0001493152-18-014815.txt : 20181023 0001493152-18-014815.hdr.sgml : 20181023 20181023172209 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001493152-18-014815 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181019 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20181023 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181023 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Vitality Biopharma, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001438943 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH [8731] IRS NUMBER: 753268988 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-53832 FILM NUMBER: 181134778 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1901 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 2ND FLOOR CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 BUSINESS PHONE: 530-231-7800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1901 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 2ND FLOOR CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90067 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Stevia First Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Legend Mining Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20080630 8-K 1 form8-k.htm

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2018

 

VITALITY BIOPHARMA, INC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   000-53832   75-3268988
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

1901 Avenue of the Stars, 2nd Floor

Los Angeles, California

  90067
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (530) 231-7800

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

   
 

 

Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

 

On October 19, 2018, Vitality Biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with the purchasers identified therein (the “Purchasers”) providing for the issuance and sale by the Company to the Purchasers of an aggregate of 5,666,672 shares of the Company’s common stock (collectively, the ‘Shares”) at a price of $1.50 per share, including warrants to purchase up to an additional 5,666,672 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrants”, and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the “Warrant Shares”) at a price of $3.00 per share (the “Offering”). After deducting for fees and expenses, the aggregate net proceeds from the sale of the Shares and Warrants is approximately $8,350,000.

 

The Warrants are immediately exercisable and will expire on the five year anniversary of the date of issuance, which is October 22, 2023. The exercise price of the Warrants is subject to adjustment for stock dividends and splits, subsequent rights offerings and pro rata distributions to the Company’s common stockholders. If the Purchasers exercise all of the Warrants within five years, the Company would receive additional aggregate net proceeds of approximately $17,000,016.

 

Share Exchange Agreement

 

On October 19, 2018, the Company entered into a voluntary share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with the shareholders (the “Shareholders”) of all of the outstanding common stock of Summit Healthtech, Inc. (“Summit”), a company formed by a team of physicians and psychologists to develop innovative healthcare treatments and specialty healthcare centers focused on the use of cannabinoid therapies as an alternative to opioid painkillers.

 

The Share Exchange Agreement provided for the issuance by the Company to the Shareholders of an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (collectively, the “Summit Exchange Shares”), in exchange for all of the outstanding common stock of Summit (the “Exchange”). A total of 2,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that are held by individuals who will become exclusive employees or consultants to Vitality became subject to a lockup agreement (collectively, the “Lockup Agreements”) whereby the Shareholders agreed not to offer, sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of their Summit Exchange Shares, respectively for a period of 3 years, provided, however, such restriction shall lapse as to one third of such shares each anniversary of the closing date of the Exchange.

 

Summit owns forty nine percent of the outstanding capital stock of The Control Center, Inc., a California corporation (“The Control Center”). The Control Center is in the business of behavioral health and addiction medicine treatment. Summit acquired such securities of The Control Center pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement with Dr. Reef Karim on October 12, 2018 (the “Share Purchase Agreement”). The other fifty one percent is owned by Dr. Karim and pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Dr. Karim agreed to transfer all right, title and interest to his remaining ownership to Summit upon the earlier of (i) the successful filing of a change of ownership for The Control Center’s facility’s license with the California Department of Health Care Services or (ii) upon the 1-year anniversary of October 12, 2018. In addition, Dr. Karim entered into a Share Restriction Agreement on October 12, 2018 with The Control Center and Summit whereby he agreed not to transfer or encumber such remaining ownership interest in The Control Center.

 

Following the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company owns 100% of the capital stock of Summit, and on October 22, 2018, Summit was renamed to Vitality Healthtech, Inc. Vitality Healthtech, Inc. is now being operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

The Offering and the Exchange both closed on October 22, 2018, and the total common shares outstanding after the issuance of the Shares and the Summit Exchange Shares is 36,350,153.

 

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The foregoing description of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Share Exchange Agreement, the Lockup Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement, the Share Restriction Agreement and the Warrants does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each document, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 and 4.1, respectively, hereto, and each is incorporated herein by reference. The Securities Purchase Agreement and the Share Exchange Agreement have been included to provide investors with information regarding their terms, but they are not intended to provide other factual information about the Company. The Securities Purchase Agreement and the Share Exchange Agreement contain representations and warranties that the Company has made to the Purchasers and the Shareholders, which are qualified by information in confidential disclosure schedules provided by the Company to the Purchasers and the Shareholders that modifies and creates exceptions to those representations and warranties. Investors should not rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Share Exchange Agreement as characterizations of the actual state of facts at the time they were made or otherwise.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01 in its entirety.

 

Item 3.02Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02 in its entirety.

 

The Shares, the Summit Exchange Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares (collectively, the “Securities”) issued and sold at the closings of the Offering and the Exchange have not been registered under the Securities Act. The Securities have been sold in reliance upon exemptions from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and comparable exemptions for sales to “accredited” investors under state securities laws. The Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under or exemption from the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. Each of the Purchasers has represented that it is an accredited investor as defined in Regulation D and that it is acquiring the Securities for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof. This Current Report on Form 8-K is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

 

The audited financial statements of Summit required pursuant to this Item 9.01(a) will be filed by amendment within 71 calendar days after the date that this Current Report on Form 8-K was required to be filed.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

 

The pro forma financial information required pursuant to this Item 9.01(b) will be filed by amendment within 71 calendar days after the date that this Current Report on Form 8-K was required to be filed.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit   Description
4.1   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant
     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 19, 2018 by and among Vitality Biopharma, Inc., and the Purchasers listed on the signature pages thereto
     
10.2   Securities Exchange Agreement, dated October 19, 2018 by and among Vitality Biopharma, Inc., and the Shareholders listed on the signature pages thereto
     
10.3   Form of Lockup Agreement
     
10.4   Share Purchase Agreement, dated October 12, 2018 by and between Summit Healthtech, Inc. and Dr. Reef Karim
     
10.5   Share Restriction Agreement, dated October 12, 2018 by and among Summit Healthtech, Inc., the Control Center, Inc. and Dr. Reef Karim

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  VITALITY BIOPHARMA, INC.
     
Dated: October 23, 2018 By: /s/ Robert Brooke
  Name: Robert Brooke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit   Description
4.1   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant
     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 22, 2018 by and among Vitality Biopharma, Inc., and the Purchasers listed on the signature pages thereto
     
10.2   Securities Exchange Agreement, dated October 22, 2018 by and among Vitality Biopharma, Inc., and the Shareholders listed on the signature pages thereto
     
10.3   Form of Lockup Agreement
     
10.4   Share Purchase Agreement, dated October 12, 2018 by and between Summit Healthtech, Inc. and Dr. Reef Karim
     
10.5   Share Restriction Agreement, dated October 12, 2018 by and among Summit Healthtech, Inc., the Control Center, Inc. and Dr. Reef Karim

 

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EX-4.1 2 ex4-1.htm

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

vitality Biopharma, Inc.

 

Warrant Shares: _______ Initial Exercise Date: October ___, 2018

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, __________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the date hereof (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the ten (10) year anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Vitality Biopharma, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), up to __________ shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock. The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated October ____, 2018, among the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.

 

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Section 2. Exercise.

 

(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto. Within three (3) Trading Days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $3.00, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”);

 

(c) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 2(3) below), if at the time of exercise hereof the Registration Statement (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) is not effective (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use) for the issuance by the Company to the Holder of all of the Warrant Shares, then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = [(A x B) - (A x C)] / B

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

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

 

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B= as applicable: (i) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) the Bid Price of the Common Stock as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Notice if such Exercise Notice is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof; or (iii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice if the date of such Exercise Notice is a Trading Day and such Exercise Notice is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

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

 

(d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three (3) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

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iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

v. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise.

 

vi. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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(b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time while this Warrant is outstanding the Company or any subsidiary grants, issues or sells any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (and not the Holder)(the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

(c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.

 

(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

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(e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.

 

(f) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

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ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously disclose such information in compliance with applicable securities laws. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

(b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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(c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

(d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

(e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

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(d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate 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 of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

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(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

(g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

(h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

(i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

(j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

(l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

 

(m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

(n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  VITALITY BIOPHARMA, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: Robert Brooke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: VITALITY bIOPHARMA, iNC.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[  ] in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[  ] if permitted, the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

     

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

     
     
     
     
     

 

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity:  

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:  

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Date:  

 

   
 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:  
  (Please Print)
   
Address:  
  (Please Print)

 

Dated: _______________ __, ______

 

Holder’s Signature:    
Holder’s Address:    

 

   
 

 

EX-10.1 3 ex10-1.htm

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 19, 2018, between Vitality Biopharma, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and each purchaser identified on the signature pages hereto, (each, including its successors and assigns, a “Purchaser” and collectively the “Purchasers”).

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder, the Company is selling, in a private placement, up to $9,000,000 million (the “Aggregate Offering Amount”) worth of Securities (the “Offering”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires, at the Initial Closing or any Subsequent Closing during the Offering Period, to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, the Securities as more fully described in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

Acquiring Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.5.

 

Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(i).

 

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

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

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

 

Closing” means any closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the Initial Closing and any Subsequent Closing.

 

Closing Date” means, in connection with any Closing, the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to (i) the applicable Purchasers’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver the Securities, in each case, have been satisfied or waived.

 

   
 

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

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

 

Company Counsel” means Greenberg Traurig, LLP, with offices located at 1201 K Street, #1100, Sacramento, CA 95814.

 

Disclosure Schedules” means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company attached hereto and delivered concurrently herewith.

 

Evaluation Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(r).

 

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

 

FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(h).

 

Liens” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b).

 

Per Share Purchase Price” equals the per share purchase price specified within Section 2.2, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

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

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Purchaser Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.

 

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Registration Statement” means a registration statement covering the resale by the Purchasers of the Shares.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Securities” means the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

 

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

 

Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

 

Subscription Amount” means, as to each Purchaser, the aggregate amount to be paid for Shares and Warrants purchased hereunder as specified below such Purchaser’s name on the signature page of this Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars.

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrants, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto, and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

Transfer Agent” means Island, LLC, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 15500 Roosevelt Boulevard, Suite 301, Clearwater, Florida 33760 and a facsimile number of (727) 289-0069, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

Warrants” means, collectively, the Common Stock purchase warrants delivered to the Purchasers at the applicable Closing in accordance with this Agreement, which Warrants shall be exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $3.00 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth therein) and have a term of exercise equal to ten (10) years from the Initial Closing, in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES

 

2.1 The Offering; Offering Period; No Minimum Offering.

 

(a) The purchase and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Purchasers shall occur at one or more Closings of the Offering to occur during a period (the “Offering Period”) beginning on October 15, 2018 and ending on October 22, 2018.

 

(b) The Company may conduct multiple Closings during the Offering Period. The initial Closing of the Offering (the “Initial Closing”) shall occur on the date first written above, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein. The Company may, in its sole discretion and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, conduct subsequent Closings of the Offering (each, a “Subsequent Closing”) until the conclusion of the Offering Period. Purchasers signing a counterpart signature page to this Agreement as of a Closing Date shall become parties to this Agreement only as of such Closing Date.

 

2.2 Closings. On each Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the applicable Purchasers, the Company agrees to sell, and each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase Shares at a price of One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per share. Each of the other Purchasers (as the case may be) agrees to purchase the Securities indicated on such Purchaser’s signature page hereto. Prior to each Closing Date, each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer or a certified check, in immediately available funds, such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount as set forth on the signature page hereto, and the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser its respective Shares and a Warrant as determined pursuant to Section 2.3(a) below, and the Company and each Purchaser shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.3 deliverable at the applicable Closing. Upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Sections 2.3 and 2.4, the applicable Closing shall occur at the offices of Company Counsel or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree, including remotely via the delivery of electronic Closing documents.

 

2.3 Deliveries.

 

(a) On or prior to any Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser participating in the applicable Closing the following:

 

  (i) this Agreement duly executed by the Company;
     
  (ii) a copy of the irrevocable instructions to the Transfer Agent instructing the Transfer Agent to deliver on an expedited basis, a certificate evidencing a number of Shares equal to such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount divided by the Per Share Purchase Price, registered in the name of such Purchaser; and
     
  (iii) a Warrant registered in the name of such Purchaser to purchase up to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 100% of the Shares purchased by such Purchaser with an exercise price equal to $3.00, subject to adjustment as set forth therein.

 

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(b) On or prior to any Closing Date, each Purchaser participating in the applicable Closing shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

 

  (i) this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser;
     
  (ii) an Accredited Investor Questionnaire (in the form provided by the Company to the Purchaser), duly executed by the Purchaser;
     
  (iii) such Purchaser’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer or certified check to the Company.

 

2.4 Closing Conditions.

 

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with any Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

  (i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of each Purchaser contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
     
  (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Purchaser required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
     
  (iii) the delivery by each Purchaser of the items set forth in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.

 

(b) The respective obligations of the Purchasers hereunder in connection with any Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

  (i) the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
     
  (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
     
  (iii) the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to each Purchaser:

 

(a) Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company are set forth on Schedule 3.1(a). The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary (if any) free and clear of any Liens, and all of 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. If the Company has no subsidiaries, all other references to the Subsidiaries or any of them in the Transaction Documents shall be disregarded.

 

(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could 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, prospects 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.

 

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(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection herewith or therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. Except for those that have already been obtained, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required by the Commission related to the Securities in this offering and (ii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

(f) Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company.

 

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(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below). The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed current report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. Except as described in the SEC Reports, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports or as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities, and no Company securities are outstanding as of the date hereof which contain such price-based anti-dilution or reset protections. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, 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. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors 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.

 

(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, 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) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, 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. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.

 

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(i) Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.1(i), no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one (1) Trading Day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(j) Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. The Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

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(k) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company, no executive officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(n) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, for which appropriate reserves have been made therefor in accordance with GAAP and, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

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(o) Intellectual Property. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as described in the SEC Reports as necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as could not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to, directors and officers insurance coverage. Neither the Company nor any 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 without a significant increase in cost.

 

(q) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (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, providing for the borrowing of money from or lending of money to or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, stockholder, member or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

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(r) Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date. Except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports, the Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(s) Certain Fees. No brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Purchasers shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(t) 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 an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(u) Registration Rights. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports and Section 4.12 hereof, no Person has any right to cause the Company or any Subsidiary to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(v) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The 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, 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 Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the 12 months preceding the date hereof, received notice from any Trading 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 Trading 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. The Common Stock is currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

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(w) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all reasonably necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including without limitation as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers’ ownership of the Securities.

