telephone number, including

Area code

 

Not applicable
Former name or former address if changed since last report
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 



 

Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On June 13, 2008, Isonics Corporation (“Isonics” or the “Company”) completed a private placement pursuant to which we issued to one accredited investor, YA Global Investments LP (“YA Global,” formerly known as Cornell Capital Partners, LP), one 13% term promissory note with the principal amount of $1,175,000 (the “Note”) and one warrant to purchase 13,000,000 shares of our common stock (the “Warrant”) at an exercise price of $0.03 per share.  YA Global has agreed to purchase an additional two notes, one in the principal amount of $50,000 and the second in the principal amount of $275,000.  However, YA Global’s obligation to purchase these notes is either conditioned on the occurrence of certain events or is in the sole discretion of YA Global and as such it is uncertain when or if either of these additional notes will be issued.

 

The Company’s board of directors determined to engage in this transaction with YA Global after considering many factors including the Company’s current and projected financial situations, the Company’s business plans for the current fiscal year, and alternatives to completing this private placement.  After consideration, the board of directors determined that

 

·      with the Company’s current lack of working capital,

·      the overhang on the Company’s common stock as a result of the approximately $21 million of outstanding convertible debentures and accrued interest held by YA Global,

·      the existing matters which might be considered to be events of default on the outstanding convertible debentures, and

·      YA Global’s existing security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets to secure repayment of the outstanding convertible debentures,

 

engaging in this private placement non-convertible debt financing with YA Global is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders.  Further, YA Global has agreed to release its security interest in the Company’s accounts receivable and inventory if the Company were able to obtain working capital debt financing that was acceptable to YA Global in its sole reasonable discretion.

 

The board of directors believes that the funds raised in this transaction, together with the proceeds required from a working capital debt financing, give the Company the opportunity to attempt to execute on its financial and business objectives for fiscal 2009, whereas without the funds raised in these transactions the ability of the Company to continue its business operations would be impossible.  Even with the funding from YA Global, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully complete its business plans for fiscal 2009 without additional working capital financing, and there can be no assurance that the working capital financing will be available on reasonable terms, if at all.

 

To complete the transaction, we entered into the following agreements (collectively the “Transaction Documents”), each of which is discussed in more detail below:

 

·      Securities Purchase Agreement,

·      Term Note,

·      Warrant

 

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·      Registration Rights Agreement

·      Security Agreement,

·      Guaranty Agreement,

·      Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and

·      Escrow Agreement

 

We previously issued YA Global four secured convertible debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $18,000,000.  These four debentures consist of:

 

1)     A debenture originally issued in May 2006, and reissued in June 2006, in the principal amount of $10,000,000 (the “May 2006 Debenture”);

 

2)     A debenture issued in June 2006 in the principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “June 2006 Debenture”);

 

3)     A debenture issued in November 2006 in the principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “November 2006 Debenture”); and

 

4)     A debenture issued in April 2007 in the principal amount of $2,000,000 (the “April 2007 Debenture”).

 

Collectively these debentures are referred to herein as the “Debentures.”  As part of the June 13, 2008 transaction the terms of the May 2006 Debenture and the April 2007 Debenture were amended.  The amended terms are described below under the disclosure regarding the Securities Purchase Agreement.   Except for the amended terms described herein the material terms of the Debentures are described in current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2006 and April 11, 2007.  Additionally, as part of the June 13, 2008 transaction the June 2006 Debenture and the November 2006 Debenture were reissued in notes containing the same terms as the new $1,175,000 note issued to YA Global.

 

1.             Securities Purchase Agreement

 

To complete the transaction, the Company entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement with YA Global (the “SPA”).  The SPA sets forth the general terms of the June 13, 2008 private placement and additionally describes the amendments to certain of the Debentures and the reissuance of certain Debentures.

 

a.             The June 13, 2008 Private Placement.

 

In the SPA we made customary representations and warranties to YA Global and YA Global made customary representations and warranties to the Company.  However, as part of its representations and warranties the Company also acknowledged that it was unable to implement the framework required by §404 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to assess its internal controls over financial reporting (which failure will likely result in the Company’s being required to identify a material weaknesses in the Company’s disclosure controls and internal control of financial reporting), and after this is reported in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year

 

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ended April 30, 2008, the Company is uncertain what impact this will have on the Company’s reporting status under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the ability of its security holders to utilize Rule 144.  As part of its representations and warranties, and as the holder of the Debentures, YA Global consented to the issuance of the Note and represented and warranted that to the best of its knowledge the issuance of the Note and Warrant did not constitute an event of default under the Debentures or create an event that will cause any dilution adjustment to the Debentures.  We currently may be non-compliant with one or more non-financial covenants of the convertible debentures as more fully discussed in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2008.  YA Global did not agree to waive any such non-compliance or other possible defaults on the outstanding debentures.

 

Additionally, within the SPA YA Global represented and warranted that to the best of its knowledge it has complied with its obligations under all prior agreements between YA Global and the Company and, in connection therewith, has made no misrepresentation to the Company and complied with all of its legal requirements.  In turn, the Company waived and discharged YA Global and its affiliates, agents or related parties, from any legal claims the Company had against YA Global up to the date of the SPA’s execution.

 

Within the SPA YA Global and the Company made certain covenants to each other.  Among its covenants the Company agreed not to issue or sell any common stock or preferred stock, or any derivative security exercisable or convertible into shares of common stock, at a price that is less than the current bid price of the Company’s common stock without the prior written consent of YA Global.  However, this covenant does not apply to “Excluded Securities” as defined in the SPA.  Additionally, the Company covenanted that it will not permit: (i) its revenue to fall more than 10% below the projections provided to YA Global for quarter ending July 31, 2008 or for any monthly period thereafter; or (ii) its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) or its cash flow to fall more than 10% below the projections the Company presented to YA Global for the quarter ending July 31, 2008 or for each quarter thereafter. The Company also covenanted not to pay officer bonuses in a given quarter, unless in such quarter the Company achieves a minimum of 110% of the targeted EBITDA presented to YA Global or YA Global consents to their payment.  As part of its covenants, YA Global covenanted that if the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries later obtains a commitment for debt financing, YA Global will review the proposed financing and in its “sole reasonable discretion” will release its security interest in a portion of the assets subject to its security interest.

 

While the Note (or other later notes that may be issued to YA Global) is outstanding the holder of the Note has a right of first refusal to participate in any future Company financing to raise equity.  We also agreed not to grant security interests in any and all Company assets or file a Form S-8 registration statement without the holder’s consent so long as the Note is outstanding.

 

As part of the SPA YA Global agreed to purchase up to two additional term promissory notes, one in the principal amount of $50,000 and the second in the principal amount of $275,000.  The issuance of the $50,000 note is contingent on several conditions including the Company appointing a new transfer agent and the Company’s common stock being listed or quoted on certain national stock exchanges or the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board, excluding the Pink Sheets.  The $275,000 note is issuable at the discretion of YA Global.

 

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Under the SPA we agreed to pay Yorkville Advisors, LLC, an affiliate of YA Global, a structuring fee equal to $75,000, and also placed $100,000 into an escrow account with the amount to be paid to Yorkville as a monitoring fee.  The monitoring fee will be released to Yorkville in accordance with a schedule set forth in an Escrow Agreement, naming a representative of YA Global as the escrow agent.  If we issue YA Global the $50,000 note or the $275,000 note we have agreed to pay proportionate additional monitoring fees.

 

This transaction, in conjunction with the Debentures and warrants previously issued to YA Global  potentially obligates us to issue more shares of common stock than the shares of authorized capital that are currently available for issuance.  Were YA Global to convert the Debentures that remain convertible (approximately $12,000,000 plus approximately $2,000,000 in interest currently due) into common stock it would require the issuance of approximately 467,000,000 shares (assuming a conversion price of $0.03 per share), substantially more than the 175,000,000 shares of common stock currently authorized for issuance.  Additionally, YA Global holds warrants to purchase 2,250,000 shares of common stock in addition to the Warrant acquired as part of the June 13, 2008 transaction.

 

b.             Debenture Amendments and Reissuances

 

At the completion of the transaction the Company amended the May 2006 Debenture and the April 2007 as follows:

 

·      The May 2006 Debenture and the April 2007 Debenture were amended so that the maturity date was extended from May 31, 2009 to October 31, 2009.  Further, the conversion price of both debentures was amended to be the lower of: (i) $0.03 or (ii) eighty percent (80%) of the lowest volume weighted average price (as defined in the debentures) in the ten trading days prior to the conversion date.

 

·      The interest rate for the May 2006 Debenture was amended so that interest on the outstanding principal now accrues at an annual rate equal to13%.

 

No other terms of these debentures were amended.

 

Additionally, we issued two new term notes to replace both the June 2006 Debenture and the November 2006 Debenture (collectively the “Replacement Notes”).  The Replacement Notes contain the same terms as the Note issued on June 13, 2008.  As described below, the Note (and thus Replacement Notes) mature on October 31, 2009 and are not convertible into shares of our common stock, but instead principal and interest are payable at maturity in cash.

 

2.             The Note

 

The principal amount of the Note is $1,175,000 and it bears an interest rate of 13%.  The Note matures on October 31, 2009, unless previously paid.  Principal and interest are payable at maturity and will be paid in cash.  We may prepay the principal amount of the Note at any time

 

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upon not less than ten trading days notice.  If we prepay the Note we are obligated to pay 120% of the principal amount paid.

 

The defined events of default in the Note include: (i)  the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, being in default under any obligations under another promissory note, debenture or other instrument evidencing indebtedness of at least $100,000; (ii) the Company’s common stock not being listed or quoted on certain national stock exchanges or the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board; (iii) the Company failing to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days of receiving a written demand from YA Global, however the Company’s obligation to file a registration statement is contingent upon the Company being then eligible to file a registration statement; and (iv) a failure to comply with other covenants, representations, and warranties of the Transaction Documents.

 

We also granted the Note holder a security interest in all of our assets and our subsidiaries, including Isonics Vancouver, Inc., Protection Plus Security Corporation, and Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation.

 

Remedies for an event of default include the option to accelerate payment of the full principal amount of the Note, together with interest and other amounts due, to the date of acceleration.

 

3.             The Warrant

 

The Warrant issued to YA Global may be exercised to purchase 13,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.03 per share.  The warrant expires on June 13, 2015.  The Warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis if at the time of exercise the shares underlying the Warrant are not subject to an effective registration statement or an event of default exists under the Transaction Documents.

 

Under certain circumstances, the Warrant’s exercise price may be adjusted to correspond to common stock holders’ rights to any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or reclassification of shares.  Additionally, if the Company issues common stock or options or other derivative securities that are exercisable or convertible, at a price less than then current Warrant exercise price both the Warrant’s exercise price and the number of shares the Warrant may be exercisable into, will be proportionately adjusted.  However, this adjustment does not apply to the issuance of “Excluded Securities” as defined in the Warrant.
 

4.             Registration Rights Agreement

 

As a part of the transaction, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement (the “RRA”) with YA Global.  As a result, we have an obligation to register the shares of common stock underlying the Warrant.  The RRA requires the Company to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days of receiving a request from the YA Global.  The RRA then requires that the registration statement must be effective within one hundred twenty days of it being filed.  However, the Company’s obligation to file and obtain effectiveness of a registration statement is contingent on the Company’s being eligible to file a

 

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registration statement under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

If upon filing a registration statement the Securities and Exchange Commission requires the Company to reduce the number of securities being registered for resale the Company is obligated to file another registration statement as soon as permitted to register the resale of the securities removed from the initial registration statement.

 

The RRA imposes other obligations on the Company, including the obligation to use its best efforts cause the shares underlying the Warrant to be listed or quoted on the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board.  Additionally, the Company is obligated to continue to file reports under Section 13 of the 1934 Exchange Act until the shares underlying the Warrant may be resold without any restrictions under Rule 144.

 

The RRA contains mutual indemnification provisions by which we agree to indemnify the Investors in certain circumstances, and the investors agree to indemnify us in other circumstances.

 

5.             Security Agreement and Guaranty Agreement

 

Through its previous purchase of the Debentures YA Global previously held a security interest in all, or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of our subsidiaries, including Isonics Vancouver, Inc., Protection Plus Security Corporation, and Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation.  The Security Agreement was executed by Isonics and each of its direct subsidiaries (named in the preceding sentence) and provides that YA Global has a continuing security interest in all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.  If an event of default under the Transaction Documents has occurred YA Global has the rights of a secured creditor under the uniform commercial code as in effect in New Jersey, including the ability to take control of any or all of the assets subject to its security interest and the right to exercise certain rights with respect to the Company’s operating accounts.

 

In conjunction with the Security Agreement each of our direct subsidiaries executed a Guaranty Agreement.  The Guaranty Agreement provides that each of our subsidiaries agreed to jointly and severally guaranty the full payment of the Debentures as amended, the Replacement Notes and the Note in accordance with their terms.

 

6.             Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

 

At the completion of the transaction, we also granted YA Global’s counsel irrevocable transfer agent instructions pursuant to which he has the right to direct our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, to issue shares upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

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

 

See the discussion in Item 1.01, above, which discusses the Note and the Replacement Notes.  The Note and the Replacement Notes are a direct financial obligation.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Securities

 

1. As described in Item 1.01, above, on June 13, 2008, YA Global agreed to purchase up to $1,500,000 in term promissory notes from the Company and also agreed to exchange two existing, convertible debentures that YA Global held in the total amount of $5,970,000 for term promissory notes in the same form totaling that amount.  As partial consideration for the transaction (described in more detail above in Item 1.01), we agreed to issue YAG the Warrant.   The following sets forth the information required by Item 701 of Regulation S-K in connection with this transaction:

 

(a)           The transaction was completed effective June 13, 2008.  The Notes are payable at maturity and may not be converted into shares of our common stock.  The Warrant is exercisable to acquire shares of our common stock as described above.

 

(b)           We paid a $100,000 monitoring fee and a $75,000 structuring fee to YA Global’s advisor, Yorkville Advisors, LLC.

 

(c)           The total offering is $1,500,000 payable in cash, of which on June 13, 2008 the Company received gross proceeds of $1,175,000 (with net proceeds of $1,000,000).  The total offering for the notes issued in exchange for outstanding convertible debentures was the exchange and cancellation of debentures totaling $5,970,000.

 

(d)           We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Sections 4(2) and 4(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder for this transaction.  We did not engage in any public advertising or general solicitation in connection with this transaction.  We provided the investor with disclosure of all aspects of our business, including providing the investor with our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our press releases, access to our auditors, and other financial, business, and corporate information.  Based on our investigation, we believe that the investor obtained all information regarding Isonics that it requested, received answers to all questions it posed, and otherwise understood the risks of accepting our securities for investment purposes.  The investor represented to us that it is an accredited investor.

 

(e)           The Warrant is exercisable through June 13, 2015.  The Warrant has an exercise price of $0.03.

 

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Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

10.1

 

Securities Purchase Agreement;

 

10.2

 

Term Note

 

10.3

 

Warrant

 

10.4

 

Security Agreement

 

10.5

 

Registration Rights Agreement;

 

10.6

 

Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions;

 

10.7

 

Guaranty Agreement

 

10.8

 

Escrow Agreement.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 18th day of June 2008.

 

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Sakys

 

 

John Sakys

 

 

President

 

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EX-10.1 2 a08-16698_2ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Copy

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 13, 2008, by and among ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Company”), and the Buyers listed on Schedule I attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” or collectively “Buyers”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer(s) are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration pursuant to Section 4(2) and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer(s), as provided herein, and the Buyer(s) shall purchase (i) up to One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) of notes in the form attached hereto as “Exhibit A” (the “Notes”) and (ii) warrants substantially in the form attached hereto as “Exhibit B” (the “Warrants”), to acquire up to that number of additional shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”) set forth opposite such Buyer’s name on Schedule I (as exercised, the “Warrant Shares”) of which One Million One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,175,000) shall be funded within five (5) business day following the date hereof (the “First Closing”), Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) shall be funded upon the change of the Company’s transfer agent to Worldwide Stock Transfer (the “Second Closing”) and Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($275,000) shall be funded at the Company’s request (the “Third Closing”) (individually referred to as a “Closing” collectively referred to as the “Closings”), for a total purchase price of up to One Million Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500,000), (the “Purchase Price”) in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I (the “Subscription Amount”);

 

WHEREAS, on June 5, 2006, the Company issued Secured Convertible Debenture (No. CCP-2) in the amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) to YA Global Investments, L.P. (f/k/a Cornell Capital Partners L.P.) (“YA Global”), a Buyer, and on June 13, 2006, such Secured Convertible Debenture was amended and restated as Secured Convertible Debenture (No. CCP-4) (“Debenture CCP-4”);

 

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2006, the Company issued Secured Convertible Debenture (No. CCP-5) in the amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) to YA Global (“Debenture CCP-5”);

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and YA Global have agreed to amend and restate Debenture CCP-4 and Debenture CCP-5 into one note in the amount of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (such notes, the “Amendment Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, on May 31, 2006, the Company issued Secured Convertible Debenture (No. CCP-1) in the amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) to YA Global and on June 13, 2006,

 



 

such Secured Convertible Debenture was amended and restated as Secured Convertible Debenture (No. CCP-3) (“Debenture CCP-3”);

 

WHEREAS, on April 11, 2007, the Company issued Secured Convertible Debenture (No. CCP-2007-1) in the amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) to YA Global (“Debenture CCP-2007-1”);

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement the Company and YA Global have agreed to amend Debenture CCP-3 and Debenture CCP-2007-1 pursuant to an amendment in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit Y (the “Debenture Amendments”);

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated there under, and applicable state securities laws;

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Buyer, the Company, and each subsidiary of the Company are executing and delivering a Security Agreement (all such security agreements shall be referred to as the “Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries agree to provide the Buyer a security interest in Pledged Property (as this term is defined in the Security Agreement), and (ii) each subsidiary of the Company is executing and delivering a Guaranty dated the date hereof (the “Guaranty” and collectively with the Security Agreement, the “Security Documents”) in favor of the Buyer;

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Notes, the Warrants, and the Warrants 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 the Buyer(s) hereby agree as follows:

 

1.     PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES.

 

(a)           Purchase of Notes.  Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Buyer agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at each Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to each Buyer, severally and not jointly, at each Closing, Notes in amounts corresponding with the Subscription Amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I hereto and the Warrants to acquire up that number of Warrant Shares as set forth opposite such Buyer’s name in column (5) on Schedule I .

 

(b)           Closing Dates.  The First Closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes and Warrants shall take place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the fifth (5th)

 



 

business day following the date hereof, subject to notification of satisfaction of the conditions to the First Closing set forth herein and in Sections 6 and 7 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “First Closing Date”), the Second Closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes shall take place at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the date following the date on which the Buyers receive written notice that the conditions to the Second Closing set forth herein and in Sections 6 and 7 below have been satisfied (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “Second Closing Date”) and the Third Closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes shall take place at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the date following the date on which the Buyers receive written notice that the Company wishes to consummate the Third Closing (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “Third Closing Date”) (collectively referred to a the “Closing Dates”).  The Closings shall occur on the respective Closing Dates at the offices of Yorkville Advisors, LLC, 101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 (or such other place as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)).

 

(c)           Form of Payment.  Subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on each Closing Date, (i) the Buyers shall deliver to the Company such aggregate proceeds for the Notes and Warrants to be issued and sold to such Buyer at such Closing, minus the fees to be paid directly from the proceeds of such Closing as set forth herein, and (ii) the Company shall deliver to each Buyer, Notes and Warrants which such Buyer is purchasing at such Closing in amounts indicated opposite such Buyer’s name on Schedule I, duly executed on behalf of the Company.

