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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 10-Q
 

 
(Mark One)
 
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007
 
or
 
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from ________ to ________
 
Commission File Number 0-18672
 
 ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
51-0448969
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
207 South Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617) 423-1072
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES x NO o 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 

Large accelerated filer o    Accelerated filer o    Non-accelerated filer x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
Yes o No x
 
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value, as of August 1, 2007, was 9,346,966 shares.
 




ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
 
INDEX

 
Page
Part I.
Financial Information
   
       
Item 1.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (unaudited)
 
3
       
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 (unaudited)
 
4
       
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 (unaudited)
 
5
 
 
   
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
 
6-8
 
 
   
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
8-14
       
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
14
       
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
 
14-15
       
Part II.
Other Information
   
       
 Item 1A
Risk Factors
 
15-21
       
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
21
       
Item 6.
Exhibits
 
22
       
 
Signatures
 
23
 
 
   
 
Exhibit Index
 
24
 
 
   
 
Exhibits
 
xx

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)

 
 
June 30, 2007
 
December 31, 2006
 
ASSETS
         
Current assets
         
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
5,808,008
 
$
7,833,046
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $1,109,679 at June 30, 2007 and $915,969 at December 31, 2006
   
2,500,709
   
3,385,280
 
Inventories
   
4,217,594
   
4,511,814
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
262,751
   
269,301
 
Total current assets
   
12,789,062
   
15,999,441
 
               
Equipment, net
   
201,783
   
249,221
 
Total assets
 
$
12,990,845
 
$
16,248,662
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
             
Current liabilities
             
Accounts payable
 
$
1,571,264
 
$
2,639,935
 
Accrued expenses
   
480,369
   
562,349
 
Deferred gain on sale of real estate
   
367,245
   
367,245
 
Total current liabilities
   
2,418,878
   
3,569,529
 
               
Deferred gain on sale of real estate
   
165,521
   
357,373
 
Total liabilities
   
2,584,399
   
3,926,902
 
               
Stockholders' equity
             
Common stock, $0.01 par value:
             
Authorized - 25,000,000 shares; issued - 9,355,366 shares, including shares held in treasury
   
93,554
   
93,554
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
31,423,981
   
31,275,169
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(21,685,979
)
 
(19,597,296
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income -currency translation adjustment
   
582,212
   
557,655
 
Treasury stock (8,400 shares), at cost
   
(7,322
)
 
(7,322
)
Total stockholders' equity
   
10,406,446
   
12,321,760
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
12,990,845
 
$
16,248,662
 

See accompanying notes.

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ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
 2007
 
 2006
 
 2007
 
 2006
 
                       
Net sales
 
$
4,342,052
 
$
4,518,233
 
$
9,096,308
 
$
9,798,943
 
Cost of goods sold
   
3,871,321
   
4,295,669
   
7,505,794
   
8,610,622
 
Gross profit
   
470,731
   
222,564
   
1,590,514
   
1,188,320
 
                           
Operating expenses:
                         
Selling
   
878,154
   
878,022
   
1,771,726
   
1,781,967
 
General and administrative
   
606,624
   
697,780
   
1,245,541
   
1,546,688
 
Research and development
   
490,875
   
557,112
   
982,214
   
1,188,873
 
Total operating expenses
   
1,975,653
   
2,132,914
   
3,999,481
   
4,517,527
 
Operating profit (loss) before gain on sale of real estate
   
(1,504,922
)
 
(1,910,350
)
 
(2,408,967
)
 
(3,329,206
)
Gain on sale of real estate
   
95,626
   
-
   
191,552
   
-
 
                           
Operating profit (loss)
   
(1,409,296
)
 
(1,910,350
)
 
(2,217,415
)
 
(3,329,206
)
                           
Interest income
   
71,194
   
57,868
   
149,240
   
138,190
 
Interest (expense)
   
-
   
(54,978
)
 
-
   
(145,704
)
Other, net
   
(544
)
 
49,964
   
(20,563
)
 
104,378
 
Total other income (expense), net
   
70,650
   
52,854
   
128,677
   
96,864
 
                           
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
(1,338,646
)
 
(1,857,496
)
 
(2,088,738
)
 
(3,232,342
)
                           
Income taxes
   
—
   
—
   
—
   
—
 
                           
Net income (loss)
 
$
(1,338,646
)
$
(1,857,496
)
$
(2,088,738
)
$
(3,232,342
)
                           
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share
 
$
(0.14
)
$
(0.20
)
$
(0.22
)
$
(0.35
)
                           
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares
                         
                           
Basic and diluted
   
9,346,966
   
9,346,966
   
9,346,966
   
9,346,966
 

See accompanying notes.

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ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Unaudited)
 
   
Six Months Ended
June 30, 
 
   
 2007
 
 2006
 
Operating activities:
           
Net income (loss)
 
$
(2,088,738
)
$
(3,232,342
)
               
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
             
Depreciation
   
41,909
   
111,966
 
Amortization of deferred gain on sale of real estate
   
(191,552
)
     
Stock based compensation
   
148,812
   
123,018
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
             
Accounts receivable, net
   
903,623
   
440,986
 
Inventories
   
295,346
   
915,954
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
7,576
   
(36,414
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
(1,149,005
)
 
(1,600,372
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
(2,032,029
)
 
(3,277,204
)
               
Investing activities:
             
Additions to property, plant and equipment
   
5,887
   
(35,941
)
               
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
   
5,887
   
(35,941
)
               
Financing activities:
             
Principal payments on long-term debt...
   
-
   
(1,243,313
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
-
   
(1,243,313
)
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
   
1,103
   
1,975
 
               
Net change in cash
   
(2,025,039
)
 
(4,554,483
)
               
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
7,833,046
   
9,081,122
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
5,808,007
 
$
4,526,639
 
               
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
             
               
Cash paid during the period for:
             
Interest
 
$
—
 
$
145,704
 
Income taxes
 
$
—
 
$
—
 

See accompanying notes. 

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ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

(1)  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
(a)  
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements of Zoom Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") presented herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2006 included in the Company's 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
The accompanying financial statements are unaudited. However, the condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2006 was derived from audited financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal, recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of results for these interim periods.
 
The accompanying financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zoom Telephonics, Inc. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
The results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.
 
(b)  
Recently Issued or Proposed Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, and disclosure.

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FIN 48. As of that date the Company had no material unrecognized income tax benefits. Further, no significant changes in the unrecognized income tax benefits are expected to occur over the next twelve months.

Historically the Company has not accrued or paid significant interest and penalties for underpayments of income taxes. Interest and penalties related to such underpayments would be classified as a component of income tax expense. No material amounts of interest or penalties for underpayments of income taxes were required to be accrued as of June 30, 2007. 
 
The Company files income tax returns in the United States and the United Kingdom. Currently, open tax years in the US for federal and state income tax purposes are 2003 through 2006. Open tax years in the UK are 2005 through 2006.

The Company accounts for point-of-sale taxes on a net basis under Emerging Issues Tax Force No. 06-3,, “How Sales Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Authorities Should Be Presented in the Income Statement (That Is, Gross Versus Net Presentation).”

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115. Under SFAS 159, a company may elect to use fair value to measure certain financial assets and financial liabilities. The fair value election is irrevocable and generally made on an instrument-by-instrument basis even if a company has similar instruments that it elects not to measure at fair value. At the adoption date, unrealized gains and losses on existing items for which the fair value option had been elected are reported as a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings. Subsequent to the adoption of SFAS 159, changes in fair value are recognized in operations. SFAS is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and is required to be adopted by the Company on January 1, 2008. The Company Is currently determining if fair value accounting is appropriate for any eligible items and cannot currently estimate the effect, if any, that SFAS 159 will have on its financial statements.
 
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(2) Liquidity

On June 30, 2007 the Company had working capital of $10.4 million, including $5.8 million in cash and cash equivalents.

To conserve cash and manage liquidity, the Company has implemented cost cutting initiatives including the reduction of employee headcount and overhead costs. The employee headcount was 116 at June 30, 2006 and 68 at June 30, 2007. Thirty-seven of this total reduction of 48 resulted from the closing of the Company’s Boston manufacturing facility in August 2006. The Company’s production activity was outsourced to a lower-cost maquiladora factory in Tijuana, Mexico. The Company plans to continue to assess its cost structure as it relates to revenues and cash position. The Company may make further reductions if the actions are deemed necessary.

The Company's total current assets at June 30, 2007 were $12.8 million and current liabilities were $2.4 million. The Company did not have any long-term debt at June 30, 2007. Management believes it has sufficient resources to fund its planned operations through at least June 30, 2008. However, if the Company is unable to increase its revenues, reduce its expense, or raise capital the Company's longer-term ability to continue as a going concern and achieve its intended business objectives could be adversely affected.
 
(3) Earnings Per Share
 
Options to purchase 1,360,250 shares of common stock at June 30, 2007 and 1,226,200 shares at June 30, 2006 were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 because their effect would be antidilutive.
 
(4) Inventories
 
Inventories consist of :
 
June 30, 2007
 
December 31, 2006
 
Raw materials
 
$
2,413,444
 
$
2,969,375
 
Work in process
   
332,231
   
522,307
 
 Finished goods
   
1,471,919
   
1,020,132
 
Total Inventories
 
$
4,217,594
 
$
4,511,814
 
 
(5) Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Comprehensive income (loss) follows: 
 
   
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(1,338,646
)
$
(1,857,496
)
$
(2,088,738
)
$
(3,232,342
)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
20,692
   
59,882
   
24,557
   
65,524
 
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
(1,317,954
)
$
(1,797,614
)
$
(2,064,181
)
$
(3,166,818
)
 
The Company is party to various lawsuits and administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company evaluates such lawsuits and proceedings on a case-by-case basis, and its policy is to vigorously contest any such claims that it believes are without merit. The Company's management believes that the ultimate resolution of such pending matters will not materially and adversely affect the Company's business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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(7) Segment and Geographic Information
 
The Company’s operations are classified as one reportable segment. The Company’s net sales follow: 

   
Three Months 
Ended 
June 30, 2007
 
% of 
Total
 
Three Months 
Ended 
June 30, 2006
 
% of Total
 
Six Months 
Ended 
June 30, 2007
 
% of 
Total
 
Six Months 
Ended 
June 30, 2006
 
% of 
Total
 
North America
 
$
2,629,708
   
61%
 
$
2,478,515
   
55%
 
$
6,115,371
   
71%
 
$
5,430,638
   
55%
 
Turkey
   
54,650
   
1%
 
 
391,042
   
9%
 
 
17,936
   
0%
 
 
1,052,264
   
11%
 
UK
   
1,067,779
   
24%
 
 
888,340
   
20%
 
 
1,730,734
   
17%
 
 
1,794,706
   
18%
 
All Other
   
589,915
   
14%
 
 
760,336
   
16%
 
 
1,232,267
   
12%
 
 
1,521,335
   
16%
 
Total
 
$
4,342,052
   
100%
 
$
4,518,233
   
100%
 
$
9,096,308
   
100%
 
$
9,798,943
   
100%
 
 
(8) Customer Concentrations
 
Relatively few customers account for a substantial portion of the Company's net sales. In the second quarter of 2007 the Company's net sales to its top three customers accounted for 44% of its total net sales. In the second quarter of 2006 the Company's net sales to its top three customers accounted for 35% of its total net sales. The Company's customers generally do not enter into long-term agreements obligating them to purchase the Company’s products. The Company may not continue to receive significant revenues from any of these or from other large customers. A reduction or delay in orders from any of the Company's significant customers, or a delay or default in payment by any significant customer could materially harm the Company's business and prospects. Because of the Company's significant customer concentration, its net sales and operating income could fluctuate significantly due to changes in political or economic conditions, or the loss, reduction of business, or less favorable terms for any of our significant customers.
 
(9) Subsequent Event
 
On July 26, 2007 Zoom purchased, for $1.06 million cash, Series A Preferred Shares of Unity Business Networks L.L.C. (Unity) and an option to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of Unity. Zoom is now the holder of all the Series A Preferred Shares of Unity, which are convertible into 15% of Unity’s Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis and which have a liquidation preference of $1.06 million. Under the option Zoom may acquire 100% of Unity based on a multiple of Unity’s 2008 qualifying revenues. A multiple of 1.44869 will be used if Unity's 2008 revenues are $10 million or more and if 2008 net income (before subtracting capital expenses, depreciation expenses, amortization expenses, and interest expenses) is break-even or better. Otherwise a multiple of 1.20870 will be used. The option is exercisable for 30 days after the receipt of Unity’s 2008 audited financial statements. Zoom may elect to pay from 70% to 90% of the option price in cash, with the remainder of the purchase price in Zoom stock. If Zoom exercises its option, Zoom expects to fund the option price with proceeds from the issuance of its Common Stock and from debt. The Series A Preferred Shares and the option to purchase Unity can be sold under certain conditions specified in Zoom’s related 8-K which has been filed with the SEC.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the safe harbor statement and the risk factors contained in Item IA of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and our other filings with the SEC. Readers should also be cautioned that results of any reported period are often not indicative of results for any future period.
 
Overview
 
We derive our net sales primarily from sales of Internet-related communication products to retailers, distributors, Internet Service Providers and Original Equipment Manufacturers. Our products include broadband and dial-up modems and other communication products, We sell our products through a direct sales force and through independent sales agents. As of June 30, 2007 our employees were primarily located at our headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, our support office in Boca Raton, Florida, and our sales office in the United Kingdom. During July and August 2007 we closed our support office in Boca Raton, Florida and transferred their support activities to our headquarters in Boston. We typically design our hardware products; but we do sometimes use another company’s design if it meets our requirements. Electronic assembling and testing of our products in accordance with our specifications is typically done in China or Taiwan.
 
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For many years we performed most of the final assembling, testing, packaging, warehousing and distribution at a production and warehouse facility at Summer Street in Boston, Massachusetts. That location also engaged in firmware programming for some products. On June 30, 2006 we announced our plans to move most of our Summer Street operations to a dedicated facility in Tijuana, Mexico commencing approximately September 1, 2006, and we have implemented that plan. Our lease for our Summer Street facility expired in August 2006, and we completely vacated the facility on September 30, 2006.

Since 1983 our headquarters has been near South Station in downtown Boston. We owned two adjacent buildings which connect on most floors, and which housed our entire Boston staff. In December 2006 we sold our headquarters buildings to a third party, with a two-year lease-back of approximately 25,000 square feet of the 62,000 square foot facility. Our net sale proceeds were approximately $7.7 million, of which approximately $3.6 million was repaid to our mortgage holder, eliminating the mortgage debt from our balance sheet.
 
For many years we derived a majority of our net sales from the retail after-market sale of dial-up modems to customers seeking to add or upgrade a modem for their personal computers. In recent years the size of this market and our sales to this market have declined, as personal computer manufacturers have incorporated a modem as a built-in component in most consumer personal computers and as increasing numbers of consumers worldwide have switched to broadband Internet access. The consensus of communications industry analysts is that sales of dial-up modems will probably continue to decline. There is also consensus among industry analysts that the installed base for broadband Internet connection devices, such as cable modems and DSL modems, will grow rapidly. In response to increased and forecasted worldwide demand for faster connection speeds and increased modem functionality, we have invested and continue to invest resources to advance our product line of broadband modems, both DSL modems and cable modems.
 