 

(x) Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchasers regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.2 hereof.

 

(y) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, 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 cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act.

 

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(z) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the applicable Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, consolidated and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Initial Closing Date. Schedule 3.1(z) sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

(aa) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries each (i) has made or filed all United States federal, state and local income and all foreign income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material 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 or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(bb) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Shares for sale only to the Purchasers and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

 

(cc) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of FCPA.

 

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(dd) Accountants. Company’s independent registered accounting firm is set forth on Schedule 3.1(dd) of the Disclosure Schedules. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

 

(ee) No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers. There are no disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Company to arise, between the Company and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Company and the Company is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Company’s ability to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(ff) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers’ Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(gg) Regulation M Compliance. 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.

 

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(hh) FDA. As to each product subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and the regulations thereunder (“FDCA”) that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold, and/or marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each such product, a “Pharmaceutical Product”), such Pharmaceutical Product is being manufactured, packaged, labeled, tested, distributed, sold and/or marketed by the Company in compliance with all applicable requirements under FDCA and similar laws, rules and regulations relating to registration, investigational use, premarket clearance, licensure, or application approval, good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices, good clinical practices, product listing, quotas, labeling, advertising, record keeping and filing of reports, except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending, completed or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, action (including any lawsuit, arbitration, or legal or administrative or regulatory proceeding, charge, complaint, or investigation) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, warning letter or other communication from the FDA or any other governmental entity, which (i) contests the premarket clearance, licensure, registration, or approval of, the uses of, the distribution of, the manufacturing or packaging of, the testing of, the sale of, or the labeling and promotion of any Pharmaceutical Product, (ii) withdraws its approval of, requests the recall, suspension, or seizure of, or withdraws or orders the withdrawal of advertising or sales promotional materials relating to, any Pharmaceutical Product, (iii) imposes a clinical hold on any clinical investigation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) enjoins production at any facility of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) enters or proposes to enter into a consent decree of permanent injunction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) otherwise alleges any violation of any laws, rules or regulations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and which, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The properties, business and operations of the Company have been and are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the FDA. The Company has not been informed by the FDA that the FDA will prohibit the marketing, sale, license or use in the United States of any product proposed to be developed, produced or marketed by the Company nor has the FDA expressed any concern as to approving or clearing for marketing any product being developed or proposed to be developed by the Company.

 

(ii) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

(jj) Stock Option Plans. Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

 

(kk) Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Purchaser’s request.

 

(ll) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

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(mm) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

(nn) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506 under the Securities Act, none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Purchasers a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

(oo) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.

 

(pp) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Purchasers in writing, prior to the Closing Date of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein):

 

(a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is either an individual or an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by such Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar action, as applicable, on the part of such Purchaser. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Purchaser, and when delivered by such Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

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(b) Understandings or Arrangements. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Securities (this representation and warranty not limiting such Purchaser’s right to sell the Securities in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws). Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities hereunder in the ordinary course of its business. In connection with its decision to purchase the Securities, the Purchaser received and is relying only upon the Transaction Documents and the documents incorporated by reference therein and has not relied on any other information provided by the Company or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Company.

 

(c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Securities, it was, and as of the date hereof it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

(e) General Solicitation. Such Purchaser is not, to such Purchaser’s knowledge, purchasing the Securities as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the Securities published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

(f) No Company Advice. Such Purchaser understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented to such Purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities constitutes legal, tax or investment advice by the Company or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Company. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Securities.

 

(g) Accredited Investor Questionnaire. At the Closing, the Purchaser has delivered to the Company executed copies of an Accredited Investor Questionnaire, in the forms provided by the Company to the Purchaser. Purchaser represents that such documents are true, complete and accurate in all respects.

 

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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in this Section 3.2 shall not modify, amend or affect such Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE IV.
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1 Transfer Restrictions. The Securities may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement. The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1, of a legend on any of the Securities in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares to a financial institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and who agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if required under the terms of such arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Shares to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of legal counsel of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser’s expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Shares may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Shares.

 

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Certificates evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof), (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if such 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 Commission).

 

Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, agrees with the Company that such Purchaser 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, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 4.1 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

4.2 Warrant Shares. If all or any portion of a Warrant is exercised at a time when there is an effective registration statement to cover the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares or if the Warrant is exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to the terms of the Warrant and the Warrant Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(b)(1), the Warrant Shares issued pursuant to any such exercise shall be issued free of all legends.

 

4.3 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market such that it would require shareholder approval prior to the closing of such other transaction unless shareholder approval is obtained before the closing of such subsequent transaction.

 

4.4 Shareholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other Person, that any Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that any Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving Securities under the Transaction Documents or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchasers.

 

4.5 Non-Public Information. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company covenants and agrees that neither it, nor any other Person acting on its behalf, will provide any Purchaser or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have entered into a written agreement with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing covenant in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

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4.6 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and shall not use such proceeds: (a) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company’s debt (other than payment of trade payables in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and prior practices), (b) for the redemption of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, (c) for the settlement of any outstanding litigation or (d) in violation of FCPA or OFAC regulations.

 

4.7 Indemnification of Purchasers. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.6, the Company will indemnify and hold each Purchaser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners, employees and agents (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each Person who controls such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, shareholders, agents, members, partners or employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling persons (each, a “Purchaser Party”) harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of investigation that any such Purchaser Party may suffer or incur as a result of or relating to (a) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents or (b) any action instituted against the Purchaser Parties in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Purchaser Party, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Purchaser Party’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Purchaser Party may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Purchaser Party of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Purchaser Party which constitutes fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or malfeasance). If any action shall be brought against any Purchaser Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Purchaser Party shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser Party. Any Purchaser Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Purchaser Party except to the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there is, in the reasonable opinion of counsel, a material conflict on any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such Purchaser Party, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. The Company will not be liable to any Purchaser Party under this Agreement (y) for any settlement by a Purchaser Party effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; or (z) to the extent, but only to the extent that a loss, claim, damage or liability is attributable to any Purchaser Party’s breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by such Purchaser Party in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The indemnification required by this Section 4.6 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 are incurred, subject to recoupment if the Purchaser Party is found to not be entitled to indemnification for such amount(s). The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to any cause of action or similar right of any Purchaser Party against the Company or others and any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to law.

 

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4.8 Reservation of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, the Company has reserved and thereafter, the Company shall continue to reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to issue Shares pursuant to this Agreement and Warrant Shares pursuant to any exercise of the Warrants.

 

4.9 Listing of Common Stock. The Company hereby agrees to use best efforts to maintain the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Trading Market on which it is currently listed, and concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall apply to list or quote all of the Shares on such Trading Market and promptly secure the listing of all of the Shares on such Trading Market. The Company further agrees, if the Company applies to have the Common Stock traded on any other Trading Market other than its current Trading Market, it will then include in such application all of the Shares and Warrant Shares, and will take such other action as is necessary to cause all of the Shares and Warrant Shares to be listed or quoted on such other Trading Market as promptly as possible. For so long as the Common Stock trades or is listed for quotation on a Trading Market, the Company agrees to maintain the eligibility of the Common Stock for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation, including, without limitation, by timely payment of fees to the Depository Trust Company or such other established clearing corporation in connection with such electronic transfer.

 

4.10 Blue Sky Filings. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Securities for, sale to the Purchasers at the applicable Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser

 

4.11 [RESERVED]

 

4.12 [RESERVED]

 

4.13 Certain Transactions and Confidentiality. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that neither it nor any Affiliate acting on its behalf or pursuant to any understanding with it will execute any purchases or sales, including Short Sales of any of the Company’s securities during the period commencing with the execution of this Agreement and ending at such time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company, such Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of the existence and terms of this transaction and the information included in the Transaction Documents and the Disclosure Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) no Purchaser makes any representation, warranty or covenant hereby that it will not engage in effecting transactions in any securities of the Company after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced, (ii) no Purchaser shall be restricted or prohibited from effecting any transactions in any securities of the Company in accordance with applicable securities laws from and after the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are first publicly announced pursuant to the initial press release as described in Section 4.4 and (iii) no Purchaser shall have any duty of confidentiality to the Company or its Subsidiaries after the issuance of the initial disclosure of the transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Purchaser that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Purchaser’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Securities covered by this Agreement.

 

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4.14 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Shares as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Shares for, sale to the Purchasers at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Purchaser.

 

4.15 Equal Treatment of Purchasers. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Purchaser by the Company and negotiated separately by each Purchaser, and is intended for the Company to treat the Purchasers as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Purchasers acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Shares or otherwise.

 

4.16 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, by 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day immediately following the date hereof, file a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto. From and after the issuance of such disclosure, the Company represents to the Purchaser that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to any of the Purchasers by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company and each Purchaser shall consult with each other in issuing any other disclosures with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company, with respect to any press release of any Purchaser, or without the prior consent of each Purchaser, with respect to any press release of the Company, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except: (a) as required by federal securities law in connection with (i) any registration statement and (ii) the filing of final Transaction Documents with the Commission (including signature pages thereto) and (b) to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure permitted under this clause (b).

 

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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Purchaser, as to such Purchaser’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Purchasers, by written notice to the other parties, if the applicable Closing in which such Purchaser is participating has not been consummated on or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following such Purchaser’s execution of this Agreement and delivery of the items referred to in Section 2.3(b) to the Company; provided, however, that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by any other party (or parties).

 

5.2 Fees and Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including, without limitation, any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company and any exercise notice delivered by a Purchaser), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Purchasers.

 

5.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

5.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto at or prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or email attachment at the facsimile number or email address as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices and communications shall be as set forth on the signature pages attached hereto.

 

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5.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least 67% in interest of the Shares then outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

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

 

5.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Purchaser (other than by merger). Any Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided that such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Purchasers.”

 

5.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.6.

 

5.9 Governing Law; Venue. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal Proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Nevada. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Nevada for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such Proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then, in addition to the obligations of the Company under Section 4.6, the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.

 

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5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

 

5.11 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the applicable Closing and the delivery of the Securities.

 

5.12 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

5.13 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

5.14 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

 

5.15 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

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5.16 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Company will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any Action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

5.17 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser pursuant to any Transaction Document or a Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

5.18 Independent Nature of Purchasers’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any Proceeding for such purpose. Each Purchaser has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in its review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any of the Purchasers.

 

5.19 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

5.20 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel have reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments thereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

VITALITY BIOPHARMA, INC.  
                  
By:    
     
Name:    
     
Title:    

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SIGNATURE PAGE FOR PURCHASER FOLLOWS]

 

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[PURCHASER SIGNATURE PAGE TO VITALITY BIOPHARMA, INC.

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

Name of Purchaser:  

 

Signature of

Authorized Signatory of Purchaser:

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory (if applicable):  

 

Title of Authorized Signatory (if applicable):  

 

Email Address of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Facsimile Number of Authorized Signatory:  

 

Address for Notice to Purchaser:

 

 
 
 

 

Address for Delivery of Securities to Purchaser (if not same as address for notice):

 

 
 
 

 

Subscription Amount: $________________

 

Shares:    

 

Warrant Shares:    

 

Social Security or EIN Number:    

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Warrant

 

[attached hereto

 

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EX-10.2 4 ex10-2.htm

 

SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

VITALITY BIOPHARMA, INC.

 

and

 

SUMMIT HEALTHTECH, INC.

 

THIS SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 19, 2018 by and between Vitality Biopharma, Inc. (“Vitality Biopharma”), a Nevada corporation, and the shareholders of Summit Healthtech, Inc., (“Summit Healthtech”), a Nevada corporation. Vitality Biopharma and the shareholders of Summit Healthtech are sometimes referred to herein each as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, all of the shareholders of Summit Healthtech (the “Healthtech Shareholders”), will execute counterpart signature pages hereto;

 

WHEREAS, the Healthtech Shareholders desire to transfer all of the outstanding shares of Summit Healthtech to Vitality Biopharma, transferring each share of common stock of Summit Healthtech in exchange for two (2) shares of Vitality Biopharma common stock;

 

WHEREAS, Vitality Biopharma desires to issue 6,000,000 shares of Vitality Biopharma, Inc. $0.001 par value common stock (“Vitality Biopharma Shares”) to the Healthtech Shareholders in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Summit Healthtech’s $0.001 par value common stock (“Summit Healthtech Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, the Parties intend for the transactions described herein to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Vitality Biopharma and the Sole Director of Summit Healthtech have determined that an acquisition of Summit Healthtech’s outstanding shares by Vitality Biopharma through a voluntary exchange with the Healthtech Shareholders (the “Share Exchange”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, would be fair and in the best interests of their respective shareholders, and such Boards of Directors, along with the Healthtech Shareholders, have approved such Share Exchange, pursuant to which the issued and outstanding Summit Healthtech Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined below) will be exchanged for the right to receive the Vitality Biopharma Shares.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual warranties, representations, covenants, and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

 
 

 

ARTICLE 1

 

SHARE EXCHANGE

 

1.1 Terms of the Share Exchange.

 

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Healthtech Shareholders do hereby transfer, assign and deliver to Vitality Biopharma in a voluntary share exchange, as of the Effective Time, and Vitality Biopharma does hereby accept from Healthtech Shareholders, 3,000,000 Summit Healthtech Shares, which constitutes all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Summit Healthtech in exchange for the issuance and delivery to Healthtech Shareholders of certificates totaling 6,000,000 Vitality Biopharma Shares.

 

(b) Healthtech Shareholders, as of the Effective Time, hereby convey to Vitality Biopharma good, valid and marketable title to the Summit Healthtech Shares free and clear of any and all liens, encumbrances, liabilities, obligations, restrictions (other than applicable securities laws restrictions) or rights of others of any character whatsoever. On the date specified in Section 1.2 below, Healthtech Shareholders shall deliver to Vitality Biopharma stock certificates evidencing the Summit Healthtech Shares registered in the name of Healthtech Shareholders, duly endorsed to Vitality Biopharma on the reverse thereof or accompanied by a duly executed stock power, as is necessary to enable their transfer.