 

2.     BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Each Buyer represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, that:

 

(a)           Investment Purpose.  Each Buyer is acquiring the Securities for its own account for investment only 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 an effective registration statement covering such Securities or an available exemption under the Securities Act.  Such Buyer does not presently have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities.

 

(b)           Accredited Investor Status.  Each Buyer is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.

 

(c)           Reliance on Exemptions.  Each 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.  Each Buyer and its advisors (and his or, its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information he deemed material to making an informed investment decision regarding his purchase of the Securities, which have been requested by such Buyer.  Each Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management.  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 in Section 3 below.  Each Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk.  Each Buyer is in a position regarding the Company, which, based upon employment, family relationship or economic bargaining power, enabled and enables such Buyer to obtain information from the Company in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this investment.  Each Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

 

(e)           No Governmental Review.  Each 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.  Each Buyer understands that except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement: (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 generally acceptable form, to the effect that such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements, or (C) such Buyer provides the Company with reasonable assurances (in the form of seller and broker representation letters) that the Buyer is not an affiliate of the Company and 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”), in each case following the applicable holding period set forth therein; (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.

 

(g)           Legends.  Each Buyer agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 2(g), of a restrictive legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE

 



 

SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES 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 IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

Certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth above), (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the SEC).  The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of a Registration Statement if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder.  If all or any portion of the Warrants are exercised by a Buyer that is not an Affiliate of the Company (a “Non-Affiliated Buyer”) at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the resale of the Warrant Shares, such Warrant Shares shall be issued free of all legends.  The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer required under this Section 2(g), it will, no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery by a Non-Affiliated Buyer to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Warrant Shares issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Non-Affiliated Buyer a certificate representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends.  The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.  Each Buyer acknowledges that the Company’s agreement hereunder to remove all legends from Warrant Shares is not an affirmative statement or representation that such Warrant Shares are freely tradable.  Each Buyer, severally and not jointly with the other Buyers, agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 3(g) is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Buyer will sell any Securities pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.

 

(h)           Authorization, Enforcement.  This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and is a valid and binding agreement of such Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,

 



 

reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

(i)            Receipt of Documents.  Each Buyer and his or its counsel has received and read in their entirety:  (i) this Agreement and each representation, warranty and covenant set forth herein and the Transaction Documents (as defined herein); (ii) all due diligence and other information necessary to verify the accuracy and completeness of such representations, warranties and covenants; (iii) the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007; (iv) the Company’s Forms 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2007, October 31, 2007 and January 31, 2008 and (v) answers to all questions each Buyer submitted to the Company regarding an investment in the Company; and each Buyer has relied on the information contained therein and has not been furnished any other documents, literature, memorandum or prospectus.

 

(j)            Due Formation of Corporate and Other Buyers.  If the Buyer(s) is a corporation, trust, partnership or other entity that is not an individual person, it has been formed and validly exists and has not been organized for the specific purpose of purchasing the Securities and is not prohibited from doing so.

 

(k)           No Legal Advice From the Company.  Each 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.  Each 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 transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.

 

(l)            YA Global, a Buyer hereunder and the holder of Debentures CCP-3, CCP-4, CCP-5 and CCP-2007-1 and certain warrants issued in connection therewith, hereby consents to the transactions contemplated hereby and represents and warrants that to the best of its knowledge, the completion of the transactions hereby will not violate, constitute a default under, or constitute an event that may create a default under any of such instruments, or create an event that will result in a dilution adjustment to any of such instruments except as contemplated in the Debenture Amendments.

 

3.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

Except as set forth under the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and to qualify any representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of such disclosure, the Company hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth below to each Buyer:

 

(a)           Subsidiaries.  All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3(a).  The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary free and clear of any liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary are validly issued and are fully

 



 

paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

(b)           Organization and Qualification.  The Company and its subsidiaries are corporations duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated, and have the requisite corporate power 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 corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

(c)           Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments.  (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 Security Documents, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, the Amendment Notes and the Debenture Amendments and each of the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Securities, and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Warrant Shares, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders, (iii) the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) the Transaction Documents constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies.  The authorized officer of the Company executing the Transaction Documents knows of no reason why the Company cannot file the Registration Statement as required under the Registration Rights Agreement or perform any of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents except to the extent that the Company is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3, and except to the extent the Company is unable file a registration statement as a result of management’s inability to issue a management’s assessment on the Company’s internal control of financial reporting or reports a material weakness in disclosure controls resulting from the Company’s inability to install a framework for such assessment as required by §404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations thereunder, and except to the extent that the Company’s independent certified public accountants issue a report on the Company’s financial statements including a going concern

 



 

qualification or, following a discussion with the SEC, are unwilling to issue any report on or review of the Company’s financial statements.

 

(d)           Capitalization.  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 175,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 7,650,000 shares of Preferred Stock, no par value per share (“Preferred Stock”) of which 17,652,987 shares of Common Stock and zero shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.  All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  Except as disclosed in Schedule 3(d): (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) 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 outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (vi) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Securities; (vii) the Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement; and (viii) 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.  No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Securities.  There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 



 

(e)           Issuance of Securities.  The issuance of the Notes and the Warrants is duly authorized and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.  Upon exercise in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares when issued will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.  The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock as set forth in this Agreement.

 

(f)            No Conflicts.   The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants, and reservation for issuance and issuance of the Warrant Shares) will not (i) result in a violation of any certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, any certificate of designations or other constituent documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or 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 National Association of Securities Dealers Inc.’s OTC Bulletin Board) applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being conducted, and shall not be conducted in violation of any material law, ordinance, or regulation of any governmental entity.  Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.  All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof.  The Company and its subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstance, which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

(g)           SEC Documents; Financial Statements.  The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or amended after the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”) on timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Document prior to the expiration of any such extension.  The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their representatives, or made available through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov., true and complete copies of the SEC Documents.  As of their respective

 



 

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 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(i) of this Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made and not misleading.

 

(h)           10b-5.  The SEC Documents do not include any untrue statements of material fact, nor do they omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(i)            Absence of Litigation.  To the knowledge of the Company, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would (i) have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)            Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of the Notes.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Company further acknowledges that each Buyer is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by each Buyer or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby 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 this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

 

(k)           No General Solicitation.  Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 



 

(l)            No Integrated Offering.  Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act.

 

(m)          Employee Relations.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in any labor dispute or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened.  None of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union and the Company and its subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.

 

(n)           Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted.  The Company and its subsidiaries do not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its subsidiaries of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other similar rights of others, and, to the knowledge of the Company there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against, the Company or its subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement; and the Company and its subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

(o)           Environmental Laws.  The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval.

 

(p)           Title.  All real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and 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.

 

(q)           Insurance.  The Company and each of its subsidiaries is 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 materially and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(r)            Regulatory Permits.  The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit.

 

(s)           Internal Accounting Controls.  The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains 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 accountability, and (iii) the recorded amounts for assets are compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.  The Company has not, however, established the framework necessary to assess the Company’s internal control of financial reporting as required by §404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and consequently will have to report material weaknesses in the Company’s disclosure controls and internal control of financial reporting.

 

(t)            No Material Adverse Breaches, etc.  Except to the extent YA Global or its agents may declare a breach or default under the outstanding debentures, warrants, or registration rights agreement and except for the fact that the Company has insufficient working capital to fund its operations and its financial statements reflect that the Company’s current liabilities and total liabilities are in excess of the Company’s current assets and total assets, respectively, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in breach of any contract or agreement which breach, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

(u)           Tax Status.  The Company and each of its subsidiaries has made and filed all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and (unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount

 



 

claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(v)           Certain Transactions.  Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Company makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company could obtain from third parties and other than the grant of stock options disclosed in the SEC Documents, none of the officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

 

(w)          Fees and Rights of First Refusal.  Except to the extent any such obligation is owed to YA Global, the Company is not obligated to offer the securities offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis or otherwise to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.

 

(x)            Investment Company.  The Company is not, and is not an affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities, will not be or be an affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

 

(y)           Registration Rights.  Other than each of the Buyers pursuant to the Transaction Documents and pursuant to other obligations previously entered into between YA Global and the Company, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.  There are no outstanding registration statements not yet declared effective and there are no outstanding comment letters from the SEC or any other regulatory agency.

 

(z)            Private Placement.  Assuming the accuracy of the Buyers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 2, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Buyers as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the Primary Market.

 

(aa)         Listing and Maintenance Requirements.  The Company’s Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration.  Except to the extent disclosed in the SEC Documents with respect to the delisting of the Company’s securities from the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company has not, in the twelve (12) months

 



 

preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Primary Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Primary Market.  The Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

 

(bb)         Reporting Status.  With a view to making available to the Buyer the benefits of Rule 144 or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Buyer to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration, and as a material inducement to the Buyer’s purchase of the Securities, the Company represents and warrants to the following: (i) the Company is, and has been for a period of at least 90 days immediately preceding the date hereof, subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (ii) the Company has filed all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange, as applicable, during the 12 months preceding the date hereof (or for such shorter period that the Company was required to file such reports), (iii) the Company is not an issuer defined as a “Shell Company,” and (iv) the Company is not an issuer that has been at any time previously an issuer defined as a “Shell Company.”  For the purposes hereof, the term “Shell Company” shall mean an issuer that meets the description defined in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of Rule 144.  The Company affirmatively represents that, because the Company may not be able to meet the requirements of §404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or may have to report material weaknesses of the Company’s disclosure controls or internal control of financial reporting, holders of the Company’s securities may not be able to utilize Rule 144 prior to one year from the date hereof.

 

(cc)         Disclosure.  The Company has made available to the Buyer and its counsel all the information reasonably available to the Company that the Buyer or its counsel have requested for deciding whether to acquire the Securities.  No representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement (as qualified by the Disclosure Schedule) or any of the other Transaction Documents, and no certificate furnished or to be furnished to the Buyer at the Closing, or any due diligence evaluation materials furnished by the Company or on behalf of the Company, including without limitation, due diligence questionnaires, or any other documents, presentations, correspondence, or information contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.

 

(dd)         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) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Company’s placement agent in connection with the placement of the Securities.

 

(ee)         Dilutive Effect.  The Company understands and acknowledges that the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will increase in certain circumstances.  The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue the Warrant

 



 

Shares upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement and the Warrants, in each case, is absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

 

(ff)           Annual Operating Plan.  A true and correct copy of the Company’s Annual Operating for Fiscal Year 2009 the (“Annual Operating Plan”) is attached hereto as Exhibit X.

 

4.     COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND RELEASE.

 

(a)           Acknowledgement of ObligationsThe Company hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of the date hereof, the Company is indebted to YA Global under Debentures CCP-3, CCP-4, CCP-5 and CCP-2007-1.

 

(b)           Acknowledgement of Security Interests.  The Company hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that YA Global has and shall continue to have valid, enforceable and perfected first-priority liens upon and security interests in the Pledged Property heretofore granted to YA Global pursuant to the Security Agreement between the Company and YA Global dated May 30, 2006, the Security Agreement between Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and YA Global dated May 30, 2006, the Security Agreement between Protection Plus Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and YA Global dated May 30, 2006, the Security Agreement between Isonics Vancouver, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and YA Global dated May 30, 2006 and in the Pledged Shares heretofore granted to YA Global pursuant to the Pledge and Escrow Agreement among the Company, David Gonzalez, Esq. and YA Global dated April 10, 2007, or otherwise granted to or held by YA Global.

 

(c)           Confirmation and Release.  YA Global hereby represents and warrants to the Company that to the best of its knowledge it has complied with its obligations under all prior agreements (including debentures, warrants, securities purchase agreements, security agreements) between YA Global and the Company and, in connection therewith, has made no misrepresentation to the Company and has complied with all of its legal requirements (the “Confirmation”). In consideration thereof, the Company does hereby agree to, on behalf of itself and its agents, representatives, attorneys, assigns, heirs, subsidiaries, executors and administrators (collectively, “Company Parties”) RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE YA Global and its subsidiaries and its respective affiliates, parents, joint ventures, officers, directors, shareholders, interest holders, members, managers, employees, consultants, representatives, successors and assigns, heirs, executors and administrators (collectively, “Buyer Parties”) from all causes of action, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever known or unknown, at law, in equity or otherwise, which the Company Parties ever had or now has, and any claims for reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, and including, without limitation, any claims relating to fees, penalties, liquidated damages, and indemnification for losses, liabilities and expenses.  Based upon and subject to the Confirmation, the release contained in this Section is effective without regard to the legal nature of the claims raised and without regard to whether any such claims are based upon tort, equity, or implied or express contract.  It is expressly understood and agreed that this release shall operate as a clear and unequivocal waiver by the Company Parties of any such claim whatsoever.

 



 

5.     COVENANTS.

 

(a)           Best Efforts.  Each party shall use its 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.  The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing.  The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities, or obtain an exemption for 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, and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)           Reporting Status.  With a view to making available to the Buyer the benefits of Rule 144 or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Buyer to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration, and as a material inducement to the Buyer’s purchase of the Securities, the Company represents, warrants, and covenants to the following:

 

(i)            The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months prior to the date hereof (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), other than Form 8-K reports;
 
(ii)           from the date hereof until all the Securities either have been sold by the Buyer, or may permanently be sold by the Buyer without any restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, (the “Registration Period”) the Company shall file with the SEC in a timely manner all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and such reports shall conform to the requirement of the Exchange Act and the SEC for filing thereunder to the extent that the Company is capable of doing so, acknowledging that the Company’s management will not be able to make its assessment of internal control of financial reporting because the Company has not implemented the framework required by §404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (which failure will likely result in the Company’s being required to identify material weaknesses in the Company’s disclosure controls and internal control of financial reporting), and the Company can give no assurance that its independent auditors will be able to issue a report on the Company’s financial statements in the form required by the SEC’s rules and regulations and any such report issued will contain a going concern qualification;
 
(iii)          The Company shall furnish to the Buyer so long as the Buyer owns Securities, promptly upon request, (i) if true, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Buyers to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration if Rule 144 is available; and

 



 

(iv)          During the Registration Period 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 otherwise permit such termination.
 

(d)           Use of Proceeds.  The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes for the build up on inventory, capital expenditures and working capital purposes.

 

(e)           Reservation of Shares.  On the date hereof, the Company shall reserve for issuance to the Buyers 13,000,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of the Warrants (collectively, the “Share Reserve”).  The Company represents that it has sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available to create the Share Reserve after considering all other commitments that may require the issuance of Common Stock.  The Company shall take all action reasonably necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to effect the full exercise of the Warrants.  If at any time the Share Reserve is insufficient to effect the full exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall increase the Share Reserve accordingly.  If the Company does not have sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available to increase the Share Reserve, the Company shall call and hold a special meeting of the shareholders within thirty (30) days of such occurrence, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares authorized.  The Company’s management shall recommend to the shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of shares of Common Stock authorized.  Management shall also vote all of its shares in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock.

 

(f)            Listings or Quotation.  The Company’s Common Stock shall be listed or quoted for trading on any of (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York Stock Exchange, (c) the Nasdaq Global Market, (d) the Nasdaq Capital Market, or (e) the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board (which does not include the Pink Sheets LLC) (“OTCBB”) (each, a “Primary Market”).  The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) 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 such listing of all Registrable Securities from time to time issuable under the terms of the Transaction Documents.

 

(g)           Fees and Expenses.

 

(i)            The Company shall pay all of its costs and expenses incurred by it connection with the negotiation, investigation, preparation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents.
 
(ii)           The Company shall place into escrow $100,000 (the “Monitoring Fees”) upon the First Closing, directly from the proceeds of the First Closing (as deposited into escrow, the “Escrow Funds”) which shall be used to compensate Yorkville Advisors LLC (“Investment Manager”) for monitoring and managing the purchase and investment made by YA Global Investments, L.P. (“YA Global”) described herein, pursuant to the Investment Manager’s existing advisory obligations to YA Global.  Prior to the Second

 



 

Closing and, if applicable, the Third Closing the Buyers and the Company shall agree to proportionate additional Monitoring Fees to be placed in escrow.  The Company, Investment Manager, and YA Global shall enter into an Escrow Agreement of even date herewith in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Escrow Agreement”) appointing an escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) to hold the Escrow Funds and to periodically disburse portions of such Escrow Funds to the Investment Manager from escrow in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.  The Investment Manager shall periodically receive portions of the Escrow Funds in accordance with the Escrow Agreement until either: (1) the Escrow Funds shall have been fully disbursed pursuant the Escrow Agreement or (2) the Securities shall have been Fully Retired.  “Fully Retired” shall mean that the Buyer shall have fully disposed of all the Securities issued or issuable hereunder, shall no longer have any investment in, or ownership of, any of the Securities, all amounts owed to YA Global under the Transaction Documents shall have been paid, and the Transaction Documents shall have been terminated.  When the Securities are Fully Retired, the remaining Escrow Funds shall be returned to the Company or otherwise disbursed in accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
 
(iii)          The Company shall pay a structuring and due diligence fee to Yorkville of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) which shall be paid directly from the proceeds of the First Closing.  The structuring and due diligence fee shall be nonrefundable and payable whether or not any Closing occurs.
 

(h)           Corporate Existence.  So long as any of the Notes remain outstanding, the Company shall not directly or indirectly consummate any merger, reorganization, restructuring, reverse stock split consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or any similar transaction or related transactions (each such transaction, an “Organizational Change”) unless, prior to the consummation an Organizational Change, the Company obtains the written consent of each Buyer.  In any such case, the Company will make appropriate provision with respect to such holders’ rights and interests to insure that the provisions of this Section 4(h) will thereafter be applicable to the Notes.

 

(i)            Transactions With Affiliates.  So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries not to, enter into, amend, modify or supplement, or permit any subsidiary to enter into, amend, modify or supplement any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement with any of its or any subsidiary’s officers, directors, person 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, or Affiliates (as defined below) or with any individual related by blood, marriage, or adoption to any such individual or with any entity in which any such entity or individual owns a five percent (5%) or more beneficial interest (each a “Related Party”), except for (a) customary employment arrangements and benefit programs on reasonable terms, (b) any investment in an Affiliate of the Company,  (c) any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement on an arms-length basis on terms no less favorable than terms which would have been obtainable from a person other than such Related Party, (d) any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement which is approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company; for purposes hereof, any director who is also an officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall not be a disinterested director with respect to any such agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement.  “Affiliate” for purposes hereof means,

 



 

with respect to any person or entity, another person or entity that, directly or indirectly, (i) has a 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.

 

(j)            Transfer Agent.  The Company covenants and agrees that, in the event that the Company’s agency relationship with the transfer agent should be terminated for any reason prior to a date which is two (2) years after the Closing Date, the Company shall immediately appoint a new transfer agent and shall require that the new transfer agent execute and agree to be bound by the terms of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions (as defined herein).

 

(k)           Restriction on Issuance of the Capital Stock. So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Buyer(s) and except for Excluded Securities, (i) issue or sell shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the bid price of the Common Stock determined immediately prior to its issuance, (ii) issue any preferred stock, warrant, option, right, contract, call, or other security or instrument granting the holder thereof the right to acquire Common Stock without consideration or for a consideration less than such Common Stock’s Bid Price determined immediately prior to it’s issuance, (iii) enter into any security instrument granting the holder a security interest in any and all assets of the Company, or (iv) file any registration statement on Form S-8.  For the purposes of this Section, “Excluded Securities” means shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon the exercise of any option or warrant, or the conversion of any convertible security, issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company and outstanding on the date prior to date of this Agreement, provided that the terms of such option, warrant or convertible security are not amended or otherwise modified on or after the date of this Agreement, and provided that the exercise or conversion price is not reduced, adjusted or otherwise modified and the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable is not increased (whether by operation of, or in accordance with, the relevant governing documents or otherwise) on or after the date of this Agreement.