We continually seek to improve our product designs and manufacturing approach to improve product performance and reduce our costs. We pursue a strategy of outsourcing rather than internally developing our modem chipsets, which are application-specific integrated circuits that form the technology base for our modems. By outsourcing the chipset technology, we are able to concentrate our research and development resources on modem system design, leverage the extensive research and development capabilities of our chipset suppliers, and reduce our development time and associated costs and risks. As a result of this approach, we are able to quickly develop new products while maintaining a relatively low level of research and development expense as a percentage of net sales. We also outsource aspects of our manufacturing to contract manufacturers as a means of reducing our costs of production, and to provide us with greater flexibility in our production capacity.
 
Over the past several years our net sales have declined. In response to declining sales volume, we have cut costs by reducing staffing and some overhead. Our total headcount of full-time employees, including temporary workers, went from 116 on June 30, 2006 to 68 on June 30, 2007. Of the decline of 48 employees, 37 were related to the outsourcing of our final assembly manufacturing operation to Mexico. The manufacturing personnel in Mexico are not included in our 2007 headcount. Of the 68 employees on December 31, 2006, 14 were engaged in research and development, 19 were involved in purchasing, assembly, packaging, shipping and quality control, 23 were engaged in sales, marketing and technical support, and the remaining 12 performed accounting, administrative, management information systems, and executive functions.
 
Generally our gross margin for a given product depends on a number of factors including the type of customer to whom we are selling. The gross margin for retailers tends to be higher than for some of our other customers; but the sales, marketing, support, and overhead costs associated with retailers also tend to be higher. Our sales to certain countries, including Turkey, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia, are currently handled by a single master distributor for each country who handles the support and marketing costs within the country. Gross margin for sales to these master distributors tends to be low, since lower pricing to these distributors helps them to cover the support and marketing costs for their country. Our gross margin for broadband modems tends to be lower than for dial-up modems for a number of reasons, including that retailers are currently a more significant channel for our dial-up modems than for our broadband modems, that a higher percentage of our DSL sales come from low-margin countries, and that there is stronger competition in the broadband market than in the dial-up market.
 
In the second quarter of 2007 our net sales were down 3.9% compared to the second quarter of 2006. The main reason for the sales decrease was the decline in DSL modem sales to Turkey due to actions by Turkish Telecom to dramatically increase their bundling of DSL modems with their service. We are seeing growth in some areas, including DSL sales to U.S. Internet Service Providers and DSL and Cable modem sales to U.S. and U.K. retailers. We are continuing our efforts to expand our DSL customer base and product line. Because of our significant customer concentration, however, our net sales and operating results have fluctuated and in the future could continue to fluctuate significantly due to changes in political or economic conditions or the loss, reduction of business, or less favorable terms for any of our significant customers.
 
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Our cash and cash equivalents balance at June 30, 2007 was $5.8 million, down from $7.8 million at December 31, 2006. This reduction was due primarily to our $2.1 million loss and $1.3 million reduction in liabilities for the six month period, partially offset by a reduction in accounts receivable and inventory.
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
Following is a discussion of our more significant accounting policies and estimates. As described below, management judgments and estimates must be made and used in connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Material differences could result in the amount and timing of our net sales, costs, and expenses for any period if we made different judgments or used different estimates.
 
Revenue (Net Sales) Recognition. We primarily sell hardware products to our customers. The hardware products include dial-up modems, DSL modems, cable modems, voice over IP products, embedded modems, ISDN modems, telephone dialers, and wireless and wired networking equipment. We earn a small amount of royalty revenue that is included in our net sales, primarily from internet service providers. We generally do not sell software. We began selling services in 2004. We introduced our Global Village VoIP service in late 2004, but sales of those services to date have not been material.
 
We derive our net sales primarily from the sales of hardware products to four types of customers:

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computer peripherals retailers,
 
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computer product distributors,
 
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Internet service providers, and
 
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original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
 
We recognize hardware net sales to our customers at the point when the customers take legal ownership of the delivered products. Legal ownership passes from us to the customer based on the contractual FOB point specified in signed contracts and purchase orders, which are both used extensively. Many of our customer contracts or purchase orders specify FOB destination. We verify the delivery date on all significant FOB destination shipments made during the last 10 business days of each quarter.
 
Our net sales of hardware include reductions resulting from certain events which are characteristic of the sales of hardware to retailers of computer peripherals. These events are product returns, certain sales and marketing incentives, price protection refunds, and consumer mail-in and in-store rebates. Each of these is accounted for as a reduction of net sales based on detailed management estimates, which are reconciled to actual customer or end-consumer credits on a monthly or quarterly basis.
 
Our 2007 VoIP service revenues are recorded as the end-user-customer consumes billable VoIP services. The end-user-customer becomes a service customer by electing to sign up for the Global Village billable service on the Internet. We record revenue as billable services are consumed or monthly when flat-fee services are billed.
 
Product Returns. Products are returned by retail stores and distributors for inventory balancing, contractual stock rotation privileges, and warranty repair or replacements. We estimate the sales and cost value of expected future product returns of previously sold products. Our estimates for product returns are based on recent historical trends plus estimates for returns prompted by, among other things, new product introductions, announced stock rotations and announced customer store closings, etc. Our management reviews historical returns, current economic trends, and changes in customer demand and acceptance of our products when estimating sales return allowances. The estimate for future returns is recorded as a reserve against accounts receivable, a reduction of net sales, and the corresponding change to inventory and cost of sales. The relationship of quarterly physical product returns to quarterly product sales remained relatively stable for many years, ranging from a high of 10.6% to a low of 5.4% in the past two years. Product returns as a percentage of total net sales were 9.6% in the first six months of 2007.
 
Price Protection Refunds. We have a policy of offering price protection to certain of our retailer and distributor customers for some or all their inventory. Under the price protection policies, when we reduce our prices for a product, the customer receives a credit for the difference between the original purchase price and our reduced price for their unsold inventory of that product. Our estimates for price protection refunds are based on a detailed understanding and tracking by customer and by sales program. Estimated price protection refunds are recorded in the same period as the announcement of a pricing change. Information from customer inventory-on-hand reports or from direct communications with the customers is used to estimate the refund, which is recorded as a reduction of net sales and an allowance against accounts receivable. Reductions in our net sales due to price protection were $0.2 million in 2005, and $0.1 million in 2006. In the first six months of 2007 the reduction in our net sales due to price protection was $0.07 million.
 
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Sales and Marketing Incentives. Many of our retailer customers require sales and marketing support funding, usually set as a percentage of our sales in their stores. The incentives were reported as reductions in our net sales and were $1.1 million in 2005 and $1.1 million in 2006. In the first six months of 2007, the reduction in our net sales due to sales and marketing incentives was $0.7 million compared to $0.6 million in the first six months of 2006.
 
Consumer Mail-In and in Store Rebates. Our estimates for consumer mail-in and in-store rebates are based on a detailed understanding and tracking by customer and sales program, supported by actual rebate claims processed by the rebate redemption centers plus an accrual for an estimated lag in processing at the redemption centers. The estimate for mail-in and in-store rebates is recorded as a reserve against accounts receivable and a reduction of net sales in the same period that the rebate obligation was triggered. Reductions in our net sales due to the consumer rebates $0.8 million in 2005 and 2006. In the first six months of 2007 the reduction in our net sales due to consumer rebates was $0.3 million compared to $0.5 million in the first six months of 2006.
 
To ensure that the sales, discounts, and marketing incentives are recorded in the proper period, we perform extensive tracking and documenting by customer, by period, and by type of marketing event. This tracking includes reconciliation to the accounts receivable records for deductions taken by our customers for these discounts and incentives.
 
Accounts Receivable Valuation. We establish accounts receivable valuation allowances equal to the above-discussed net sales adjustments for estimates of product returns, price protection refunds, and consumer rebates. These allowances are reduced as actual credits are issued to the customers. Our bad-debt write-offs and expense were not significant in either the first six months of 2006 or 2007.
 
Inventory Valuation and Cost of Goods Sold. Inventory is valued on a standard cost basis where the material standards are periodically updated for current material pricing. Allowances for obsolete inventory are established by our management based on usability reviews performed each quarter. Our allowances against the inventory of a particular product range from 0% to 100%, based on management's estimate of the probability that the material will not be consumed or that it will be sold below cost. Our valuation process is to compare our cost to the selling prices each quarter, and if the selling price of a product is less than the "if completed" cost of our inventory, we write-down the inventory on a "lower of cost or market" basis.
 
Valuation and Impairment of Deferred Tax Assets. As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements we estimate our income tax provision. This process involves the estimation of our actual current tax together with deferred income taxes on temporary differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabities and on net operating loss and tax credit carryovers. We assess the likelihood that our net deferred income tax assets will be recovered. To the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we establish a valuation allowance. Changes in the valuation allowance are reflected in the statement of operations.
 
Significant management judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. We have recorded a 100% valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. It is management's estimate that, after considering all the available objective evidence, historical and prospective, with greater weight given to historical evidence, it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized. If we establish a record of continuing profitability, at some point we will be required to reverse the valuation allowance and restore the deferred asset value to the balance sheet, recording an equal income tax benefit which will increase net income in that period(s).
 
On December 31, 2006 we had federal net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $31,854,000. These federal net operating losses are available to offset future taxable income, and are due to expire in years ranging from 2018 to 2025. On December 31, 2006 we had state net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $22,253,000. These state net operating losses are available to offset future taxable income, and are primarily due to expire in years ranging from 2007 to 2010.

Results of Operations
 
Summary. Net sales were $4.3 million for our second quarter ended June 30, 2007, down 3.9% from $4.5 million in the second quarter of 2006. We had a net loss of $1.4 million for the second quarter of 2007, compared to a net loss of $1.9 million in the second quarter of 2006. Loss per diluted share improved from $0.20 for the second quarter of 2006 to $0.14 for the second quarter of 2007.
 
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Net sales were $9.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007, down 7.2% from $9.8 million in the first six months of 2006. We had a net loss of $2.1 million for the first six months of 2007, compared to a net loss of $3.2 million in the first six months of 2006. Loss per diluted share was $0.22 for the first six months of 2007 compared to a loss per diluted share of $0.35 for the first six months of 2006.
 
Net Sales. Our net sales for the second quarter of 2007 decreased 3.9% from the second quarter of 2006, primarily due to a 16% decrease in dial-up modem sales, partially offset by a 600% increase in cable modem sales and a 14% increase in DSL modem sales. Dial-up modem net sales declined to $1.8 million in the second quarter of 2007 compared to $2.1 million in the second quarter of 2006, primarily due to the continued decline of the dial-up modem after-market. Cable modem sales increased from $0.1 million net sales in the second quarter of 2006 to $0.4 million net sales in the second quarter of 2007. DSL modem net sales increased from $1.8 million in the second quarter of 2006 to $2.0 million in the second quarter of 2007. The increase in cable and DSL modem net sales was primarily a result of increased sales to our large retailer customers.
 
Our net sales for the first six months of 2007 decreased 7.2% from the first six months of 2006, primarily due to a 16% decrease in dial-up modem sales and a 4% decrease in DSL modem sales, partially offset by an 800% increase in cable modem sales. Dial-up modem net sales declined to $3.8 million in the first six months of 2007 compared to $4.5 million in the first six months of 2006, primarily resulting from the continued decline of the dial-up modem after-market. DSL modem net sales decreased to $4.3 million in the first six months of 2007 compared to $4.4 million in the first six months of 2006, primarily as a result of decreased DSL sales to our Turkish distributor as discussed above. Cable modem sales increased from $0.1 million net sales in the first half of 2006 to $0.8 million net sales in the first half of 2007.
 
Our net sales in North America were $2.6 million in the second quarter of 2007, an increase from $2.5 million in the second quarter of 2006. Our net sales in Turkey were $0.1 million in the second quarter of 2007, a decrease from $0.4 million in the second quarter of 2006. Our net sales in the U.K. were $1.1 million in the second quarter of 2007, an increase from $0.9 million in the second quarter of 2006. The increase in sales in the North America and in the U.K. resulted from higher sales through our retailer channel. The decline in net sales in Turkey resulted from the decline in DSL modem sales due to actions by Turkish Telecom to dramatically increase their bundling of DSL modems with their service. Our net sales outside North America, Turkey and the U.K. were $0.6 million in the second quarter of 2007, a decrease from $0.8 million in the second quarter of 2006.
 
Our net sales in North America were $6.1 million in the first six months of 2007, an increase from $5.4 million in the first six months of 2006. Our net sales in Turkey were $0.02 million in the first six months of 2007 and $1.1 million in the first six months of 2006. Our net sales in the U.K. were $1.7 million in the first six months of 2007, a decline from $1.8 million in the first six months of 2006. Our net sales in countries outside North America, Turkey and the U.K. were $1.2 million for the first six months of 2007 and $1.5 million for the first six months of 2006.
 
In the second quarter of 2007 our net sales to our top three customers accounted for 44% of our total net sales, with our net sales to a North American retailer accounting for 16% of total net sales. The remaining 28% was split equally between a large electronics retailer in North America and a large electronics retailer in the U.K. For the first six months of 2007, our net sales to our top three customer accounted for 41% of our net sales. Because of our significant customer concentration, our net sales and operating income has fluctuated and could in the future fluctuate significantly due to changes in political or economic conditions or the loss, reduction of business, or less favorable terms for any of our significant customers.
 
Gross Profit. Our total gross profit was $0.5 million in the second quarter of 2007, an increase from $0.2 million in the second quarter of 2006. Our gross margin percent of net sales increased to 10.8% in the second quarter of 2007 from 4.9% in the second quarter of 2006. Gross margins were higher in the second quarter of 2007 primarily due to the move of our Boston final assembly operation to Tijuana, Mexico, which lowered manufacturing personnel, space, and occupancy costs compared to the second quarter of 2006. Reduced product obsolescence expense also contributed to the improvement in gross margins, partially offset by lower product margins due to pricing, cost, and sales mix changes.
 
Our total gross profit was $1.6 million in the first six months of 2007, an improvement from the $1.2 million recorded in the first six months of 2006. Our gross margin percent of net sales increased to 17.5% in the first six months of 2007 from the 12.1% recorded in the first six months of 2006. Gross margins were higher primarily because of reduced charges for obsolescence expense and lower manufacturing expense due to the transfer of our production operation from Boston to Mexico in the third quarter of 2006.
 
Selling Expense. Selling expense was unchanged at $0.9 million for the second quarter of 2007 and 2006. Selling expense as a percentage of net sales was 20.2% in the second quarter of 2007 and 19.4% of net sales in the second quarter of 2006. Personnel salary and commission expense was lower in the second quarter of 2007 compared to the second quarter of 2006 but was approximately offset by increased customer delivery costs.
 