 

(c) Vitality Biopharma, as of the Effective Time, does hereby convey to Healthtech Shareholders good, valid and marketable title to the Vitality Biopharma Shares free and clear of any and all liens, encumbrances, liabilities, obligations, restrictions (other than applicable securities laws restrictions) or rights of others of any character whatsoever, except as specified within a separate lock-up agreement entered into with each Healthtech Shareholder. On the date specified in Section 1.2 below, Vitality Biopharma shall deliver to Healthtech Shareholders stock certificates evidencing the Vitality Biopharma Shares registered in the name of each Healthtech Shareholder. The Vitality Biopharma Shares shall be allocated amongst the Healthtech Shareholders in the same proportion in which the Summit Healthtech Shares were held by such Healthtech Shareholders.

 

1.2 Effective Time; Time and Place of Closing.

 

(a) The Share Exchange shall become effective at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the day specified by the Parties and otherwise at 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the day specified as the closing date (the “Effective Time”). The delivery of certificates contemplated by this Agreement will take place on the day immediately following the Effective Time at Vitality Biopharma’s principal offices or electronically as may be mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

 

 
 

 

1.3 Charters, Other Governing Documents and Directors and Officers.

 

(a) The charters and other governing documents of each of Vitality Biopharma and Summit Healthtech in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time are not amended hereby and shall remain in effect after the Effective Time until duly amended or repealed.

 

(b) The officers and directors of Vitality Biopharma and Summit Healthtech, together with such additional persons as may thereafter be elected, shall continue to serve as the directors and officers of such entities from and after the Effective Time.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF HEALTHTECH SHAREHOLDERS

 

Healthtech Shareholders hereby represent and warrant to Vitality Biopharma as follows, severally and not jointly:

 

2.1 Organization, Standing, and Power.

 

Summit Healthtech is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its assets. Summit Healthtech is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign corporation in good standing in California and each other state of the United States where the character of its assets or the nature or conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified or licensed.

 

2.2 Authority of Healthtech Shareholders; No Breach By Agreement.

 

Each Healthtech Shareholders has the power and authority necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the Share Exchange, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action in respect thereof on the part of such Healthtech Shareholders. This Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Healthtech Shareholder, enforceable against such Healthtech Shareholder in accordance with its terms.

 

2.3 Capital Stock.

 

Assuming no breach of a representation or warranty of and by the other Healthtech Shareholders, the Healthtech Shareholders are together the beneficial owner of all right, title and interest (legal and beneficial) in and to all issued and outstanding Summit Healthtech Shares, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except for restrictions on resale pursuant to applicable state and federal securities laws. Assuming no breach of a representation or warranty of and by the other Healthtech Shareholders, upon the Effective Time, good, valid and marketable title to all issued and outstanding Summit Healthtech Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will be transferred to and held by Vitality Biopharma.

 

 
 

 

2.4 Absence of Changes.

 

Except as contemplated by this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, since the closing of the Share Purchase Agreement between the shareholders of The Control Center and Summit Healthtech dated October 12, (a) Summit Healthtech has conducted its business in the ordinary course in all material respects, and (b) there has not been any change, event, circumstance, development or effect that individually or in the aggregate has had, or is reasonably likely to have, a material adverse effect on Summit Healthtech or its business.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF VITALITY BIOPHARMA

 

Vitality Biopharma hereby represents and warrants to Healthtech Shareholders as follows:

 

3.1 Organization, Standing, and Power.

 

Vitality Biopharma is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own, lease and operate its assets. Vitality Biopharma is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the states of the United States where the character of its assets or the nature or conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified or licensed.

 

3.2 Authority of Vitality Biopharma; No Breach By Agreement.

 

(a) Vitality Biopharma has the corporate power and authority necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the Share Exchange, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action in respect thereof on the part of Vitality Biopharma. This Agreement represents a legal, valid, and binding obligation of Vitality Biopharma enforceable against Vitality Biopharma in accordance with its terms.

 

(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Vitality Biopharma, nor the consummation by Vitality Biopharma of the transactions contemplated hereby, will (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Vitality Biopharma or (ii) constitute or result in a default under, or require any consent pursuant to, any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to Vitality Biopharma or any of its material assets.

 

 
 

 

3.3 Securities Purchase Agreement Representations and Warranties.

 

The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, between the Purchasers and Vitality Biopharma, dated October 19, 2018 (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) shall be deemed incorporated herein, as if such representations and warranties given by Vitality Biopharma to each Purchaser (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) are given to each Healthtech Shareholder, and any representations concerning the Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) are given in reference to the Vitality Biopharma Shares.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

UNITED STATES INCOME TAX TREATMENT

 

4.1 Income Tax Treatment.

 

For all United States income tax purposes, the Parties intend for the Share Exchange to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code. The Parties shall report the Share Exchange for all United States income tax purposes consistent therewith, and shall not take any position inconsistent with this Section 4.1 in the course of any tax audit, tax review or tax litigation matter relating hereto. For all Canadian income tax purposes, the Parties intend for the Share Exchange to qualify as a tax-free exchange under section 85.1 (5) of the Income Tax Act of Canada, and the exchange of shares is strictly for the value of the Summit shares and not related to any past or future compensation.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

TERMINATION

 

5.1 Termination.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated and the Share Exchange abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time: (a) by the mutual written agreement of Healthtech Shareholders and Vitality Biopharma; or (b) by either Party (provided that the terminating Party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or other agreement contained in this Agreement) if the other Party is in material breach of a representation, warranty or covenant contained herein that cannot be cured prior to the Effective Time. In the event of the termination and abandonment of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 5.1, this Agreement shall become void in its entirety and have no effect and neither party shall have any liability to any other Party hereunder.

 

 
 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1 Entire Agreement.

 

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the Share Exchange and the transactions contemplated hereunder and supersedes all prior arrangements or understandings with respect thereto, written or oral. Nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity, whether as third party beneficiaries or otherwise, other than the Parties or their respective successors, any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

6.2 Amendments and Waivers.

 

To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement may be amended by a subsequent writing signed by each of the Parties. No waiver in one or more instances shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of any other condition or of the breach of any other term of this Agreement or a waiver for any period, except as expressly stated in such waiver.

 

6.3 Assignment.

 

Except as expressly contemplated hereby, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any Party hereto without the prior written consent of the other Parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

6.4 Governing Law.

 

Regardless of any conflict of law or choice of law principles that might otherwise apply, the Parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

6.5 Payment of Expenses.

 

Each Party will pay its own expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the Share Exchange.

 

6.6 Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

 
 

 

6.7 Captions; Articles and Sections.

 

The captions, headings and section references contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in interpreting the provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to particular Articles or Sections shall mean and refer to the referenced Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

 

6.8 Severability.

 

Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable, shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable this Agreement or any of its remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  VITALITY BIOPHARMA INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: Robert Brooke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

HEALTHTECH SHAREHOLDER COUNTERPART SIGNATURE PAGE TO

 

SUMMIT HEALTHTECH INC.

 

SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, desiring to enter into the Share Exchange Agreement among Vitality Biopharma Inc., a Nevada corporation, and the shareholders that are party thereto, dated October ___, 2018, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time (the “Agreement”), hereby executes this Counterpart Signature Page to be attached to the Agreement and agrees to all the terms and provisions thereof and to be bound thereby. Execution of this Counterpart Signature Page shall constitute execution of the Agreement, and when such page is attached thereto, shall become a party thereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Counterpart Signature Page to Agreement, as of the Effective Time.

 

If an Entity:   If an Individual:
     
     

(Signature of Authorized Representative of

Shareholder)

  (Signature of Shareholder)
     
     
(Printed Name of Shareholder)   (Printed Name of Shareholder)
     
     

(Printed Name and Title of Authorized

Representative of Shareholder

   

 

 

 
 

 

EX-10.3 5 ex10-3.htm

 

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

October ___, 2018

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned irrevocably agrees with Vitality Biopharma, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), that, from the date hereof (the “Commencement Date”) until [October ___, 2021] (such period, the “Restriction Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any Affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company or any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument or security of the Company or any subsidiary that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock that were acquired by the undersigned under the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement by and among the Company and the shareholders party thereto, that are beneficially owned, held or hereafter acquired by the undersigned (the “Securities”). Beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In order to enforce this covenant, the Company shall impose irrevocable stop-transfer instructions preventing the transfer agent of the Company from effecting any actions in violation of this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, starting on October ___, 2019 and on each annual anniversary of that date during the Restriction Period, the undersigned shall gain the right to sell up to 1/3 (33.333%) of the shares of Common Stock held by the undersigned, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the Commencement Date, an amount that will accumulate so that the undersigned shall have the right to sell all (100%) of the Common Stock held by the undersigned on October ____, 2021.

 

If the undersigned has executed an employment or consulting agreement with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company and such employment or consulting agreement is terminated at any time during the Restriction Period, the undersigned agrees to submit for cancellation all Common Stock subject to this Agreement that has not been released on the date of such termination.

 

Affiliate” means any person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

The undersigned acknowledges that the Company shall be entitled to specific performance of the undersigned’s obligations hereunder. The undersigned hereby represents that the undersigned has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and that the undersigned has received adequate consideration therefor.

 

 
 

 

This Agreement may not be amended or otherwise modified in any respect without the written consent of each of the Company and the undersigned. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The undersigned hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court sitting in the District of Nevada and the courts of the State of Nevada, for the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that (i) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, (ii) the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (iii) the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper. The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent to it at the address in the Company’s records and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The undersigned hereby waives any right to a trial by jury. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

By its signature below, the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that, reflecting this Agreement, it will provide stop-transfer instructions preventing the transfer agent of the Company from effecting any actions in violation of this Lock-Up Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding on successors and assigns of the undersigned with respect to the Securities.

 

*** SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS***

 

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This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together may be considered one and the same agreement.

 

   
Name of Shareholder  
   
   
Signature of Shareholder or Authorized Signatory of Shareholder  
   
   
Name of Authorized Signatory of Shareholder  

 

Address for Notice:  
   
   
   
   

 

Facsimile Number:    

 

   
Number of shares of Common Stock  

 

 
Number of shares of Common Stock underlying subject to warrants, options, debentures or other convertible securities

 

By signing below, the Company agrees to enforce the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement.

 

VITALITY BIOPHARMA, INC.  
     
By:    
Name: Robert Brooke  
Title: CEO  

 

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EX-10.4 6 ex10-4.htm

 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 12, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), by and among SUMMIT HEALTHTECH, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”), THE CONTROL CENTER, INC., a California corporation (the “Company”), and DR. ARIF (REEF) KARIM (the “Shareholder”). Buyer, the Company, and the Shareholder are referred to collectively herein as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.” Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Article 7 below.

 

RECITALS

 

The Shareholder owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (the “Shares”). The Shareholder desires to assign and contribute to Buyer the Shares, and Buyer desires to accept all (but not less than all) of the Shares, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties, and covenants and agreements herein contained, the Parties agree as follows.

 

ARTICLE I
PURCHASE OF SHARES

 

1.1 Purchase. In accordance with the terms and upon the conditions of this Agreement, the Shareholder will sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Buyer all right, title and interest in and to all of the Shares, free and clear of all Liens, for the consideration set forth in Section 1.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) on the Closing, the Shareholder will sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to the Buyer all right, title and interest in and to 36,750 Shares, free and clear of all Liens (the “Initial Shares”), and (b) pursuant to Section 3.3(h), the Shareholder will, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to the Buyer all right, title and interest in and to 38,250 Shares, free and clear of all Liens (the “Secondary Shares”).

 

1.2 Consideration. In accordance with the terms and upon the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Buyer shall pay Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000) to Shareholder (the “Closing Payment”), paid in immediately available funds on the Closing, notwithstanding that the Secondary Shares may not transfer to the Buyer until after Closing.

 

1.3 Closing. The closing of the transfer, assignment and purchase of the Initial Shares, and the closing of the purchase of the Secondary Shares (the “Closing”) (such transfer and assignment of the Secondary Shares to occur in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 3.3(h)) shall take place at the offices of the Buyer, on the Effective Date, or at such other time and place as Buyer and the Shareholder may agree in writing (the “Closing Date”). All transactions contemplated herein to occur on and as of the Closing Date shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously and to be effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date.

 

1.4 Conditions to Closing.

 

(a) Conditions of All Parties. The respective obligations of the parties to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by both Buyer and the Shareholder at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

 

(i) No Injunction or Restraint. There shall not be in effect any temporary or permanent restraining order, decree, ruling or injunction or other order of a court or other Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction directing that the transactions contemplated herein not be consummated, or making such consummation unlawful, or otherwise materially limiting or restricting ownership or operation of the Business as conducted prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that each of the parties shall have used their reasonable commercial efforts to prevent the entry of any such temporary or permanent restraining order, injunction or other order; and

 

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(ii) No Action. No action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any Governmental Body shall be pending or threatened in writing wherein an unfavorable judgment, decree or order would prevent the carrying out of this Agreement, any other document contemplated in connection herewith, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, declare unlawful the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, cause such transactions to be rescinded, or which could reasonably be expected to affect the right of the Company to operate the Business.

 

(b) Conditions of Buyer. The obligations of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or waiver by the Buyer of, at or prior to the Closing, the following conditions:

 

(i) Accuracy of Warranties and Performance of Covenants. The representations and warranties of Shareholder contained in Section 2 shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any materiality qualifier or any amendment, modification or supplement to the Disclosure Schedule) in each case as if made on and as of the Closing, other than representations and warranties that expressly refer only as of a specific date (in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date), except (in all cases) to the extent that the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct does not, individually or in the aggregate, constitute or would not reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Effect. The Shareholder shall have performed in all material respects all of the obligations and complied in all material respects with all of the covenants, agreements and conditions set forth in this Agreement or any other document contemplated hereby and required to be performed or complied with by the Shareholder on or prior to the Closing.