 

(l)            Neither the Buyer(s) nor any of its affiliates have an open short position in the Common Stock of the Company, and the Buyer(s) agrees that it shall not, and that it will cause its affiliates not to, engage in any short sales of or hedging transactions with respect to the Common Stock as long as any Notes shall remain outstanding.

 

(m)          Rights of First Refusal.  So long as any portion of Notes are outstanding, if the Company intends to raise additional capital by the issuance or sale of capital stock of the Company, including without limitation shares of any class of common stock, any class of preferred stock, options, warrants or any other 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 such issuance or sale of capital 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 ten (10) 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.

 

(n)           Lockup Agreements.  On the date hereof, the Company shall obtain from each officer and director a lockup agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

(o)           Additional Registration Statements.  Until the effective date of the initial Registration Statement, the Company will not file a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to securities that are not the Securities.

 

(p)           Review of Public Disclosures.  All SEC filings (including, without limitation, all filings required under the Exchange Act, which include Forms 10-Q and 10-QSB, 10-K and 10K-SB, 8-K, etc) and other public disclosures made by the Company, including, without limitation, all press releases, investor relations materials, and scripts of analysts meetings and calls, shall be reviewed and approved for release by the Company’s attorneys and, if containing financial information, the Company’s independent certified public accountants.

 

(q)           Disclosure of Transaction.  Within four Business Day following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall 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 limitation, this Agreement, the form of the Notes, the form of Warrant and the form of the Registration Rights Agreement) as exhibits to such filing.

 

(r)            Revenue.  The Company will not permit its actual monthly revenue to fall more than 10% below the actual revenue reflected on the Annual Operating Plan for the quarter ending July 31, 2008 or for any monthly period thereafter.

 

(s)           EBITDA.  The Company will not permit its monthly EBITDA to fall more than 10% below the EBITDA reflected on the Annual Operating Plan for the quarter ending July 31, 2008 or for each quarter thereafter.

 

(t)            Cash Flow.  The Company will not permit its monthly Free Cash Flow to fall more than 10% below the Free Cash Flow reflected on the Annual Operating Plan for the quarter ending July 31, 2008 or for each quarter thereafter.

 

(u)           Officer Bonuses.  The Company will not distribute officer bonuses, allocated pro rata to a given quarter, unless (i) in such quarter the Company achieves a minimum of 110% of the targeted EBITDA reflected on the Annual Operating Plan or (ii) the Buyer(s) consent.

 

(v)           Future Debt Financing.  If the Company and/or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries (each a “Grantor”) obtains a commitment for debt financing, the Buyer will upon written request by any of the Grantors evaluate such financing offer in good faith.  If such

 



 

financing is acceptable to the Buyer in the Buyers’ sole reasonable discretion, Buyer will release its security interest in a portion of the inventory and receivables of the Grantor granted to the Buyer pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

6.     TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.

 

(a)           The Company shall issue the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, irrevocably appointing David Gonzalez, Esq. as the Company’s agent for purpose instructing its 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 Warrant Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon exercise of the Warrants.  The Company shall not change its transfer agent without the express written consent of the Buyers, which may be withheld by the Buyers in their sole discretion.  The Company warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 2(g) hereof (in the case of the Warrant Shares prior to registration of such shares under the Securities Act) will be given by the Company to its transfer agent, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  If a Buyer effects a sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities in accordance with Section 2(f), the Company shall 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 and, with respect to any transfer, shall permit the transfer.  In the event that such sale, assignment or transfer involves 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.  Nothing in this Section 6 shall affect in any way the Buyer’s obligations and agreement to comply with all applicable securities laws upon resale of Warrant Shares.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyer by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby.  Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 5 will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 5, that the Buyer(s) shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an 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.

 

7.     CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATION TO SELL.

 

The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes to the Buyer(s) at the Closings is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Dates, 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:

 

(a)           Each Buyer shall have executed the Transaction Documents and delivered them to the Company.

 



 

(b)           The Buyer(s) shall have delivered to the Company the Purchase Price for the Notes and Warrants in the respective amounts as set forth next to each Buyer as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto, minus any fees to be paid directly from the proceeds the Closings as set forth herein, by wire transfer of immediately available U.S. funds pursuant to the wire instructions provided by the Company.

 

(c)           The representations and warranties of the Buyer(s) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Dates as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the Buyer(s) 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 the Buyer(s) at or prior to the Closing Dates.

 

(d)           YA Global shall have released Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) from escrow to the Company for working capital purposes.

 

8.     CONDITIONS TO THE BUYER’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE.

 

(a)           The obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to purchase the Notes at the First Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the First Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

 

(i)            The Company shall have executed the Transaction Documents and delivered the same to the Buyers.
 
(ii)           The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation or trading on the Primary Market, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended for any reason.
 
(iii)          The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the First Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company 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 the Company at or prior to the First Closing Date
 
(iv)          The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer(s) the Notes and Warrants in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I attached hereto.
 
(v)           The Buyers shall have received an opinion of counsel from counsel to the Company in a form satisfactory to the Buyers.
 


 
(vi)          The Company shall have provided to the Buyers a true copy of a certificate of good standing evidencing the formation and good standing of the Company from the secretary of state (or comparable office) from the jurisdiction in which the Company is incorporated, as of a date within 10 days of the First Closing Date.
 
(vii)         The Company shall have delivered to the Buyers a certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company and dated as of the First Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions consistent with Section 3(c) as adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors in a form reasonably acceptable to such Buyer, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and (iii) the Bylaws, each as in effect at the First Closing.
 
(viii)        The Company or the Buyer shall have filed a form UCC-1 or such other forms as may be required to perfect the Buyer’s interest in the Pledged Property as detailed in the Security Agreement dated the date hereof and provided proof of such filing to the Buyer(s).
 
(ix)           The Company shall have used its best efforts to provide to the Buyer an acknowledgement, to the satisfaction of the Buyer, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants as to its ability to provide all consents required in order to file a registration statement in connection with this transaction.  In this connection, the Buyer understands that the Company’s independent certified public accountants have advised the Company that, before they will issue any report on the Company’s financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2008, such accountants require a conference with the SEC regarding the effect of the Company’s inability to implement a framework necessary to make the management’s assessment of the Company’s internal control of financial reporting required by §404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (and the material weaknesses that the Company may have to report in its disclosure controls and internal control of financial reporting), and if such accountants do not obtain a satisfactory response from the SEC, such accountants may not issue a report on the Company’s financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2008 or review financial statements for any subsequent period.  In such case, the Company may not be able to file any registration statement.
 
(x)            The Company shall have created the Share Reserve.
 
(xi)           The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.
 

(b)           The obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to accept the Notes at the Second Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Second Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

 

(i)            The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation or trading on the Primary Market, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended for any reason.
 


 
(ii)           The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the Second Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company 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 the Company at or prior to the Second Closing Date.
 
(iii)          The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyers the Notes in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyers name on Schedule I attached hereto.
 
(iv)          The Company will have changed its transfer agent to Worldwide Stock Transfer and notified the Buyer(s) of such change.
 
(v)           The Company shall have certified, in a certificate executed by two officers of the Company and dated as of the Second Closing Date, that all conditions to the Second Closing have been satisfied.
 

(c)           The obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to accept the Notes at the Third Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Third Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

 

(i)            The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation or trading on the Primary Market, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended for any reason.
 
(ii)           The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the Second Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company 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 the Company at or prior to the Second Closing Date.
 
(iii)          The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyers the Notes in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyers name on Schedule I attached hereto.
 
(iv)          The Company shall have certified, in a certificate executed by two officers of the Company and dated as of the Second Closing Date, that all conditions to the Second Closing have been satisfied.
 


 

9.     INDEMNIFICATION.

 

(a)           In consideration of the Buyer’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Notes hereunder, and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer(s) and each other holder of the Notes, and all of their officers, directors, employees and agents (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, 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 the Buyer Indemnitees or any of them 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 this Agreement, the Notes or the other 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 this Agreement, or the other 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 and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of the parties hereto, any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Notes or the status of the Buyer or holder of the Notes,  as a Buyer of Notes from the Company.  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under applicable law.

 

(b)           In consideration of the Company’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in addition to all of the Buyer’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Buyer shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Buyer(s) in this Agreement, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Buyer, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Buyer(s) contained in this Agreement,  the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby executed by the Buyer, or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Company Indemnitee based on material misrepresentations or due to a material breach and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of the parties hereto.  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by each Buyer may be unenforceable for any reason, each Buyer shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under applicable law.

 



 

10.   GOVERNING LAW: MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)           Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.  The parties further agree that any action between them shall be heard in Hudson County, New Jersey, and expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of New Jersey, sitting in Hudson County and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Paragraph.

 

(b)           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.  In the event any signature page is delivered by facsimile transmission, the party using such means of delivery shall cause four (4) additional original executed signature pages to be physically delivered to the other party within five (5) days of the execution and delivery hereof.

 

(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 supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyer(s), the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein 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 waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

 

(f)            Notices.  Any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon confirmation of receipt, when sent by facsimile; (iii) three (3) days after being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 



 

If to the Company, to:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Telephone: (303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile: (303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

Suite 1000, 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80112

 

 

Attn: Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone: (303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile: (303) 796-2777

 

 

 

 

If to the Buyer(s), to its address and facsimile number on Schedule I, with copies to the Buyer’s counsel as set forth on Schedule I.  Each party shall provide five (5) days’ prior written notice to the other party of any change in address or facsimile number.

 

(g)           Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.  Neither the Company nor any Buyer shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party hereto.

 

(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 9(l), all agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or made in writing by or on behalf of any party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing.

 

(j)            Publicity.  The Company and the Buyer(s) shall have the right to approve, before issuance any press release or any other public statement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby made by any party; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of the Buyer(s), to issue any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions required under applicable securities or other laws or regulations (the Company shall use its best efforts to consult the Buyer(s) in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release and Buyer(s) shall be provided with a copy thereof upon release thereof).

 

(k)           Further Assurances.  Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 



 

(l)            Termination.  In the event that the First Closing shall not have occurred with respect to the Buyers on or before five (5) business days from the date hereof due to the Company’s or the Buyer’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Sections 6 and 7 above (and the non-breaching party’s failure to waive such unsatisfied condition(s)), the non-breaching party shall have the option to terminate this Agreement with respect to such breaching party at the close of business on such date without liability of any party to any other party; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to this Section 9(l), the Company shall remain obligated to reimburse the Buyer(s) for the fees and expenses of Yorkville Advisors LLC described in Section 4(g) above (other than the amounts set forth in Section 4(g)(ii)).

 

(m)          Brokerage.  The Company represents that no broker, agent, finder or other party has been retained by it in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and that no other fee or commission has been agreed by the Company to be paid for or on account of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(n)           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.

 

[REMAINDER PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 



 

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

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Gregory A. Meadows

 

Title:

Vice President/Assistant Secretary

 



 

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

 

 

 

BUYERS:

 

YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:

Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Its:

Portfolio Manager

 



 

Execution Copy

 

SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

(1)

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(4)

 

(5)

 

(6)

 

(7)

 

(8)

 

Buyer

 

Subscription Amount

 

Number of 
Warrant Shares

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Representative’s
Address and Facsimile
Number

 

 

 

First Closing

 

Second Closing

 

Third Closing

 

First Closing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YA Global Investments, L.P.

 

101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Attention: Mark Angelo
Telephone: (201) 985-8300
Facsimile: (201) 985-8266
Residence: Cayman Islands

 

$

1,175,000

 

$

50,000

 

$

275,000

 

13,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

David Gonzalez, Esq.
101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700
Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
Telephone: (201) 985-8300
Facsimile: (201) 985-8266

 

 



 

Execution Copy

 

LIST OF EXHIBITS:

 

Disclosure Schedule

 

Exhibit A – Form of Notes

 

Exhibit B – Form of Warrant

 

Exhibit C – Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

Exhibit X – Annual Operating Plan

 

Exhibit Y – Debenture Amendments

 



 

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

 



 

EXHIBIT C

 

LOCKUP AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned hereby agrees that for a period commencing on June     , 200 and expiring on the date thirty (30) days after the date that all amounts owed to YA Global Investments, L.P. (the “Buyer”), under the Notes issued to the Buyer pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement between Isonics Corporation (the “Company”) and the Buyer dated June     , 2008 have been paid (the “Lock-up Period”), he, she or it will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, issue, offer, agree or offer to sell, sell, grant an option for the purchase or sale of, transfer, pledge, assign, hypothecate, distribute or otherwise encumber or dispose of any securities of the Company, including common stock or options, rights, warrants or other securities underlying, convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for or evidencing any right to purchase or subscribe for any common stock (whether or not beneficially owned by the undersigned), or any beneficial interest therein (collectively, the “Securities”) except in accordance with the volume limitations set forth in Rule 144(e) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

In order to enable the aforesaid covenants to be enforced, the undersigned hereby consents to the placing of legends and/or stop-transfer orders with the transfer agent of the Company’s securities with respect to any of the Securities registered in the name of the undersigned or beneficially owned by the undersigned, and the undersigned hereby confirms the undersigned’s investment in the Company.

 

Dated:                          , 2008

 

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

City, State, Zip Code:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Print Social Security Number

 

or Taxpayer I.D. Number

 


EX-10.2 3 a08-16698_2ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.

 

TERM NOTE

 

June 13, 2008

 

Jersey City, New Jersey

$1,175,000

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP (the “Lender”) at 101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 or other address as the Lender shall specify in writing, the principal sum of One Million One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,175,000) and interest at the annual rate of thirteen percent (13%) on the unpaid balance pursuant to the following terms of this Term Note (the “Note”):

 

1.                                       Principal and InterestFor value received, the Company hereby promises to pay to the order of the Lender on October 31, 2009 (“Maturity Date”) in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds the principal sum of One Million One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,175,000), together with interest on the unpaid principal of this note at the rate of thirteen percent (13%) per year (computed on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual days elapsed) from the date of this Note until paid.

 

2.                                       Right of Prepayment.  The Company at its option shall have the right to prepay, with ten (10) business days advance written notice (a “Prepayment Notice”), any amount of outstanding principal of the Note (a “Company Prepayment”).  The Prepayment Notice must state the portion of the Note (including interest) that the Company wishes to pay (the “Prepayment Amount”).  Prepayment Notices are irrevocable.  If the Company elects a prepayment, on the tenth (10th) business day following the Lender’s receipt of the Prepayment Notice, the Company shall pay to the Lender, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, an amount in cash equal to 120% of the principal portion of the Prepayment Amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

3.                                       Waiver and Consent.  To the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided herein, the Company waives demand, presentment, protest, notice of dishonor, suit against or joinder of any other person, and all other requirements necessary to charge or hold the Company liable with respect to this Note.

 



 

4.                                       Costs, Indemnities and Expenses.  In the event of default as described herein, the Company agrees to pay all reasonable fees and costs incurred by the Lender in collecting or securing or attempting to collect or secure this Note, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, whether or not involving litigation, collecting upon any judgments and/or appellate or bankruptcy proceedings.  The Company agrees to pay any documentary stamp taxes, intangible taxes or other taxes which may now or hereafter apply to this Note or any payment made in respect of this Note, and the Company agrees to indemnify and hold the Lender harmless from and against any liability, costs, attorneys’ fees, penalties, interest or expenses relating to any such taxes, as and when the same may be incurred.

 

5.                                       Event of Default.  An “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(i)             the Company’s failure to pay to the Lender any amount of principal, interest, or other amounts when and as due under this Note (including, without limitation, the Company’s failure to pay any redemption payments or amounts hereunder) or any other Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), dated the date hereof, between Company and Lender);

 

(ii)          The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any breach or default of any provision of this Note, any of the other Transaction Documents, or any other note issued, or shall hereinafter be issued to the Lender or its affiliates which is not cured within the time prescribed;

 

(iii)       The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or there is commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 61 days; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company suffers any appointment of any custodian, private or court appointed receiver or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debt; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action is taken by

 



 

the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(iv)      The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall default in any of its obligations under any other promissory note, or any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement, debenture or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in an amount exceeding $100,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

(v)         If the Common Stock is quoted or listed for trading on any of the following and it ceases to be so quoted or listed for trading and shall not again be quoted or listed for trading on any Primary Market within five (5) Trading Days of such delisting: (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York Stock Exchange, (c) the Nasdaq Global Market, (d) the Nasdaq Capital Market, or (e) the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) (each, a “Primary Market”);

 

(vi)      The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction unless in connection with such Change of Control Transaction this Note is retired (“Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Company (except that the acquisition of voting securities by the Lender or any other current holder of convertible securities of the Company shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction for purposes hereof), (b) a replacement at one time or over time of more than one-half of the members of the board of directors of the Company which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the date hereof), (c) the merger, consolidation or sale of fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in one or a series of related transactions with or into another entity, or (d) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (a), (b) or (c));

 

(vii)   To the extent that the Company is eligible to file a Registration Statement, the Company shall fail to file the Registration Statement with the Commission, or the Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the Commission, in each case within thirty (30) days of the periods set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement (“Registration Rights Agreement”) dated June 13, 2008 among the Company and each Buyer listed on Schedule I attached thereto, or, while the Registration Statement is required to be maintained effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order) or is unavailable to the Lender for sale of all of the Lender’s Registrable Securities (as defined in the

 



 

Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability continues for a period of more than ten (10) consecutive Trading Days or for more than an aggregate of twenty (20) days in any 365-day period (which need not be consecutive);  and

 

(viii)        The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any breach or default of any provision of this Note (except as may be covered by Section 5(i) through 5(vi) hereof) or any Transaction Document which is not cured within the time prescribed.

 

6.                                       Remedies.                           During the time that any portion of this Note is outstanding, if any Event of Default has occurred, the full unpaid principal amount of this Note, together with interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof, to the date of acceleration shall become at the Lender’s election, immediately due and payable in cash.  If an Event of Default (after giving effect to any specified cure period) occurs and for so long as such Event of Default remains uncured, the interest rate on this Note shall immediately become twenty-four percent (24%) per annum and shall remain at such increased interest rate until the applicable Event of Default is cured.  Furthermore, in addition to any other remedies, the Lender shall have the right (but not the obligation) to appoint a majority of the Company’s board of directors provided the Lender does so in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The Lender need not provide and the Company hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, (other than required notice of conversion) and the Lender may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such declaration may be rescinded and annulled by Lender at any time prior to payment hereunder. No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

7.                                       Maximum Interest Rate.  In no event shall any agreed to or actual interest charged, reserved or taken by the Lender as consideration for this Note exceed the limits imposed by New Jersey law.  In the event that the interest provisions of this Note shall result at any time or for any reason in an effective rate of interest that exceeds the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law, then without further agreement or notice the obligation to be fulfilled shall be automatically reduced to such limit and all sums received by the Lender in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest shall be applied against the principal of this Note immediately upon the Lender’s receipt thereof, with the same force and effect as though the Company had specifically designated such extra sums to be so applied to principal and the Lender had agreed to accept such extra payment(s) as a premium-free prepayment or prepayments.