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Selling expense was unchanged at $1.8 million for the first six months of 2007 and 2006. Selling expense as a percentage of net sales was 19.5% in the first six months of 2007 and 18.2% of net sales in the first six months of 2006. Personnel salary and commission expense was lower in the first six months of 2007 compared to the first six months of 2006 but were approximately offset by increased customer delivery costs.
 
General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense was $0.6 million or 14.0% of net sales in the second quarter of 2007 compared to $0.7 million or 15.4% of net sales in the second quarter of 2006. The reduction was primarily the result of reduced personnel, legal, and audit expense.
 
General and administrative expense was $1.2 million or 13.7% of net sales in the first six months of 2007 compared to $1.5 million or 15.8% of net sales in the first six months of 2006. The reduction was primarily the result of reduced personnel, legal, and audit expense.
 
Research and Development Expense. Research and development expense decreased $0.1 million to $0.5 million or 11.3% of net sales in the second quarter of 2007 from $0.6 million or 12.3% of net sales in the second quarter of 2006. Research and development costs decreased primarily as a result of lower personnel costs due to headcount reductions. Development and support continues on all of our major product lines with particular emphasis on VoIP products and service, DSL products, and wireless products
 
Research and development expense decreased $0.2 million to $1.0 million or 10.8% of net sales in the first six months of 2007 from $1.2 million or 12.1% of net sales in the first six months of 2006. Research and development costs decreased primarily as a result of lower personnel costs due to headcount reductions.
 
Gain on sale of real estate. A gain on sale of real estate of $0.096 million was recorded in each of the first and second quarters of 2007. In December we sold our headquarters building in Boston and agreed to lease-back some of the office space. This lease-back arrangement resulted in a gain of which a portion ($0.725 million) was deferred. The deferred portion of the gain is being recognized over the lease-back term at $0.096 million per quarter.
 
Total Other Income (Expense), Net. Other income (expense), net was income, net of $0.07 million in the second quarter of 2007, primarily from interest income, compared to income, net of $0.05 million in the second quarter of 2006, primarily from interest income and rental income, partially offset by interest expense from our prior mortgage.
 
Total other income (expense), net was income, net of $0.1 million in the first six months of 2007 and 2006.
 
Income Tax Expense (Benefit). We did not record any tax expense in the first or second quarter of 2007 or the first or second quarter of 2006. The net deferred tax asset balance at June 30, 2007 was zero. This accounting treatment is described in further detail under the caption Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates above.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
On June 30, 2007 we had working capital of $10.4 million, including $5.8 million in cash and cash equivalents. In the first six months of 2007, operating activities used $2.0 million in cash. Our net loss in the first six months of 2007 was $2.1 million. Uses of cash from operations included a decrease of accounts payable and accrued expenses of $1.3 million. Sources of cash from operations included a decrease of accounts receivable of $0.9 million and inventory of $0.3 million.
 
To conserve cash and manage our liquidity, we continue to implement cost cutting initiatives including the reduction of employee headcount and overhead costs. The employee headcount was 116 at June 30, 2006 and was reduced to 68 at June 30, 2007. Of the decline of 48 employees, 37 were related to the outsourcing of our final assembly manufacturing operation to Mexico. The manufacturing personnel in Mexico are not Zoom employees. We plan to continue to assess our cost structure as it relates to our revenues and cash position in 2007, and we may make further reductions if the actions are deemed necessary.
 
On July 26, 2007 Zoom purchased, for $1.06 million cash, Series A Preferred Shares of Unity Business Networks L.L.C. (Unity) and an option to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of Unity. Zoom is now the holder of all the Series A Preferred Shares of Unity, which are convertible into 15% of Unity’s Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis and which have a liquidation preference of $1.06 million. Under the option Zoom may acquire 100% of Unity based on a multiple of Unity’s 2008 qualifying revenues. A multiple of 1.44869 will be used if Unity's 2008 revenues are $10 million or more and if 2008 net income (before subtracting capital expenses, depreciation expenses, amortization expenses, and interest expenses) is break-even or better. Otherwise a multiple of 1.20870 will be used. The option is exercisable for 30 days after the receipt of Unity’s 2008 audited financial statements. Zoom may elect to pay from 70% to 90% of the option price in cash, with the remainder of the purchase price in Zoom stock. If Zoom exercises its option, Zoom expects to fund the option price with proceeds from the issuance of its Common Stock and from debt. The Series A Preferred Shares and the option to purchase Unity can be sold under certain conditions specified in Zoom’s related 8-K which has been filed with the SEC.
 
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Management believes it has sufficient resources to fund its planned operations through at least June 30, 2008. However, if we are unable to increase our revenues, reduce or otherwise adequately control our expenses, or raise capital, our longer-term ability to continue as a going concern and achieve our intended business objectives could be adversely affected. See the safe harbor statement contained herein and the "Risk Factors" under Item IA of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q below, Zoom’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and Zoom’s other filings with the SEC, for further information with respect to events and uncertainties that could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.

Commitments:

Other than as discussed above, during the six months ended June 30, 2007, there were no material changes to our capital commitments and contractual obligations from those disclosed in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
 
Some of the statements contained in this report are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our or our industry's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to statements regarding: Zoom's plans, expectations and intentions, including statements relating to Zoom's prospects and plans relating to sales of and markets for its products; Zoom’s expected benefits and cost savings resulting from the move of its manufacturing facilities to Mexico; and Zoom's financial condition or results of operations.
 
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "may," "will, " "should," "could," "would," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "predicts," "potential" and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained in this report to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any of our forward-looking statements are based. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences in our future financial results include those discussed in the risk factors set forth in Item 1A of Part II below as well as those discussed elsewhere in this report and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We own financial instruments that are sensitive to market risks as part of our investment portfolio. The investment portfolio is used to preserve our capital until it is required to fund operations, including our research and development activities. None of these market-risk sensitive instruments are held for trading purposes. We do not own derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio. The investment portfolio contains instruments that are subject to the risk of a decline in interest rates. Investment Rate Risk - Our investment portfolio consists entirely of money market funds, which are subject to interest rate risk. Due to the short duration and conservative nature of these instruments, we do not believe that it has a material exposure to interest rate risk.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Securities Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, as ours are designed to do, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
 
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As of June 30, 2007 we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in enabling us to record, process, summarize and report information required to be included in our periodic SEC filings within the required time period.
 
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
PART II OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
 
This report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of our objectives, expectations and intentions. The cautionary statements made in this report are applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear in this report. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed below, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this report.

To stay in business we may require future additional funding which we may be unable to obtain on favorable terms, if at all.

Over the next twelve months we may require additional financing for our operations either to fund losses beyond those we anticipate or to fund growth in our inventory and accounts receivable. Our revolving credit facility expired on March 15, 2006 and we currently have no line of credit from which we can borrow. Additional financing may not be available to us on a timely basis if at all, or on terms acceptable to us. If we fail to obtain acceptable additional financing when needed, we may not have sufficient resources to fund our normal operations and we may be required to further reduce planned expenditures or forego business opportunities. These factors could reduce our net sales, increase our losses, and harm our business. Moreover, additional equity financing could dilute the per share value of our common stock held by current shareholders, while additional debt financing could restrict our ability to make capital expenditures or incur additional indebtedness, all of which would impede our ability to succeed.


Industry analysts believe that the market for our dial-up modems will continue to decline. If we are unable to increase demand for and sales of our broadband modems, we may be unable to sustain or grow our business. The market for high-speed communications products and services has a number of competing technologies. For instance, Internet access can be achieved by: 
 
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using a standard telephone line and appropriate service for dial-up modems;
 
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ISDN modems, or DSL modems, possibly in combination;
 
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 using a cable modem with a cable TV line and cable modem service;
 
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 using a router and some type of modem to service the computers connected to a local area network; or
 
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other approaches, including wireless links to the Internet.
 
Although we currently sell products that include these technologies, our most successful products have historically been our dial-up modems. The introduction of new products by competitors, market acceptance of products based on new or alternative technologies, or the emergence of new industry standards have in the past rendered and could continue to render our products less competitive or even obsolete. For example, these factors have caused the market for our dial-up modems to shrink dramatically. If we are unable to increase demand for our broadband modems, we may be unable to sustain or grow our business.  
 
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Our reliance on a limited number of customers for a large portion of our revenues could materially harm our business and prospects.

Relatively few customers have accounted for a substantial portion of our net sales. In the second quarter of 2007 net sales to our top three customers accounted for 44% of our total net sales. In the second quarter of 2006 net sales to our top three customers accounted for 35% of our total net sales. Our customers generally do not enter into long-term agreements obligating them to purchase our products. We may not continue to receive significant revenues from any of these or from other large customers. Because of our significant customer concentration, our net sales and operating income could fluctuate significantly due to changes in political or economic conditions or the loss of, reduction of business with, or less favorable terms for any of our significant customers. A reduction or delay in orders from any of our significant customers, or a delay or default in payment by any significant customer could materially harm our business, results of operation and liquidity.

Delays, unanticipated costs, interruptions in production or other problems in connection with the transfer of our manufacturing operations to Mexico or the continuing operation of that facility could harm our business. 

In September 2006 we transferred most of our manufacturing operations from Boston, Massachusetts to Tijuana, Mexico. As a result of moving our manufacturing options to Mexico, we experienced delays and interruptions in production and may experience additional delays and interruptions as well as unanticipated costs and other problems. We incurred approximately $280,000 in costs in connection with the move of our manufacturing operations to Mexico. Delays, interruptions in production or other problems related to the move could lead to increased or unexpected costs, reduced margins, delays in product deliveries, order cancellations, and lost revenue, all of which could harm our business, results of operation, and liquidity. Our conduct of business in Mexico is subject to the additional challenges and risks associated with international operations, including those related to integration of operations across different cultures and languages, currency risk, and economic, legal, political and regulatory risks.

Capacity constraints in our Mexican operations could reduce our sales and revenues and hurt customer relationships.

We now rely on our Mexican operations to finish and ship most of the products we sell. Since moving our manufacturing operations to our Mexican facility we have experienced and may continue to experience constraints on our manufacturing capacity as we address challenges related to operating our new facility, such as hiring and training workers, creating the facility’s infrastructure, developing new supplier relationships, complying with customs and border regulations, and resolving shipping and logistical issues. Our sales and revenues may be reduced and our customer relationships may be impaired if we continue to experience constraints on our manufacturing capacity. We are working to minimize capacity constraints in a cost-effective manner, but there can be no assurance that we will be able to adequately minimize capacity constraints.

Our reliance on a business processing outsourcing partner to conduct our operations in Mexico could materially harm our business and prospects.

In connection with the move of most of our manufacturing operations to Mexico, we rely on a business processing outsourcing partner to hire, subject to our oversight, the production team for our manufacturing operation, provide the selected facility described above, and coordinate some of the start-up and ongoing manufacturing logistics relating to our operations in Mexico. Our outsourcing partner’s related functions include acquiring the necessary Mexican permits, providing the appropriate Mexican operating entity, assisting in customs clearances, and providing other general assistance and administrative services in connection with the start-up and ongoing operation of the Mexican facility. Our outsourcing partner’s performance of these obligations efficiently and effectively is critical to the success of our operations in Mexico. Failure of our outsourcing partner to perform its obligations efficiently and effectively could result in delays, unanticipated costs or interruptions in production, delays in deliveries to our customers or other harm to our business, results of operation, and liquidity. Moreover, if our outsourcing arrangement is not successful, we cannot assure our ability to find an alternative production facility or outsourcing partner to assist in our operations in Mexico or our ability to operate successfully in Mexico without outsourcing or similar assistance.


The dial-up modem industry has been characterized by declining average selling prices and a declining retail market. The decline in average selling prices is due to a number of factors, including technological change, lower component costs, and competition. The decline in the size of the retail market for dial-up modems is primarily due to the inclusion of dial-up modems as a standard feature contained in new PCs, and the advent of broadband products. Decreasing average selling prices and reduced demand for our dial-up modems have resulted and are likely to continue to result in decreased net sales for dial-up modems. If we fail to replace declining revenue from the sales of dial-up modems with the sales of our other products, including our broadband modems, our business, results of operation and liquidity will be harmed.
 
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Less advantageous terms of sale of our products could harm our business.

The Company entered into a consignment arrangement with a significant retailer customer in October 2006. In connection with this arrangement ownership of all unsold products previously purchased from the Company reverted to the Company in November 2006. The new arrangement resulted in an accounting adjustment that reduced the Company’s net sales and net profit for 2006. Under the consignment arrangement we do not recognize revenue from the sale of a product until the retailer actually sells such product to its customer. The consignment arrangement also results in a delay in the dating of invoices, the recognition of accounts receivable, and the due dates for payment by the retailer for goods sold. If additional significant customers adopt similar arrangements or otherwise change the terms of sale, our business, results of operation and liquidity will be harmed.

We believe that our future success will depend in large part on our ability to more successfully penetrate the broadband modem markets, which have been challenging markets, with significant barriers to entry.
 
With the shrinking of the dial-up modem market, we believe that our future success will depend in large part on our ability to more successfully penetrate the broadband modem markets, DSL and cable, and the VoIP market. These markets have significant barriers to entry that have adversely affected our sales to these markets. Although some cable and DSL modems are sold at retail, the high volume purchasers of these modems are concentrated in a relatively few large cable, telecommunications, and Internet service providers which offer broadband modem services to their customers. These customers, particularly cable services providers, also have extensive and varied approval processes for modems to be approved for use on their network. These approvals are expensive, time consuming, and continue to evolve. Successfully penetrating the broadband modem market therefore presents a number of challenges including:
 
·  
the current limited retail market for broadband modems;  
 
·  
the relatively small number of cable, telecommunications and Internet service provider customers that make up a substantial part of the market for broadband modems;
 
·  
the significant bargaining power of these large volume purchasers;
 
·  
the time consuming, expensive, uncertain and varied approval process of the various cable service providers; and  
 
·  
the strong relationships with cable service providers enjoyed by incumbent cable equipment providers like Motorola and Scientific Atlanta.

Our sales of broadband products have been adversely affected by all of these factors. Sales of our broadband products in European countries have fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate due to approvals and delays in the deployment by service providers of cable and DSL service in these countries. We cannot assure that we will be able to successfully penetrate these markets.

Our failure to meet changing customer requirements and emerging industry standards would adversely impact our ability to sell our products and services.
 
The market for PC communications products and high-speed broadband access products and services is characterized by aggressive pricing practices, continually changing customer demand patterns, rapid technological advances, emerging industry standards and short product life cycles. Some of our product and service developments and enhancements have taken longer than planned and have delayed the availability of our products and services, which adversely affected our sales and profitability in the past. Any significant delays in the future may adversely impact our ability to sell our products and services, and our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected. Our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to: 
 
·  
identify and respond to emerging technological trends and industry standards in the market;
 
·  
develop and maintain competitive products that meet changing customer demands;
 
·  
enhance our products by adding innovative features that differentiate our products from those of our competitors;
 
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bring products to market on a timely basis;
 
·  
introduce products that have competitive prices;
 
·  
manage our product transitions, inventory levels and manufacturing processes efficiently;
 
·  
respond effectively to new technological changes or new product announcements by others; and
 
·  
meet changing industry standards. 