 

(ii) Material Adverse Effect. Since the Effective Date, there has not been an event or series of events resulting in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iii) Deliverables. The Buyer shall have received each of the following documents: (1) appropriate instruments of transfer to convey the Initial Shares to Buyer (including stock certificates evidencing the Initial Shares, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers or other instruments of transfer duly executed in blank); (2) appropriate instruments of transfer to convey the Secondary Shares to Buyer (including stock certificates evidencing the Secondary Shares, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers or other instruments of transfer duly executed in blank) to be held in escrow by the Company until the Secondary Transfer Event; (3) a Share Restriction Agreement, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, in substantially the form which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Share Restriction Agreement”), duly executed by Shareholder and the Company; (4) good standing certificates for the Company from the State of California; (3) employment agreement, between the Buyer and Shareholder, in substantially the form which is attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Shareholder Employment Agreement”) duly executed by Shareholder; (4) a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, certifying that: (x) each of the conditions set forth in Section 1.4(b)(i) have been satisfied; and (y) attached thereto are true and complete copies of all resolutions adopted by the Shareholder and directors of the Company authorizing the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that all such resolutions are in full force and effect.

 

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(c) Conditions of the Shareholder. The obligations of the Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or waiver by the Shareholder of, at or prior to the Closing, the following conditions:

 

(i) Accuracy of Warranties and Performance of Covenants. The representations and warranties of the Buyer contained in Section 2 shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any amendment, modification or supplement to the Disclosure Schedules) in each case as if made on and as of the Closing Date, other than representations and warranties that expressly refer only as of a specific date (in which case such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of such date), except (in all cases) to the extent that the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not materially or adversely affect the ability of Buyer to carry out its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement. Buyer shall have performed in all material respects all of the obligations and complied in all material respects with all of the covenants, agreements and conditions set forth in this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated in connection herewith required to be performed or complied with by Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(ii) Deliverables. The Buyer shall have delivered: (1) the Closing Payment; (2) the Share Restriction Agreement; and (3) the Shareholder Employment Agreement.

 

1.5 Intentionally Deleted

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

2.1 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Shareholder. The Shareholder represents and warrants to Buyer that the statements contained in this Section 2.1 are correct and complete as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except as set forth in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedule.

 

(a) Authorization of Transaction. The Shareholder has full power, authority and legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and any of the agreements being executed and delivered by the Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement (the “Ancillary Agreements”) to which the Shareholder is a party, and to perform the Shareholder’s obligations hereunder and thereunder. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by Buyer, this Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Shareholder, enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, upon the execution and delivery by the Shareholder of each Ancillary Agreement to which the Shareholder is a party, such Ancillary Agreement will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Shareholder, enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with the terms of such Ancillary Agreement, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies. The Shareholder is not required to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any Consent of any Governmental Body or any other Person in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which the Shareholder is a party.

 

(b) Non-contravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Agreements to which the Shareholder is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will: (i) violate or conflict in any material respect with any Law or Order to which the Shareholder is subject; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any material Contract to which the Shareholder is a party or by which he, she or it is bound or to which any of his, her or its assets is subject; or (iii) result in the imposition or creation of a Lien upon or with respect to the Shares.

 

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(c) Brokers’ Fees. The Shareholder has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

 

(d) Shares. The Shareholder holds of record and owns beneficially all of the Shares, free and clear of any Liens. The Shareholder is not a party to any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract or commitment that could require the Shareholder to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any Shares (other than this Agreement). The Initial Shares represent forty-nine percent (49%) of the issued and outstanding stock or other ownership interests in the Company. The Secondary Shares represent fifty-one percent (51%) of the issued and outstanding stock or other ownership interests in the Company. Shareholder is not a party to any voting trust, proxy, or other Contract with respect to the voting of any Shares. On the Closing Date, upon the payment of the Closing Payment in accordance with Section 1.4(c), the Initial Shares held by the Shareholder will be acquired by Buyer free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens which may result from any actions taken by Buyer), and Buyer will have good and marketable title to the Shares. Upon the payment of the Closing Payment in accordance with Section 1.4(c), the Secondary Shares held by the Shareholder will be acquired by Buyer free and clear of all Liens (other than any Liens which may result from any actions taken by Buyer), and Buyer will have good and marketable title to the Shares, subject to and in accordance with Section 3.3(h).

 

(e) Litigation. The Shareholder is not engaged in or a party to, or to the Knowledge of the Shareholder threatened with, any complaint, charge, Proceeding, Order, or other process or procedure for settling disputes or disagreements with respect to the Company or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Shareholder has not received written or, to the Knowledge of the Shareholder, oral notice, of a claim or dispute that is reasonably likely to result in any such complaint, charge, Proceeding, Order, or other process or procedure for settling disputes or disagreements with respect to the Company or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Shareholder has not received any charge, complaint, claim, demand, or notice alleging that the Company has interfered with, infringed, misappropriated, or violated any Intellectual Property rights of third parties in any respect (including any claim that the Company must license or refrain from using any Intellectual Property rights of any third party).

 

(f) Intentionally Deleted

 

2.2 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Company. The Shareholder represents and warrants to Buyer that the statements contained in this Section 2.2 are correct and complete as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, except as set forth in the corresponding section of the Disclosure Schedule.

 

(a) Organization, Qualification, and Power. The Company is incorporated in California and is not licensed or qualified to do business in any other jurisdiction or state The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of California. The Company is duly authorized to conduct its business and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where such qualification is required. The Company has the full corporate power and authority and all Permits necessary to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own, lease and use the properties owned, leased and used by it. Section 2.2(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the board of directors and officers of the Company. The Shareholder has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of the Company, the minute book and stock record books for the Company, each of which is correct and complete in all material respects. The Company is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents.

 

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(b) Capitalization and Subsidiaries. All of the Shares are owned beneficially and of record by the Shareholder. The Initial Shares represent forty-nine percent (49%) of the issued and outstanding stock or other ownership interests in the Company. The Secondary Shares represent fifty-one percent (51%) of the issued and outstanding stock or other ownership interests in the Company. All of the Shares have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable and have been issued without violation of any preemptive right or other right to purchase. There are no other stock or other ownership interests in the Company or outstanding securities convertible or exchangeable into stock or other ownership interests of the Company, and there are no options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or other Contracts that could require the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem stock or other ownership interests in the Company. There are no outstanding or authorized equity appreciation, phantom equity, profit participation, or similar rights with respect to the Company. There are no voting trusts, proxies, or other Contracts with respect to the voting of the stock or other ownership interests of the Company. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Buyer will be the sole owner, beneficially and of record, of one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding stock of the Company, free and clear of any Liens. The Company has no Subsidiaries or equity interests in any other Person.

 

(c) Non-contravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company, or the Shareholder is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (i) violate or conflict with any Law or Order to which the Company is subject, (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Company, or (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice Consent or payment under any Contract, Permit, instrument, or other arrangement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any Lien upon any of its assets). The Company is not required to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any Consent or Permit of any Governmental Body or other Person, nor any Governmental Authorization in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.

 

(d) Brokers’ Fees. The Company has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(e) Assets. The Company has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest or license in, the properties and assets (tangible and intangible) used by it, located on its premises, or shown on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or acquired after the date thereof, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. The liens set forth on Section 2.2(e) of the Disclosure Schedule are Permitted Liens. The assets, properties and rights owned by the Company are all the assets, properties and rights used by the Company in the operation of the Business or necessary to operate the business of the Company, consistent with past practice.

 

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(f) Financial Matters.

 

(i) Attached to Section 2.2(f)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule are correct and complete copies of the following financial statements of the Company (collectively, the “Financial Statements”): (1) unaudited balance sheets, statements of income, shareholder’s equity, and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Most Recent Fiscal Year End”); and (2) unaudited estimated balance sheets, statements of income, and shareholder’s equity, and cash flows (the “Most Recent Financial Statements”) as of and for the 3 month period ended March 31, 2018 (the “Most Recent Fiscal Month End”). The Financial Statements are correct and complete, are consistent with the books and records of the Company (which are in turn correct and complete), have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operation, changes in equity and cash flow of the Company as of and for their respective dates and for the periods then ending; provided, however, that the Most Recent Financial Statements are subject to normal, recurring year-end adjustments (none of which will be material individually or in the aggregate).

 

(ii) Since the date of the Most Recent Fiscal Year End, the Company has operated its business and affairs in the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

(iii) Attached to Section 2.2(f)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule is a true, correct and complete list of all notes and accounts receivable of the Company as of the Closing Date (together, the “Receivables”), all of which constitute bona fide receivables resulting from the sale of inventory, services or other obligations in favor of the Company as to which full performance has been fully rendered, and are valid and enforceable claims. The Company has not received notice that any of the Receivables are subject to any pending or threatened defense, counterclaim, right of offset, returns, allowances or credits, except to the extent reserved against the accounts receivable.

 

(iv) Attached to Section 2.2(f)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule is a true, correct and complete list of the accounts payable and accrued expenses of the Company as of the Closing Date, which (1) represent all accounts payable and accrued expenses of the Company, (2) arose from bona fide transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (3) are not yet due and payable in the Ordinary Course of Business, or are being contested by the Company in good faith.

 

(v) Section 2.2(f)(v) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of: (i) each bank, savings and loan or similar financial institution in which the Company has an account or safety deposit box and the numbers of the accounts or safety deposit boxes maintained by the Company thereat; and (ii) the names of all persons authorized to draw on each such account or to have access to any such safety deposit box facility, together with a description of the authority (and conditions thereof, if any) of each such person with respect thereto.

 

(g) Undisclosed Liabilities. Other than the Company’s line of credit and credit card obligations set forth on Section 2.2(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not have any obligation or liability (whether known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due), except for obligations or liabilities that: (i) are accrued or reserved against in the Most Recent Financial Statements or (ii) were incurred subsequent to the Most Recent Fiscal Month End in the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

(h) Legal Compliance. The Company, its predecessors, Affiliates, and the Business have complied and are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and Orders, and no Proceeding has been filed or commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened alleging any failure so to comply. The Company has not received any notice or communication alleging any non-compliance of the foregoing. Without limitation, the Company is in compliance with the provisions of federal Law, as well as any related or substantively similar state or local Laws and, and the Company is in compliance with the regulations promulgated under each such Law. Each employee of the Company who is required by any Law to have a license or certification in order to perform services on behalf any of the Company is so licensed and certified and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each such employee is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of such license and certificate. The Company has received from each independent contractor of the Company who is required by any Law to have a license or certification in order to perform services on behalf of the Company copies of such license or certification. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no reason to believe that any of Company’s independent contractors is not so licensed or certified or is not in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of such license and certificate. The Company has a certificate of insurance from each independent contractor of the Company that such person has in place malpractice insurance and copies of such certificates of insurance have been provided to Buyer.

 

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(i) Permits. Section 2.2(i) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a correct and complete list all Permits held by the Company. Such Permits: (i) constitute all Permits necessary for the operation of the business of the Company; and (ii) are in full force and effect. No Proceeding is pending or threatened to revoke or limit any Permit.

 

(j) Anti-Corruption. Neither the Company nor any of its officers, managers, equity holders, directors, agents, employees or any other Persons acting on its behalf has: (i) made or offered to make any illegal payment to any officer or employee of any Governmental Body, or any employee, customer or supplier of the Company, or (ii) accepted or received any unlawful contributions, payments, expenditures or gifts; and no Proceeding has been filed or commenced, or threatened in writing, alleging any such payments. None of the officers, managers, equity holders, directors, agents, or employees of the Company are a government official.

 

(k) Tax Matters.

 

(i) Each of the returns required to be filed by the Company on or before the Closing Date (the “Company Returns”) with respect to any income, franchise, sales, property, employment or any other tax or governmental charge (or by the Shareholder with respect to the Company or its operations) with any Governmental Body: (1) has been timely filed (including any extensions); and (2) has been prepared in compliance with any applicable Laws. All amounts, whether or not shown on the Company Returns, due on or before the Closing Date have been paid, except to the extent such amounts are being contested in good faith by the Company or are properly reserved for on the books or records of the Company, as provided to the Buyer. All taxes that the Company has been required to collect or withhold on or before the date of this Agreement have been duly collected or withheld and, to the extent required when due, have been duly paid to the proper Governmental Body. The Company has delivered, or made available to the Buyer, correct and complete copies of all Company Returns, examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Company on or after January 1, 2014 until the Closing Date.

 

(ii) There has not been any audit of any Company Return by any Governmental Body. No audit of any such Company Return is in progress, and neither the Company nor any Shareholder has been notified in writing by any Governmental Body that any such audit is contemplated or pending. No extension of time with respect to any date on which a Company Return was required to be filed by the Company is in force, and no waiver or agreement by or with respect to the Company is in force for the extension of time for the payment of any taxes. No written claim has been made by any Governmental Body in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file tax returns that the Company is subject to taxation by that jurisdiction which would result in an obligation of the Company to pay taxes.

 

(iii) The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (1) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, (2) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (3) intercompany transactions or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law), (4) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date, (5) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date or (6) election under Section 108(i) of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law). There is no application pending with any Governmental Body requesting permission for any such change in any accounting method of the Company, and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has not issued in writing any pending proposal regarding any such adjustment or change in accounting method

 

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(iv) The Company is not a party to any agreement with any third party relating to allocating or sharing the payment of, or liability for, taxes. The Company has no liability for the taxes of any third party under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 as a transferee or successor.

 

(v) The Company has never entered into a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4.

 

(vi) Intentionally Deleted

 

(l) Real Property. The Company does not now and never has owned any real property. Section 2.2(l) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the address of the Leased Real Property, and a true and complete list of all Leases for each parcel of Leased Real Property. The Shareholder has made available to Buyer a true and complete copy of the Lease, and in the case of any oral Lease, a written summary of the material terms of the Lease. Subject to the respective terms and conditions in the Lease, the Company is the sole legal and equitable owner of the leasehold interest in the Leased Real Property and possesses good and marketable, indefeasible title thereto, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). With respect to the Leased Real Property: (i) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, threatened condemnation proceedings, suits or administrative actions relating to any such parcel or other matters affecting adversely the current use or occupancy and (ii) there are no Contracts granting to any third party or parties the right of use or occupancy of any such parcel, and there are no third parties (other than the Company) in possession of any such parcel. The Leased Real Property comprises all of the real property used or intended to be used in the business of the Company, and the Company is not a party to any Contract or option to purchase any real property or interest therein.