 

8.                                       Cancellation of Note. Upon the repayment by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to the Lender, including, without limitation, the principal amount of this Note, plus accrued but unpaid interest, the indebtedness evidenced hereby shall be deemed canceled and paid in full.  Except as otherwise required by law or by the provisions of this Note, payments received by the Lender hereunder shall be applied first against expenses and indemnities, next against interest accrued on this Note, and next in reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Note.

 



 

9.                                       Severability.  If any provision of this Note is, for any reason, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Note will nevertheless be valid and enforceable and will remain in full force and effect.  Any provision of this Note that is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction will be deemed modified to the extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable and as so modified will remain in full force and effect.

 

10.                                 Amendment and Waiver.  This Note may be amended, or any provision of this Note may be waived, provided that any such amendment or waiver will be binding on a party hereto only if such amendment or waiver is set forth in a writing executed by the parties hereto.  The waiver by any such party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other breach.

 

11.                                 Successors.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Note shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns.

 

12.                                 Assignment.  This Note shall not be directly or indirectly assignable or delegable by the Company.  The Lender may assign this Note as long as such assignment complies with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

13.                                 Reissuance of this Note.

 

(i)             Transfer.  If this Note is to be transferred any such transfer must be made in accordance with applicable securities laws, and the Lender shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will, subject to the satisfaction of the transfer provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Lender a new Note (in accordance with Section 6(d)), registered in the name of the registered transferee or assignee, 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 13(iv)) to the Lender representing the outstanding principal not being transferred.

 

(ii)          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 Lender 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 Lender a new Note (in accordance with Section 13(iv)) representing the outstanding principal.

 

(iii)       Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations.  This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Lender at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 13(iv)) 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 Lender at the time of such surrender.

 

(iv)      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 13(i) or Section 13(iii), the principal designated by the Lender 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 date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid interest from the date of this Note.

 

14.                                 No Strict Construction.  The language used in this Note will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

15.                                 Further Assurances.  Each party hereto will execute all documents and take such other actions as the other party may reasonably request in order to consummate the transactions provided for herein and to accomplish the purposes of this Note.

 

16.                                 Notices, Consents, etc.  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) trading day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 

If to Company:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attn: Chairman

 

 

Telephone: (303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile: (303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With a Copy to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

Suite 1000, 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80112

 

 

Attn: Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone: (303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile: (303) 796-2777

 

 

 

If to the Lender:

 

YA Global Investments, LP

 

 

101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700

 

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

 

Attention: Mark A. Angelo

 

 

Telephone: (201) 985-8300

 

 

Facsimile: (201) 985-8744

 



 

or at such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party three (3) trading days prior to the effectiveness of such change.  Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

17.                                 Remedies, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief.  The Lender’s remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available to the Lender under this Note, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no remedy of the Lender contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit the Lender’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note.  No remedy conferred under this Note upon the Lender is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy available to the Lender, pursuant to the terms of this Note or otherwise.  No single or partial exercise by the Lender of any right, power or remedy hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof.  The failure of the Lender to exercise any right or remedy under this Note or otherwise, or delay in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.  Every right and remedy of the Lender under any document executed in connection with this transaction may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Lender.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Lender and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.  The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Lender shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, and specific performance without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

18.                                 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New Jersey.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey sitting in Hudson County, New Jersey and the United States Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a

 



 

copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

19.                                 No Inconsistent Agreements.  None of the parties hereto will hereafter enter into any agreement, which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the parties in this Note.

 

20.                                 Third Parties.  Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give to any person or entity, other than the parties to this Note and their respective permitted successor and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Note.

 

21.                                 Waiver of Jury TrialAS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE LENDER TO LOAN TO THE COMPANY THE MONIES HEREUNDER, THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR ANY AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRANSACTION.

 

22.                                 Entire Agreement.  This Note (including any recitals hereto) set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall not be modified or affected by any offer, proposal, statement or representation, oral or written, made by or for any party in connection with the negotiation of the terms hereof, and may be modified only by instruments signed by all of the parties hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Promissory Note is executed by the undersigned as of the date hereof.

 

 

 

YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP

 

 

 

 

 

By: Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

 

Its: General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

 

Its:

Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name: Gregory A. Meadows

 

 

Title:   Vice President/Assistant Secretary

 


EX-10.3 4 a08-16698_2ex10d3.htm EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

 

WARRANT

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.

 

ISONICS CORORATION

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: ISON-1-1

 

Number of Shares:

 

13,000,000

 

 

Warrant Exercise Price:

 

$0.03

 

 

Expiration Date:

 

June 13, 2015

 

Date of Issuance: June 13, 2008

 

ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, YA Global Investments, L.P. (the “Holder”), the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns, is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company upon surrender of this Warrant, at any time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) up to Thirteen Million (13,000,000) fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined herein) of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) at the exercise price per share provided in Section 1(b) below or as subsequently adjusted; provided, however, that in no event shall the holder be entitled to exercise this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock following such exercise, except within sixty (60) days of the Expiration Date (however, such restriction may be waived by Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other holder) upon not less than 65 days prior notice to the Company).  For purposes of the foregoing proviso, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such proviso is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrants beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates (including, without

 



 

limitation, any convertible notes or preferred stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written request of any holder, the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day following the receipt of such notice, confirm in writing to any such holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the exercise of Warrants (as defined below) by such holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.

 

Section 1.

 

(a)          This Warrant is issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) dated the date hereof between the Company and the Buyers listed on Schedule I thereto or issued in exchange or substitution thereafter or replacement thereof.  Each Capitalized term used, and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(b)         Definitions.  The following words and terms as used in this Warrant shall have the following meanings:

 

(i)                                     Approved Stock Plan” means a stock option plan that has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company prior to the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued only to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company.
 
(ii)                                  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.
 
(iii)                               Closing Bid Price” means the closing bid price of Common Stock as quoted on the Principal Market (as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”) through its “Volume at Price” function).
 
(iv)                              Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, no par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
 
(v)                                 Event of Default” means an event of default under the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Notes issued in connection therewith.

 



 
(vi)                              Excluded Securities” means, (a) shares issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan, (b) shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any right, option, obligation or security outstanding on the date prior to date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, provided that the terms of such right, option, obligation or security are not amended or otherwise modified on or after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and provided that the conversion price, exchange price, exercise price or other purchase price is not reduced, adjusted or otherwise modified and the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable is not increased (whether by operation of, or in accordance with, the relevant governing documents or otherwise) on or after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (c) the shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon conversion exercise of the Warrants.
 
(vii)                           Expiration Date” means the date set forth on the first page of this Warrant.
 
(viii)                        Issuance Date” means the date hereof.
 
(ix)                                Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
 
(x)                                   Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
 
(xi)                                Primary Market” means on any of (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York Stock Exchange, (c) the Nasdaq Global Select Market, (d) the Nasdaq Global Market, (e) the Nasdaq Capital Market, or (e) the
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”).
 
(xii)                             Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(xiii)                          Warrant” means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
 
(xiv)                         Warrant Exercise Price” shall be $0.03 or as subsequently adjusted as provided in Section 8 hereof.
 

(c)          Other Definitional Provisions.

 

(i)                                     Except as otherwise specified herein, all references herein (A) to the Company shall be deemed to include the Company’s successors and (B) to any applicable law defined or referred to herein shall be deemed references to such applicable law as the same may have been or may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
 
(ii)                                  When used in this Warrant, the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder and words of similar import, shall refer to this Warrant as a whole and not to any

 



 
provision of this Warrant, and the words “Section”, “Schedule”, and “Exhibit” shall refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this Warrant unless otherwise specified.
 
(iii)                               Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine or feminine, and the singular number includes the plural, and vice versa.
 

Section 2.                                            Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a)          Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter provided, at any time on any Business Day on or after the opening of business on such Business Day, commencing with the first day after the date hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (i) by delivery of a written notice, in the form of the subscription notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), of such holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes) (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds and the surrender of this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following such date (“Cash Basis”) or (ii) if at the time of exercise, the Warrant Shares are not subject to an effective registration statement or if an Event of Default has occurred, by delivering an Exercise Notice and in lieu of making payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price in cash or wire transfer, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (the “Cashless Exercise”):

 

 

Net Number =

(A x B) – (A x C)

 

 

 

B

 

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

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

 

B = the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on the date of exercise of the Warrant.

 

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

 

In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 2, the Company shall on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date of receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate Exercise Price and this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the receipt of the representations of the holder specified in Section 6 hereof, if

 



 

requested by the Company (the “Exercise Delivery Documents”), and if the Common Stock is DTC eligible, 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 The Depository Trust Company; provided, however, if the holder who submitted the Exercise Notice requested physical delivery of any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC eligible then the Company shall, on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the holder, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled pursuant to such request.  Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice and Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above the holder of this Warrant 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.  In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price, the Closing Bid Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number of Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the holder via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the holder’s Exercise Notice.

 

(b)         If the holder and the Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares within one (1) day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or the Closing Bid Price to an independent, reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to its independent, outside accountant.  The Company shall cause the investment banking 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 forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations.  Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(c)          Unless the rights represented by this Warrant shall have expired or shall have been fully exercised, 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 identical in all respects to this Warrant exercised except it shall represent rights to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant exercised, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which such Warrant is exercised.

 

(d)         No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon any pro rata exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Warrant Shares issued upon such exercise of this Warrant shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.

 

(e)          If the Company or its Transfer Agent shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the holder within ten (10) days of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the holder is entitled or to credit the holder’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company for such number of Warrant Shares to which the holder is entitled upon the holder’s exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, in addition to any other remedies under this Warrant or otherwise available to such holder,

 



 

pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day the issuance of such certificate for Warrant Shares is not timely effected an amount equal to 0.025% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of Warrant Shares not issued to the holder on a timely basis and to which the holder is entitled, and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Common Stock to the holder without violating this Section 2.

 

(f)            If within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the holder for the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2 hereof, then, in addition to any other available remedies under this Warrant, or otherwise available to such holder, the Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day after such tenth (10th) day that such delivery of such new Warrant is not timely effected in an amount equal to 0.25% of the product of (A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by the portion of this Warrant which is not being exercised and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Warrant to the holder without violating this Section 2.

 

Section 3.                                            Covenants as to Common Stock.  The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(a)          This Warrant is, and any Warrants issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant will upon issuance be, duly authorized and validly issued.

 

(b)         All Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.

 

(c)          During the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved at least one hundred percent (100%) of the number of shares of Common Stock needed to provide for the exercise of the rights then represented by this Warrant and the par value of said shares will at all times be less than or equal to the applicable Warrant Exercise Price.  If at any time the Company does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, then the Company shall call and hold a special meeting of its stockholders within sixty (60) days of that time for the sole purpose of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock.

 

(d)         If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall file a registration statement, the Company shall include the Warrant Shares issuable to the holder, pursuant to the terms of this Warrant and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Warrant Shares from time to time issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant; and the Company shall so list on each national securities exchange or automated quotation system, as the case may be, and shall maintain such listing of, any other shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant if and so long as any shares of the same class shall be listed on such national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

 



 

(e)          The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of this Warrant in order to protect the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Warrant.  The Company will not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) will 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.

 

(f)            This Warrant will be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

Section 4.                                            Taxes.  The Company shall pay any and all taxes, except any applicable withholding, which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

Section 5.                                            Warrant Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no holder, as such, of this Warrant shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of capital stock of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, 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 this Warrant of the Warrant Shares which he or she 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 such holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.  Notwithstanding this Section 5, the Company will provide the holder of this Warrant 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.

 

Section 6.                                            Representations of Holder.  The holder of this Warrant, by the acceptance hereof, represents that it is acquiring this Warrant and the Warrant Shares for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the holder does not agree to hold this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act.  The holder of this Warrant further represents, by acceptance hereof, that, as of this date, such holder is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in

 



 

Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act (an “Accredited Investor”).  Upon exercise of this Warrant the holder shall, if requested by the Company, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Company, that the Warrant Shares so purchased are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale and that such holder is an Accredited Investor.  If such holder cannot make such representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a condition to such holder’s exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.

 

Section 7.                                            Ownership and Transfer.

 

(a)          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 the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee.  The Company may treat the person in whose name any Warrant is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any transfers made in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.

 

Section 8.                                            Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares.  The Warrant Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(a)          Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon Issuance of Common Stock.  If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date of this Warrant, the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (other than Excluded Securities) for a consideration per share less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale, then immediately after such issue or sale the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to such consideration per share.  Upon each such adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted to the number of shares determined by multiplying the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Warrant Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

 

(b)         Effect on Warrant Exercise Price of Certain Events.  For purposes of determining the adjusted Warrant Exercise Price under Section 8(a) above, the following shall be applicable:

 

(i)                                     Issuance of Options.  If after the date hereof, 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 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(b)(i), the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion 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 or upon conversion or exchange of any convertible security issuable upon exercise of such Option.  No further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock or of such convertible securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such convertible securities.
 
(ii)                                  Issuance of Convertible Securities.  If the Company in any manner issues or sells any convertible securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion 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 8(b)(ii), the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion 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 or exchange of such convertible security.  No further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion 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 the Warrant Exercise Price had been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 8(b), no further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price 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 or exchange of any convertible securities, or the rate at which any convertible securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock changes at any time, the Warrant Exercise Price in effect at the time of such change shall be adjusted to the Warrant Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or convertible securities provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be correspondingly readjusted.  For purposes of this Section 8(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or convertible security that was outstanding as of the Issuance Date of this Warrant are changed in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or convertible security and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such change.  No adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect.
 
(iv)                              Calculation of Consideration Received.  If any Common Stock, Options or convertible securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for

 



 
cash, the consideration received therefore will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefore.  If any 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 marketable securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the market price of such securities on the date of receipt of such securities.  If any 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 therefore 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 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 holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding.  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 (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (b) of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding.  The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne jointly by the Company and the holders of Warrants.
 
(v)                                 Integrated Transactions.  In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options will be deemed to have been issued for a consideration of $.01.
 
(vi)                              Treasury Shares.  The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time does not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any shares so owned or held will be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
 
(vii)                           Record Date.  If the Company takes a record of the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (1) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in convertible securities or (2) to subscribe for or purchase 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.
 

(c)          Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock.  If the Company at any time after the date of issuance of this Warrant 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, any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant will be proportionately increased.  If the Company at any time after the date of issuance of this Warrant

 



 

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, any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant will be proportionately decreased.  Any adjustment under this Section 8(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(d)         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 Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:

 

(i)                                     any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders 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 Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction of which (A) the numerator shall be the Closing Sale Price of the 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 Common Stock, and (B) the denominator shall be the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such record date; and
 
(ii)                                  either (A) the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant 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 Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i), or (B) in the event that the Distribution is of common stock of a company whose common stock is traded on a national securities exchange or a national automated quotation system, then the holder of this Warrant shall receive an additional warrant to purchase Common Stock, the terms of which shall be identical to those of this Warrant, except that such warrant shall be exercisable into the amount of the assets that would have been payable to the holder of this Warrant pursuant to the Distribution had the holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an exercise price equal to 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 clause (i).
 

(e)          Certain Events.  If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 8 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Warrant Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant so as to protect the rights of the holders of the Warrants; provided, except as set forth in section 8(c),that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(e) will increase the

 



 

Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 8.

 

(f)            Voluntary Adjustments By Company.  The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(g)         Notices.

 

(i)                                     Immediately upon any adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price, the Company will give written notice thereof to the holder of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment.
 
(ii)                                  The Company will give written notice to the holder of this Warrant 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 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 Organic Change (as defined below), dissolution or liquidation, provided that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such holder.
 
(iii)                               The Company will also give written notice to the holder of this Warrant at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic Change, dissolution or liquidation will take place, provided that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such holder.
 

Section 9.                                            Purchase Rights; Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.

 

(a)          In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 8 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the holder of this Warrant will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder could have acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete 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 Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

(b)         Any recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person or other transaction in each case which is effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock is referred to herein as an “Organic Change.”  Prior to the consummation of any (i) sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an acquiring Person or (ii) other Organic Change following which the Company is not a surviving entity, the Company will secure from the Person purchasing such assets or the successor resulting from

 



 

such Organic Change (in each case, the “Acquiring Entity”) a written agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (iii) of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding) to deliver to each holder of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants, a security of the Acquiring Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant and satisfactory to the holders of the Warrants (including an adjusted warrant exercise price equal to the value for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger or sale, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of the Warrants without regard to any limitations on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than any Applicable Warrant Exercise Price immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale).  Prior to the consummation of any other Organic Change, the Company shall make appropriate provision (in form and substance satisfactory to the holders of Warrants representing a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding) to insure that each of the holders of the Warrants will thereafter have the right to acquire and receive in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder’s Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercise), such shares of stock, securities or assets that would have been issued or payable in such Organic Change with respect to or in exchange for the number of Warrant Shares which would have been issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder’s Warrant as of the date of such Organic Change (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant).

 

Section 10.                                      Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant.  If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company shall promptly, on receipt of an indemnification undertaking (or, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, the Warrant), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.

 

Section 11.                                      Notice.  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of receipt is received by the sending party transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 

If to Holder:

YA Global Investments, L.P.

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, NJ  07302

 

Attention:

Mark A. Angelo

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

With Copy to:

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 



 

If to the Company, to:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attn:  Chairman

 

Telephone: (303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile: (303) 279-7300

 

 

With a copy to:

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

Suite 1000, 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80112

 

Attn: Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr.

 

Telephone: (303) 796-2626

 

Facsimile: (303) 796-2777

 

If to a holder of this Warrant, to it at the address and facsimile number set forth in this Section 11, or at such other address and facsimile as shall be delivered to the Company upon the issuance or transfer of this Warrant.  Each party shall provide five days’ prior written notice to the other party of any change in address or facsimile number.  Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, facsimile, waiver or other communication, (or (B) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

Section 12.                                      Date.  The date of this Warrant is set forth on page 1 hereof.  This Warrant, in all events, shall be wholly void and of no effect after the close of business on the Expiration Date, except that notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the provisions of Section 8(b) shall continue in full force and effect after such date as to any Warrant Shares or other securities issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

Section 13.                                      Amendment and Waiver.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the Warrants 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 holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding; provided that, except for Section 8(d), no such action may increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant without the written consent of the holder of such Warrant.

 

Section 14.                                      Descriptive Headings; Governing Law.  The descriptive headings of the several sections and paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant.  The corporate laws of the State of California shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders.  All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any choice of

 



 

law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New Jersey.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Hudson County and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

Section 15.                                      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, in any other agreement between the Company and the Holder, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Warrant.  The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate.  The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

Section 16.                                   Waiver of Jury TrialAS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH PARTY HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS WARRANT, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS WARRANT AND/OR ANY AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRANSACTION.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name: Gregory A. Meadows

 

 

Title:   Vice President/Assistant Secretary

 



 

EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED
BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase                              of the shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Isonics Corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant (the “Warrant”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

Specify Method of exercise by check mark:

 

1.             Cash Exercise

 

(a)  Payment of Warrant Exercise Price. The holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price of $                             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

(b)  Delivery of Warrant Shares.  The Company shall deliver to the holder                    Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

2.             Cashless Exercise

 

(a)  Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.  In lieu of making payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, the holder elects to receive upon such exercise the Net Number of shares of Common Stock determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

 

(b)  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:

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT

 

FORM OF WARRANT POWER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned does hereby assign and transfer to                                 , Federal Identification No.                     , a warrant to purchase                          shares of the capital stock of Isonics Corporation represented by warrant certificate no.           , standing in the name of the undersigned on the books of said corporation. The undersigned does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                             , attorney to transfer the warrants of said corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

B-1


EX-10.4 5 a08-16698_2ex10d4.htm EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

 

Execution Copy

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is entered into and made effective as of June 13, 2008, by and between ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation with its principal place of business located at 5906 McIntyre Street, Golden, CO 80403 (the “Company”), and the undersigned subsidiaries of the Company (each a “Guarantor,” and collectively together with the Company, the “Grantors”), in favor YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P. (the “Secured Party”).