Our product cycles tend to be short, and we may incur significant non-recoverable expenses or devote significant resources to sales that do not occur when anticipated. Therefore, the resources we devote to product development, sales and marketing may not generate material net sales for us. In addition, short product cycles have resulted in and may in the future result in excess and obsolete inventory, which has had and may in the future have an adverse affect on our results of operations. In an effort to develop innovative products and technology, we have incurred and may in the future incur substantial development, sales, marketing, and inventory costs. If we are unable to recover these costs, our financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected. In addition, if we sell our products at reduced prices in anticipation of cost reductions and we still have higher cost products in inventory, our business would be harmed and our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Our international operations are subject to a number of risks that could harm our business. 

Currently our business is significantly dependent on our operations outside the United States, particularly sales of our products and the production of most of our products. All of our manufacturing operations except our rework operations are now located outside of the United States. In 2005 sales outside of North America were 55% of our net sales. In 2006 sales outside North America were 44% of our net sales. In the second quarter of 2007 sales outside North America were 39% of our total net sales. The inherent risks of international operations could harm our business, results of operation, and liquidity. The types of risks faced in connection with international operations and sales include, among others:
 
·  
regulatory and communications requirements and policy changes;  
 
·  
favoritism toward local suppliers;   
 
·  
delays in the rollout of broadband services by cable and DSL service providers outside of the United States;   
 
·  
local language and technical support requirements;   
 
·  
difficulties in inventory management, accounts receivable collection and the management of distributors or representatives;   
 
·  
cultural differences;
 
·  
reduced control over staff and other difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;  
 
·  
reduced protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;
 
·  
political and economic changes and disruptions;
 
·  
governmental currency controls;
 
·  
shipping costs;  
 
·  
currency exchange rate fluctuations, including, as a result of the move of our manufacturing operations to Mexico, changes in value of the Mexican Peso relative to the US dollar; and import, export, and tariff regulations.
 
We may be subject to product returns resulting from defects, or from overstocking of our products. Product returns could result in the failure to attain market acceptance of our products, which would harm our business. 
 
If our products contain undetected defects, errors, or failures, we could face: 
 
·  
delays in the development of our products;
 
·  
numerous product returns; and
 
·  
other losses to us or to our customers or end users.

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Any of these occurrences could also result in the loss of or delay in market acceptance of our products, either of which would reduce our sales and harm our business. We are also exposed to the risk of product returns from our customers as a result of contractual stock rotation privileges and our practice of assisting some of our customers in balancing their inventories. Overstocking has in the past led and may in the future lead to higher than normal returns.
 
Our failure to effectively manage our inventory levels could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and harm our business. 

Due to rapid technological change and changing markets we are required to manage our inventory levels carefully to both meet customer expectations regarding delivery times and to limit our excess inventory exposure. In the event we fail to effectively manage our inventory our liquidity may be adversely affected and we may face increased risk of inventory obsolescence, a decline in market value of the inventory, or losses from theft, fire, or other casualty. We incurred a $0.3 million inventory obsolescence charge in 2006 for inventory reserves related to some slow-moving VoIP products.

We may be unable to produce sufficient quantities of our products because we depend on third party manufacturers. If these third party manufacturers fail to produce quality products in a timely manner, our ability to fulfill our customer orders would be adversely impacted. 

We use contract manufacturers to partially manufacture our products. We use these third party manufacturers to help ensure low costs, rapid market entry, and reliability. Any manufacturing disruption could impair our ability to fulfill orders, and failure to fulfill orders would adversely affect our sales. Although we currently use four contract manufacturers for the bulk of our purchases, in some cases a given product is only provided by one of these companies. The loss of the services of any of our significant third party manufacturers or a material adverse change in the business of or our relationships with any of these manufacturers could harm our business. Since third parties manufacture our products and we expect this to continue in the future, our success will depend, in part, on the ability of third parties to manufacture our products cost effectively and in sufficient quantities to meet our customer demand.
 
 We are subject to the following risks because of our reliance on third party manufacturers: 
 
·  
reduced management and control of component purchases;
 
·  
reduced control over delivery schedules, quality assurance and manufacturing yields;
 
·  
lack of adequate capacity during periods of excess demand;
 
·  
limited warranties on products supplied to us;
 
·  
potential increases in prices;
 
·  
interruption of supplies from assemblers as a result of a fire, natural calamity, strike or other significant event; and
 
·  
misappropriation of our intellectual property.

We may be unable to produce sufficient quantities of our products because we obtain key components from, and depend on, sole or limited source suppliers.

We obtain certain key parts, components, and equipment from sole or limited sources of supply. For example, we purchase most of our dial-up and broadband modem chipsets from Conexant Systems, Agere Systems, and Ikanos Communications. Integrated circuit product areas covered by at least one of these companies include dial-up modems, DSL modems, cable modems, networking, routers, and gateways. In the past we have experienced delays in receiving shipments of modem chipsets from our sole source suppliers. We may experience similar delays in the future. In addition, some products may have other components that are available from only one source. If we are unable to obtain a sufficient supply of components from our current sources, we would experience difficulties in obtaining alternative sources or in altering product designs to use alternative components. Resulting delays or reductions in product shipments could damage relationships with our customers, and our customers could decide to purchase products from our competitors. Inability to meet our customers’ demand or a decision by one or more of our customers to purchase products from our competitors could harm our operating results.
 
We face significant competition, which could result in decreased demand for our products or services.
 
We may be unable to compete successfully. A number of companies have developed, or are expected to develop, products that compete or will compete with our products. Furthermore, many of our current and potential competitors have significantly greater resources than we do. Intense competition, rapid technological change and evolving industry standards could result in less favorable selling terms to our customers, decrease demand for our products or make our products obsolete.
 
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Changes in existing regulations or adoption of new regulations affecting the Internet could increase the cost of our products or otherwise affect our ability to offer our products and services over the Internet.
 
Congress has adopted legislation that regulates certain aspects of the Internet, including online content, user privacy, taxation, liability for third-party activities and jurisdiction. In addition, a number of initiatives pending in Congress and state legislatures would prohibit or restrict advertising or sale of certain products and services on the Internet, which may have the effect of raising the cost of doing business on the Internet generally. Federal, state, local and foreign governmental organizations are considering other legislative and regulatory proposals that would regulate the Internet. We cannot predict whether new taxes will be imposed on our services, and depending on the type of taxes imposed, whether and how our services would be affected thereafter. Increased regulation of the Internet may decrease its growth and hinder technological development, which may negatively impact the cost of doing business via the Internet or otherwise harm our business.
 
New environmental regulations recently implemented or scheduled to be implemented later in 2007 may increase our manufacturing costs and harm our business. 

The State of California has implemented regulations requiring the use of highly efficient power cubes. These new requirements will affect many of our products and will typically result in an increase of $0.20 to $0.70 in our cost to produce those products that use U.S. power cubes. This is expected to reduce our gross margin for those products. 
 
Changes in current or future laws or governmental regulations and industry standards that negatively impact our products, services and technologies could harm our business. 
 
The jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission, or the FCC, extends to the entire United States communications industry including our customers and their products and services that incorporate our products. Our products are also required to meet the regulatory requirements of other countries throughout the world where our products and services are sold. Obtaining government regulatory approvals is time-consuming and very costly. In the past, we have encountered delays in the introduction of our products, such as our cable modems, as a result of government certifications. We may face further delays if we are unable to comply with governmental regulations. Delays caused by the time it takes to comply with regulatory requirements may result in cancellations or postponements of product orders or purchases by our customers, which would harm our business. 

In addition to reliability and quality standards, the market acceptance of our VoIP products and services is dependent upon the adoption of industry standards so that products from multiple manufacturers are able to communicate with each other. Standards are continuously being modified and replaced. As standards evolve, we may be required to modify our existing products or develop and support new versions of our products. The failure of our products to comply, or delays in compliance, with various existing and evolving industry standards could delay or interrupt volume production of our products, which could harm our business.

Regulation of VoIP services is developing and is therefore uncertain. Future regulation of VoIP services could increase our costs and restrict the grown of our VoIP business. 

VoIP services currently have different regulations from traditional telephony in most countries including the US. The US, various states and other countries may impose surcharges, taxes or new regulations upon providers of VoIP services. The imposition of any such surcharges, taxes and regulations on VoIP services could materially increase our costs, may limit or eliminate our competitive pricing and may require us to restructure the VoIP services we currently offer. For example, regulations requiring compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) or provision of the same type of 911 services as required for traditional telecommunications providers could place a significant financial burden on us depending on the technical changes required to accommodate the requirements. In May 2005 the FCC issued an order requiring interconnected VoIP providers to deliver 911 calls to the customer’s local emergency operator as a standard feature of the service. We believe our VoIP products are capable of meeting the FCC requirements. In the event our VoIP products do not meet the FCC requirements, we may need to modify our products, which could increase our costs. 

In many countries outside the US in which we operate or our services are sold, we cannot be certain that we will be able to comply with existing or future requirements, or that we will be able to continue to be in compliance with any such requirements. Our failure to comply with these requirements could materially adversely affect our ability to continue to offer our VoIP services in these jurisdictions.
 
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Fluctuations in the foreign currency exchange rates in relation to the U.S. Dollar could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

Changes in currency exchange rates that increase the relative value of the U.S. dollar may make it more difficult for us to compete with foreign manufacturers on price, may reduce our foreign currency denominated sales when expressed in dollars, or may otherwise have a material adverse effect on our sales and operating results. A significant increase in our foreign currency denominated sales would increase our risk associated with foreign currency fluctuations. A weakness in the U.S. dollar relative to the Mexican Peso and various Asian currencies including the Chinese renminbi could increase our product costs. 
 
Our future success will depend on the continued services of our executive officers and key product development personnel. 
 
The loss of any of our executive officers or key product development personnel, the inability to attract or retain qualified personnel in the future, or delays in hiring skilled personnel could harm our business. Competition for skilled personnel is significant. We may be unable to attract and retain all the personnel necessary for the development of our business. In addition, the loss of Frank B. Manning, our president and chief executive officer, or Peter Kramer, our executive vice president, some other member of the senior management team, a key engineer or salesperson, or other key contributors, could harm our relations with our customers, our ability to respond to technological change, and our business.
 
We may have difficulty protecting our intellectual property. 

Our ability to compete is heavily affected by our ability to protect our intellectual property. We rely primarily on trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and licensing arrangements to protect our intellectual property. The steps we take to protect our technology may be inadequate. Existing trade secret, trademark and copyright laws offer only limited protection. Our patents could be invalidated or circumvented. We have more intellectual property assets in some countries than we do in others. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries in which our products are or may be developed, manufactured or sold may not protect our products or intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. This may make the possibility of piracy of our technology and products more likely. We cannot assure that the steps that we have taken to protect our intellectual property will be adequate to prevent misappropriation of our technology.

We could infringe the intellectual property rights of others. 

Particular aspects of our technology could be found to infringe on the intellectual property rights or patents of others. Other companies may hold or obtain patents on inventions or may otherwise claim proprietary rights to technology necessary to our business. We are often indemnified by our suppliers relative to certain intellectual property rights; but these indemnifications do not cover all possible suits, and there is no guarantee that a relevant indemnification will be honored by the indemnifying party.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
 
We held our Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 22, 2007. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted:

1. To elect five (5) directors to serve for the ensuing year and until their successors are duly elected. The votes cast were as follows:

Nominees
 
For
 
Withheld/Abstain
 
Frank B. Manning
   
8,942,859
   
371,020
 
Peter R. Kramer
   
8,918,530
   
395,349
 
Bernard Furman
   
8,911,240
   
402,639
 
J. Ronald Woods
   
8,911,640
   
402,239
 
Joseph Donovan
   
8,937,869
   
376,010
 

2. To amend the Zoom Technologies, Inc. 1990 Stock Option Plan. The votes cast were as follows:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
2,647,528
 
361,447
 
22,729
 
5,897,245
 
3. To amend the Zoom Technologies, Inc. 1998 Employee Equity Incentive Plan. The votes cast were as follows:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
3,192,127
 
209,478
 
15,029
 
5,897,245
 
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit Description
     
10.1
 
Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement, dated July 25, 2007, by and between Unity Business Networks, L.L.C. and Zoom Technologies, Inc.
     
10.2
 
Option Agreement, dated July 25, 2007, by and among Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., Zoom Technologies, Inc., and each of the members of Unity listed on the signature page thereto.
     
10.3
 
Investor Rights Agreement, dated July 25, 2007, by and among Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., Zoom Technologies, Inc., and each of the holders of Unity’s Common Interests listed on the signature page thereto.
     
10.4
 
Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., dated July 25, 2007.
     
31.1
 
CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
31.2
 
CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1
 
CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.2  
 
CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
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ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
     
 
ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 14, 2007
By:   /s/ Frank B. Manning
 
Frank B. Manning,
President
 
     
Date: August 14, 2007
By:   /s/ Robert Crist
 
Robert Crist,
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit Description
     
10.1
 
Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement, dated July 25, 2007, by and between Unity Business Networks, L.L.C. and Zoom Technologies, Inc.
     
10.2
 
Option Agreement, dated July 25, 2007, by and among Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., Zoom Technologies, Inc., and each of the members of Unity listed on the signature page thereto.
     
10.3
 
Investor Rights Agreement, dated July 25, 2007, by and among Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., Zoom Technologies, Inc., and each of the holders of Unity’s Common Interests listed on the signature page thereto.
     
10.4
 
Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., dated July 25, 2007.
     
31.1
 
CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
31.2
 
CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1
 
CEO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.2  
 
CFO Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
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SERIES A PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS SERIES A PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the 25th day of July, 2007 by and between Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (the “Company”), and Zoom Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”).
 
The parties hereby agree as follows:
 
1. Purchase and Sale of Series A Preferred Shares.
 
1.1 Sale and Issuance of Series A Preferred Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to purchase at the Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to the Purchaser at the Closing 18,154,412 Series A Preferred Shares (the “Preferred Shares”), at a purchase price of $0.058388 per Preferred Share.
 
1.2 Closing; Delivery.
 
(a) The initial purchase and sale of the Preferred Shares shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, at 10:00 a.m., on July 25, 2007, or at such other time and place as the Company and the Purchaser mutually agree upon, orally or in writing (which time and place are designated as the “Closing”).
 
(b) At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser a letter confirming the number of Preferred Shares being purchased by the Purchaser at the Closing, against payment of the purchase price therefor by a wire transfer to a bank account designated by the Company.
 
1.3 Use of Proceeds. In accordance with the directions of the Company’s board of managers (the “Board of Managers”), the Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Shares for product development and other general corporate purposes.
 
1.4 Defined Terms Used in this Agreement. In addition to the terms defined above, the following terms used in this Agreement shall be construed to have the meanings set forth or referenced below.
 