 

(m) Intellectual Property. Section 2.2(m) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth: (i) a true, correct and complete list of all IP Rights used, held for use, or owned by the Company (the “Intellectual Property”); and (ii) a true, correct and complete list of all licenses or similar agreements or arrangements to which the Company is a party, either as licensee or licensor, with respect to the Intellectual Property. The Company is the sole and exclusive owner of all of the Intellectual Property. The Company has received no notice of, and to the knowledge of the Company and/or the Shareholder, neither the Company nor the Shareholder has knowledge of any basis for, a claim against it that any of its operations, activities, products or publications infringes on any IP Right or other property right of a third party, or that it is illegally or otherwise using the trade secrets or any property rights of others (including any claim that the Company must license or refrain from using any intellectual property rights of any third party). The Company owns all right, title and interest to any custom or proprietary Software and telecommunications programs used in the conduct of its business. The distribution, sale and use of Software by the Company does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party. All use of Software by the Company for its intended use complies with applicable law.

 

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(n) Contracts.

 

(i) Section 2.2(n)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the following Contracts to which the Company is a party: (1) any Contract with a customer or patient that deviates in a material respect from the Company’s standard terms and conditions with its customers or patients, a copy of which standard terms and conditions is attached to Section 2.2(n)(i)(1) of the Disclosure Schedule; (2) each lease, rental, license, installment and conditional sale agreement, and other Contract affecting the ownership of, leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or other interest in, any real or personal property (except personal property leases and installment and conditional sales agreements having aggregate payments of less than $5,000 and with terms of less than one year); (3) each joint venture, partnership or Contract involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs or liabilities with any other Person; (4) each Contract containing any covenant that purports to restrict the business activity of the Company or limit the freedom of the Company to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person; (5) each power of attorney; (6) each Contract for Debt; (7) each Contract providing for the payment of any cash or other compensation or benefits upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (8) each Contract with any labor union or any bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement or any other form of deferred compensation plan or practice, whether formal or informal, or any severance agreement or arrangement; (9) each Contract under which the Company has advanced or loaned money to any other Person; (10) each Contract with a Shareholder or any Affiliate of the Company or any Shareholder; (11) each employment or consulting Contract or other Contract with any of the Company’s officers, directors, consultants or employees; (12) each confidentiality agreement and non-disclosure agreement still in effect; (13) each Contract which purports to be binding on Affiliates of the Company; and (14) any other agreement material to the Company whether or not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

(ii) The Shareholder has delivered to Buyer a correct and complete copy of each written Material Contract, together with all amendments, exhibits, attachments, waivers or other changes thereto. Section 2.2(n)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete description of all material terms of all oral Material Contracts.

 

(iii) Each Material Contract is legal, valid, binding, enforceable, in full force and effect and will continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable on identical terms following the Closing Date. Except as specifically disclosed and described in Section 2.2(n)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule: (1) no Material Contract has been breached or canceled by the Company, or to the Knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, any other party thereto; (2) the Company has performed all obligations under such Material Contracts required to be performed by the Company; (3) to the Knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, there is no event which, upon giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach or default under any such Material Contract or would permit the termination, modification or acceleration of such Material Contract; and (4) the Company has not assigned, delegated or otherwise transferred to any Person any of its rights, title or interest under any such Material Contract.

 

(o) Insurance. Section 2.2(o) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each insurance policy, bond and surety arrangement with respect to which the Company is a party, a named insured, or otherwise the beneficiary of coverage (collectively, the “Company Insurance Agreements”): (i) the name of the insurer, the name of the policyholder, and the name of each covered insured; and (ii) the policy number and the period of coverage. There is no claim by the Company or any other Person pending under any such policies and bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed. All premiums payable under all such policies and bonds have been paid. To the Knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder there are no threatened terminations of, or material premium increases with respect to, any of such policies or bonds. Section 2.2(o) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all claims made under the Company Insurance Agreements, or under any other insurance policy, bond or agreement covering the Company or its operations since January 1, 2014. The Company is the primary named insured under each Company Insurance Agreement, and neither the Shareholder nor any of its Affiliates are insured under any Company Insurance Agreement. The Company Insurance Agreements are of the type and in the amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting a business similar to the Company and are sufficient for compliance with all applicable Laws and Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

 

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(p) Litigation. Except as set forth in Section 2.2(p) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no (and there have not been any) complaints, charges, Proceedings, Orders, investigations or other process or procedure for settling disputes or disagreements with respect to the Company or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, threatened or anticipated relating to or affecting the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors, or key employees with respect to their business activities on behalf of the Company, nor are there, to the Knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, reasonable grounds for any such action. The Company has not received any written charge, complaint, claim, demand, or notice alleging that the Company has interfered with, infringed, misappropriated, or violated any Intellectual Property rights of third parties in any respect (including any claim that the Company must license or refrain from using any intellectual property rights of any third party). There is no outstanding Order to which the Company is subject. The Company is fully insured with respect to each of the matters set forth on Section 2.2(p) of the Disclosure Schedule.

 

(q) Employment Matters.

 

(i) Section 2.2(q) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list of all employees of the Company, showing for each: (1) name; (2) hire date; (3) current job title; (4) actual base salary, bonus, commission or other remuneration paid during 2017; (5) 2018 base salary level and 2018 target bonus; and (6) whether there has been any increase in compensation, bonus, incentive, or service award or any grant of any severance or termination pay or any other increase in benefits or any commitment to do any of the foregoing since December 31, 2016.

 

(ii) The Shareholder has provided Buyer with complete and correct copies of: (1) all existing severance, accrued vacation or other leave agreement, policies or retiree benefits of any such officer, employee or consultant; (2) all employee trade secret, non-compete, non-disclosure and invention assignment agreements; and (3) all manuals and handbooks applicable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee or consultant of the Company. Except as set forth on Section 2.2(q)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, the employment or consulting arrangement of each officer, employee or consultant of the Company is, subject to applicable Laws involving the wrongful termination of employees, terminable at will (without the imposition of penalties or damages) by the Company, and the Company does not have any severance obligations if any such officer, employee or consultant is terminated. The Company is not aware that any executive or key employee of the Company or any group of employees of the Company has any plans to terminate employment with the Company.

 

(iii) The Company has not experienced (nor, to the Knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, has it been threatened with) any strike, slow down, work stoppage or material grievance, claim of unfair labor practices, or other collective bargaining dispute within the past three (3) years. The Company has not committed any material unfair labor practice. The Shareholder has no Knowledge of any organizational effort presently being made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to employees of the Company. The Company has paid in full to all of its employees all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due and payable to such employees, and has complied with all wage and hour laws, including laws relating to overtime. The Company has properly classified each person providing services to the Company as either an “employee” or “independent contractor” for purposes of compliance with any and all local, state or federal employment laws. The Company has complied, in all material respects, with all Laws governing the employment of personnel by U.S. companies and the employment of non-U.S. nationals in the United States, including the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 U.S.C. Sections 1101 et seq. and its implementing regulations. The Company is in compliance with all laws governing the employment of labor, including but not limited to, all such laws relating to discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation and the collection and payment of withholding and or Social Security Taxes and similar Taxes.

 

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(r) Employee Benefits.

 

(i) The Company has no employee benefit plans. The Company may contribute a portion of an employee’s personal health insurance premium if the employee has been employed by the Company for at least a year. As of the Closing, no employees are eligible for this contribution.

 

(ii) Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (whether alone or together with any other event or events): (a) entitle any employee, officer or director of the Company to any increase in any compensation or benefits (including any cash or equity award or benefit or severance benefit); (b) accelerate the time at which any compensation, benefits or award may become payable, vested or required to be funded in respect of any such employee, officer or director; (c) entitle any employee, officer or director to any additional compensation, benefits or awards; or (d) result in payments which would not be deductible under 280G of the Code.

 

(s) Debt. Except for the bank line of credit obligation set forth on Section 2.2(g) of the Disclosure Schedule or as set forth on Section 2.2(s) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not have any Debt and is not liable for any Debt of any other Person.

 

(t) Environmental, Health, and Safety Matters. The Company and its predecessors have complied and are in compliance, in each case in all material respects, with all Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company has obtained, has complied, and is in compliance with all Permits and other authorizations that are required pursuant to Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements for the occupation of the facilities of the Company and the operation of the business of the Company. A list of all such Permits and other authorizations is set forth on Section 2.2(t) of the Disclosure Schedule. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates has received any written or oral notice, report or other information regarding any actual or alleged violation of Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements, or any liabilities or potential liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise), including any investigatory, remedial or corrective obligations, relating to any of the Company (or its predecessors) current or former facilities arising under Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements.

 

(u) Business Continuity. None of the Software, computer hardware (whether general or special purpose), telecommunications capabilities (including all voice, data and video networks) and other similar or related items of automated, computerized, and/or Software systems and any other networks or systems and related services that are used by or relied on by the Company in the conduct of its businesses (collectively, the “Systems”) have experienced bugs, failures, breakdowns, or continued substandard performance in the past twelve (12) months that has caused or reasonably could be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v) Certain Business Relationships with the Company. Except for the Shareholder’s ownership of Dr. Reef, Inc., and MadLab,, or as set forth on Section 2.2(v) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Shareholder, nor any officer, manager, partner or director of the Company nor any of the Affiliates of any of the foregoing (other than the Company):

 

(i) own, directly or indirectly, any stock or other ownership interest or investment in any Person that is a competitor, supplier, customer, lessor or lessee of the Company; provided, however, that the foregoing representation shall be deemed not to be made as to the ownership of not more than 5% of the capital stock of any such Person that has securities registered pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 of the Exchange Act;

 

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(ii) have any claim against or owes any amount to, or is owed any amount by, the Company;

 

(iii) have any interest in or owns any assets, properties or rights used in the conduct of the business of the Company;

 

(iv) is a party to any Contract to which the Company is a party or which otherwise benefits the business of the Company; or

 

(v) has received from or furnished to the Company any goods or services since the Most Recent Fiscal Year End, or is involved in any business relationship with the Company.

 

(w) Privacy and Security Policies; Privacy Statements.

 

(i) The Company has at all times maintained policies and procedures addressing privacy and information security (“Privacy and Security Policies”) and published privacy statements with respect to such policies and proceedings (each, a “Privacy Statement”). The Company is HIPPA compliant in all material respects and there has been no material breach or violation of the Privacy and Security Policies at any time.

 

(ii) Personal Data Protection Practices. Section 2.2(w)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule sets out a copy or summary of the Company’s Privacy and Security Policies, including (without limitation) all the forms of consent (including a description of how such consent is obtained) used by Company in respect of the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Data. The information security practices used with respect to all Personal Data maintained by or on behalf of the Company conform, and at all times have conformed, to all Privacy and Security Policies and Privacy Laws. The Company has used commercially reasonable efforts consistent with standard industry practices, applicable Law, self-governing rules and policies relating to privacy and its own Privacy and Security Policies to store and secure all Personal Data to protect against unauthorized access to or use of the Personal Data. To the knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, there has been no unauthorized or illegal use, processing, or disclosure of or access to, any Personal Data stored or secured by or for the Company, including with respect to any of its databases. The Company maintains reasonable administrative, physical and technical security controls for its computer systems in an effort to safeguard such systems against the risk of business disruption arising from attacks (including virus, trojan horse, worm and denial-of-service attacks), unauthorized activities of any employee or contractor of the Company, hackers or any other Person. To the knowledge of the Company and/or Shareholder, there have been no material breaches of the Company’s security procedures or any material attempted or successful unauthorized incidents of access, use, disclosure, modification or destruction of information or interference with systems operations in all or any portion of its computer systems, including any such breach or incident that requires notice to any Person.

 

(iii) Intentionally Deleted

 

(iv) Payment Information. Section 2.2(w)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the Company’s practices in respect of receiving, storing and processing credit card payment information.

 

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(x) Absence of Certain Changes, Events and Conditions. Since the date of the Most Recent Financial Statements, and other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, there has not been, with respect to the Company, any:

 

(i) event, occurrence or development that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(ii) amendment of the Organizational Documents;

 

(iii) split, combination or reclassification of any shares of its capital stock;

 

(iv) issuance, sale or other disposition of any of its capital stock, or grant of any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or obtain (including upon conversion, exchange or exercise) any of its capital stock;

 

(v) declaration or payment of any dividends or distributions on or in respect of any of its capital stock or redemption, purchase or acquisition of its capital stock;

 

(vi) material change in any method of accounting or accounting practice of the Company, except as required by GAAP or as disclosed in the notes to the Financial Statements;

 

(vii) entry into any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract;

 

(viii) incurrence, assumption or guarantee of any indebtedness for borrowed money except unsecured current obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(ix) issue, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of (other than the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business) or permit all or any portion of any of the Assets (whether tangible or intangible) to be subjected to any encumbrance;

 

(x) material damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) to its property;

 

(xi) any capital investment in, or any loan to, any other Person;

 

(xii) acceleration, termination, material modification to or cancellation of any material Contract (including, but not limited to, any Material Contract) to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(xiii) any material capital expenditures;

 

(xiv) imposition of any Lien upon any of the Company properties, capital stock or assets, tangible or intangible;

 

(xv) (A) grant of any bonuses, whether monetary or otherwise, or increase in any wages, salary, severance, pension or other compensation or benefits in respect of its current or former employees, officers, directors, independent contractors or consultants, other than as provided for in any written agreements or required by applicable Law, (B) change in the terms of employment for any employee or any termination of any employees, or (C) action to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or benefit for any current or former employee, officer, director, independent contractor or consultant;

 

(xvi) adoption, modification or termination of any: (A) employment, severance, retention or other agreement with any current or former employee, officer, director, independent contractor or consultant, (B) Employee Benefit Plan or (C) collective bargaining or other agreement with a union, in each case whether written or oral;

 

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(xvii) any loan to (or forgiveness of any loan to), or entry into any other transaction with, any of its stockholders or current or former directors, officers and employees;

 

(xviii) adoption of any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution or filing of a petition in bankruptcy under any provisions of federal or state bankruptcy Law or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy petition against it under any similar Law;

 

(xix) purchase, lease or other acquisition of the right to own, use or lease any property or assets for an amount in excess of $5,000, individually (in the case of a lease, per annum) or in the aggregate (in the case of a lease, for the entire term of the lease, not including any option term), except for purchases of inventory or supplies in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(xx) acquisition by merger or consolidation with, or by purchase of a substantial portion of the assets or stock of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or any division thereof;

 

(xxi) action by the Company to make, change or rescind any Tax election, amend any Tax Return or take any position on any Tax Return, take any action, omit to take any action or enter into any other transaction that would have the effect of increasing the Tax liability or reducing any Tax asset of Buyer in respect of any Post-Closing Tax Period; or

 

(xxii) any Contract to do any of the foregoing, or any action or omission that would result in any of the foregoing.