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Secured Party of even date herewith (the Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue to the Secured Party (i) an aggregate original principal amount of $1,175,000 of notes (the “Notes”); and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to be exercisable to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”) initially in that number of shares of Common Stock set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors (other than the Company) has executed and delivered a Guaranty dated the date hereof (the “Guaranty”) in favor of the Secured Party, with respect to the Company’s obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes, and the Transaction Documents (as defined below); and

 

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors shall receive a direct benefit from the Secured Party entering into the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes, and the Transaction Documents; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Secured Party purchasing the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered to the Secured Party this Agreement providing for the grant to the Secured Party of a security interest in all personal property of each Grantor to secure all of the Company’s obligations under the “Transaction Documents” (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the “Transaction Documents”) and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Guaranty;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

Section 1.1.            Recitals.  The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein, in their entirety, by this reference.

 



 

Section 1.2.            Interpretations. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the Secured Party any right, remedy or claim under or by reason hereof.

 

Section 1.3.            Definitions.   Reference is hereby made to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Convertible Debentures for a statement of the terms thereof.  All capitalized terms used in this Agreement and the recitals hereto and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Convertible Debentures, or in Articles 8 or 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New Jersey (the “Code”).

 

Section 1.4.            Other Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular and plural forms of such terms:

 

Event of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred under this Agreement upon the failure by the Company to perform, observe, or comply with any of the covenants, agreements, terms or conditions set forth herein or the occurrance of an Event of Default under and as defined in the Convertible Debentures.

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

PLEDGED PROPERTY

 

Section 2.1.            Grant of Security Interest.

 

(a)           As collateral security for all of the Obligations (as defined in Section 2.2 hereof), each Grantor hereby pledges and assigns to the Secured Party, and grants to the Secured Party for its benefit, a continuing security interest in and to all personal property of each Grantor, wherever located and whether now or hereinafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind and description, tangible or intangible, including without limitation, all Goods, Inventory, Equipment, Fixtures, Instruments (including promissory notes), Documents, Accounts (including health-care-insurance receivables, and license fees), Contracts, Contract Rights, Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic), Deposit Accounts (and in and to any deposits or other sums at any time credited to each such Deposit Account), Money, Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), Commercial Tort Claims, Securities and all other Investment Property, General Intangibles (including payment intangibles and software), Farm Products, all books and records relating to any of the foregoing, and all supporting obligations, and any and all proceeds and products of any thereof, including proceeds of insurance covering any or all of the foregoing, wherever located, whether now owned, or now due, in which a Grantor has an interest or the power to transfer rights, or hereafter acquired, arising, or to become due, or in which a Grantor obtains an interest, or the power to transfer rights, and as more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the Pledged Property).
 
(b)           Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Grantor shall make, execute, acknowledge, file, record and deliver to the Secured
 


 
Party such documents, instruments, and agreements, including, without limitation, financing statements, certificates, affidavits and forms as may, in the Secured Party’s reasonable judgment, be necessary to effectuate, complete or perfect, or to continue and preserve, the security interest of the Secured Party in the Pledged Property.
 
Section 2.2             Security for Obligations.  The security interest created hereby in the Pledged Property constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the following obligations, whether now existing or hereinafter incurred (collectively, the “Obligations”):
 
(a)  (i) the payment by the Company, as and when due and payable (by scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or otherwise), of all amounts from time to time owing by it in respect of the Convertible Debentures, the other Transaction Documents, or any other amounts owing by it to the Secured Party, whether or not now in existence or hereinafter incurred, or (ii) in the case of any Guarantor, the payment by such Guarantor, as and when due and payable of all “Guaranteed Obligations” under (and as defined in) the Guaranty; and
 
(b)  the due performance and observance by the each Grantor of all of its other obligations from time to time existing in respect of any of the Transaction Documents, including without limitation, with respect to any conversion or redemption rights of the Secured Party under the Convertible Debentures.
 

ARTICLE 3.

 

ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; PERFORMANCE

 

Section 3.1.            Secured Party Appointed Attorney-In-Fact.

 

The Grantors hereby appoint the Secured Party as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Grantor and in the name of the Grantor or otherwise, exercisable after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, from time to time in the Secured Party’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Secured Party may reasonably deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to (a) receive and collect all instruments made payable to the Grantor representing any payments in respect of the Pledged Property or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same; (b) demand, collect, receipt for, settle, compromise, adjust, sue for, foreclose, or realize on the Pledged Property as and when the Secured Party may determine, and (c) to facilitate collection, the Secured Party may notify account debtors and obligors on any Pledged Property to make payments directly to the Secured Party.  The foregoing power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until all Obligations are paid and performed in full.  The Grantors agree that the powers conferred on the Secured Party hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Party’s interests in the Pledged Property and shall not impose any duty upon the Secured Party to exercise any such powers.

 



 

Section 3.2.                                   Secured Party May Perform.

 

If a Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Secured Party, at its option, may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Secured Party incurred in connection therewith shall be included in the Obligations secured hereby and payable by such Grantor under Section 8.3.

 

ARTICLE 4.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.1.                                   Authorization; Enforceability.

 

Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants that it has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and upon execution and delivery, this Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the respective party, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights or by the principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.

 

Section 4.2.                                   Ownership of Pledged Property.

 

Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Property free and clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance (each, a “Lien”) except for the security interest created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Permitted Liens” means: (1) the security interest created by this Agreement, (2) existing Liens which have been disclosed by the Company to the Secured Party on Schedule 4.2 attached hereto; (3) inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due, as to which the grace period, if any, related thereto has not yet expired, or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (4) Liens of carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, mechanics and landlords and other similar Liens which secure amounts which are not yet overdue or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (5) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted to other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company; (6) Liens securing capitalized lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing an acquisition or lease; (7) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, municipal zoning ordinances and other similar charges or encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies, in each case not securing debt and not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company and not materially detracting from the value of the property subject thereto; (8) Liens arising out of the existence of judgments or awards which judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default; (9) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation claims, unemployment insurance, pension liabilities and social security benefits and Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases and contracts in the ordinary course of business, statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of

 



 

a like nature (other than appeal bonds) incurred in the ordinary course of business (exclusive of obligations in respect of the payment for borrowed money); (10) Liens in favor of a banking institution arising by operation of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and contractual set-off rights held by such banking institution and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry and only burdening deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; (11) usual and customary set-off rights in leases and other contracts; and (12) escrows in connection with acquisitions and dispositions.

 

Section 4.3                                      Location of Pledged Property.

 

The Pledged Property is or will be kept at the address(es) of each Grantor set forth on the signature pages hereof, or such other locations as the Grantors have given the Secured Party written notice prior to the date hereof, and, unless otherwise provided herein, the Grantors will not remove any Pledged Property from such locations without the prior written consent of the Secured Party which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 4.4                                      Location, State of Incorporation and Name of Grantors.

 

Each Grantor’s principal place of business, state of organization, organization identification number, and exact legal name is as set forth on each such Grantor’s signature page to this Agreement.

 

Section 4.5                                      Priority of Security Interest.

 

The security interest granted to the Secured Party hereunder shall be a first priority security interest subject to no other Liens.  Except for the Permitted Liens, no financing statement covering any of the Pledged Property or any proceeds thereof is on file in any public office.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

Section 5.1                                      Method of Realizing Upon the Pledged Property: Other Remedies.

 

If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

(a)                                  The Secured Party may exercise in respect of the Pledged Property, in addition to any other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Code (whether or not the Code applies to the affected Pledged Property), and also may (i) take absolute control of the Pledged Property, including, without limitation, transfer into the Secured Party’s name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (to the extent the Secured Party has not theretofore done so) and thereafter receive, for the benefit of the Secured Party, all payments made thereon, give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof,

 



 

(ii) require each Grantor to assemble all or part of the Pledged Property as directed by the Secured Party and make it available to the Secured Party at a place or places to be designated by the Secured Party that is reasonably convenient to both parties, and the Secured Party may enter into and occupy any premises owned or leased by a Grantor where the Pledged Property or any part thereof is located or assembled for a reasonable period in order to effectuate the Secured Party’s rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to the Grantor in respect of such occupation, and (iii) without notice except as specified below and without any obligation to prepare or process the Pledged Property for sale, (A) sell the Pledged Property or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Secured Party’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Secured Party may deem commercially reasonable and/or (B) lease, license or dispose of the Pledged Property or any part thereof upon such terms as the Secured Party may deem commercially reasonable.  Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale or any other disposition of the Pledged Property shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to the Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of the Pledged Property is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.  The Secured Party shall not be obligated to make any sale or other disposition of any Pledged Property regardless of notice of sale having been given.  The Secured Party may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.  Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Secured Party arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Property may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if the Secured Party accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Pledged Property to more than one offeree, and waives all rights that the Grantor may have to require that all or any part of such Pledged Property be marshaled upon any sale (public or private) thereof.  Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale of the Pledged Property by the Secured Party may be made without warranty, (ii) the Secured Party may specifically disclaim any warranties of title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like, and (iii) such actions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any such sale of Pledged Property.

 

(b)                                 Any cash held by the Secured Party as Pledged Property and all cash proceeds received by the Secured Party in respect of any sale of or collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Pledged Property shall be applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Secured Party pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof) by the Secured Party against, all or any part of the Obligations in such order as the Secured Party shall elect, consistent with the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the Secured Party and remaining after the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

(c)                                  In the event that the proceeds of any such sale, collection or realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Party is legally entitled, each

 



 

Grantor shall be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at the rate specified in the Convertible Debentures for interest on overdue principal thereof or such other rate as shall be fixed by applicable law, together with the costs of collection and the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and other client charges of any attorneys employed by the Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

 

(d)                                 Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that if the Secured Party complies with any applicable state, provincial, or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Pledged Property, such compliance will not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the Pledged Property.

 

(e)                                  The Secured Party shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including, but not limited to, this Agreement and the Pledged Property) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of the Secured Party’s rights hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.  To the extent that the Grantor lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Secured Party’s rights under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, the Company hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

 

Section 5.2                                      Duties Regarding Pledged Property.

 

The Secured Party shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Pledged Property or any income thereon or as to the preservation of any rights pertaining thereto, beyond the safe custody and reasonable care of any of the Pledged Property actually in the Secured Party’s possession.

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as any of the Obligations shall remain outstanding, unless the Secured Party shall otherwise consent in writing:

 

Section 6.1.                                   Existence, Properties, Etc.

 

(a)                                  Each Grantor shall do, or cause to be done, all things, or proceed with due diligence with any actions or courses of action, that may be reasonably necessary (i) to maintain Grantor’s due organization, valid existence and good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and (ii) to preserve and keep in full force and effect all qualifications, licenses and registrations in those jurisdictions in which the failure to do so could have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); and (b) each Grantor shall not do, or cause to be done, any act impairing the Grantor’s corporate
 


 
power or authority (i) to carry on the Grantor’s business as now conducted, and (ii) to execute or deliver this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith, including, without limitation, any UCC-1 Financing Statements required by the Secured Party (which other loan instruments collectively shall be referred to as the “Loan Instruments”) to which it is or will be a party, or perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  For purpose of this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material and adverse affect as determined by Secured Party in its reasonable discretion, whether individually or in the aggregate, upon (a) the Grantor’s assets, business, operations, properties or condition, financial or otherwise; (b) the Grantor’s ability to make payment as and when due of all or any part of the Obligations; or (c) the Pledged Property.
 

Section 6.2.                                   Financial Statements and Reports.

 

Each Grantor shall furnish to the Secured Party within a reasonable time such financial data as the Secured Party may reasonably request.

 

Section 6.3.                                   Accounts and Reports.

 

Each Grantor shall maintain a standard system of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (“GAAP”) and provide, at its sole expense, to the Secured Party the following:

 

(a)                                  as soon as available, a copy of any notice or other communication alleging any nonpayment or other material breach or default, or any foreclosure or other action respecting any material portion of its assets and properties, received respecting any of the indebtedness of the Grantor in excess of $250,000 (other than the Obligations), or any demand or other request for payment under any guaranty, assumption, purchase agreement or similar agreement or arrangement respecting the indebtedness or obligations of others in excess of $250,000; and
 
(b)                                 within fifteen (15) days after the making of each submission or filing, a copy of any report, financial statement, notice or other document, whether periodic or otherwise, submitted to the shareholders of the Grantor, or submitted to or filed by the Grantor with any governmental authority involving or affecting (i) the Grantor that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Obligations; (iii) any part of the Pledged Property; or (iv) any of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Loan Instruments (except, in each case, to the extent any such submission, filing, report, financial statement, notice or other document is posted on EDGAR Online).
 

Section 6.4.                                   Maintenance of Books and Records; Inspection.

 

Each Grantor shall maintain its books, accounts and records in accordance with GAAP, and permit the Secured Party, its officers and employees and any professionals designated by the Secured Party in writing, at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice to visit and inspect any of its properties (including but not limited to the collateral security described in the Transaction Documents and/or the Loan

 



 

Instruments), corporate books and financial records, and to discuss its accounts, affairs and finances with any employee, officer or director thereof (it being agreed that, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, there shall be no more than two (2) such visits and inspections in any Fiscal Year).

 

Section 6.5.                                   Maintenance and Insurance.

 

(a)                                  Each Grantor shall maintain or cause to be maintained, at its own expense, all of its material assets and properties in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, making all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof.
 
(b)                                 Each Grantor shall maintain or cause to be maintained, at its own expense, insurance in form, substance and amounts (including deductibles), which the Grantor deems reasonably necessary to the Company’s business, (i) adequate to insure all assets and properties of the Grantor of a character usually insured by persons engaged in the same or similar business against loss or damage resulting from fire or other risks included in an extended coverage policy; (ii) against public liability and other tort claims that may be incurred by the Grantor; (iii) as may be required by the Transaction Documents and/or applicable law and (iv) as may be reasonably requested by Secured Party, all with financially sound and reputable insurers.
 

Section 6.6.                                   Contracts and Other Collateral.

 

Each Grantor shall perform all of its obligations under or with respect to each instrument, receivable, contract and other intangible included in the Pledged Property to which the Grantor is now or hereafter will be party on a timely basis and in the manner therein required, including, without limitation, this Agreement, except to the extent the failure to so perform such obligations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 6.7.                                   Defense of Collateral, Etc.

 

Each Grantor shall defend and enforce its right, title and interest in and to any part of:  (a) the Pledged Property; and (b) if not included within the Pledged Property, those assets and properties whose loss would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each against all manner of claims and demands on a timely basis to the full extent permitted by applicable law (other than any such claims and demands by holders of Permitted Liens).

 

Section 6.8.                                   Taxes and Assessments.

 

Each Grantor shall (a) file all material tax returns and appropriate schedules thereto that are required to be filed under applicable law, prior to the date of delinquency (taking into account any extensions of the original due date), (b) pay and discharge all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Grantor, upon its income and profits or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and (c) pay all material taxes, assessments and

 



 

governmental charges or levies that, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any of its properties; provided, however, that the Grantor in good faith may contest any such tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy described in the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) so long as appropriate reserves are maintained with respect thereto if and to the extent required by GAAP.

 

Section 6.9.                                   Compliance with Law and Other Agreements.

 

Each Grantor shall maintain its business operations and property owned or used in connection therewith in compliance with (a) all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances governing such business operations and the use and ownership of such property, and (b) all agreements, licenses, franchises, indentures and mortgages to which the Grantor is a party or by which the Grantor or any of its properties is bound, except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 6.10.                             Notice of Default.

 

The Grantors will immediately notify the Secured Party of any event causing a substantial loss or diminution in the value of all or any material part of the Pledged Property and the amount or an estimate of the amount of such loss or diminution. The Grantors shall promptly notify the Secured Party of any condition or event which constitutes, or would constitute with the passage of time or giving of notice or both, an Event of Default, and promptly inform the Secured Party of any events or changes in the financial condition of any Grantor occurring since the date of the last financial statement of such Grantor delivered to the Secured Party, which individually or cumulatively when viewed in light of prior financial statements, which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations or financial condition of the Grantor.

 

Section 6.11.                             Notice of Litigation.

 

Each Grantor shall give notice, in writing, to the Secured Party of (a) any actions, suits or proceedings wherein the amount at issue is in excess of $250,000, instituted by any persons against the Grantor, or affecting any of the assets of the Company, and (b) any dispute, not resolved within fifteen (15) days of the commencement thereof, between the Grantor on the one hand and any governmental or regulatory body on the other hand, which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations or financial condition of the Grantor.

 

Section 6.13.                             Future Subsidiaries.

 

If any Grantor shall hereafter create or acquire any subsidiary, simultaneously with the creation or acquisition of such subsidiary, such Grantor shall cause such subsidiary to become a party to this Agreement as an additional “Grantor” hereunder, and to duly execute and deliver a guaranty of the Obligations in favor of the Secured Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Secured Party, and to duly execute and/or deliver such opinions of counsel and other documents, in form and substance

 



 

reasonably acceptable to the Secured Party, as the Secured Party shall reasonably request with respect thereto.

 

Section 6.14.                             Changes to Identity.

 

Each Grantor will (a) give the Secured Party at least 30 days’ prior written notice of any change in such Grantor’s name, identity or organizational structure, (b) maintain its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation as set forth on its respective signature page attached hereto, (C) immediately notify the Secured Party upon obtaining an organizational identification number, if on the date hereof such Grantor did not have such identification number.

 

Section 6.15.                             Establishment of Deposit Account, Dominion Account Agreements; Control.

 

Within ten (10) days of the date hereof, each Grantor, the Secured Party, and each applicable bank or other depository institution shall enter into a deposit account agreement (“Deposit Account Agreement”) in the form of Exhibit B with respect to each of the Grantor’s Deposit Accounts, including, without limitation, all savings, passbook, money market or other depository accounts, and all certificates of deposit, maintained by each Company with any bank, savings and loan association, credit union or other depository institution maintained or used by each Grantor providing dominion and control over such accounts to the Secured Party such that upon notice by the Secured Party to such bank or other depository institution of the occurrence of an Event of Default all actions under such account shall be taken solely at the Secured Party’s direction.  Each Grantor’s current Deposit Accounts are set forth on Schedule 6.14 attached hereto.

 

Each Grantor shall cause all cash, all collections and proceeds from accounts receivable, all receipts from credit card payments, and all proceeds from the sale of any Pledged Property to be deposited only into its Deposit Accounts in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices.

 

Each Grantor shall have valid and effective Deposit Account Agreements in place at all times with respect to all of its Deposit Accounts.  No Deposit Account shall be established, used or maintained by the Company unless it first enters into a Deposit Account Agreement.

 

With respect to each Deposit Account, from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Secured Party shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, to exercise its rights under such Deposit Account Agreement, including, for the avoidance of any doubt, the exclusive right to give instructions to the financial institution at which such Deposit Account is maintained as to the disposition of funds or other property on deposit therein or credited thereto.  The Secured Party hereby covenants and agrees that it will not send any such notice to a financial institution at which any such Deposit Account is maintained directing the disposition of funds or other property therein unless and until the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 



 

In connection with the foregoing, each Grantor hereby authorizes and directs each bank or other depository institution which maintains any Deposit Account to pay or deliver to the Secured Party upon the Secured Party’s written demand thereof made at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default has occurred all balances in each Deposit Account with such depository for application to the Obligations then outstanding.