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer or director of such Person or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing that is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Person.
 
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 

 
“Company Intellectual Property” means all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, domain names, mask works, information and proprietary rights and processes as are necessary to the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted.
 
“Investor’s Rights Agreement” means the agreement among the Company, the Purchaser and certain members of the Company, dated as of the date of the Closing, in the form of Exhibit A attached to this Agreement.
 
“Key Employee” means any executive-level employee as well as any employee or consultant who either alone or in concert with others develops, invents, programs or designs any Company Intellectual Property.
 
“Knowledge,” including the phrase “to the Company’s knowledge,” shall mean as to Isaac Elliott, Anthony Sheesley, Robert Paulsen and Greg Menard, their actual knowledge or information that they reasonably should have known.
 
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, financial condition, property, prospects or results of operations of the Company.
 
“MT Note” means that certain Multiple Advance Promissory Note dated October 1, 2003, as amended, issued by the Company to the MT Family Partnership, an Arizona limited partnership.
 
“Operating Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, as amended from time to time.
 
“Option Agreement” means the Option Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Purchaser.
 
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.
 
“Preferred Shares” means the Series A Preferred Shares issued at the Closing.
 
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
“Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Investor’s Rights Agreement, the Option Agreement, the Operating Agreement, [the Indemnification Agreement], and any other agreements, instruments or documents entered into in connection with this Agreement.
 
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule which has been separately provided to the Purchaser, which exceptions shall be deemed to be part of the representations and warranties made hereunder, the following representations are true and complete as of the date of the Closing, except as otherwise indicated. The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this Section 2, and the disclosures in any section or subsection of the Disclosure Schedule shall qualify other sections and subsections in this Section 2 only to the extent it is reasonably apparent from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections and subsections.
 
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For purposes of these representations and warranties (other than those in Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6), the term “the Company” shall include any subsidiaries of the Company, unless otherwise noted herein.
 
2.1. Organization, Good Standing, Corporate Power and Qualification. The Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona and has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. The Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
2.2. Capitalization. The authorized capital of the Company consists, immediately prior to the Closing, of:
 
(a) 102,875,000 Common Shares (as such term is defined in the Operating Agreement) (the “Common Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing. All of the outstanding Common Shares immediately prior to closing have been duly authorized, are fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
 
(b) The Company has issued 8,255,000 of units to officers, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to its 2005 Stock Appreciation Rights Plan duly adopted by the Board of Managers (the “SAR Plan”). Of such SAR Plan units, 6,462,500 units are vested as of the date hereof. The Company has furnished to the Purchaser complete and accurate copies of the SAR Plan.
 
(c) Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the capitalization of the Company immediately following the Closing including the number of shares of the issued and outstanding Common Shares. Except for (A) the conversion privileges of the Preferred Shares to be issued under this Agreement, (B) the rights provided in the Operating Agreement, (C) rights provided in the Investor’s Rights Agreement, and (D) the securities and rights described in Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement and Section 2.2(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal or similar rights) or agreements, orally or in writing, to purchase or acquire from the Company any membership interests, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for membership interests. All Common Shares are subject to (i) a right of first refusal in favor of the Company upon any proposed transfer (other than transfers for estate planning purposes); and (ii) a lock-up or market standoff agreement of not less than 180 days following the Company’s initial public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act as referenced in the Investor’s Rights Agreement.
 
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(d) Except as set forth on Section 2.2(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company’s SAR Plan does not contain a provision for acceleration of vesting or other changes in the vesting provisions or other terms of such agreement or understanding upon the occurrence of any event or combination of events. Except as set forth on Section 2.2(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has never adjusted or amended the exercise price of any membership interest options previously awarded, whether through amendment, cancellation, replacement grant, repricing, or any other means. Except as set forth in the Operating Agreement, the Company has no obligation (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or redeem any of its membership interests.
 
(e) The Company believes in good faith that the SAR Plan, as well as any other “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) under which the Company makes, is obligated to make or promises to make, payments (each, a “409A Plan”) complies in all material respects, in both form and operation, with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the guidance thereunder. To the knowledge of the Company, no payment that has been made under any 409A Plan is, or will be, subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code.
 
2.3. Subsidiaries. The Company does not currently own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, limited liability company, association, or other business entity. The Company is not a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement.
 
2.4. Authorization. All corporate action required to be taken by the Company’s members and managers in order to authorize the Company to enter into the Transaction Agreements, and to issue the Preferred Shares at the Closing, has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. All action on the part of the members and managers of the Company necessary for the execution and delivery of the Transaction Agreements, the performance of all obligations of the Company under the Transaction Agreements to be performed as of the Closing, and the issuance and delivery of the Preferred Shares has been taken or will be taken prior to the Closing. The Transaction Agreements, when executed and delivered by the Company, shall constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies, or (iii) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained in the Investor’s Rights Agreement and the Indemnification Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.
 
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2.5. Valid Issuance of Preferred Shares. The Preferred Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and for the consideration set forth in this Agreement, will be validly issued, and free of restrictions on transfer other than restrictions on transfer under the Transaction Agreements, applicable state and federal securities laws and liens or encumbrances created by or imposed by the Purchaser. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Purchaser in Section 3 of this Agreement and subject to the filings described in Section 2.6 below, the Preferred Shares will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
 
2.6. Governmental Consents and Filings. Assuming the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchaser in Section 3 of this Agreement, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any federal, state or local governmental authority is required on the part of the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for filings pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, which have been made or will be made in a timely manner.
 
2.7. Litigation. There is no claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, complaint, charge or investigation pending or to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened against the Company or any officer, manager or Key Employee of the Company arising out of their employment or managerial relationship with the Company. There is no claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, complaint, charge or investigation pending or to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened, that questions the validity of the Transaction Agreements or the right of the Company to enter into them, or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements; or to the Company’s knowledge, that would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by the Company pending or which the Company currently intends to initiate.
 
2.8. Intellectual Property. The Company owns or possesses or reasonably believes it can acquire on commercially reasonable terms sufficient legal rights to all Company Intellectual Property without any known conflict with, or infringement of, the rights of others. To the knowledge of the Company, no product or service marketed or sold (or proposed to be marketed or sold) by the Company violates or will violate any license or infringes or will infringe any intellectual property rights of any other party. Section 2.8 of the Disclosure Schedule lists all registered patents, trademarks and copyrights of the Company. The Company has not received any communications alleging that the Company has violated or, by conducting its business, would violate any of the patents, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets, mask works or other proprietary rights or processes of any other Person. The Company has obtained and possesses valid licenses to use all of the software programs present on the computers and other software-enabled electronic devices that it owns or leases or that it has otherwise provided to its employees for their use in connection with the Company’s business. The Company has not embedded any open source, copyleft or community source code in any of its products generally available or in development, including but not limited to any libraries or code licensed under any General Public License, Lesser General Public License or similar license arrangement.
 
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2.9. Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company is not in violation or default (i) of any provisions of its Operating Agreement, (ii) of any instrument, judgment, order, writ or decree, (iii) under any note, indenture or mortgage, or (iv) under any lease, agreement, contract or purchase order to which it is a party or by which it is bound that is required to be listed on the Disclosure Schedule, or, of any provision of federal or state statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements will not result in any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute, with or without the passage of time and giving of notice, either (i) a default under any such provision, instrument, judgment, order, writ, decree, contract or agreement or (ii) an event which results in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets of the Company or the suspension, revocation, forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any material permit or license applicable to the Company.
 
2.10. Agreements; Actions.
 
(a) Except for the Transaction Agreements, there are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts or proposed transactions to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound that involve (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, the Company in excess of 100,000.00, other than the MT Note, (ii) the license of any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary right to or from the Company, (iii) the grant of rights to license, market, or sell its products to any other Person that limit the Company’s right to develop, distribute, market or sell its products, or (iv) indemnification by the Company with respect to infringements of proprietary rights.
 
(b) Other than the MT Note, the Company has not (i) declared or paid any dividends, or authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its membership interests, other than distributions in the ordinary course of business to satisfy the tax obligations of the members of the Company (ii) since January 1, 2007, incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or incurred any other liabilities on a calendar year basis, individually in excess of 15,000.00 or in excess of 50,000.00 in the aggregate, (iii) made any loans or advances to any Person, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses, or (iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the sale of its inventory or otherwise in the ordinary course of business.
 
(c) The Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness of any other Person.
 
(d) Since July 18, 2007, the Company has not engaged in any discussion with any representative of any Person regarding (i) a sale or exclusive license of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or (ii) any merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction of the Company with or into another Person.
 
2.11. Certain Transactions.
 
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(a) Other than (i) standard employee benefits generally made available to all employees, (ii) standard manager and officer indemnification agreements approved by the Board of Managers, (iii) the MT Note, and (iv) the purchase of membership interests and the issuance of units under the SAR Plan, there are no agreements, understandings or proposed transactions between the Company and any of its officers, managers, consultants or Key Employees, or any Affiliate thereof.
 
(b) Other than pursuant to the MT Note and certain capital leases with Positive Ventures, L.L.C., the Company is not indebted, directly or indirectly, to any of its managers, officers or employees or to their respective spouses or children or to any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, other than in connection with expenses or advances of expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business or employee relocation expenses and for other customary employee benefits made generally available to all employees.
 
2.12. Rights of Registration and Voting Rights. Except as provided in the Investor’s Rights Agreement, the Company is not under any obligation to register under the Securities Act any of its currently outstanding securities or any securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of its currently outstanding securities. To the Company’s knowledge, except as contemplated in the Operating Agreement, no member of the Company has entered into any agreements with respect to the voting of the securities of the Company.
 
2.13. Absence of Liens. The property and assets that the Company owns are free and clear of all mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, loans and encumbrances, except for statutory liens for the payment of current taxes that are not yet delinquent and encumbrances and liens that arise in the ordinary course of business and do not materially impair the Company’s ownership or use of such property or assets. With respect to the property and assets it leases, the Company is in compliance with such leases and, to its knowledge, holds a valid leasehold interest free of any liens, claims or encumbrances other than those of the lessors of such property or assets.
 
2.14. Financial Statements. The Company has delivered to the Purchaser its unaudited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and for the 6-month period ended June 30, 2007 (the “Statement Date”) (collectively, the “Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the books and records of the Company, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and operating results of the Company as of the dates, and for the periods, indicated therein, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments. Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, the Company has no material liabilities or obligations, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the Statement Date (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of business, which, in all such cases, individually and in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
2.15. Changes. Since the Statement Date there has not been:
 
(a) any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operating results of the Company from that reflected in the Financial Statements, except changes in the ordinary course of business that have not caused, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
 
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(b) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, that would have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(c) any waiver or compromise by the Company of a valuable right or of a material debt owed to it;
 
(d) any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim, or encumbrance or payment of any obligation by the Company, except in the ordinary course of business and the satisfaction or discharge of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(e) any material change to a material contract or agreement by which the Company or any of its assets is bound or subject;
 
(f) any material change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee, officer, manager or member;
 
(g) any resignation or termination of employment of any officer or Key Employee of the Company;
 
(h) any mortgage, pledge, transfer of a security interest in, or lien, created by the Company, with respect to any of its material properties or assets, except liens for taxes not yet due or payable and liens that arise in the ordinary course of business and do not materially impair the Company’s ownership or use of such property or assets;
 
(i) any loans or guarantees made by the Company to or for the benefit of its employees, officers or managers, or any members of their immediate families, other than travel advances and other advances made in the ordinary course of its business;
 
(j) any declaration, setting aside or payment or other distribution in respect of any of the Company’s securities (other than tax distributions), or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase, or other acquisition of any of such securities by the Company;
 
(k) any sale, assignment or transfer of any Company Intellectual Property that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
 
(l) receipt of notice that there has been a loss of, or material order cancellation by, any major customer of the Company;
 
(m) to the Company’s knowledge, any other event or condition of any character, other than events affecting the economy or the Company’s industry generally, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
 
(n) any arrangement or commitment by the Company to do any of the things described in this Section 2.15.
 
2.16. Employee Matters.
 
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(a) As of the date hereof, the Company employs 17 full-time employees and 0 part-time employees and engages 3 consultants or independent contractors. Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a description of all compensation, including salary, bonus, severance obligations and deferred compensation paid or payable for each officer, employee, consultant and independent contractor of the Company who received compensation in excess of $60,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 or is anticipated to receive compensation in excess of $75,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
 
(b) To the Company’s knowledge, none of its employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency, that would materially interfere with such employee’s ability to promote the interest of the Company or that would conflict with the Company’s business. Neither the execution or delivery of the Transaction Agreements, nor the carrying on of the Company’s business by the employees of the Company, nor the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, will, to the Company’s knowledge, conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions, or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract, covenant or instrument under which any such employee is now obligated.
 
(c) The Company is not delinquent in payments to any of its employees, consultants, or independent contractors for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, or other direct compensation for any service performed for it to the date hereof or amounts required to be reimbursed to such employees, consultants, or independent contractors. The Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable state and federal equal employment opportunity laws and with other laws related to employment, including those related to wages, hours, worker classification, and collective bargaining. The Company has withheld and paid to the appropriate governmental entity or is holding for payment not yet due to such governmental entity all amounts required to be withheld from employees of the Company and is not liable for any arrears of wages, taxes, penalties, or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing.
 
(d) To the Company’s knowledge, no Key Employee intends to terminate employment with the Company or is otherwise likely to become unavailable to continue as a Key Employee, nor does the Company have a present intention to terminate the employment of any of the foregoing. Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Schedule, the employment of each employee of the Company is terminable at the will of the Company. Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Schedule or as required by law, upon termination of the employment of any such employees, no severance or other payments will become due. Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no policy, practice, plan, or program of paying severance pay or any form of severance compensation in connection with the termination of employment services.
 
(e) All representations regarding equity incentives to any officer, employees, member, manager or consultant have been described in reasonable accuracy to the Purchaser.
 
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(f) The Company has no Knowledge that any Key Employee whose employment was terminated by the Company has advised the Company of any potential claims against the Company.
 
(g) Section 0 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth each employee benefit plan maintained, established or sponsored by the Company, or which the Company participates in or contributes to, which is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). The Company has made all required contributions and has no liability to any such employee benefit plan, other than liability for health plan continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Title I(B) of ERISA.
 
(h) The Company is not bound by or subject to (and none of its assets or properties is bound by or subject to) any written or oral, express or implied, contract, commitment or arrangement with any labor union, and no labor union has requested or, to the knowledge of the Company, has sought to represent any of the employees, representatives or agents of the Company. There is no strike or other labor dispute involving the Company pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, which could have a Material Adverse Effect, nor is the Company aware of any labor organization activity involving its employees.
 
2.17. Insurance. The Company has in full force and effect general commercial, product liability, fire and casualty insurance policies with coverage customary for companies similarly situated to the Company.
 
2.18. Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreements. Each Key Employee of the Company has executed an agreement with the Company regarding confidentiality and proprietary information as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedules. The Company is not aware that any of its Key Employees is in violation thereof.
 