 

(xii) Disclosure. Neither this Agreement, nor any agreement, attachment, schedule, exhibit or certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements and information contained herein or therein, not misleading. Buyer has been provided full, complete, and accurate copies of all documents referred to on the Disclosure Schedule.

 

2.3 Representations and Warranties of Buyer. Buyer represents and warrants to the Shareholder that the statements contained in this Section 2.3 are correct and complete as of the Closing Date.

 

(a) Organization of Buyer. Buyer is a Nevada corporation duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Nevada.

 

(b) Authorization of Transaction. Buyer has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other Parties, this Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, upon the execution and delivery by Buyer of each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party, such Ancillary Agreement will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Ancillary Agreement, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies. Buyer is not required to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any Consent of any Governmental Body in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which Buyer is a party. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which Buyer is a party have been duly authorized by Buyer.

 

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(c) Non-contravention. Neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement nor the Ancillary Agreements to which Buyer is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will: (i) violate or conflict with any Law or Order to which Buyer is subject; (ii) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Buyer; or (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any Contract to which Buyer is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject.

 

(d) Brokers’ Fees. Buyer does not have any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which the Shareholder could become liable or obligated.

 

(e) Investment. Buyer is not acquiring the Shares with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

ARTICLE III
COVENANTS; RELEASE

 

3.1 Pre-Closing Covenants of the Shareholder and the Company. From the Effective Date until the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, the Company hereby covenants that the Company will, and the Shareholder will cause the Company to:

 

(a) except as approved by the Buyer in writing, carry on the Business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices and in compliance with applicable laws, satisfy its liabilities and obligations arising in the ordinary course of the Business in a timely and commercially reasonable manner, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services of the current officers, key employees and consultants of the Company and to preserve the current relationships of the Company with those customers, licensees, suppliers, licensors and other persons with which Company has significant business relations;

 

(b) except as approved by the Buyer in writing permit or not to take any action that would cause any of the changes, events or conditions described in Section 2.2(x) to occur;

 

(c) not authorize or permit its officers, directors, employees or representatives to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, encourage, accept, entertain, facilitate, permit or initiate the submission of any inquiry, offer, proposal or indication of interest by a third party which relates to a transaction or series of transactions involving Company or the purchase or acquisition of ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding Shares or the acquisition, purchase or other disposition of ten percent (10%) or more of the assets of Company (an “Acquisition Proposal”), (ii) enter into any agreement requiring the Company to abandon or terminate the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish any nonpublic information relating to the Company to any third party (other than Buyer) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) enter into any letter of intent, agreement or similar document relating to any Acquisition Proposal;

 

(d) use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Buyer in obtaining the Permits listed on Schedule 1.4(b)(ii) in a timely manner; and

 

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(e) give prompt written notice to Buyer of: (i) any breach of any of the Company’s or the Shareholder’s representations and warranties in Section 2 or any agreement contemplated hereby; and (ii) any failure of Company or the Shareholder to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by Company or Shareholder hereunder or thereunder.

 

3.2 Cooperation. From and after the Effective Date, the Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable law or otherwise to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to satisfy each condition to the obligations of the other Party hereto as promptly as practicable, including approving and executing any resolutions, documents and instruments reasonably requested by Buyer or the Shareholder to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other agreements contemplated hereby

 

3.3 Post-Closing Covenants.

 

(a) Further Action. In case at any time after the Closing any further action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, each of the Parties will take such further action (including the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents) as any other Party may reasonably request, all at the sole cost and expense of the requesting Party (unless the requesting Party is entitled to indemnification therefor under Article 5 below). The Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that from and after the Closing, Buyer will be entitled to possession of all documents, books, records (including Tax records), agreements, and financial data of any sort relating to the Company. Buyer will, at its cost, make copies of all of the Company’s books and records reasonably requested by Shareholder and deliver same to Shareholder within 90 days of the Closing.

 

(b) Litigation Support. In the event and for so long as Buyer or the Company actively is contesting or defending against any Proceeding in connection with any fact, situation, circumstance, status, condition, activity, practice, plan, occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act, or transaction on or prior to the Closing Date involving the Company, the Shareholder will reasonably cooperate with it and its counsel in the contest or defense and provide such testimony, all at the sole cost and expense of Buyer and the Company (unless Buyer and the Company are entitled to indemnification therefor under Article 5 below).

 

(c) Transition. From the Closing Date, the Shareholder will not take and will not permit any of the Shareholder’s Affiliates to take any action that is designed or intended to have the effect of discouraging any lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other business associate of the Company from maintaining the same business relationships with the Company after the Closing as it maintained with the Company prior to the Closing.

 

(d) Confidentiality. The Shareholder agrees not to and to cause its Affiliates not to disclose or use any Confidential Information for any purposes except as authorized by the Buyer in writing. The Shareholder will deliver promptly to Buyer or destroy, at the request and option of Buyer, all tangible embodiments (and all copies) of the Confidential Information that are in his or her possession. In the event that a Shareholder is requested or required pursuant to written or oral question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigation demand, or similar process to disclose any Confidential Information, the Shareholder will notify Buyer promptly of the request or requirement so that Buyer may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.3(d). If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, a Shareholder is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information to any tribunal, the Shareholder may disclose the Confidential Information to the tribunal; provided, however, that the Shareholder shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, at the request of Buyer, an order or other assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed as Buyer shall designate. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to any Confidential Information that is generally available to the public immediately prior to the time of disclosure unless such Confidential Information is so available due to the actions of the Shareholder after the Closing Date. The Shareholder shall treat and hold as confidential all of the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements; provided, however, that the Shareholder may disclose such information to its legal counsel, accountants, or other advisors on an as-needed basis so long as any such Person is bound by a confidentiality obligation with respect thereto.

 

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(e) Non-Solicitation Agreement. Until (i) the fourth (4th) annual anniversary of the Closing Date, neither the Shareholder nor any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, solicit: (A) any employee of the Company; or (B) any person that is an employee of the Buyer or any of its affiliates during such period, to terminate his or her employment or contractor arrangement with the Buyer or to become an employee of the Shareholder or any Affiliate of the Shareholder, or hire any person who was such an employee, except for persons terminated by the Company or Buyer; provided, however, that Buyer acknowledges that the Shareholder has pre-existing relationships with certain independent contractors that have performed services for Dr. Reef Inc. or MadLab, which may become introduced by Shareholder to the Buyer and that this restriction shall not apply to those contractors; or (C) any person who was a customer of the Company at any time during the twelve (12)-month period prior to the Closing Date, to purchase or subscribe to use products or services competitive with the Business, to cease using the products or services of the Company, or to reduce or modify their business relationship with the Company.

 

(f) Non-Competition Agreement. Until the third (3rd) annual anniversary of the Closing Date, Shareholder may practice medicine throughout the state of California but he will not engage in activities within the United States and Canada similar to those that will be performed by the Company with businesses or organizations that operate opiate reduction medical treatment facilities that utilize or guide cannabinoid therapy. The parties hereto agree that the duration and geographic scope of the non-competition provision set forth in this Section 3.3(f) are reasonable. In the event that any court determines that the duration or the geographic scope, or both, are unreasonable and that such provision is to that extent unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the provision shall remain in full force and effect for the greatest time period and in the greatest area that would not render it unenforceable. The parties intend that this non-competition provision shall be deemed to be a series of separate covenants, one for each and every county of each and every state of the United States of America and each and every political subdivision of each and every country outside the United States where this provision is intended to be effective. The Shareholder agrees that damages may be an inadequate remedy for any breach of this provision and that the Buyer shall, whether or not it is pursuing any potential remedies at law, be entitled to seek equitable relief in the form of preliminary and permanent injunctions without bond or other security upon any actual or threatened breach of this non-competition provision.

 

(g) Release. The Shareholder, for itself and its Affiliates, heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasors”), hereby forever fully and irrevocably releases and discharges Buyer, the Company, each of its respective Affiliates, and each of their respective predecessors, successors, direct or indirect subsidiaries and past and present equity holders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all actions, suits, claims, demands, debts, agreements, obligations, promises, judgments, or liabilities of any kind whatsoever in law or equity and causes of action of every kind and nature, or otherwise (including, claims for damages, costs, expense, and attorneys’, brokers’ and accountants fees and expenses) arising out of or related to events, facts, conditions or circumstances existing or arising prior to the Closing Date, excepting breach of the Buyer’s representations and warranties and pre-closing covenants, which the Releasors can, shall or may have against the Released Parties, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, unanticipated as well as anticipated (collectively, the “Released Claims”), and hereby irrevocably agree to refrain from directly or indirectly asserting any claim or demand or commencing (or causing to be commenced) any suit, action, or proceeding of any kind, in any court or before any tribunal, against any Released Party based upon any Released Claim. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence of this Section 3.3(g), “Released Claims” does not include, and the provisions of this Section 3.3(g) shall not release or otherwise diminish: (i) the obligations of any Released Party set forth in or arising under any provisions of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements; (ii) if such Releasor is a director of the Company prior to the Closing, such Releasor’s right to indemnification provided in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and under applicable law; and (iii) if the Shareholder is an employee of the Company, in respect of (1) the current year’s accrued but unpaid compensation, (2) such employee’s outstanding benefits under the Employee Benefit Plans of the Company as of the Closing Date, and (3) any rights of indemnification of employees under applicable law.

 

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(h) Secondary Shares. Notwithstanding any provision of the Share Restriction Agreement to the contrary, all right, title and interest in and to the Secondary Shares shall be transferred, conveyed, assigned and delivered to the Buyer, free and clear of all Liens, upon the earlier of (i) Buyer’s and Shareholder’s successful filing of a change of ownership for the Company’s facility’s license (Record ID #190723AP) with the California Department of Health Care Services (the “License Transfer”), or (ii) upon the 1-year anniversary of the Closing (such period of time beginning the date of this Agreement and terminating upon the earlier of such events, the “Share Restriction Period”, and each such event, a “Secondary Share Transfer Event”). As promptly as possible prior to and after the Closing, Buyer shall use its best efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals from all Governmental Bodies that may be or become necessary for its execution and delivery of this Agreement (including without limitation, the License Transfer) and the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party shall cooperate fully with the other Party and its Affiliates in promptly seeking to obtain all such consents, authorizations, orders and approvals. The Parties hereto shall not willfully take any action that will have the effect of delaying, impairing or impeding the receipt of any required consents, authorizations, orders and approvals.

 

(i) Auto Finance Agreement. Shareholder is the co-buyer of a vehicle with Company pursuante to a purchase agreement entered into on or about August 31, 2017, and Shareholder will assume full ownership of the vehicle including the removal of the Company as a listed co-buyer or co-signer within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date.

 

(j) Lease. Buyer agrees to use its best efforts to remove Shareholder as the personal guarantor on the office lease for the office located at 8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California, as soon as practicable after the Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE IV

CERTAIN TAX MATTERS

 

The following provisions will govern the allocation of responsibility between Buyer and the Shareholder for certain Tax matters following the Closing Date:

 

4.1 Straddle Periods. For purposes of this Agreement, the portion of Tax with respect to the income, property or operations of the Company that is attributable to any Tax period that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends after the Closing Date (a “Straddle Period”) will be apportioned between the period of the Straddle Period that extends before the Closing Date through and including the Closing Date (the “Pre-Closing Straddle Period”) and the period of the Straddle Period that extends from the date immediately after the Closing Date to the end of the Straddle Period (the “Post-Closing Straddle Period”) in accordance with this Section 4.1. The portion of such Tax attributable to the Pre-Closing Straddle Period will (a) in the case of any Taxes other than sales or use taxes, value-added taxes, employment taxes, withholding taxes, and any Tax based on or measured by income, receipts or profits earned during a Straddle Period, be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the entire taxable period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the Pre-Closing Straddle Period and denominator of which is the number of days in the Straddle Period, and (b) in the case of any sales or use taxes, value-added taxes, employment taxes, withholding taxes, and any Tax based on or measured by income, receipts or profits earned during a Straddle Period, be deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the Straddle Period ended on and included the Closing Date. In the case of a Tax that is (a) paid for the privilege of doing business during a period (a “Privilege Period”) and (b) computed based on business activity occurring during an accounting period ending prior to such Privilege Period, any reference to a “Tax period,” a “tax period,” or a “taxable period” means such accounting period and not such Privilege Period. The portion of Tax attributable to a Post-Closing Straddle Period will be calculated in a corresponding manner.

 

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4.2 Tax Indemnification by the Shareholder. The Shareholder shall indemnify and hold the Buyer, the Company, each of their respective Affiliates, and their respective successors and assigns (the “Buyer Indemnitees”) harmless from and against the entirety of any Adverse Consequences resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by (i) all Taxes (or the nonpayment thereof) of the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period and any Pre-Closing Straddle Period; (ii) all Taxes for any Pre-Closing Tax Period and any Pre-Closing Straddle Period of any member of any affiliated, combined or unitary group of which the Company is or was a member on or prior to the Closing Date, including pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any analogous or similar state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign Law; and (iii) any and all Taxes of any Person (other than the Company) imposed on the Company as a transferee or successor, by Contract or pursuant to any Law, which Taxes relate to an event or transaction occurring before the Closing Date.

 

4.3 Tax Sharing Agreements. The Shareholder shall terminate or cause to be terminated, on or before the Closing Date, all Tax sharing or allocation agreements or arrangements (whether or not written), if any, between the Company, on the one hand, and the Shareholder or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, and none of the Company, the Shareholder, or any of its or their Affiliates will have any rights or obligations thereunder after the Closing.

 

4.4 Pre-Closing Tax Period Tax Returns. The Shareholder shall prepare and timely file, or cause to be prepared and timely filed, all Tax Returns of the Company relating exclusively to any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date (a “Pre-Closing Tax Period”) in accordance with past practice (except to the extent otherwise required by applicable Law). Any such Tax Returns that relate exclusively to the Company shall be delivered to Buyer for its review and approval not to be unreasonably withheld, and, if required, signing, at least thirty (30) days prior to the deadline for the filing of such Tax Return. The Shareholder shall timely pay or cause to be timely paid all Taxes with respect to such Tax Returns.