 

Section 6.16                                Perfection of Security Interests.

 

(a)                                  Financing Statements.   The Grantors hereby irrevocably authorize the Secured Party, at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors, at any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Pledged Property (i) as all assets of Grantors or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Pledged Property falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Code of such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other information required by Part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to such Grantor, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of real property to which the Pledged Property relates.  Grantors agree to furnish any such information to the Secured Party promptly upon request.  Grantors also ratify their authorization for the Secured Party to have filed in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof. The Grantors acknowledge that they are not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement without the prior written consent of the Secured Party and agree that they will not do so without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.  The Grantors acknowledge and agree that this Agreement constitutes an authenticated record.

 

(b)                                 Possession.   The Grantors (i) shall have possession of the Pledged Property, except where expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement or where the Secured Party chooses to perfect its security interest by possession in addition to the filing of a financing statement; and (ii) will, where Pledged Property is in the possession of a third party, join with the Secured Party in notifying the third party of the Secured Party’s security interest and obtaining an acknowledgment from the third party that it is holding the Pledged Property for the benefit of the Secured Party.

 

(c)                                  Control.   In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 6.15 above, the Grantors will cooperate with the Secured Party in obtaining control with respect to the Pledged Property consisting of (i) Investment Property, (ii) Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights and (iii) electronic Chattel Paper.

 

(d)                                 Chattel Paper.   Marking of Chattel Paper. The Grantors will not create any Chattel Paper without placing a legend on the Chattel Paper acceptable to the Secured Party indicating that the Secured Party has a security interest in the Chattel Paper.

 



 

Section 6.17                                Notice of Commercial Tort Claims. If any Grantor shall at any time acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Secured Party in a writing signed by such Grantor which shall (a) provide brief details of said claim and (b) grant to the Secured Party a security interest in said claim and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, in such form and substance satisfactory to the Secured Party.

 

ARTICLE 7.

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as any of the Obligations shall remain outstanding, unless the Secured Party shall otherwise consent in writing each Grantor covenants and agrees that it shall not:

 

Section 7.1.                                   Transfers, Liens and Encumbrances.

 

(a)                                  Sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), lease, license, exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the Pledged Property, except Grantor may (i) sell or dispose of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) sell or dispose of assets the Grantor  has determined, in good faith, not to be useful in the conduct of its business, and (iii) sell or dispose of accounts in the course of collection in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
 
(b)                                 Directly or indirectly make, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien in, to or against any part of the Pledged Property other than Permitted Liens.
 

Section 7.2.                                   Restriction on Redemption and Cash Dividends

 

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 Secured Party.

 

Section 7.3.                                   Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

Directly or indirectly, incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness, other than the indebtedness evidenced by the Convertible Debentures and other Permitted Indebtedness.  “Permitted Indebtedness” means: (i) indebtedness evidenced by Convertible Debentures; (ii) indebtedness described on the Disclosure Schedule to the Securities Purchase Agreement; (iii) indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of any equipment by the Company, including capital lease obligations with no recourse other than to such equipment; (iv) indebtedness (A) the repayment of which has been subordinated to the payment of the Convertible Debentures on terms and conditions acceptable to the Secured Party, including with regard to interest payments and repayment of principal, (B) which does not mature or otherwise require or permit redemption or repayment prior to or on the 91st day after the maturity date of any Convertible Debentures then outstanding; and (C) which is not secured by any assets of the Company; (v) indebtedness solely between the

 



 

Grantor and/or one of its domestic subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Grantor and/or one of its domestic subsidiaries, on the other which indebtedness is not secured by any assets of the Grantor or any of its subsidiaries, provided that (x) in each case a majority of the equity of any such domestic subsidiary is directly or indirectly owned by the Grantor, such domestic subsidiary is controlled by the Grantor and such domestic subsidiary has executed a security agreement in the form of this Agreement and (y) any such loan shall be evidenced by an intercompany note that is pledged by the Grantor or its subsidiary, as applicable, as collateral pursuant to this Agreement; (vi) reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued for the account of the Grantor or any of its subsidiaries for the purpose of securing performance obligations of the Grantor or its subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business so long as the aggregate face amount of all such letters of credit does not exceed $500,000 at any one time; and (vii) renewals, extensions and refinancing of any indebtedness described in clauses (i) or (iii) of this subsection.

 

Section 7.4.                                   Places of Business.

 

Change the location of its chief place of business, chief executive office or any place of business disclosed to the Secured Party, unless such change in location is to a different location within the United States and the Grantor provides notice to the Secured Party of new location within 10 days’ of such change in location.

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.                                   Notices.

 

All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered as duly given on:  (a) the date of delivery, if delivered in person or by nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (b) five (5) days after mailing if mailed from within the continental United States by certified mail, return receipt requested to the party entitled to receive the same:

 

If to the Secured Party:

 

YA Global Investments, L.P.

 

 

101 Hudson Street-Suite 3700

 

 

Jersey City, New Jersey 07302

 

 

Attention:

Mark Angelo

 

 

 

Portfolio Manager

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 986-8300

 

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

 

101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700

 

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 



 

If to the Company:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

Suite 1000, 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80112

 

 

Attention: Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

 

 

If to any other Grantor

 

To the address listed on the respective signature pages attached hereto

 

Any party may change its address by giving notice to the other party stating its new address.  Commencing on the tenth (10th) day after the giving of such notice, such newly designated address shall be such party’s address for the purpose of all notices or other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 8.2.                                   Severability.

 

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision and shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other severable provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be carried out as if any such invalid or unenforceable provision were not contained herein.

 

Section 8.3.                                   Expenses.

 

In the event of an Event of Default, the Company will pay to the Secured Party the amount of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel, which the Secured Party may incur in connection with:  (i) the custody or preservation of, or the sale, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Pledged Property; (ii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Party hereunder or (iii) the failure by the Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

 

Section 8.4.                                   Waivers, Amendments, Etc.

 

The Secured Party’s delay or failure at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by Grantor of any undertakings, agreements or covenants shall not waive, affect, or diminish any right of the Secured Party under this Agreement to demand strict

 



 

compliance and performance herewith.  Any waiver by the Secured Party of any Event of Default shall not waive or affect any other Event of Default, whether such Event of Default is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or a different type.  None of the undertakings, agreements and covenants of the Grantor contained in this Agreement, and no Event of Default, shall be deemed to have been waived by the Secured Party, nor may this Agreement be amended, changed or modified, unless such waiver, amendment, change or modification is evidenced by an instrument in writing specifying such waiver, amendment, change or modification and signed by the Secured Party in the case of any such waiver, and signed by the Secured Party and the Grantor in the case of any such amendment, change or modification.  Further, no such document, instrument, and/or agreement purported to be executed on behalf of the Secured Party shall be binding upon the Secured Party unless executed by a duly authorized representative of the Secured Party.

 

Section 8.5.                                   Continuing Security Interest.

 

This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Property and shall: (i) remain in full force and effect so long as any of the Obligations shall remain outstanding; (ii) be binding upon each Grantor and its successors and assigns; and (iii) inure to the benefit of the Secured Party and its successors and assigns.  Upon the payment or satisfaction in full of the Obligations, this Agreement and the security interest created hereby shall terminate, and, in connection therewith, each Grantor shall be entitled to the return, at its expense, of such of the Pledged Property as shall not have been sold in accordance with Section 5.2 hereof or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof and the Secured Party shall deliver to the Grantor such documents as the Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

Section 8.6.                                   Independent Representation.

 

Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that it has received or has had the opportunity to receive independent legal counsel of its own choice and that it has been sufficiently apprised of its rights and responsibilities with regard to the substance of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.7.                                   Applicable Law:  Jurisdiction.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.  The parties further agree that any action between them shall be heard in Hudson County, New Jersey, and expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of New Jersey, sitting in Hudson County and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Paragraph, provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Secured Party from enforcing its rights and remedies (including, without limitation, by filing a civil action) with respect to the Pledged Property and/or the Grantors in any other jurisdiction in which the Pledged Property and/or the Grantors may be located.

 



 

Section 8.8.                                   Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

AS A FURTHER INDUCEMENT FOR THE SECURED PARTY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND TO MAKE THE FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO THE COMPANY, THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION.

 

Section 8.9                                      Right of Set Off.

 

The Grantors each hereby grant to the Secured Party, a lien, security interest and right of setoff as security for all liabilities and obligations to the Secured Party, whether now existing or hereafter arising, upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of the Secured Party or any of its affiliates, or any entity under the control of the Secured Party, or in transit to any of them. At any time, without demand or notice, the Secured Party may set off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any liability or obligation of the Grantors even though unmatured and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Obligations.  ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE THE SECURED PARTY TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF THE GRANTORS, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.

 

Section 8.10                                Entire Agreement.

 

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding among them with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Gregory A. Meadows

 

Title:

Vice President/Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Organization or

 

Formation: California

 

 

 

Organizational ID:

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

GUARANTOR:

 

Isonics Vancouver, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Gregory A. Meadows

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

 

 

Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Organization or

 

Formation: Washington

 

Organizational ID:

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

GUARANTOR:

 

Protection Plus Security Corporation

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:  Chris Toffales

 

Title:    President

 

 

 

 

 

Address For Notices:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

 

 

Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Organization or

 

Formation: New York

 

 

 

Organizational ID:

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

GUARANTOR:

 

Isonics Homeland Security and Defense

 

Corporation

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Gregory A. Meadows

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

Address For Notices:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

 

 

Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Organization or

 

Formation: Delaware

 

 

 

Organizational ID:

 



 

EXHIBIT A

DEFINITION OF PLEDGED PROPERTY

 

For the purpose of securing prompt and complete payment and performance by the Grantor of all of the Obligations, the Grantors each unconditionally and irrevocably hereby grant to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in and to, and lien upon, the following Pledged Property of each Grantor (all capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Code):

 

All personal property of each Grantor, wherever located and whether now or hereinafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind and description, tangible or intangible, including without limitation, all:

 

1.                                       Goods;

 

2.                                       Inventory, including, without limitation, all goods, merchandise and other personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantor which are held for sale or lease, or are furnished or to be furnished under any contract of service or are raw materials, work-in-process, supplies or materials used or consumed in the Grantor’s business, and all products thereof, and all substitutions. replacements, additions or accessions therefor and thereto; and any cash or non-cash Proceeds of all of the foregoing;

 

3.                                       Equipment, including, without limitation, all machinery, equipment, furniture, parts, tools and dies, of every kind and description, of the Grantor (including automotive equipment and motor vehicles), now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantor, and used or acquired for use in the business of the Grantor, together with all accessions thereto and all substitutions and replacements thereof and parts therefor and all cash or non-cash Proceeds of the foregoing;

 

4.                                       Fixtures, including, without limitation, all goods which are so related to particular real estate that an interest in them arises under real estate law and all accessions thereto, replacements thereof and substitutions therefor, including, but not limited to, plumbing, heating and lighting apparatus, mantels, floor coverings, furniture, furnishings, draperies, screens, storm windows and doors, awnings, shrubbery, plants, boilers, tanks, machinery, stoves, gas and electric ranges, wall cabinets, appliances, furnaces, dynamos, motors, elevators and elevator machinery, radiators, blinds and all laundry, refrigerating, gas, electric, ventilating, air-refrigerating, air-conditioning, incinerating and sprinkling and other fire prevention or extinguishing equipment of whatsoever kind and nature and any replacements, accessions and additions thereto, Proceeds thereof and substitutions therefor;

 

5.                                       Instruments (including promissory notes);

 

6.                                       Documents;

 



 

7.                                       Accounts, including, without limitation, all Contract Rights and accounts receivable, health-care-insurance receivables, and license fees; any other obligations or indebtedness owed to the Grantor from whatever source arising; all rights of Grantor to receive any payments in money or kind; all guarantees of Accounts and security therefor; all cash or non-cash Proceeds of all of the foregoing; all of the right, title and interest of Grantor in and with respect to the goods, services or other property which gave rise to or which secure any of the accounts and insurance policies and proceeds relating thereto, and all of the rights of the Grantor as an unpaid seller of goods or services, including, without limitation the rights of stoppage in transit, replevin, reclamation and resale and all of the foregoing, whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired;

 

8.                                       Contracts and Contract Rights, including, to the extent not included in the definition of Accounts, all rights to payment or performance under a contract not yet earned by performance and not evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper;

 

9.                                       Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic);

 

10.                                 Deposit Accounts (and in and to any deposits or other sums at any time credited to each such Deposit Account);

 

11.                                 Money, cash and cash equivalents;

 

12.                                 Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights (whether or not the Letter of Credit is evidenced by a writing);

 

13.                                 Commercial Tort Claims;

 

14.                                 Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Securities, Financial Assets and all other Investment Property, including, without limitation, all ownership or membership interests in any subsidiaries or affiliates (whether or not controlled by the Grantor);

 

15.                                 General Intangibles, including, without limitation, all payment intangibles, tax refunds and other claims of the Grantor against any governmental authority, and all choses in action, insurance proceeds, goodwill, patents, copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, customer lists, formulae, trade secrets, licenses, permits, franchises, designs, computer software, research and literary rights now owned or hereafter acquired;

 

16.                                 Farm Products;

 

17.                                 All books and records (including all ledger sheets, files, computer programs, tapes and related data processing software) evidencing an interest in or relating to any of the foregoing;

 

18.                                 To the extent not already included above, all supporting obligations, and any and all cash and non-cash Proceeds, products, accessions, and/or replacements of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance covering any or all of the foregoing.

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF DEPOSIT ACCOUNT AGREEMENT

 



 

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

 

Schedule 4.2 – Existing Liens

 

Liens to Cornell Capital Partners, L.P., now known as YA Global Investments, L.P.

 


EX-10.5 6 a08-16698_2ex10d5.htm EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

 

Execution Copy

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 13, 2008, by and among ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned Buyers listed on Schedule I attached hereto (each, a “Buyer” and collectively, the “Buyers”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.            In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to the Buyers (i) notes (the “Notes”), and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”), which will be exercisable to purchase shares of Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock,” as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”).  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

B.            To induce the Buyers to execute and deliver the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “Securities Act”), and applicable state securities laws and other rights as provided for herein.

 

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

 

1.             DEFINITIONS.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)           Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to a Registration Statement filed hereunder, the 120th calendar day following the date filed, provided, however, in the event the Company is notified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that one of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates required above.

 

(b)           Filing Deadline” means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 30th calendar day following the date the Company receives a Filing Notice provided the Company is eligible to file the initial Registration Statement.

 

(c)           Filing Notice” means a written notice from the Buyer to the Company to file a Registration Statement and stating the number of Registrable Securities to be included on such Registration Statement.

 



 

(d)           Person” means a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

(e)           Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

(f)            Registrable Securities” means all (i) of the Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, (ii) any additional shares issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions in the Warrants (without giving effect to any limitations on exercise set forth in the Warrants) and (iii) any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to the Warrant Shares, or the Warrants as a result of any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on exercise of the Warrants.

 

(g)           Registration Statement” means the registration statements required to be filed hereunder (including any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 3(c)), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

(h)           Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC  having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

2.             REGISTRATION.

 

(a)           The Company’s registration obligations set forth in this Section 2 including its obligations to file Registration Statements (provided the Company is eligible to file the Registration Statement) upon receipt of Filing Notices, obtain effectiveness of Registration Statements, and maintain the continuous effectiveness of Registration Statement that have been declared effective shall begin on the date hereof and continue until all the Registrable Securities have been sold or may permanently be sold without any restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Registration Period”).

 

(b)           Anytime during the Registration Period, the Buyer shall have the right to deliver to the Company a Filing Notice which shall trigger the Company’s obligations to file a

 



 

Registration Statement as set forth below (provided the Company is eligible to file the Registration Statement).

 

(c)           After receipt of a Filing Notice, the Company shall, on or prior to the Filing Deadline, prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 or SB-2 (or, if the Company is then eligible, on Form S-3) covering the resale by the Buyer of all of the Registrable Securities set forth in such Filing Notice.  Each Registration Statement shall contain the “Selling Stockholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and contain all the required disclosures set forth on Exhibit B.  The Company shall use its best efforts to have each Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline.  By 9:30 am on the date following the date of effectiveness, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act the final Prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement.  Prior to the filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC, the Company shall furnish a draft of the Registration Statement to the Buyer for their review and comment.  The Buyer shall furnish comments on the Registration Statement to the Company within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt thereof from the Company.

 

(d)           During the Registration Period, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with a Registration Statement, which Prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, (ii) prepare and file with the SEC additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably possible provide the Buyers true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Buyer which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (iv) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement.  In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(d)) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company shall incorporate such report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement.

 



 

(e)           Reduction of Registrable Securities Included in a Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the event that the SEC requires the Company to reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration Statement in order to allow the Company to rely on Rule 415 with respect to a Registration Statement, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement (which may be a subsequent Registration Statement if the Company needs to withdraw a Registration Statement and refile a new Registration Statement in order to rely on Rule 415) only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities as the SEC shall permit.  Any Registrable Securities that are excluded in accordance with the foregoing terms are hereinafter referred to as “Cut Back Securities.”  To the extent Cut Back Securities exist, as soon as may be permitted by the SEC, the Company shall be required to file a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Cut Back Securities (subject also to the terms of this Section) and shall use best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable thereafter.

 

3.             RELATED OBLIGATIONS.

 

(a)           The Company shall, not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to the filing of any related amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for annual reports on Form 10-K), furnish to each Buyer copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the reasonable and prompt review of such Buyers, The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Buyers shall reasonably object in good faith; provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than two (2) Trading Days after the Buyers have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement.

 

(b)           The Company shall furnish to each Buyer whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) at least one (1) copy of such Registration Statement as declared effective by the SEC and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) ten (10) copies of the final prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Buyer may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents as such Buyer may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Buyer.

 

(c)           The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Buyer reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to

 



 

its articles of incorporation or by-laws, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(c), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.  The Company shall promptly notify each Buyer who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(d)           As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or development, the Company shall notify each Buyer in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to each Buyer.  The Company shall also promptly notify each Buyer in writing (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to each Buyer by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.

 

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

 

(f)            If, after the execution of this Agreement, a Buyer believes, after consultation with its legal counsel, that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of Registrable Securities, at the request of any Buyer, the Company shall furnish to such Buyer, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as a Buyer may reasonably request (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Buyers.

 

(g)           If, after the execution of this Agreement, a Buyer believes, after consultation with its legal counsel, that it could reasonably be deemed to be an underwriter of

 



 

Registrable Securities, at the request of any Buyer, the Company shall make available for inspection by (i) any Buyer and (ii) one (1) firm of accountants or other agents retained by the Buyers (collectively, the “Inspectors”) all pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably deemed necessary by each Inspector, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may reasonably request; provided, however, that each Inspector shall agree, and each Buyer hereby agrees, to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to a Buyer) or use  any Record or other information which the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the Securities Act, (b) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement of which the Inspector and the Buyer has knowledge.  Each Buyer agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential.

 

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

 

(i)            The Company shall use its best efforts either to cause all the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement (i) to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or (ii) the inclusion for quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. OTC Bulletin Board for such Registrable Securities.  The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(i).