2.19. Permits. The Company has all franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business, the lack of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not in default in any material respect under any of such franchises, permits, licenses or other similar authority.
 
2.20. Corporate Documents. The Operating Agreement is in the form provided to the Purchaser. A copy of the minute books of the Company has been provided to the Purchaser.
 
2.21 Disclosure. The Company has made available to the Purchaser all the information reasonably available to the Company that the Purchaser has requested for deciding whether to acquire the Preferred Shares, including certain of the Company’s projections describing its proposed business plan (the “Business Plan”). No representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement, as qualified by the Disclosure Schedule, and no certificate furnished or to be furnished to Purchaser at the Closing contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Business Plan was prepared in good faith; however, the Company does not warrant that it will achieve any results projected in the Business Plan. It is understood that this representation is qualified by the fact that the Company has not delivered to the Purchaser, and has not been requested to deliver, a private placement or similar memorandum or any written disclosure of the types of information customarily furnished to purchasers of securities.
 
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3. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:
 
3.1 Authorization. The Purchaser has full power and authority to enter into the Transaction Agreements. The Transaction Agreements to which the Purchaser is a party, when executed and delivered by the Purchaser, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, and any other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies, or (b) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained in the Investor’s Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.
 
3.2 Purchase Entirely for Own Account. This Agreement is made with the Purchaser in reliance upon the Purchaser’s representation to the Company, which by the Purchaser’s execution of this Agreement, the Purchaser hereby confirms, that the Preferred Shares to be acquired by the Purchaser will be acquired for investment for the Purchaser’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and that the Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. By executing this Agreement, the Purchaser further represents that the Purchaser does not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such Person or to any third Person, with respect to any of the Preferred Shares. The Purchaser has not been formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Preferred Shares.
 
3.3 Disclosure of Information. The Purchaser has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Preferred Shares with the Company’s management and has had an opportunity to review the Company’s facilities. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 2 of this Agreement or the right of the Purchaser to rely thereon.
 
3.4 Restricted Securities. The Purchaser understands that the Preferred Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations as expressed herein. The Purchaser understands that the Preferred Shares are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Purchaser must hold the Preferred Shares indefinitely unless they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company has no obligation to register or qualify the Preferred Shares, or the membership interests into which they may be converted, for resale except as set forth in the Investor’s Rights Agreement. The Purchaser further acknowledges that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the Preferred Shares, and on requirements relating to the Company which are outside of the Purchaser’s control, and which the Company is under no obligation and may not be able to satisfy.
 
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3.5 No Public Market. The Purchaser understands that no public market now exists for the Preferred Shares, and that the Company has made no assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Preferred Shares.
 
3.6 Legends. The Purchaser understands that the Preferred Shares and any securities issued in respect of or exchange for the Preferred Shares, may bear one or all of the following legends:
 
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.”
 
Any legend set forth in, or required by, the other Transaction Agreements.
 
Any legend required by the securities laws of any state to the extent such laws are applicable to the Preferred Shares represented by the certificate so legended.
 
3.7 Accredited Investor. The Purchaser is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
 
3.8 No General Solicitation. Neither the Purchaser, nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, stockholders or partners has either directly or indirectly, including through a broker or finder (a) engaged in any general solicitation, or (b) published any advertisement in connection with the offer and sale of the Preferred Shares.
 
3.9 Residence. The Purchaser’s principal place of business is identified in the address of the Purchaser set forth herein.
 
4. Conditions to the Purchaser’s Obligations at Closing. The obligations of the Purchaser to purchase the Preferred Shares at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived:
 
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4.1 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 2 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing.
 
4.2 Performance. The Company shall have performed and complied with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by the Company on or before the Closing.
 
4.3 Compliance Certificate. A manager of the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser at the Closing a certificate certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 have been fulfilled.
 
4.4 Qualifications. All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the United States or of any state that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Closing.
 
4.5 Opinion of Company Counsel. The Purchaser shall have received from Faegre & Benson LLP, counsel for the Company, an opinion, dated as of the Closing, in form generally satisfactory to the Purchaser.
 
4.6 Board of Managers. As of the Closing, the authorized size of the Board shall be 5, and the Board shall be comprised of Anthony Sheesley, Robert Paulsen, Gregory Menard, Isaac Elliott, and Frank Manning.
 
4.7 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
 
4.8 Investor’s Rights Agreement. The Company and the members of the Company named as parties thereto shall have executed and delivered the Investor’s Rights Agreement.
 
4.9 Option Agreement. The Company shall have executed and delivered the Option Agreement.
 
4.10 Secretary’s Certificate. A manager of the Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser at the Closing a certificate certifying (i) the Operating Agreement, (ii) resolutions of the Board of Managers of the Company approving the Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements, and (iii) resolutions of the members of the Company approving the Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements.
 
4.11 Proceedings and Documents. All limited liability company and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated at the Closing and all documents incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser (or its counsel) shall have received all such counterpart original and certified or other copies of such documents as reasonably requested. Such documents may include good standing certificates.
 
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5. Conditions of the Company’s Obligations at Closing. The obligations of the Company to sell the Preferred Shares to the Purchaser at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment, on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise waived:
 
5.1 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Section 3 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing.
 
5.2 Performance. The Purchaser shall have performed and complied with all covenants, agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the Closing.
 
5.3 Qualifications. All authorizations, approvals or permits, if any, of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the United States or of any state that are required in connection with the lawful issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be obtained and effective as of the Closing.
 
5.4 Investor’s Rights Agreement. The Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Investors’ Rights Agreement.
 
5.5 Option Agreement. The Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Option Agreement.
 
6. Miscellaneous.
 
6.1 Survival of Warranties. Unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchaser contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing until the earlier of the Purchaser’s exercise of the Option (as such term is defined in the Option Agreement) or the expiration of the Option, and shall in no way be affected by any investigation or knowledge of the subject matter thereof made by or on behalf of the Purchaser or the Company.
 
6.2 Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
 
6.3 Governing Law. This Agreement and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware.
 
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6.4 Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
6.5 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
 
6.6 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or: (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail or facsimile during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-business day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at their addresses as set forth on the signature pages or Schedule A (as applicable) hereto, or to the principal office of the Company and to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, in the case of the Company, or to such email address, facsimile number, or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 6.6. If notice is given to the Company, a copy shall also be sent to Faegre & Benson LLP, 1900 Fifteenth Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302, Attention: Deborah M. Kelly, and if notice is given to the Investor, a copy shall also be given to Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., Reservoir Place, 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, Attention: Jeffrey P. Steele.
 
6.7 No Finder’s Fees. Each party represents that it neither is nor will be obligated for any finder’s fee or commission in connection with this transaction. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify and to hold harmless the Company from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s or broker’s fee arising out of this transaction (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which the Purchaser or any of its officers, employees, or representatives is responsible. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from any liability for any commission or compensation in the nature of a finder’s or broker’s fee arising out of this transaction (and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability) for which the Company or any of its officers, employees or representatives is responsible.
 
6.8 Fees and Expenses. Each party hereto shall bear its own fees and expenses relating to the Transaction Agreements.
 
6.9 Attorneys’ Fees. If any action at law or in equity (including arbitration) is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of any of the Transaction Agreements, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.
 
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6.10 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, terminated or waived solely with the written consent of the Company and the Purchaser.
 
6.11 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
 
6.12 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
 
6.13 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto), the Operating Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties are expressly canceled.
 
6.14 No Commitment for Additional Financing. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser has not made any representation, undertaking, commitment or agreement to provide or assist the Company in obtaining any financing, investment or other assistance, other than the purchase of the Preferred Shares as set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein. In addition, the Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) no statements, whether written or oral, made by the Purchaser or its representatives on or after the date of this Agreement shall create an obligation, commitment or agreement to provide or assist the Company in obtaining any financing or investment, (ii) the Company shall not rely on any such statement by the Purchaser or its representatives and (iii) an obligation, commitment or agreement to provide or assist the Company in obtaining any financing or investment may only be created by a written agreement, signed by the Purchaser and the Company, setting forth the terms and conditions of such financing or investment and stating that the parties intend for such writing to be a binding obligation or agreement. The Purchaser shall have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to refuse or decline to participate in any other financing of or investment in the Company, and shall have no obligation to assist or cooperate with the Company in obtaining any financing, investment or other assistance.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement as of the date first written above.
     
 
COMPANY:
UNITY BUSINESS NETWORKS, L.L.C.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:   /s/ Anthony Sheesley
 
Name: Anthony Sheesley
 
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  Title: Manager 
  Address: 3900 E. Mexico Avenue, Suite 930 
 
Denver, CO 80210 
 
     
 
PURCHASER:
ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:   /s/ Frank B. Manning, Chief Executive Officer
 
Address:
 

   
 

 
 

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OPTION AGREEMENT
 
THIS OPTION AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this 25th day of July, 2007, by and among Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (the “Company”), Zoom Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Option Holder”), and each of the members of the Company listed on Schedule A (together with any subsequent members, or any transferees, who become parties hereto as “Holders” pursuant to Sections 7.1 or 7.2 below, the “Holders”).
 
RECITALS
 
A. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company and the Option Holder are entering into a Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) providing for the sale of Series A Preferred Shares in the Company to the Option Holder.
 
B. The parties desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth their agreements and understandings with respect to the Option Holder’s right and option (the “Option”) to purchase the Company (whether by means of a purchase of the assets, a merger or consolidation, a purchase of all outstanding ownership interests in the Company not then owned by the Option Holder, or otherwise, as determined pursuant to this Agreement) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
 
1. The Option. 

1.1 The Option. The Option Holder shall have the right, exercisable during the thirty (30) day period (the “Option Period”) commencing with the receipt by the Option Holder of the audited financial statements of the Company for fiscal year 2008 (such audited financial statements to be the financial statements set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the Investor’s Rights Agreement, of even date hereof, and by and among the Company, the Option Holder and the Key Holder parties thereto (the “Investor’s Rights Agreement”)), to purchase the Company. Such purchase (the “Transaction”), to take the form of either (i) the purchase of all of the outstanding Membership Interests (as such term is defined below) then outstanding and not then held by the Option Holder such that, upon such purchase, the Option Holder will own all of the outstanding membership interests of the Company of any and all classes and series; or, (ii) such other form as both of the Option Holder and the Company may agree, including without limitation: (a) the purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (b) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into the Option Holder or other entity. It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that, in selecting the form of the Transaction, the parties hereto desire that such form accommodate, as much as possible, the desire of all parties to limit or reduce then current taxation to the Company and the holders of its Membership Interests, to provide sufficient funds directly to the Company to allow for the payment in full of any then remaining liability of the Company under that certain promissory note issued by the Company in favor of MT Family Partnership and the funding of the Company’s SAR Plan, and to provide the best possible long term tax and accounting treatment for the Transaction to the Option Holder and the selling members of the Company. The Option may be exercised by the Option Holder at any time during the Option Period by providing written notice (the “Exercise Notice”) to the Company of the Option Holder’s exercise of the Option. Upon receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Company shall promptly provide notice to all Holders of the exercise of the Option.
 
 
 

 
 
The term “Membership Interests” shall mean any and all evidences of equity ownership in the Company, of any and all classes and series, and including, for so long as the Company shall be a limited liability company, any and all classes and series of membership interests in the Company, including without limitation Common Shares and Series A Preferred Shares, and, at any time when the Company may be a corporation, any and all classes and series of the capital stock of the Company.

1.2 Option Price. The aggregate price (the “Purchase Price”) the Option Holder shall pay upon exercise of the Option will be based upon a multiple of the Company’s 2008 revenues. Either a “high multiple” or “low multiple” will be used, based on the Company’s 2008 Revenues. The high multiple is 1.44869 and the low multiple is 1.20870. The high multiple is earned if the Company’s 2008 revenues are $10 million or more AND if 2008 net income (before subtracting capital expenses, depreciation expenses, amortization expenses, and interest expenses) is break-even or better, subject to the following conditions: (i) revenues not relating to the Company’s current business will not count; (ii) if non-recurring revenues (including phone sales) relating to the Company’s business exceed 30% of the total revenues relating to the Company’s business, the excess amount (i.e., the amount over 30%) will not count as 2008 revenues; and (iii) if telephone equipment revenues exceed 15% of the total revenues relating to the Company’s business, the excess amount (i.e., the amount over 15%) will not count as 2008 revenues. The low multiple is to be used if the conditions for the high multiple have not been met.

1.3 Payment of Purchase Price; Closing. In the event the Option Holder exercises the Option, the Option Holder shall (i) pay at least seventy percent (70%) of the Purchase Price in cash; and (ii) pay at least ten percent (10%) but no more than thirty percent (30%) of the Purchase Price in the form of the Option Holder’s common stock. The deemed value of the Option Holder’s common stock will be the average Closing Price over the preceding forty-five (45) trading days. For this purpose, “Closing Price” shall mean the average of the closing bid and the closing ask prices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) the Option is being exercised by a Transferee (as such term is defined below); or (ii) the Option is being exercised by the original Option Holder hereunder and at the time of exercise the Option Holder’s common stock has been delisted from the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, the Company shall have the option of requiring the Purchase Price to be paid (A) all in cash; or (B) in any stock/cash combination between zero percent (0%) and fifty percent (50%) stock and the balance in cash. In either event, the Option Holder or the Transferee, as applicable, may notify the Company in advance of its intent to exercise of the Option (which expression of intent shall not be binding) in which event the Company shall as soon as possible and in any event within fifteen (15) business days thereafter inform the Option Holder or the Transferee (as applicable) of the Company’s preferred method of payment of the Purchase Price. No part of the Purchase Price will be paid or distributed to the Option Holder as a member of the Company. In connection with the exercise of the Option, the Company and the Option Holder shall negotiate in good faith a purchase agreement containing customary and reasonable representations, warranties and covenants. The closing (the “Closing”) of the exercise of the Option will occur within thirty (30) days of the date of the Exercise Notice. “Transferee” shall mean any an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust or any other entity (each of which, a “Person”) to which the Option has been transferred pursuant to the terms of Section 7.2 hereof. Shares of the common stock of the Option Holder constituting a portion of the Purchase Price are hereinafter referred to as “Consideration Shares”). As of the date hereof, the Company owes approximately $711,000 to the MT FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona limited partnership, under the Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of May 1, 2007, (the “MT Note”). The Company is obligated to pay off the MT Note in full prior to the Closing. The Option Holder agrees to cooperate with the Company, including, if necessary, to fund the Company with sufficient cash at the Closing (but in no event with more cash than the amount of cash otherwise required under this Section 1.3) regarding the payoff of the MT Note and any obligation of the Company under the Company’s Stock Appreciation Rights Plan dated October 1, 2005 (the “SAR Plan”), it being understood and agreed that any and all amounts advanced or paid by the Option Holder to payoff the MT Note or to pay any obligation of the Company under the SAR Plan shall reduce, dollar for dollar, the Purchase Price with such reduction being of the cash portion of the Purchase Price.
 