 

4.5 Other Tax Returns. Buyer shall prepare and timely file, or cause to be prepared and timely filed, all Tax Returns of the Company other than those Tax Returns that are described in Section 4.4. Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid all Taxes imposed on the Company shown as due and owing on such Tax Returns subject to reimbursement and indemnification by the Shareholder pursuant to Section 4.2 above.

 

4.6 Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added and other such Taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest) imposed on Buyer, or the Company in connection with this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (“Transfer Taxes”) will be borne and paid when due one half by the Shareholder and one half by Buyer. The Party responsible under applicable Law for filing the Tax Returns with respect to such Transfer Taxes shall prepare and timely file such Tax Returns and promptly provide a copy of such Tax Return to the other Parties. The Shareholder and Buyer shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, cooperate to timely prepare and file any Tax Returns or other filings relating to such Transfer Taxes, including any claim for exemption or exclusion from the application or imposition of any Transfer Taxes

 

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4.7 Intentionally Deleted

 

4.8 Cooperation; Audits. In connection with the preparation of Tax Returns, audit examinations, and any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to the Tax liabilities imposed on the Company for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods and Straddle Periods, Buyer and the Company, on the one hand, and the Shareholder and their Affiliates, on the other hand, shall cooperate fully with each other, including, without limitation, the furnishing or making available during normal business hours of records, personnel (as reasonably required), books of account, powers of attorney or other materials necessary or helpful for the preparation of such Tax Returns, the conduct of audit examinations or the defense of claims by taxing authorities as to the imposition of Taxes.

 

4.9 Controversies.

 

(a) Following the Closing, if a notice of deficiency, proposed adjustment, assessment, audit, examination or other administrative or court proceeding, suit, dispute or other claim with respect to the Company (a “Tax Matter”) shall be received by the Shareholder, Buyer, or the Company (a “Notified Party”) from the IRS or any other taxing authority, with respect to Taxes for which another party may reasonably be expected to be liable pursuant to this Agreement, the Notified Party shall notify such other party in writing within five (5) days of receipt of such notice of such Tax Matter.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Section 4.9(c) below, the Shareholder shall have the right to control, settle or compromise any Tax Matter to the extent that the Tax Matter relates exclusively to any Tax for which the Shareholder could be liable pursuant to Section 4.2, and to employ counsel of their choice at their expense; provided, however, that if the settlement or compromise of such Tax Matter could have an adverse effect on Buyer or the Company with respect to any Post-Closing Straddle Period or any Tax period commencing after the Closing Date: (i) the Shareholder shall keep Buyer reasonably informed as to the status of the Tax Matter (including by providing copies of all notices received from the relevant taxing authority) and Buyer shall have the right to review and comment on any correspondence from the Shareholder to the taxing authority prior to submission of such correspondence to the taxing authority and otherwise to participate (at Buyer’s own expense) in the conduct of such Tax Matter, and (ii) the Shareholder shall not settle or compromise such Tax Matter or forego any appeal with respect thereto without Buyer’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the Shareholder does not assume the defense of any such Tax Matter, Buyer may defend the Tax Matter in such manner as it may deem appropriate; provided, however, that the Shareholder may participate in such Tax Matter (at the Shareholder’s expense) and Buyer may not settle or compromise such Tax Matter or forego any appeal with respect thereto without the Shareholder’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(c) The Shareholder and Buyer jointly shall control any Tax Matter relating to Taxes for any period for which both the Shareholder, on the one hand, and Buyer or the Company, on the other hand, could be liable under this Agreement or otherwise and neither Party shall settle or compromise any such Tax Matter without the other party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. All costs, fees and expenses paid to third parties in the course of such proceeding shall be borne by the Shareholder and Buyer in the same ratio as the ratio in which, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Shareholder, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, would share the responsibility for payment of the Taxes which are the subject of such Tax Matter.

 

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4.10 Refunds. The Shareholder will be entitled to any refunds or credits of or against any Taxes for which the Shareholder is responsible under Section 4.2 to the extent not reflected as an asset in the Closing Statement. The Buyer will be entitled to any refunds or credits of or against any Taxes of the Company other than refunds or credits to which the Shareholder is entitled. Any refunds or credits of Taxes of the Company or its Affiliates for any Straddle Period will be equitably apportioned between the Shareholder and the Buyer in accordance with Section 4.1. Each Party will pay, or cause its Affiliates to pay, to the Party entitled to a refund or credit of Taxes under this Section, the amount of such refund or credit (including any interest paid thereon and net of any Taxes to the Party receiving such refund or credit in respect of the receipt or accrual of such refund or credit) in readily available funds within fifteen (15) days of the actual receipt of the refund or credit of the application of such refund or credit against amounts otherwise payable.

 

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

 

 

5.1 Indemnification by the Shareholder. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article V, the Shareholder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer Indemnitees from and against the entirety of any Adverse Consequences that any Buyer Indemnitee may suffer or incur resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by: (a) any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by the Shareholder in Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 of this Agreement; (b) any breach of any covenant or agreement of the Shareholder in this Agreement; and (c) the conduct of the Business prior to Closing.

 

5.2 Indemnification by Buyer. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article V, Buyer will indemnify and hold harmless the Shareholder, their Affiliates, and their respective successors and assigns from and against the entirety of any Adverse Consequences they may suffer or incur resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by: (a) any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Buyer in Section 2.3 of this Agreement; (b) any breach of any covenant or agreement of Buyer in this Agreement; or (c) the conduct of the Business after Closing; provided however, that Shareholder has not breached, nor has caused the Company to breach, any provision of this Agreement and/or the Share Restriction Agreement prior to the Secondary Transfer Event.

 

5.3 Survival. The representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement will survive the Closing until the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date; provided, however, that: (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.1(k) will survive the Closing Date until ninety (90) days following the expiration of the applicable statutory periods of limitations (including any extensions or waivers thereof); (b) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.1(a), (c), and (d), and Sections 2.2(a), (b), (d), (e), and (g), shall survive indefinitely (collectively, the representations described in (a) and (b) are the “Fundamental Representations”); and (c) any claim related to intentional or fraudulent breaches of the representations and warranties may be made at any time without limitation. Written notice of a claim must be given by the Indemnified Party (as defined below) in accordance with the provisions hereof prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period.

 

5.4 Limitation on Indemnification by the Shareholder. The aggregate maximum liability of the Shareholder with respect to the indemnification set forth in Section 5.1 shall be the Closing Payment paid or payable hereunder (the “Cap”). The Cap shall not apply to the breach of any Fundamental Representation or in the case of fraud or intentional misrepresentation.

 

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5.5 Third-Party Claims.

 

(a) If a third party initiates a claim, demand, dispute, lawsuit or arbitration (a “Third-Party Claim”) against any Person (the “Indemnified Party”) with respect to any matter that the Indemnified Party may make a claim for indemnification against any Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) under this Article 5, then the Indemnified Party must promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the existence of such Third-Party Claim and must deliver copies of any documents served on the Indemnified Party with respect to the Third-Party Claim; provided, however, that any failure on the part of an Indemnified Party to so notify an Indemnifying Party shall not limit any of the obligations of the Indemnifying Party under this Article 5 (except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the defense of such proceeding).

 

(b) Upon receipt of the notice described in Section 5.5(a), the Indemnifying Party will have the right to defend the Indemnified Party against the Third-Party Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party provided that: (i) the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party in writing within fifteen (15) days after the Indemnified Party has given notice of the Third-Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party will indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against the entirety of any Adverse Consequences the Indemnified Party may suffer resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of or caused by Third-Party Claim; (ii) the Indemnifying Party provides the Indemnified Party with evidence reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party that the Indemnifying Party will have the financial resources to defend against the Third-Party Claim and fulfill its indemnification obligations hereunder; (iii) the Third-Party Claim involves only money damages and does not seek an injunction or other equitable relief; (iv) settlement of, or an adverse judgment with respect to, the Third-Party Claim is not, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Indemnified Party, likely to establish a precedential custom or practice adverse to the continuing business interests or the reputation of the Indemnified Party; and (v) the Indemnifying Party conducts the defense of the Third-Party Claim actively and diligently. The Indemnifying Party will keep the Indemnified Party apprised of all material developments, including settlement offers, with respect to the Third-Party Claim and permit the Indemnified Party to participate in the defense of the Third-Party Claim. So long as the Indemnifying Party is conducting the defense of the Third-Party Claim in accordance with this Section 5.5(b), the Indemnifying Party will not be responsible for any attorneys’ fees or other expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party regarding the Third-Party Claim.

 

(c) In the event that any of the conditions under Section 5.5(b) is or becomes unsatisfied: (i) the Indemnified Party may defend against, and consent to the entry of any judgment on or enter into any settlement with respect to, the Third-Party Claim in any manner it may reasonably deem appropriate; (ii) the Indemnifying Parties will reimburse the Indemnified Party promptly and periodically for the costs of defending against the Third-Party Claim (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses); and (iii) the Indemnifying Parties will remain responsible for any Adverse Consequences the Indemnified Party may suffer resulting from, arising out of, relating to, in the nature of, or caused by the Third-Party Claim to the fullest extent provided in this Article 5.

 

(d) Except as set forth in Section 5.5(c) above, neither the Indemnified Party nor the Indemnifying Party will consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to the Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

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5.6 Other Indemnification Matters. The right to indemnification, payment of any losses or other remedy based on such representations, warranties, covenants, and obligations will not be affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with, any such representation, warranty, covenant, or obligation. For purposes of determining the amount of Adverse Consequences resulting therefrom, and whether there has been a breach with respect thereto, all qualifications or exceptions in any representation or warranty relating to or referring to the terms “material,” “in all material respects,” “Material Adverse Effect,” “Knowledge,” or any similar term or phrase shall be disregarded, it being the understanding of the Parties that for purposes of determining the amount of liability under this Article 5 or the occurrence of a claim giving rise to an indemnification obligation, the representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall be read as if such terms and phrases were not included in them. Buyer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to set off any amounts owed to the Shareholder, or believed in good faith by Buyer to be owed to the Shareholder while such amounts remain in dispute pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other payment payable to the Shareholder.

 

ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION

 

6.1 Termination Rights. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a) by mutual written consent of each of Buyer and the Shareholder;

 

(f) by either Buyer or the Shareholder if the Closing has not occurred by October 22, 2018, unless the failure to consummate the Closing is the result of a breach of this Agreement by the Party seeking to terminate this Agreement; or

 

(g) by either Party (provided that such Party is not then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements under this Agreement), if the other Party hereto shall have breached any of its respective representations, warranties, covenants, obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that: (i) the breach or failure to perform is incapable of being cured or has not been cured by the breaching Party on or prior to the date which is fifteen (15) business days immediately following written notice by the non-breaching Party of such breach or failure to perform and (ii) such uncured breach or failure would result in a condition to the obligations of the non-breaching Party not being satisfied.

 

6.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of a termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Buyer or the Shareholder, except with respect to this Article 6; provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve any Party from liability for any breach, default or failure to fulfill any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement hereunder or pursuant to any document contemplated hereby on or prior to the date of such termination.

 

ARTICLE VII

DEFINITIONS

 

Adverse Consequences” means all Proceedings, hearings, charges, complaints, claims, demands (including, without limitation, repurchase or make-whole demands), Orders, dues, penalties, fines, costs, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities, obligations, Taxes (including any reduction in Tax attributes), Liens, losses, damages, deficiencies, costs of investigation, court costs, and other expenses (including interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, whether in connection with third party claims or claims among the Parties related to the enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement).

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person: any other Person that, directly or indirectly (including through one or more intermediaries), controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person. The term “control” means (a) the legal or beneficial ownership of securities representing a majority of the voting power of any Person or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.

 

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Applicable Law” means with respect to any Person, any federal, state, local or foreign law, constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Body that is binding upon or applicable to such Person.

 

Business” means the business of the Company as conducted during the twelve (12) months prior to the Closing Date.

 

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

COBRA” means the requirements of Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and Code §4980B and of any similar state Law.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.

 

Confidential Information” means any information concerning the business and affairs of the Business or the Company.

 

Consent” means, with respect to any Person, any consent, approval, authorization, permission or waiver of, or registration, declaration or other action or filing with or exemption by such Person.

 

Contract” means any oral or written contract, obligation, understanding, commitment, lease, license, purchase order, bid or other agreement.

 

Debt” means any: (a) obligations relating to indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments; (c) obligations in respect of capitalized leases (calculated in accordance with GAAP); (d) obligations in respect of banker’s acceptances or letters of credit; (e) obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (f) indebtedness or obligations of the types referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (e) of any other Person secured by any Lien on any assets of the Company; (g) obligations in the nature of guarantees of obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (e) above of any other Person; (h) obligations in respect of interest under any existing interest rate swap or hedge agreement entered into by the Company, in each case with respect to clauses (a) through (h) together with all accrued interest thereon and any applicable prepayment, breakage or other premiums, fees or penalties; and (i) amounts due under settlement agreements.

 

Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule delivered by the Shareholder to Buyer on the date hereof. The information shown in the Disclosure Schedule shall refer to the section or subsection of Article 2 to which such information relates. Terms used in the Disclosure Schedule and not otherwise defined therein have the same meanings as set forth in this Agreement.

 

Dollars” or “$” means United States dollars.

 

Employee Benefit Plan” means any: (a) qualified or nonqualified Employee Pension Benefit Plan or deferred compensation or retirement plan or arrangement; (b) Employee Welfare Benefit Plan; (c) “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in ERISA §3(3)); or (d) equity-based plan or arrangement (including any stock option, stock purchase, stock ownership, stock appreciation or restricted stock plan) or other employee benefit plan, program or other plan or arrangement of any kind.

 

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Employee Pension Benefit Plan” has the meaning set forth in ERISA §3(2).

 

Employee Welfare Benefit Plan” has the meaning set forth in ERISA §3(1).

 

Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements” shall mean all Laws and Orders concerning public health and safety, worker and occupational health and safety, natural resources and pollution or protection of the environment, including all those relating to the presence, use, production, generation, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control, or cleanup of any Hazardous Substances, materials, or wastes, chemical substances, or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants, contaminants, toxic chemicals, petroleum products or byproducts, fuel oil products and byproducts, mold, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, noise, or radiation.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.