 

(j)            The Company shall cooperate with each Buyer who holds Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such

 



 

denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Buyers may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Buyers may request.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(n)           The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by each Buyer of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

4.             OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYERS.

 

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

 

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

 

5.             EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.

 

All expenses incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, legal and accounting fees shall be paid by the Company.

 



 

6.             INDEMNIFICATION.

 

With respect to Registrable Securities which are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

(a)           To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Buyer, the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Buyer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation there under relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, “Violations”).  The Company shall reimburse the Buyers and each such controlling person promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or disbursements or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (x) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (y) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Buyer to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c); and (z) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Buyers pursuant to Section 9 hereof.

 

(b)           In connection with a Registration Statement, each Buyer agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the

 



 

same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, employees, representatives, or agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or is based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Buyer expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(d), such Buyer will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, further, however, that the Buyer shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Buyer as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.  Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Buyers pursuant to Section 9.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the prospectus was corrected and such new prospectus was delivered to each Buyer prior to such Buyer’s use of the prospectus to which the Claim relates.

 

(c)           Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one (1) counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing  interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.  The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or claim.  The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto.  No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any

 



 

action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent.  No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.  Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made.  The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

(d)           The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

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

 

7.             CONTRIBUTION.

 

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

 

8.             REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT.

 

With a view to making available to the Buyers the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Buyers to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“Rule 144”), and as a material inducement to the Buyer’s purchase of the Notes, the Company represents, warrants, and covenants to the following:

 

(a)           The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the

 



 

Exchange Act during the 12 months prior to the date hereof (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), other than Form 8-K reports

 

(b)           During the Registration Period, the Company shall file with the SEC in a timely manner all required reports under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (it being understood that nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement) and such reports shall conform to the requirement of the Exchange Act and the SEC for filing thereunder except to the extent (i) the Company is unable  to issue a management’s assessment on the Company’s internal control of financial reporting or reports a material weakness in disclosure controls resulting from the Company’s inability to install a framework for such assessment as required by §404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations thereunder, and (ii) the Company’s independent certified public accountants issue a report on the Company’s financial statements including a going concern qualification or, following a discussion with the SEC, are unwilling to issue any report on or review of the Company’s financial statements (each of (i) and (ii) a “404 Failure”).  The parties hereto acknowledge that as a result of a 404 Failure, the SEC could refuse to acknowledge the filing of a report required under section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

9.             AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and Buyers who then hold at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Registrable Securities.  Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9 shall be binding upon each Buyer and the Company.  No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to fewer than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities.  No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

10.           MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)           A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities or owns the right to receive the Registrable Securities.  If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two (2) or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable Securities.

 



 

(b)           No Piggyback on Registrations.  Except as set forth on Schedule 10(b) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Buyers in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the initial Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities.  The Company shall not file any other registration statements until the initial Registration Statement required hereunder is declared effective by the SEC, provided that this Section 10(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements already filed.

 

(c)           Piggy-Back Registrations.  If at any time there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be 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, then the Company shall send to each Buyer a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of such notice, any such Buyer shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Buyer requests to be registered; provided, however, that, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 10(c) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement.

 

(d)           Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company, to:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attn: Chairman

 

 

Telephone: (303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile: (303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With Copy to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

Suite 1000, 6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80112

 

 

Attn: Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone: (303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile: (303) 796-2777

 

If to an Buyer, to its address and facsimile number on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto, with copies to such Buyer’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Buyers or to such

 



 

other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change.  Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

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

 

(f)            The laws of the State of California shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Buyers as its stockholders.  All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Jersey.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of the State of New Jersey, sitting in Hudson County, New Jersey and federal courts for the District of New Jersey sitting Newark, New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.  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.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(g)           This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

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

 



 

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

 

(j)            Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(k)           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.

 

(l)            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.

 

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

 

 

COMPANY:

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Gregory A. Meadows

 

Title:

Vice President/Assistant Secretary

 



 

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

 

 

BUYER:

 

YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:

Investment Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Title:

Portfolio Manager

 



 

Execution Copy

 

SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

Buyer

 

Address/Facsimile
Number of Buyer

 

Address/Facsimile
Number of Buyer’s
Representative

 

 

 

 

 

YA Global Investments, L.P.

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

Jersey City, NJ 07303

 

Jersey City, NJ 07303

 

 

Facsimile:  (201) 985-8266

 

Facsimile:  (201) 985-8266

 

 

 

 

Attention: David Gonzalez, Esq.

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

AND PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Selling Stockholders

 

The shares of Common Stock being offered by the selling stockholders are issuable upon exercise of the warrants.  For additional information regarding the issuance of those warrants, see “Private Placement of Warrants” above.  We are registering the shares of Common Stock in order to permit the selling stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time.  Except as otherwise notes and except for the ownership of the warrants issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the selling stockholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock by each of the selling stockholders.  The second column lists the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each selling stockholder, based on its ownership of the warrants, as of                 , 200  , assuming exercise of the warrants held by the selling stockholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on conversions or exercise.

 

The third column lists the shares of Common Stock being offered by this prospectus by the selling stockholders.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling stockholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of at least                        shares of common stock issued or issuable to the selling stockholders pursuant to the Securities Purchase AgreementBecause the exercise price of the warrants may be adjusted, the number of shares that will actually be issued may be more or less than the number of shares being offered by this prospectus.  The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Under the terms of the warrants, a selling stockholder may not exercise the warrants to the extent such conversion or exercise would cause such selling stockholder, together with its affiliates, to beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock which would exceed 4.99% of our then outstanding shares of Common Stock following such conversion or exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants which have not been exercised.  The number of shares in the second column does not reflect this limitation.  The selling stockholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering.  See “Plan of Distribution.”

 



 

Execution Copy

 

Name of Selling Stockholder

 

Number of Shares Owned
Prior to Offering

 

Maximum Number of Shares
to be Sold Pursuant to this
Prospectus

 

Number of Shares Owned
After Offering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YA Global Investments, L.P. (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)           YA Global Investments, L.P. is a Cayman Island exempt limited partnership.  YA Global is managed by Yorkville Advisors, LLC.  Investment decisions for Yorkville Advisors are made by Mark Angelo, its portfolio manager.

 



 

Plan of Distribution

 

Each Selling Stockholder (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the common stock and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on the                      or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions.  These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices.  A Selling Stockholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

·                  privately negotiated transactions;

 

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

 

·                  through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

·                  a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

·                  any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales.  Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with NASDR Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with NASDR IM-2440.

 

In connection with the sale of the common stock or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume.  The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other

 



 

transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales.  In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.  Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees, commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed eight percent (8%).

 

The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares.  The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act including Rule 172 thereunder.  In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus.  There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders.

 

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume limitations by reason of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect.  The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution.  In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person.  We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a

 



 

copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

OTHER DISCLOSURES

 

See attachment provided separately. 

 



 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Attention:

 

Re:                               ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are counsel to Isonics Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) entered into by and among the Company and the Buyers named therein (collectively, the “Buyers”).  Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Buyers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, on                                  , the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form                  (File No. 333-                          ) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the Registrable Securities which names each of the Buyers as a selling stockholder there under.

 

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

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[Law Firm]

 

 

 

By:

 

 

cc:           [LIST NAMES OF BUYERS]

 


EX-10.6 7 a08-16698_2ex10d6.htm EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

 

IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

THIS IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 13, 2008, by and among ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Company”), CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY (the “Transfer Agent”) and YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P. a Cayman Island exempted limited partnership (individually, a “Buyer” or collectively “Buyers”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering a Securities Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell and the Buyer(s) have agreed to purchase notes (collectively, the “Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of One Million One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,175,000), plus accrued interest;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement the Company has issued to the Buyer(s) warrants to purchase up to 13,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”), no par value per share (the “Warrant Shares”), at the Buyer’s discretion (the “Warrant” and the “Warrant Shares”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement the Company, the Buyer(s) and the Transfer Agent hereby agree as follows:

 

1.     WARRANT SHARES.

 

(a)           Instructions Applicable to Transfer Agent.  The parties here to acknowledge that the Buyer(s) shall irrevocably be entitled to deliver to the Transfer Agent on behalf of the Company an Exercise Notice (the “Exercise Notice”) in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Warrant.  Upon the Transfer Agents receipt of a properly completed and duly executed Exercise Notice, the Transfer Agent, provided they are acting as transfer agent at the time, shall without the confirmation or instructions from the Company and within three (3) Trading Days thereafter (i) issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Buyer or its designees, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyer shall be entitled as set forth in the Exercise Notice or (ii) provided the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Buyers, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyers shall be entitled to the Buyer’s or their designees’ balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system provided the Buyer causes its bank or broker to initiate the DWAC

 



 

transaction. For purposes hereof “Trading Day” shall mean any day on which the Nasdaq Market is open for customary trading.

 

(b).          No Restrictive Legends.     The certificates representing the Warrant Shares shall not bear any legend restricting transfer and should not be subject to any stop-transfer restrictions and shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company; provided that counsel to the Company delivers (i) the Notice of Effectiveness set forth in Exhibit I attached hereto and (ii) an opinion of counsel in the form set forth in Exhibit II attached hereto.

 

(c)           Restrictive Legends.   In the event that the Warrant Shares are not registered for sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the request for issuance of the Warrant Shares is accompanied by an opinion from the Company’s counsel or Buyer’s counsel that the issuance of the Warrant Shares is pursuant to an available exemption under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the certificates for the Warrant Shares shall bear the following legend, or its equivalent:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.”

 

(d)           Removal of Restrictive Legends.       In the event that the Buyer submits to the Transfer Agent the Warrant Shares for the removal of the restrictive legends whether in connection with a sale of such shares pursuant to any exemption to the registration requirements the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or otherwise the Transfer Agents shall without the confirmation or instructions from the Company and within three (3) Trading Days of receipt of all required documentation from the Buyer, its agent or counsel, (i) issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the address as specified by the Buyer(s), a certificate, registered in the name of the Buyer or its designees, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyer shall be entitled as set forth pursuant to their submission or (ii) provided the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Buyers, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Buyers shall be entitled to the Buyer’s or their designees’ balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system provided the Buyer causes its bank or broker to initiate the DWAC transaction. For purposes hereof “Trading Day” shall mean any day on which the Nasdaq Market is open for customary trading.

 



 

(e)           Opinions of Counsel.          In the event that the Buyer submits to the Transfer Agent a request for the issuance of the Warrant Shares or the Warrant Shares for the removal of the restrictive legends whether in connection with a sale of such shares pursuant to any exemption to the registration requirements the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or otherwise and the Company and or its counsels refuses or fails for any reason to render an opinion of counsel required for the removal of the restrictive legends the Company hereby represents and warrants that the Buyer is hereby irrevocably and expressly authorized to have counsel to the Buyer to render any and all opinions which may be required and relied upon by the Transfer Agent.

 

In the event the Buyer submits an opinion of counsel as contemplated in the preceding paragraph the Transfer Agent hereby acknowledges it will rely on and accept such opinion of counsel and all documentation submitted in connection therewith, with out the confirmation or instructions from the Company, and issue such Warrant Shares without restrictive legends as instructed by the Buyer as per Section 1 (d) herein.

 

2.     RESERVATION OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY.

 

(a).          The Transfer Agent shall reserve for issuance to the Buyers a minimum of 13,000,000 Warrant Shares, as may be increased under the Warrant and upon advice from the Company.  Under no circumstances, including but not limited to the exhaustion of the number of reserved shares articulated herein, increase of the number of Warrant Shares pursuant to terms of the Warrant, the share reserve articulated herein is not created or other wise, shall such reservation of Warrant shares articulated herein be deemed to be a cap on the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Buyer.

 

(b).          All such shares shall remain in reserve with the Transfer Agent until the Buyers provides the Transfer Agent instructions that the shares or any part of them shall be taken out of reserve and shall no longer be subject to the terms of these instructions.

 

(c)           The Company and the Transfer Agent acknowledge that as of the date hereof other than as created in connection with existing option plans and warrants and convertible debentures previously purchased by the Buyer from the Company, no share reserve exists or will exist so long as the Notes are outstanding.

 

3.     AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

(a)           The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Buyer Escrow Agent as a duly authorized agent of the Company for the purposes of authorizing the Transfer Agent to process issuances and transfers specifically contemplated herein.

 

i.                      The Transfer Agent shall accept and rely exclusively on the Exercise Notice submitted by the Buyer(s) and shall not seek confirmation and/or instructions from the Company to process the Exercise Notice with or without Legends.

 

ii.                     The Transfer Agent shall accept and rely exclusively on the opinions of counsel and other documentation submitted by the Buyer(s) for the removal of the restrictive legends as contemplated hereunder and shall not seek confirmation and/or instructions from the Company to process such submission by the Buyer(s).

 



 

iii.                    The Transfer Agent shall have no liability for relying on such instructions.  Any Exercise Notice or request for removal of restrictive legends and such supporting documentation delivered hereunder shall constitute an irrevocable instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such notice or notices in accordance with the terms thereof.  Such notice or notices may be transmitted to the Transfer Agent by facsimile or any commercially reasonable method.

 

iv.                    The Company hereby confirms to the Transfer Agent and the Buyers that it can NOT and will NOT give instructions, including stop orders or otherwise, other than as contemplated herein to Transfer Agent with regard to the issuances contemplated herein.

 

v.                     In the event that the Company provides instructions contrary to this Agreement to the Transfer Agent, including but not limited to stop orders, the Transfer Agent will disregard any contrary instructions, including but not limited to stop orders, submitted by or on behalf of the Company and act according to such instructions provided by the Buyer and according the time requirements set forth herein.

 

vi.                    The Company shall not be entitled to nor will the Transfer Agent grant a suspension of the obligations hereunder for any time period in order for the Company to obtain a court order or its equivalent in order to prevent the Transfer Agent from acting hereunder.

 

vii.                   The Company and the Transfer Agent hereby acknowledge and confirm that complying with the terms of this Agreement does not and shall not prohibit the Transfer Agent from satisfying any and all responsibilities and duties it may owe to the Company.

 

viii.                  The Transfer Agent, upon request of the Buyer(s) and with out instruction or confirmation by the Company, will provide to the Buyer(s) the total number of authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock as well as the current outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock as of the date of the request.

 

ix.                    Certain Notice Regarding the Escrow Agent. The Company and the Transfer Agent hereby acknowledge that the Escrow Agent is general counsel to the Buyers, a partner of the general partner of the Buyers and counsel to the Buyers in connection with the transactions contemplated and referred herein.  The Company and the Transfer Agent agree that in the event of any dispute arising in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in connection with any transaction or agreement contemplated and referred herein, the Escrow Agent shall be permitted to continue to represent the Buyers and neither the Company nor the Transfer Agent will seek to disqualify such counsel.

 

4.   REPLACEMENT OF TRANSFER AGENT.

 

(a)           The Company hereby agrees that it shall not replace the Transfer Agent as the Company’s transfer agent without the prior written consent of the Buyers.

 

(b)           The Company agrees that, in the event the Transfer Agent resigns as the Company’s transfer agent, the Company will engage a suitable replacement transfer agent that has agreed to serve as transfer agent and to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Irrevocable Transfer

 



 

Agent Instructions within ten business days of the resignation of the Transfer Agent.  The Company’s obligation to obtain a suitable replacement transfer agent shall not affect the current Transfer Agent’s ability to resign.

 

5.     Intentionally deleted.

 

6.     Intentionally deleted.

 

7.     MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)           The Company acknowledges that the Buyers is relying on the representations and covenants made by the Company hereunder and are a material inducement to the Buyers purchasing Notes under the Securities Purchase Agreement.  The Company further acknowledges that without such representations and covenants of the Company made hereunder, the Buyers would not purchase the Notes.

 

(b)           Each party hereto specifically acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach or threatened breach by a party hereto of any provision hereof, the Buyers will be irreparably damaged and that damages at law would be an inadequate remedy if these Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions were not specifically enforced.  Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by a party hereto, including, without limitation, the attempted termination of the agency relationship created by this instrument, the Buyers shall be entitled, in addition to all other rights or remedies, to an injunction restraining such breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to post any bond or other security, and/or to a decree for specific performance of the provisions of these Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions.

 

(c)           Each party hereto specifically acknowledges and agrees that in any action to enforce this Agreement or any right hereunder the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses from the other party or parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this letter agreement regarding Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: Gregory A. Meadows

 

Title:   Vice President/Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

 

 

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST COMPANY

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

Name

 

Signature

 

Address/Facsimile
Number of Buyers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YA Global Investments, L.P.

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

 

Its:

General Partner

 

Jersey City, NJ 07303

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:  (201) 985-8266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT I

 

TO IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

                  , 200

 

            

 

Attention:

 

RE:         ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are counsel to Isonics Corporation, (the “Company”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2008 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), entered into by and among the Company and the Buyers set forth on Schedule I attached thereto (collectively the “Buyers”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell to the Buyers up to $1,175,000 of Notes and warrants (“Warrants”) to purchase up to 13,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), no par value per share (the “Warrant Shares”),.  Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2008, with the Buyers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to upon request register the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).  In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, on               , 200_, the Company filed a Registration Statement (File No.       -                  ) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the sale of the Warrant Shares.

 

In connection with the foregoing, we advise the Transfer Agent that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the 1933 Act at          P.M. on                     , 200_ and we have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Warrant Shares are available for sale under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

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The Buyers has confirmed it shall comply with all securities laws and regulations applicable to it including applicable prospectus delivery requirements upon sale of the Warrant Shares.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

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EXHIBIT II

 

TO IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

FORM OF OPINION

 

                                 200  

 

VIA FACSIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL

 

 

 

Attention:

 

RE:         ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Isonics Corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration of                       shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  We have not acted as your counsel.  This opinion is given at the request and with the consent of the Company.

 

In rendering this opinion we have relied on the accuracy of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the SEC on                          , 200  .  The Company filed the Registration Statement on behalf of certain selling stockholders (the “Selling Stockholders”).  This opinion relates solely to the Selling Shareholders listed on Exhibit “A” hereto and number of Shares set forth opposite such Selling Stockholders’ names.  The SEC declared the Registration Statement effective on                            , 200  .

 

We understand that the Selling Stockholders acquired the Shares in a private offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Information regarding the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders is contained under the heading “Selling Stockholders” in the Registration Statement, which information is incorporated herein by reference.  This opinion does not relate to the issuance of the Shares to the Selling Stockholders.  The opinions set forth herein relate solely to the sale or transfer by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to the Registration Statement under the Federal laws of the United States of America.  We do not express any opinion concerning any law of any state or other jurisdiction.

 

In rendering this opinion we have relied upon the accuracy of the foregoing statements.

 

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Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and that                  may remove the restrictive legends contained on the Shares. This opinion relates solely to the number of Shares set forth opposite the Selling Stockholders listed on Exhibit “A” hereto.

 

This opinion is furnished to Transfer Agent specifically in connection with the sale or transfer of the Shares, and solely for your information and benefit.  This letter may not be relied upon by Transfer Agent in any other connection, and it may not be relied upon by any other person or entity for any purpose without our prior written consent.  This opinion may not be assigned, quoted or used without our prior written consent.  The opinions set forth herein are rendered as of the date hereof and we will not supplement this opinion with respect to changes in the law or factual matters subsequent to the date hereof.

 

Very truly yours,

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

(LIST OF SELLING STOCKHOLDERS)

 

Name:

 

No. of Shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-10.7 8 a08-16698_2ex10d7.htm EX-10.7

Exhibit 10.7

 

Execution Copy

 

GUARANTY

 

This GUARANTY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as of June     , 2008 is made by each of the undersigned (each a “Guarantor”, and collectively, the “Guarantors”), in favor of YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P. (the “Secured Party”).