 
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2. Holder Covenants. 
 
2.1 Actions to be Taken. In the event of the exercise of the Option, then each Holder hereby agrees:
 
(a) if the Transaction requires approval of the members of the Company or any of them, with respect to all Membership Interests that such Holder owns or over which such Holder otherwise exercises voting power, to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all such Membership Interests in favor of, and adopt, the Transaction (together with any related amendment or waiver to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as the same may be further amended and/or restated from time to time (as the same may be so amended and/or restated, the “Operating Agreement”)) and to vote in opposition to any and all other proposals that could delay or impair the ability to consummate the Transaction;
 
(b) if the Transaction is a sale of the outstanding Membership Interests, to sell all of its Membership Interests to the Option Holder in connection with and at the Closing of the Transaction;
 
(c) to execute and deliver all related documentation and take such other action in support of the exercise of the Option and the closing of the Transaction contemplated thereunder as shall reasonably be requested by the Company or the Option Holder in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section 2, including without limitation executing and delivering instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any purchase agreement, merger agreement, indemnity agreement, escrow agreement, consent, waiver, governmental filing, share certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of impermissible liens, claims and encumbrances) and any similar or related documents;
 
 
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(d) not to deposit, and to cause its Affiliates not to deposit, except as provided in this Agreement or the Operating Agreement, any Membership Interests of the Company owned by such party or Affiliate in a voting trust or subject any Membership Interests to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Membership Interests, unless specifically requested to do so by the Option Holder;
 
(e) to refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with respect to the exercise of the Option and the closing of the Transaction; and
 
(f) if the consideration to be paid in exchange for the Membership Interests includes any securities and due receipt thereof by any Holder would require under applicable law (x) the registration or qualification of such securities or of any person as a broker or dealer or agent with respect to such securities or (y) the provision to any Holder of any information other than such information as a prudent issuer would generally furnish in an offering made solely to “accredited investors” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Option Holder may cause to be paid to any such Holder in lieu thereof, against surrender of the Membership Interests which would have otherwise been sold by such Holder, an amount in cash equal to the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of the securities which such Holder would otherwise receive as of the date of the issuance of such securities in exchange for the Membership Interests.
 
2.2 Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 2.1, a Holder will not be required to comply with Section 2.1 above in connection with any exercise of the Option unless:
 
(a) any representations and warranties to be made by such Holder in connection with the Transaction are limited to representations and warranties related to authority, ownership and the ability to convey title to such Holder’s Membership Interests, including but not limited to representations and warranties that (i) the Holder holds all right, title and interest in and to the Membership Interests such Holder purports to hold, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, (ii) the obligations of the Holder in connection with the Transaction have been duly authorized, if applicable, (iii) the documents to be entered into by the Holder have been duly executed by the Holder and delivered to the acquirer and are enforceable against the Holder in accordance with their respective terms and (iv) neither the execution and delivery of documents to be entered into in connection with the Transaction, nor the performance of the Holder’s obligations thereunder, will cause a breach or violation of the terms of any agreement, law or judgment, order or decree of any court or governmental agency;
 
(b) the Holder shall not be liable for the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by any other person in connection with the Transaction, other than the Company (except to the extent that funds may be paid out of an escrow established to cover breach of representations, warranties and covenants of the Company as well as breach by any stockholder of any of identical representations, warranties and covenants provided by all stockholders);
 
 
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(c) the liability for indemnification, if any, of such Holder in the Transaction and for the inaccuracy of any representations and warranties made by the Company in connection with the Transaction, is several and not joint with any other Person (except to the extent that funds may be paid out of an escrow established to cover breach of representations, warranties and covenants of the Company as well as breach by any Holder of any of identical representations, warranties and covenants provided by all Holders), and is pro rata in proportion to the amount of consideration paid to such Holder in connection with such Transaction (in accordance with the provisions of the Operating Agreement);
 
(d) liability shall be limited to such Holder's applicable share (determined based on the respective proceeds payable to each Holder in connection with such Transaction in accordance with the provisions of the Operating Agreement) of a negotiated aggregate indemnification amount that applies equally to all Holders but that in no event exceeds the amount of consideration otherwise payable to such Holder in connection with such Transaction, except with respect to claims related to fraud by such Holder, the liability for which need not be limited as to such Holder;
 
(e) upon or after (as appropriate) the consummation of the Transaction, (i) each holder of each class or series of the Company’s Membership Interests will receive the same form of consideration for their Membership Interests of such class or series as is received by other holders in respect of their Membership Interests of such same class or series; and (ii) the aggregate Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Holders on the basis of the relative ownership percentages in accordance with the Operating Agreement;
 
(f) subject to clause (e) above, requiring the same form of consideration to be available to the holders of any single class or series of Membership Interests, if any Holders are given an option as to the form and amount of consideration to be received as a result of the Transaction, all Holders of such class or series of Membership Interests will be given the same option; and
 
(g) in the event the Option is being exercised by a Transferee, any purchase agreement pursuant to which the Closing is accomplished shall provide (i) that any representations and warranties contained therein shall survive (following the closing of the exercise of the Option) for no longer than the earlier of (A) 30 days after the next audited financial statements become available or (B) 12 months following the closing of the exercise of the Option; provided that, and notwithstanding the foregoing, any representations and warranties regarding tax, ERISA and environmental matters may survive for the applicable statute of limitations period; (ii) that no more than 20% of the purchase price shall be placed in escrow at closing of the Option exercise; that to the extent the purchase price consists of stock of the Transferee, the escrowed amount shall be comprised of stock (and if less than 20% of the purchase price consists of stock, the remainder of the escrowed amount shall consist of cash); and that when satisfying any indemnification obligations out of the escrowed funds, escrowed stock should be used before escrowed cash; and (iii) that the Company and the selling Members shall be obliged to indemnify the Option Holder only to the extent that the aggregate losses for all claims exceed $50,000.
 
 
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3. Remedies.
 
3.1 Covenants of the Company. Each of the Option Holder and the Company agrees to use its best efforts, within the requirements of applicable law, to ensure that the rights granted under this Agreement are effective and that the parties enjoy the benefits of this Agreement and to take such actions as may be required and to grant such waivers and consents as may be necessary or required, whether under the Operating Agreement or otherwise, to effectuate the closing of the Transaction upon and after the exercise of the Option.
 
3.2 Irrevocable Proxy. Each Holder hereby constitutes and appoints the Treasurer of the Company, and in such officer’s absence, the Chairman of the Company, and a designee of the Option Holder, and each of them, with full power of substitution, as the proxies of the Holder with respect to the votes regarding any exercise of the Option pursuant to Section 2 hereof, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, if and only if the party (i) fails to vote or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all of such party’s Membership Interests pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of said Section 2. The proxy granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Each party hereto hereby revokes any and all previous proxies with respect to the Shares and shall not hereafter, unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth herein.
 
3.3 Specific Enforcement. Each party acknowledges and agrees that each party hereto will be irreparably damaged in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed by the parties in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. Accordingly, it is agreed that each of the Company and the Option Holder shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to specific enforcement of this Agreement and its terms and provisions in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state having subject matter jurisdiction.
 
3.4 Remedies Cumulative. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
 
4. Option Holder Covenants.
 
4.1 Registration.
 
(a) The following terms have the following meanings for purposes of this Section 4:
 
“Business Day” shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Boston, Massachusetts are authorized or required by law to close.
 
 
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“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor governmental agency or authority.
 
“Effectiveness Period” means the period beginning on the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission and ending on the earlier of (i) the date when all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (A) cease to be outstanding or otherwise to be Registrable Securities or (B) may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (ii) all Registrable Securities have been sold.
 
“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability entity, joint venture, unincorporated society or association, trust or other legal entity or Governmental Authority.
 
“Prospectus” means the prospectuses included in any Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any amendment or prospectus supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
 
“Registrable Securities” means the Consideration Shares until the earliest of (a) their resale in accordance with a Registration Statement covering such securities and (b) their sale pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or in any other transaction in which the applicable purchaser does not receive “restricted securities” (as such term is defined for the purposes of Rule 144 under the Securities Act).
 
“Registration Expenses” means all fees and expenses incurred by the Option Holder in connection with the performance of its obligations under Section 4, whether or not a Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective, including (i) all preparation, registration and filing fees, (ii) printing expenses, (iii) all listing fees and expenses, if any and (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Option Holder in connection with the Registration Statements relating to the Registrable Securities, but not including any and all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of legal counsel for any selling security holder.

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Option Holder that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including a Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
 
 
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“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
(b) In the event of the exercise of the Option and Consideration Shares constitute a portion of the Purchase Price, the Option Holder shall, for the benefit of the Holders, at the Option Holder’s cost, (A) as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days following the date of the Closing, prepare and file with the Commission, a Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act permitting registration of the Registrable Securities for resale by the Holders to be made on a delayed or continuous basis, (B) use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 180 days after the date hereof, and (C) use its best efforts to keep the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement) continuously effective under the Securities Act until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period. Notwithstanding the above, no Holder shall be entitled to have the Registrable Securities held by such Holder covered by the Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 4 applicable to such Holder.
 
(c) At the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, each Holder shall be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law.
 
(d) If the Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Option Holder shall use its best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation of effectiveness amend the Registration Statement in a manner reasonably expected to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or promptly file an additional Registration Statement covering all of the securities that as of the date of such filing are Registrable Securities (a “Subsequent Registration Statement”). If a Subsequent Registration Statement is filed, the Option Holder shall use its best efforts to cause the Subsequent Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as is practicable after such filing and to keep such Subsequent Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period.
 
(e) The Option Holder shall supplement and amend the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement) if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by The Option Holder for such Registration Statement, if required by the Securities Act or as reasonably requested by a Holder.
 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Option Holder shall cause the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and (B) not to 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, not misleading.
 
 
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4.2 Registration Procedures. In connection with the registration obligations of the Option Holder under Section 4.1:
 
(a) As far in advance as practical, but not less than 10 Business Days as such term is defined below), before filing a Prospectus, Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Option Holder shall furnish to the Holders copies of reasonably complete drafts of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits) and shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as any counsel for the Holders’ reasonably may propose.
 
(b) As promptly as practicable, the Option Holder shall give notice to Holders (A) when any Prospectus, prospectus supplement, Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has been declared effective, (B) of any request, following the effectiveness of a Registration Statement under the Securities Act, by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) of the receipt by the Option Holder of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (E) of the occurrence of and details concerning a Material Event and (F) of the determination by the Option Holder that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement will be filed with the Commission, which notice may, at the discretion of the Option Holder (or as required pursuant to Section 4.2(f), state that it constitutes a Deferral Notice, in which event the provisions of Section 4.2(f) shall apply. As promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, the Option Holder shall give Holders copies of any comments received from the Commission with respect to any Registration Statement and responses thereto.
 
(c) The Option Holder shall use its best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been qualified for sale.
 
(d) During the Effectiveness Period, the Option Holder shall deliver to each Holder in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies as such Holder may reasonably request, of (A) the Prospectus or Prospectuses relating to such Registrable Securities and any amendment or supplement thereto and (B) such other documents and information as the Option Holder may be required to deliver with the Prospectus under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to, copies of the Option Holder’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K or annual report to securityholders meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 and latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
 
 
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(e) Prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Option Holder shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states of the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Option Holder shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (B) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. In the event that the Option Holder’s common stock is listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange or quotation on any national-automated quotation system, the Option Holder shall cause all Registrable Securities to be included in such listing or admission.
 
(f) Upon (A) the issuance by the Commission of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement) or the initiation of proceedings with respect to the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement) under the Securities Act, (B) the occurrence of any event or the existence of any fact (a “Material Event”) as a result of which (1) any Registration Statement shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Option Holder that may (1) interfere with or affect the negotiation or completion of a transaction that is being contemplated by the Option Holder or (2) involve initial or continuing disclosure obligations that are not in the best interests of the Option Holder’s stockholders at such time, that, in the reasonable discretion of the Option Holder, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement) and the related Prospectus(es), then (y) in the case of clause (B) above, the Option Holder shall, as promptly as practicable, prepare and file a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document that would be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement and Prospectus so that such Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and such Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, and, in the case of a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement, use its best efforts to cause it to be declared effective as promptly as is reasonably practicable, and (z) the Option Holder shall give notice to Holders that the availability of the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement) is suspended (a “Deferral Notice”) and, upon receipt of any Deferral Notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in clause (y) above, and until such Holder is advised in writing by the Option Holder that the existing, supplemented or amended Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the applicable Prospectus, provided, that, in the case of a Deferral Notice with respect to clause (C) above, no such suspension of the availability of the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement) or the related Prospectus(es) shall extend for a period of more than 45 consecutive days or an aggregate of 90 days in any twelve-month period. If the Option Holder provides the Holders with a Deferral Notice, then the date set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such Deferral Notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section 6.15(c)(vi). The Option Holder shall use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed (1) in the case of clause (A) above, as promptly as is practicable, (2) in the case of clause (B) above, as soon as, in the good faith judgment of the Option Holder, public disclosure of such Material Event would not be materially prejudicial to or contrary to the interests of the Option Holder or, if necessary to avoid unreasonable burden or expense, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter and (3) in the case of clause (C) above, as soon as, in the good faith judgment of the Option Holder, such suspension is no longer appropriate.
 
 
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(g) The Option Holder shall cooperate with each Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities sold pursuant to a Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as such Holder may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (or any Subsequent Registration Statement).
 
4.3 Registration Expenses. The Option Holder shall be responsible for and shall pay all Registration Expenses. In addition, the Option Holder shall be responsible for and shall reimburse the Holders the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel (in an amount not to exceed $20,000), exclusive of underwriting discounts and commissions and stock transfer taxes, designated by the Seller Representative to act as counsel for the Holders in connection with this Section 4.3 (“Holders’ Counsel”).
 
 
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4.4 Indemnification.
 
(a) The Option Holder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and each person, if any, who controls the Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder, and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “Holder Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Registrable Securities) to which each Holder Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus including any document incorporated by reference therein, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary Prospectus relating to the Registration Statement, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Holder Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that the Option Holder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary Prospectus relating to the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to the Holder furnished to the Option Holder by or on behalf of the Holder specifically for inclusion therein; provided, further, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Option Holder may otherwise have to the Holder Indemnified Party. The Option Holder shall also indemnify any underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the holders of the Registrable Securities if requested by the Holders.
 
(b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Option Holder, its officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Option Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Option Holder or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary Prospectus relating to the Registration Statement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder furnished to the Option Holder by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Option Holder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Option Holder or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be a part of any liability which the Holder may otherwise have to the Option Holder or any of its controlling persons.
 