 

ERISA Affiliate” means each entity that is treated as a single employer with the Company for purposes of Code §414.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as set forth in pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (and its predecessors) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in each case, consistently applied.

 

Governmental Authorization” means any approval, waiver, consent, authorization, certification, filing, notice, non-objection, registrations, license, application, permission or disclosure required to be obtained from or provided to any agency or Governmental Body due to the negotiation or consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, the absence of which would prevent or delay the Closing or give rise to any change or effect that is or could reasonably be expected to be adverse to the Buyer’s business upon or following the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Governmental Body” means any foreign or domestic federal, state or local government or quasi-governmental authority or any department, agency, subdivision, court or other tribunal of any of the foregoing.

 

Hazardous Substances” means: (a) petroleum or petroleum products, flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials, radon gas, lead-based paint, asbestos in any form, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing PCBs and toxic mold or fungus of any kind or species; (b) any chemicals or other materials or substances which are defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “contaminants,” “pollutants,” or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated under any applicable Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements.

 

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IP Rights” means all right, title and interest in intellectual property, whether protected, created or arising under any Law, including: (a) inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all improvements thereto, all patents, patent applications, and patent disclosures, together with all reissuances, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, provisionals, extensions, and reexaminations thereof and patents issuing thereon; (b) all trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, service names, brand names, trade dress rights, trade styles, logos and other source or business identifiers and general intangibles of a like nature, together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and combinations thereof and including all common law rights and goodwill associated therewith, along with all applications, registrations, renewals and extensions thereof; (c) all copyrightable works, copyrights, mask works, database and design rights, whether or not registered or published, all applications, registrations, recordations and renewals in connection therewith, along with all reversions, extensions and renewals thereof; (d) all confidential and proprietary information, including trade secrets, know-how, customer and supplier lists and related information, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, research and development, and all other confidential and proprietary financial, marketing and business data, technical data, specifications, designs, drawings, formulae, algorithms, procedures, techniques, research and development, apparatus, materials, methods and schematics; (e) internet domain names; (f) Software; and (g) all other intellectual property rights arising from or relating to all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, and other writings, and other tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in any form whether or not specifically listed herein.

 

Knowledge,” including words of similar meaning (such as “aware”), of any Person means that which is known or reasonably should have been known after reasonable inquiry by such Person, or such Person’s executive officers if the Person is not an individual, and when used with respect to the Company, means that which is known or reasonably should have been known after reasonable inquiry by the Shareholder and the Company’s officers and directors.

 

Law” means any foreign or domestic federal, state or local law, statute, code, ordinance, regulation, rule, consent agreement, constitution or treaty of any Governmental Body, including common law.

 

Leased Real Property” means all leasehold or subleasehold estates and other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures, or other interest in real property held by the Company.

 

Leases” means all written or oral leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and other agreements, including all amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties, and other agreements with respect thereto, pursuant to which the Company holds any Leased Real Property.

 

Lien” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, charge, security interest, adverse claim, liability, interest, charge, preference, priority, proxy, transfer restriction (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and state securities laws), encroachment, Tax, Order, community property interest, equitable interest, option, warrant, right of first refusal, easement, license, servitude, right of way, covenant or zoning restriction.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, development, or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, will or would reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the business, operations, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, operating results, relationship, financial condition, or prospects of the Company.

 

Material Contracts” means, collectively, the Contracts required to be listed in Section 2.2(n)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Leases, the Contracts required to be listed in Section 2.2(m) of the Disclosure Schedule and the Company Insurance Agreements.

 

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Most Recent Balance Sheet” means the balance sheet contained within the Most Recent Financial Statements.

 

Order” means any order, award, decision, injunction, judgment, ruling, decree, charge, writ, subpoena or verdict entered, issued, made or rendered by any Governmental Body or arbitrator.

 

Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and practice (including with respect to quantity and frequency).

 

Organizational Documents” means: (a) any certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate or articles of formation, operating agreement or partnership agreement; (b) any documents comparable to those described in clause (a) as may be applicable pursuant to any Law; and (c) any amendment or modification to any of the foregoing.

 

Permit” means any license, franchise, Consent, permit, certificate, approval, variance, waiver, certificate of occupancy, Order or other similar authorization issued by any Person.

 

Permitted Lien” means: any (a) liens for Taxes not yet due or payable or for Taxes that the Company is contesting in good faith through appropriate proceedings in a timely manner, in each case for which adequate reserves have been established and shown on the Closing Statement; (b) liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, workmen, repairmen, mechanics, materialmen and similar liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money; (c) restrictions, easements, covenants, reservations, rights of way or other similar matters of title to the Leased Real Property of record; and (d) zoning ordinances, restrictions, prohibitions and other requirements imposed by any Governmental Body, none of which materially interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization, other business entity, or Governmental Body.

 

Personal Data” means any personally identifiable information (including name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, social security number, bank account number or credit card number), sensitive personal information and any special categories of personal information regulated under the Privacy Laws or covered thereby.

 

Proceeding” means any action, audit, lawsuit, litigation, investigation, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or arbitration (in each case, whether civil, criminal or administrative) pending by or before any Governmental Body or arbitrator.

 

Prohibited Transaction” has the meaning set forth in ERISA §406 and Code §4975.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.

 

Software” means any and all (i) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or object code; (ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise; (iii) descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and (iv) all documentation, including user manuals and other training documentation related to any of the foregoing, in each case used in the Business.

 

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Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other business entity of which: (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association, or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof and for this purpose, a Person or Persons owns a majority ownership interest in such a business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of such business entity’s gains or losses or shall be or control any manager, management board, managing director or general partner of such business entity (other than a corporation). For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Subsidiary” shall include all Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, escheat, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

 

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement and each agreement entered into as contemplated by Section 1.4(b)(v) and 1.4(c)(ii).

 

Transaction Expenses” means any and all: (a) legal, accounting, tax, financial advisory, environmental consultants and other professional or transaction related costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with this Agreement or in investigating, pursuing or completing the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amounts owed to any consultants, auditors, accountants, attorneys, brokers or investment bankers); (b) payments of bonuses or severance which become due or are otherwise required to be made as a result of or in connection with the Closing or as a result of any change of control or other similar provisions; and (c) payroll, employment or other Taxes, if any, required to be paid by Buyer (on behalf of the Company) or the Company with respect to the amounts described in clauses (a) and (b), the amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement, or the forgiveness of any loans or other obligations owned by the Shareholder or employees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Transaction Expenses Amount” means an amount equal to all Transaction Expenses that have not been paid prior to the Closing Date and paid by the Buyer from the Closing Payment pursuant to Section 1.4(b)(iii), whether or not the Company has been billed for such expenses.

 

ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1 Press Releases and Public Announcements. The Shareholder shall not issue any press release or make any public announcement relating to the subject matter of this Agreement without the prior written approval of Buyer.

 

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8.2 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as set forth in Article V, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and Joseph E. LoConti and his Affiliates, successors, heirs, and assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

8.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the Ancillary Agreements and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire agreement among the Parties and supersede any confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement among the Parties or their Affiliates and any prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

8.4 Succession and Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties named herein and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of Buyer and the Shareholder; provided, however, that Buyer may: (a) assign any or all of its rights and interests hereunder to one or more of its Affiliates and designate one or more of its Affiliates to perform its obligations hereunder (in any or all of which cases Buyer nonetheless shall remain responsible for the performance of all of its obligations hereunder); (b) assign its rights under this Agreement for collateral security purposes to any lenders providing financing to Buyer, the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates; or (c) assign its rights under this Agreement to any Person that acquires the Company or any of its assets.

 

8.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by means of facsimile or portable document format), each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8.6 Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

8.7 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder will be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given: (a) when delivered personally to the recipient, (b) when sent by electronic mail or facsimile, on the date of transmission to such recipient without notice of delivery failure, (c) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (d) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and addressed to the intended recipient as set forth on the signature pages hereto. Any Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other Parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

 

8.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic Laws of the State of Nevada without giving effect to any choice or conflict of Law provision or rule that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Nevada.

 

8.9 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Buyer and the Shareholder. No waiver by any Party of any provision of this Agreement or any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Party making such waiver nor shall such waiver be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.

 

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8.10 Injunctive Relief. The Shareholder hereby agrees that in the event of breach of this Agreement damages would be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain, that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that, in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, Buyer shall be entitled to seek an injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, without any necessity of proving damages or any requirement for the posting of a bond or other security, enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions. The Shareholder hereby waives any and all defenses they may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court to grant such an injunction or other equitable relief.

 

8.11 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.

 

8.12 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Party will bear its own costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, that all Transaction Expenses incurred by the Company which are unpaid as of the Closing Date shall be paid by the Shareholder.

 

8.13 Construction. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Any reference to any Law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. The word “including” shall mean including without limitation.

 

8.14 Incorporation of Disclosure Schedule. The Disclosure Schedule and other schedules identified in this Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

 

8.15 Schedules. Nothing in the Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein unless the schedule identifies the exception with reasonable particularity and describes the relevant facts in reasonable detail. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the mere listing (or inclusion of a copy) of a document or other item shall not be deemed adequate to disclose an exception to a representation or warranty made herein (unless the representation or warranty has to do with the existence of the document or other item itself). The Parties intend that each representation, warranty, and covenant contained herein shall have independent significance. If any Party has breached any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which the Party has not breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that the Party is in breach of the first representation, warranty, or covenant.

 

8.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES WAIVES THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties execute this Share Purchase Agreement as of and on the date first above written.

 

BUYER:   COMPANY:
     
SUMMIT HEALTHTECH, INC.   THE CONTROL CENTER, INC.
     
Name:     Name:  
Title:     Title:  
         
Address for Notice:   Address for Notice:
     
With a required copy to:   With a required copy to:

 

THE SHAREHOLDER:    
     
Name: Dr. Arif (Reef) Karim    
     
Address for Notice:    
     
With a required copy to:    

 

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EX-10.5 7 ex10-5.htm

 

SHARE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS SHARE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made effective as of the ____ day of ______, 2018, among SUMMIT HEALTHTECH, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”), THE CONTROL CENTER, INC., a California corporation, and (the “Company”), and DR. REEF KARIM (the “Shareholder”).

 

RECITALS

 

As of the date hereof, the Shareholder holds the Secondary Shares (defined below) of the Company.

 

The parties hereto believe that it is in the best interest of the Company to restrict the transferability of, and other rights in connection with, the Secondary Shares, as well as any voting rights associated with the Secondary Shares.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties covenant and agree as follows:

 

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth to them in that certain Share Purchase Agreement, dated the same date hereof, among the parties hereto (the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

2. Restrictions on Secondary Shares. Except as otherwise set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement (including without limitation Section 3.3(h) thereof), Shareholder shall not in any way Transfer any of the Secondary Shares. “Transfer” means any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, mortgage, exchange, hypothecation, grant of a security interest or other direct or indirect disposition or encumbrance of an interest (including without limitation, any of the Secondary Shares), whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law.

 

3. Automatic Transfer. The Shareholder agrees that immediately upon the occurrence of a Share Transfer Event), all of the Secondary Shares held by the Shareholder (or any heir, executor, administrator, personal representative, estate, testamentary beneficiary, donee, trustee in bankruptcy, successor or assignee of the Shareholder) shall be immediately deemed Transferred to the Buyer, without action by the Shareholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shareholder shall execute and deliver any and all appropriate instruments of transfer (as determined by the Buyer in its sole discretion) to convey the Secondary Shares to Buyer.

 

4. No Voting. During the Share Restriction Period, the Shareholder, individually, his proxies and attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,, hereby agrees to vote or act by written consent during the Share Restriction Period with respect to all Secondary Shares in accordance with the direction of Buyer’s Board of Directors with respect to any and all matters brought before the shareholders of the Company. This proxy and power of attorney is given to secure the performance of the duties of Shareholder under this Agreement and Section 3.3(h) of the Purchase Agreement. This proxy and power of attorney granted by Shareholder shall be irrevocable during the term of Share Restriction Period, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy with respect to the Secondary Shares. The proxy and power of attorney granted hereunder shall terminate upon the expiration of the Share Restriction Period and the full and valid transfer of the Secondary Shares in accordance with this Agreement. The proxy granted under this Agreement shall be stated by legend on each and every of Secondary Share certificates.

 

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5. Equitable Relief. The Shareholder acknowledges that a breach of this Agreement would result in irreparable damage to the other parties hereto and third-party beneficiaries and each covenant and agreement is reasonably necessary to protect and preserve the interest of the other parties hereto and the third-party beneficiaries. Therefore, in addition to all the remedies provided at law or in equity, the Shareholder agrees and consents that the other parties and third-party beneficiaries hereto shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction (without bond) to prevent a breach or contemplated breach of any of the covenants or agreements of the Shareholder contained herein. The Shareholder hereby waives the claim or defense that an adequate remedy at law for such a breach exists.

 

6. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder will be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given: (a) when delivered personally to the recipient, (b) when sent by electronic mail or facsimile, on the date of transmission to such recipient without notice of delivery failure, (c) one (1) Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (d) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and addressed to the intended recipient as set forth on the signature pages hereto. Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

 

7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic Laws of the State of Nevada without giving effect to any choice or conflict of Law provision or rule that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Nevada.

 

8. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Buyer, the Company, and the Shareholder. No waiver by any party of any provision of this Agreement or any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the party making such waiver nor shall such waiver be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.

 

9. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.

 

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10. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES WAIVES THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS.

 

11. Third-Party Beneiciaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and Joseph E. LoConti and his Affiliates, successors, heirs, and assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the Purchase Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties and supersede any confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement among the parties or their Affiliates and any prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this SHARE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT as of the date first above written.

 

BUYER:   COMPANY:
     
SUMMIT HEALTHTECH, INC. THE CONTROL CENTER, INC.
_______________________________   _______________________________
Name:__________________________   Name:__________________________
Title:___________________________   Title:___________________________
     
Address for Notice:   Address for Notice:
     
With a required copy to:   With a required copy to:
     
THE SHAREHOLDER:    
_______________________________    
Name: Dr. Reef Karim    
     
Address for Notice:    
     
With a required copy to:    

 

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