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among Isonics Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”) and the Secured Party of even date herewith (the Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue to the Secured Party (i) an aggregate original principal amount of $1,175,000 notes (the “Notes”); and (ii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to be exercisable to acquire additional shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”), no par value per share (the “Warrants Shares”) initially in that number of shares of Common Stock set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors is executing and delivering a Security Agreement dated the date hereof (the “Security Agreement”) granting a lien in all of the Pledged Property (as defined in the Security Agreement) to the Secured Party;

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Secured Party purchasing the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered to the Secured Party this Agreement guaranteeing all of the obligations of the Company under the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the “Transaction Documents”;

 

WHEREAS, each Guarantor has determined that the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty directly benefits, and is in the best interest of, such Guarantor;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in order to induce the Secured Party to perform under the Securities Purchase Agreement, each Guarantor hereby agrees with the Secured Party as follows:

 

SECTION 1.     Definitions.  Reference is hereby made to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes issued pursuant thereto for a statement of the terms thereof.  All terms used in this Guaranty, which are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Notes and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein.

 

SECTION 2.     Guaranty.  The Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, guaranty the punctual payment, as and when due and payable, by stated maturity or otherwise, of all Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the Company from time to time owing by it to the Secured Party (such obligations, to the extent not paid by the Company, being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) reasonably incurred by the Secured Party in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability hereunder shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Company to the Secured Party but for the

 



 

fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an insolvency proceeding involving any Guarantor or the Company (each, a “Transaction Party”).

 

SECTION 3.     Guaranty Absolute; Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.

 

(a)           The Guarantors, jointly and severally, guaranty that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Secured Party with respect thereto.  The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against any Guarantor to enforce such obligations, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Transaction Party or whether any Transaction Party is joined in any such action or actions.  The liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by law, any defenses it may now or hereafter have in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

 

(i)            any lack of validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

(ii)           any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Transaction Party or otherwise;

 

(iii)          any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Pledged Property (as defined in the Security Documents), or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(iv)          any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate, limited liability company or partnership structure or existence of any Transaction Party; or

 

(v)           any other circumstance (including any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Secured Party that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Transaction Party or any other guarantor or surety.

 

This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Secured Party or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Transaction Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

(b)           This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible cash payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) and (ii) be binding upon each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns.  This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Secured Party and its successors, and permitted pledgees, transferees and assigns.  Without

 



 

limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Secured Party may pledge, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under and subject to the terms of any Transaction Document to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Secured Party herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement or such Transaction Document.

 

SECTION 4.     Waivers.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Secured Party exhaust any right or take any action against any Transaction Party or any other Person or any Pledged Property.  The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated herein and that the waiver set forth in this Section 4 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.  The Guarantors hereby waive any right to revoke this Guaranty, and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.

 

SECTION 5.     Subrogation.  No Guarantor may exercise any rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against any Transaction Party or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of any Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Secured Party against any Transaction Party or any other guarantor or any Pledged Property, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Transaction Party or any other guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security solely on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) shall have indefeasibly been paid in full in cash.  If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party and shall forthwith be paid to the Secured Party to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Document, or to be held as Pledged Property for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising.  If (a) any Guarantor shall make payment to the Secured Party of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (b) all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) shall indefeasibly be paid in full in cash, the Secured Party will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.

 



 

SECTION 6.     Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

 

(a)           Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants as of the date first written above as follows:

 

(i)            The Guarantor (A) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (B) has all corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and to execute and deliver this Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (C) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)           The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which the Guarantor is a party (A) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action, (B) do not and will not contravene its charter or by-laws, its limited liability company or operating agreement or its certificate of partnership or partnership agreement, as applicable, or any applicable law or any contractual restriction binding on the Guarantor or its properties (except where the contravention of such contractual restriction would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), (C) do not and will not result in or require the creation of any lien (other than pursuant to any Transaction Document) upon or with respect to any of its properties, and (D) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any material permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to it or its operations or any of its properties.

 

(iii)          No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party (other than expressly provided for in any of the Transaction Documents).

 

(iv)          Each of this Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is or will be a party, when delivered, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, suretyship or other similar laws and equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).

 

(v)           There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor, threatened action, suit or proceeding against the Guarantor or to which any of the properties of the Guarantor is subject, before any court or other governmental authority or any arbitrator that (A) if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or

 



 

(B) relates to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Guarantor is a party or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(vi)          The Guarantor (A) has read and understands the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and (B) now has and will continue to have independent means of obtaining information concerning the affairs, financial condition and business of the Company and the other Transaction Parties, and has no need of, or right to obtain from the Secured Party, any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Company or the other Transaction Parties that may come under the control of the Secured Party.

 

SECTION 7.     Right of Set-off.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Secured Party may, and is hereby authorized to, at any time and from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors (any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor) and to the fullest extent permitted by law, set-off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any and all obligations of the Guarantors now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, irrespective of whether or not the Secured Party shall have made any demand under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document and although such obligations may be contingent or unmatured.  The Secured Party agrees to notify the relevant Guarantor promptly after any such set-off and application made by the Secured Party, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.  The rights of the Secured Party under this Section 7 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Secured Party may have under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document in law or otherwise.

 

SECTION 8.     Notices, Etc.  All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, telecopied or delivered, if to any Guarantor, to it at its address set forth on the signature page hereto, or if to the Secured Party, to it at its respective address set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement; or as to either such Person at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to such other Person complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 8.  All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed (by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested), when received or three Business Days after deposited in the mails, whichever occurs first; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted and confirmation is received, provided same is on a Business Day and, if not, on the next Business Day; or (iii) if delivered by hand, upon delivery, provided same is on a Business Day and, if not, on the next Business Day.

 

SECTION 9.     Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.  The parties further agree that any action between them shall be heard in Hudson County, New Jersey, and expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of New Jersey, sitting in Hudson County and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Paragraph.

 



 

SECTION 10.     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC.  EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM CONCERNING ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS GUARANTY OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, WAIVER, CONSENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR OTHER AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH IN THE FUTURE MAY BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, OR ARISING FROM ANY FINANCING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.  EACH GUARANTOR CERTIFIES THAT NO OFFICER, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE SECURED PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE SECURED PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS.  EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE SECURED PARTY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

SECTION 11.     Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           Each Guarantor will make each payment hereunder in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds to the Secured Party, at such address specified by the Secured Party from time to time by notice to the Guarantors.

 

(b)           No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by each Guarantor and the Secured Party, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

(c)           No failure on the part of the Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder or under any Transaction Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.  The rights and remedies of the Secured Party provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.  The rights of the Secured Party under any Transaction Document against any party thereto are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by the Secured Party to exercise any of their respective rights under any other Transaction Document against such party or against any other Person.

 

(d)           Any provision of this Guaranty that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 



 

(e)           This Guaranty shall (i) be binding on each Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns, and (ii) inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Secured Party hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Party and their respective successors, transferees and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document to any other Person in accordance with the terms thereof, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all of the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Secured Party, as the case may be, herein or otherwise.  None of the rights or obligations of any Guarantor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of Secured Party.

 

(f)            This Guaranty reflects the entire understanding of the transaction contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, entered into before the date hereof.

 

(g)           Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed by its respective duly authorized officer, as of the date first above written.

 

 

ISONICS VANCOUVER, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

Address:

 

c/o Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

ISONICS HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEFENSE
CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

Address:

 

c/o Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

PROTECTION PLUS SECURITY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

Address:

 

c/o Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

 


EX-10.8 9 a08-16698_2ex10d8.htm EX-10.8

Exhibit 10.8

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

This ESCROW AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into on June 13, 2008, by and among ISONICS CORPORATION (the “Company”), YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P., (the “Buyer”), YORKVILLE ADVISORS, LLC (“Investment Manager”), and DAVID GONZALEZ, ESQ., as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”).  The Company, the Buyer, and Yorkville may be referred to individually as a “Party” or collectively as the “Parties.”  All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated June 13, 2008  entered into by and between the Company and the Buyer (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer shall purchase certain Securities;

 

WHEREAS, at all times while the Buyer holds any of the Securities, the Investment Manager shall perform monitoring and managing services for the Buyer in connection with the Buyer’s purchase and investment in the Securities and the Buyer’s rights and obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement and other related documents and agreements, and during such time, the Investment Manager shall be paid on a monthly basis, a fee from the Buyer for services performed;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Parties desire that the Monitoring Fees (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) be deposited into a segregated escrow account to be held by the Escrow Agent and disbursed to the Investment Manager on a monthly basis as set forth in this Agreement as it performs its monitoring and managing services for the Buyer;

 

WHEREAS, Escrow Agent has agreed to accept, hold, and disburse the Monitoring Fees deposited with it hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Appointment of Escrow Agent.  The Company, the Buyer, and the Investment Manager hereby mutually appoint and designate the Escrow Agent to receive, hold and release, as escrow agent, the Escrow Funds (as defined below) and Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment and designation, all in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

2.             Escrow Delivery.

 

2.1. Escrow Funds.  Escrow Agent is hereby authorized and directed to use its bank account as an escrow account for purposes of this Agreement.  The Company shall deposit into the Escrow Account all of the Monitoring Fees in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 4(g)(ii) of the Securities Purchase Agreement (such Monitoring Fee funds actually deposited into the Escrow Account shall be referred to as the “Escrow Funds”).  Such Escrow Funds shall be wired to the following account in accordance with the wire instructions below and shall be held by Escrow Agent and released only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Bank:

 

Wachovia, N.A. of New Jersey

Routing #:

 

031201467

 



 

Account #:

 

2000014931121

Name on Account:

 

David Gonzalez Attorney Trust Account

Name on Sub-Account:

 

Isonics/Monitoring Fee

 

3.             Conditions of Escrow.

 

3.1. The Escrow Deposit.  Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Funds until all funds have been disbursed in accordance with this Agreement (the “Term”) for the benefit of the Buyer. The Escrow Funds shall be deposited into the Escrow Account by the Company and the Buyer as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.  Upon each deposit into the Escrow Account, the Buyer shall provide to the Escrow Agent a completed Monitoring Fee Schedule in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Monitoring Fee Schedule”) with respect to such deposit into escrow setting forth the date and amount of such deposit and the schedule of disbursements to be made from escrow.

 

3.2. Release of Escrow Funds.   The Escrow Agent shall disburse the Escrow Funds in accordance with the following procedures:

 

(i)            The Escrow Agent shall disburse the designated portion of the Escrow Funds to the Investment Manager in the amounts and at the times set forth on the Monitoring Fee Schedules promptly upon receipt from the Buyer of a signed written instruction directing the Escrow Agent to make such disbursement.  In disbursing Escrow Funds, the Escrow Agent is authorized to rely upon such written instruction from the Buyer and may accept any signatory from the Buyer that Escrow Agent has on file.

 

(ii)           In the event that the Securities are Fully Retired (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) prior to the full disbursement of all the Escrow Funds, the Buyer and the Company shall execute a joint written instruction directing the Escrow Agent to disburse the remaining Escrow Funds to the Company, or to such other Person as set forth in such joint written direction, provided however, the Buyer may instruct, by delivery of a signed written instruction, which the Buyer, in its sole determination may provide, the Escrow Agent to disburse all or a portion of the remaining Escrow Funds to the Buyer, which amount shall be credited to any fees, costs, expenses, or other amounts owed to the Buyer from the Company pursuant to the Securities, the Securities Purchase Agreement, or any related documents after the Securities are Fully Retired, so long as the Buyer first provides the Company with advanced written notice of such amounts owed to it and provides the Company with five business days to directly pay such amounts to the Buyer.

 

3.3. Conflict.  If a controversy arises between the Parties concerning the release of the Escrow Funds hereunder, they shall notify Escrow Agent.  In that event (or, in the absence of such notification, if in the good faith judgment of Escrow Agent such controversy exists), Escrow Agent shall not be required to resolve such controversy or take an action but shall be entitled to await resolution of the controversy by joint written instructions from the Parties or may immediately return the Escrow Funds to the respective Parties, in which event Escrow Agent shall have no further liability hereunder.  If a suit is commenced against Escrow Agent, it may answer by way of interpleader and name the Parties as additional parties to such action, and Escrow Agent may tender the Escrow Funds into such court for determination of the respective rights, titles and interests of the Parties.  Upon such tender, Escrow Agent shall be entitled to receive from the Parties its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with said interpleader action or in any related action or suit.  If and when Escrow Agent shall so interplead such Parties, or either of them, and deliver the Escrow Funds to the clerk of such court, all of its duties hereunder shall cease, and it shall have no further obligation in this regard.

 



 

3.4. Cause of Action.           The Company agrees and acknowledges that in no event shall it have any cause of action, standing, claim, or any other rights against the Buyer or the Investment Manager with respect written instructions provided by the Buyer or disbursements made to the Investment Manager in accordance with Section 3.2. hereunder.

 

4.             Escrow Agent.

 

4.1. Liability of Escrow Agent.  The Parties acknowledge, understand and agree that Escrow Agent has accepted Escrow Agent’s appointment under this Agreement and shall perform and satisfy Escrow Agent’s duties, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement only as an accommodation to the Parties.  The Parties, jointly and severally, hereby indemnify Escrow Agent and each representative of Escrow Agent and hereby agree to hold Escrow Agent and each such representative free and harmless from and to defend and protect Escrow Agent and such representative against any claim made, asserted or threatened against Escrow Agent or such representative (including any such claim made, asserted or threatened by the Parties), and any claim incurred by Escrow Agent or such representative, excluding, however, any claim arising from the gross negligence, willful misconduct, criminal conduct or intentionally tortuous conduct of Escrow Agent or such representative.

 

4.2. Proceeding.  Escrow Agent, in Escrow Agent’s sole discretion, may commence any judicial proceeding necessary or appropriate to determining the respective rights of the Parties under this Agreement or to interpreting or enforcing any term, condition or other provision of this Agreement.  The Parties shall jointly and severally be liable for any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys fees, expert witness fees, accounting fees and related costs) incurred by Escrow Agent in connection with such proceeding.

 

5.             Termination.  This Agreement shall be terminated upon the occurrence of any one of the following: (i) the release of all the Escrow Funds in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section hereof; or (ii) otherwise by written mutual consent signed by the Parties.

 

6.             Notice.  All notices, demands, requests, or other communications which may be or are required to be given, served or sent by any of the Parties or the Escrow Agent to any other party pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be hand delivered (including delivery by courier), sent by facsimile, sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or mailed by first-class, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties last known address or such other address as the addressee may indicate by written notice to the other Parties or the Escrow Agent.  Each notice, demand, request or communication that is given or made in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all purposes at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the return receipt, the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger being deemed conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.

 

7.             Benefit and Assignment.  None of the Parties may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of all Parties and the Escrow Agent.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder.  No person or entity other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns is or shall be entitled to bring any action to enforce any provision in this Agreement against any of the Parties, and the covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by, the Parties or their respective successors and assigns.

 

8.             Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement, along with the Purchase Agreement and any other agreement executed on the date hereof between the Parties, contains the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements, commitments or

 



 

understandings with respect to such matters.  This Agreement may not be changed orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the Party against whom enforcement of any waiver, change, modification, extension or discharge is sought.

 

9.             Headings.  The headings of the sections and subsections contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not form a part or affect the meaning, construction or scope thereof.

 

10.           Governing Law; Venue.  This Agreement shall be governed and constructed under and in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey (but not including the conflicts of laws and rules thereof).  For purposes of any action or proceeding involving this Agreement each of the parties to this Agreement expressly submits to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the State of New Jersey and consents to the service of any process or paper by registered mail or by personal service within or without the State of New Jersey in accordance with applicable law, provided a reasonable time for appearance is allowed.  Each Party hereby acknowledges that Hudson County, New Jersey is the proper venue for any action brought hereunder.

 

11.           Signature in Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, none of which need contain the signature of all parties, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same instrument.  It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than the number of counterparts containing the respective signatures of, or on behalf of, all of the parties hereto.

 

12.           Attorney’s Fees.  Should any action be commenced between any of the Parties concerning the matters set forth in this Agreement or the right and duties of any other Party in relation thereto, the prevailing Party in such action shall be entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, to a reasonable sum as and for its attorney’s fees and costs; except that Escrow Agent’s attorney’s fees and costs incurred in connection with disputes arising hereunder between Company, the Buyer, and the Investment Manager shall be paid by Company, the Buyer and the Investment Manager as otherwise provided herein.

 

13.           Conflict Waiver.  The Company hereby acknowledge that the Escrow Agent is general counsel to the Buyer, a partner of the Investment Manager and counsel to both the Buyer and the Investment Manager in connection with the transactions contemplated and referred herein.  The Company agrees that in the event of any dispute arising in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in connection with any transaction or agreement contemplated and referred herein, the Escrow Agent shall be permitted to continue to represent the Buyer and the Investment Manager and the Company will not seek to disqualify such counsel.  The Company waives any right to seek the disqualification of Escrow Agent to act as legal counsel to the Buyer or the Investment Manager as a result of Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder.  The Buyer and the Investment Manager hereby consents to Escrow Agent acting as escrow agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and hereby acknowledge that in so acting, Escrow Agent shall be bound to act in accordance with this Agreement and not in the best interest of the Buyer or the Investment Manager and may be required to enforce its rights under this Agreement against the Buyer or the Investment Manager.  The Buyer or the Investment Manager further acknowledges and agrees that all communication delivered to Escrow Agent in furtherance of this Agreement or Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder may not be kept confidential by Escrow Agent and may not be protected by the attorney-client privilege.  The Buyer or the Investment Manager hereby waive the conflict of interest and any potential conflict of interest that may arise as a result of Escrow Agent’s performance of its duties or exercise of its rights under this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered in its name and on its behalf, all as of the date and year first above written.

 

 

“Company”

 

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Gregory A. Meadows

 

Title:

Vice President/Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buyer

 

 

 

YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.

 

 

 

By: Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:  Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: Mark Angelo

 

Title: Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

YORKVILLE ADVISORS, LLC

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: Mark Angelo

 

Title: Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

“Escrow Agent”

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:  David Gonzalez, Esq.

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

MONITORING FEE SCHEDULE

 

To:          Escrow Agent

 

In accordance with the Agreement, upon each deposit into the Escrow Account, the Buyer shall provide to the Escrow Agent a completed Monitoring Fee Schedule with respect to such deposit into escrow setting forth the date and amount of such deposit and the Schedule of Disbursements to be made to the Investment Manager from the Escrow Account.  Below please find the Monitoring Fee Schedule in connection with the Monitoring Fee to be deposited into the Escrow Account pursuant to a Closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement:

 

Part I.  Deposits of Monitoring Fee Into Escrow Account

 

Deposit Into Escrow Account  $100,000.00                   Date of Deposit  June     , 2008

 

Part II.  Schedule of Disbursements to Investment Manager From Escrow Account

 

Disbursement Date

 

Disbursement Amount

 

Remaining Escrow
Funds

 

Initial Deposit

 

 

 

$

100,000

 

July 1, 2008

 

$

75,000

 

$

25,000

 

August 1, 2008

 

$

5,000

 

$

20,000

 

September 1, 2008

 

$

5,000

 

$

15,000

 

October 1, 2008

 

$

5,000

 

$

10,000

 

November 1, 2008

 

$

5,000

 

$

5,000

 

December 1, 2008

 

$

5,000

 

$

0

 

 


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