 
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 4.4 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 4.4, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under Section 4.4(a) or Section 4.4(b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under Section 4.4(a) or Section 4.4(b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 4.4 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. No indemnified party shall effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party, which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
 
(d) If (A) the indemnification provided for in this Section 4.4 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 4.4(a) or Section 4.4(b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in Section 4.4(a) or Section 4.4(b) above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the sale of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to the Registration Statement, or (B) the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (A) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (A) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this Section 4.4(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this Section 4.4(d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.4(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 
 
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(e) The agreements contained in this Section 4.4 shall survive the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
 
4.5 Holders’ Obligations. Each Holder agrees promptly to furnish to the Option Holder all information with respect to such Holder as may be required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement under applicable law or pursuant to Commission comments or as the Option Holder may reasonably request and all material information with respect to such Holder required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Option Holder by such Holder not false or misleading.
 
4.6 “Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of Option Holder, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the registration by the Option Holder of shares of its Common Stock or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1, Form S-2, Form S-3 or Form SB-2, and ending on the date specified by the Option Holder (such period not to exceed ninety (90) days), which period may be extended, to the extent required by any NASD rules, for an additional period of up to fifteen (15) days if the Option Holder issues or proposes to issue an earnings or other public release within fifteen (15) days of the expiration of the 90-day lockup period, (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Stock held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for such offering or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise.
 
 
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4.7 Volume Trading Limitations. Collectively, the amount of the Option Holder’s securities registered hereunder sold by the Holders during any one week period shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Option Holder’s Average Weekly Trading Volume. For purposes hereof, “Average Weekly Trading Volume” shall mean the number of shares (excluding those shares traded by the Holders) traded on NASDAQ Small Cap on a weekly basis for the four weeks immediately prior to the week in which securities are to be sold. In the event that the Holders wish to sell more than ten percent (10%) of the Option Holder’s Average Weekly Trading Volume, the Holders shall agree among those Holders wishing to sell such shares.
 
5. Company Covenants.
 
5.1 Audited Financial Statements. The Company hereby acknowledges that the Option Holder is a company subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, as such, will be required following the exercise of the Option to timely file certain audited historical financial statements of the Company as required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any successor or other requirement) (the “Required Financial Statements”).  The Company hereby agrees, in addition to complying with its obligations under section the financial statements set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the Investor’s Rights Agreement, to deliver to the Option Holder as soon as practicable, but in any event within 120 days after the end of the Company’s 2007 fiscal year, (i) a balance sheet as of December 31, 2006, and (ii) statements of income and of cash flows for such year, all such financial statements audited and certified by independent public accountants selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Option Holder. 
 
6. Term. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof and shall continue in effect until and shall terminate at and upon 5:01 p.m., Denver, Colorado time, on the last day of the Option Period, unless the Option shall have been exercised prior to such time in which event this Agreement shall not terminate until the earlier of the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Option or its earlier abandonment by the Option Holder (as evidenced only by written notice from the Option Holder to such effect).
 
7. Miscellaneous.
 
7.1 Additional Parties.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the Company issues additional Membership Interests after the date hereof, as a condition to the issuance of such Membership Interests the Company shall require the recipient of such Membership Interests become a Holder party to this Agreement by executing and delivering (i) the Adoption Agreement attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A, or (ii) a counterpart signature page hereto agreeing to be bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement as a Holder hereunder. In either event, each such person shall thereafter shall be deemed a Holder for all purposes under this Agreement.
 
7.2 Transfers. Each transferee or assignee of any Membership Interests subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the terms hereof, and, as a condition precedent to the Company’s recognizing such transfer, each transferee or assignee shall agree in writing to be subject to each of the terms of this Agreement by executing and delivering an Adoption Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Upon the execution and delivery of an Adoption Agreement by any transferee, such transferee shall be deemed to be a Holder party hereto as if such transferee were the transferor and such transferee’s signature appeared on the signature pages of this Agreement. The Company shall not permit the transfer of the Membership Interests subject to this Agreement on its books or pursuant to the Operating Agreement or issue a new certificate representing any such Membership Interests unless and until such transferee shall have complied with the terms of this Section 7.2. Each certificate representing the Membership Interests subject to this Agreement if issued on or after the date of this Agreement shall be endorsed by the Company with the legend set forth in Section 7.12. The Option Holder may transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including its rights under the Option, to any Person, subject to the Company’s consent as to the transferee, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
 
 
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7.3 Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
 
7.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law.
 
7.5 Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
7.6 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
 
7.7 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or: (a) personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent, if sent by electronic mail or facsimile during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) business day after the business day of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next business day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at their address as set forth on Schedule A hereto, or to such email address, facsimile number or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 7.7. If notice is given to the Company, a copy shall also be sent to Faegre & Benson LLP, 1900 Fifteenth Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302, Attention: Deborah M. Kelly and if notice is given to the Option Holder, a copy shall also be given to Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., Reservoir Place, 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, Attention: Jeffrey P. Steele. 
 
 
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7.8 Consent Required to Amend, Terminate or Waive. This Agreement may be amended or terminated and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument executed by (a) the Company; (b) the Option Holder; and (c) the Holders holding a majority in interests of the Membership Interests then held by the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the consent of the Holders shall not be required for any amendment or waiver if such amendment or waiver either (A) is not directly applicable to the rights or obligations of the Holders hereunder or (B) does not adversely affect the rights or obligations of the Holders; (ii) Schedules A and B hereto may be amended by the Company from time to time to add information regarding additional Investors (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) without the consent of the other parties hereto; and (iii) any provision hereof may be waived by the waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party.
 
The Company shall give prompt written notice of any amendment, termination or waiver hereunder to any party that did not consent in writing thereto. Any amendment, termination or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 7.8 shall be binding on each party and all of such party’s successors and permitted assigns, whether or not any such party, successor or assignee entered into or approved such amendment, termination or waiver.
 
7.9 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such non-breaching or non-defaulting party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default previously or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
 
7.10 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.
 
7.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto), constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled.
 
7.12 Legend on Certificates. Each certificate representing any Membership Interests issued after the date hereof shall be endorsed by the Company with a legend reading substantially as follows:
 
“THE SHARES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO AN OPTION AGREEMENT, AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, (A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE COMPANY), AND BY ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN SUCH SHARES THE PERSON ACCEPTING SUCH INTEREST SHALL BE DEEMED TO AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THAT OPTION AGREEMENT, INCLUDING CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOLDER OF THIS INTEREST SET FORTH THEREIN.”
 
 
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The Company, by its execution of this Agreement, agrees that it will cause the certificates evidencing the Membership Interests issued after the date hereof to bear the legend required by this Section 7.12 of this Agreement, and it shall supply, free of charge, a copy of this Agreement to any holder of a certificate evidencing Membership Interests upon written request from such holder to the Company at its principal office. The parties to this Agreement do hereby agree that the failure to cause the certificates evidencing the Membership Interests to bear the legend required by this Section 7.12 herein and/or the failure of the Company to supply, free of charge, a copy of this Agreement as provided hereunder shall not affect the validity or enforcement of this Agreement.
 
7.13 Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, etc. In the event of any issuance of Membership Interests of the Company hereafter to any of the holders thereof (including, without limitation, in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, or the like), such Membership Interests shall become subject to this Agreement and shall be endorsed with the legend set forth in Section 7.12.
 
7.14 Manner of Voting. The voting of Membership Interests pursuant to this Agreement may be effected in person, by proxy, by written consent or in any other manner permitted by applicable law.
 
7.15 Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further action as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.
 
7.16 Costs of Enforcement. If any party to this Agreement seeks to enforce its rights under this Agreement by legal proceedings, the non-prevailing party shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Option Agreement as of the date first written above.
 
     
  Unity Business Networks, L.L.C.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:   /s/ Anthony Sheesley 
 
Name:

 Anthony Sheesley
 
Title: 
 Manager
 
 
  OPTION HOLDER:
     
  Zoom Technologies, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:   /s/ Frank B. Manning
 
Name:

 Frank B. Manning
 
Title: 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
     
  HOLDERS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Anthony Sheesley 
 
ANTHONY SHEESLEY
 
 
     
/s/ Robert Paulsen 
 
ROBERT PAULSEN
 
 
     
/s/ Gregory Menard 
 
GREGORY MENARD
 
 
     
/s/ Isaac Elliott 
 
ISAAC ELLIOTT
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT A
 
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
 
This Adoption Agreement (“Adoption Agreement”) is executed on ___________________, 20__, by the undersigned (the “New Party”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Option Agreement dated as of July 25, 2007 (the “Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Option Holder and Holder parties thereto, as such Agreement may be amended or amended and restated hereafter. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Adoption Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement. By the execution of this Adoption Agreement, the New Party agrees as follows.
 
1.1 Acknowledgement. Holder acknowledges that New Party is acquiring certain Membership Interests of the Company, for one of the following reasons (Check the correct box):
 
 
¨
as a new Holder in accordance with Section 7.1 of the Agreement, in which case New Party will be a “Holder” for all purposes of the Agreement.
 
 
¨
as a transferee of Membership Interests from a party in such party’s capacity as a “Holder” bound by the Agreement in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Agreement, and after such transfer, New Party shall be considered a “Holder” for all purposes of the Agreement.
 
1.2 Agreement. New Party hereby (a) agrees that the Membership Interests, and any other securities required by the Agreement to be bound thereby, shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Agreement and (b) adopts the Agreement with the same force and effect as if New Party were originally a “Holder” party thereto.
 
1.3 Notice. Any notice required or permitted by the Agreement shall be given to New Party at the address or facsimile number listed below New Party’s signature hereto.
 

NEW PARTY: ______________________
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
   
   
By: _______________________________
Unity Business Networks, L.L.C.
Name and Title of Signatory
 
   
Address: ______________________
By: ____________________________
   
 __________________________
Title: ___________________________
   
Facsimile Number: ______________________
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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INVESTOR’S RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 

 
 

 
 

     
Page
1.
Definitions
1
     
2.
Registration Rights
5
 
2.1
Demand Registration
5
 
2.2
Company Registration
7
 
2.3
Underwriting Requirements
7
 
2.4
Obligations of the Company
8
 
2.5
Furnish Information
10
 
2.6
Expenses of Registration
10
 
2.7
Delay of Registration
10
 
2.8
Indemnification
10
 
2.9
Reports Under Exchange Act
12
 
2.10
Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights
13
 
2.11
“Market Stand-off” Agreement
13
 
2.12
Restrictions on Transfer
14
 
2.13
Termination of Registration Rights
15
     
3.
Information Rights
15
 
3.1
Delivery of Financial Statements
15
 
3.2
Inspection
17
 
3.3
Termination of Information Rights
17
 
3.4
Confidentiality
17
     
4.
Rights to Future Stock Issuances
17
 
4.1
Right of Participation
17
 
4.2
Termination
18
     
5.
Intentionally Omitted.
18
     
6.
Miscellaneous
18
 
6.1
Successors and Assigns
18
 
6.2
Governing Law
19
 
6.3
Counterparts; Facsimile
19
 
6.4
Titles and Subtitles
19
 
6.5
Notices
19
 
6.6
Amendments and Waivers
19
 
6.7
Severability
20
 
6.8
Aggregation of Stock
20
 
6.9
Entire Agreement
20
 
6.10
Delays or Omissions
20
 

Schedule A
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Schedule of Key Holders

 
 
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INVESTOR’S RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
THIS INVESTOR’S RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of the 25th day of July, 2007, by and among Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (the “Company”), Zoom Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Investor”), and each of the holders of the Company’s Common Interests listed on Schedule A hereto, each of whom is referred to herein as a “Key Holder”.
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are parties to the Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”); and
 
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Company to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to induce the Investor to invest funds in the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Investor and the Company hereby agree that this Agreement shall govern the rights of the Investor to cause the Company to register Common Shares issuable to the Investor, to receive certain information from the Company, and to participate in future equity offerings by the Company, and shall govern certain other matters as set forth in this Agreement.
 
AGREEMENT
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
 
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
 
1.1 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, including without limitation any general partner, manager, managing member, officer or director of such Person.
 
1.2 “Board of Managers” means the Board of Managers as such term is used in the Operating Agreement.
 
1.3 “Common Interests” means the Common Shares in the Company representing membership interests in the Company with the rights, preferences and privileges as set forth in the Operating Agreement.
 
1.4 “Common Shares” means (i) for so long as the Company shall remain a limited liability company, the Common Interests; or (ii) from and after such time as the Company may convert into, or merge with, or otherwise become, a corporation, the Conversion Stock.
 
1.5 “Conversion Stock” means any common stock or other capital stock of a corporation into or with which the Company may be converted or merged in connection with the change in form of the Company to a corporation and which is received by the holders of the Common Interests in exchange for the Common Interests in connection with such conversion or merger.
 
 
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1.6 “Damages” means any loss, damage, or liability (joint or several) to which a party hereto may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state law, insofar as such loss, damage, or liability (or any action in respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement of the Company, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto; (ii) an omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the indemnifying party (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law.
 
1.7 “Derivative Securities” means any securities or rights convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for (in each case, directly or indirectly), Common Shares, including without limitation options and warrants.
 
1.8 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
1.9 “Excluded Registration” means (i) a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, or similar plan; (ii) a registration relating to an SEC Rule 145 transaction; (iii) a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities; or (iv) a registration in which the only Common Shares being registered are Common Shares issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered.
 
1.9 “Exempted Securities” means (i) Common Shares issued or issuable upon conversion or exchange of any Derivative Securities outstanding on the date hereof; (ii) Common Shares issued or issuable as a dividend or distribution on Series A Preferred Shares; (iii) Common Shares issued or issuable by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up or other distribution on Common Shares; (iv) Common Shares (or options with respect thereto), or other interests in the Company issued or issuable to officers, employees or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Corporation pursuant to a plan or arrangement approved by the Board of Managers of the Company; (v) Common Shares issued solely in consideration for the acquisition (whether by merger or otherwise) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the stock or assets of any other entity approved by the Board of Managers of the Company; and (vi) Common Shares, or warrants therefor, issued in connection with any present or future borrowing, loan, line of credit, leasing or similar financing arrangement approved by the Board of Managers of the Company.
 
1.10 “Form S-1” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.
 
 
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1.11 “Form S-2” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC.
 
1.12 “Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
 
1.13 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
 
1.14 “Holder” means any holder of Registrable Securities who is a party to this Agreement.
 
1.15 “Immediate Family Member” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of a natural person referred to herein.
 
1.16 “Initiating Holders” means, collectively, Holders who properly initiate a registration request under this Agreement.
 
1.17 “IPO” means the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its Common Shares under the Securities Act.
 
1.17 “Key Holder Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Shares held by the Key Holders, and (ii) any Common Shares issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of such shares.
 
1.18 “New Securities” means, collectively, equity securities of the Company, whether or not currently authorized, as well as rights, options, or warrants to purchase such equity securities, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such equity securities.
 
1.19 “Operating Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, as the same may be further amended and/or restated from time to time. 
 
1.20 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity.
 
1.21 “Qualified IPO” means an underwritten public offering of the Company’s Common Shares under the Securities Act with an offering price per share of at least $0.21 (subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and other similar recapitalizations affecting such shares) and resulting in aggregate proceeds in excess of $25 million.
 
 
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1.22 “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Shares issuable or issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares; (ii) any Common Shares, or any Common Shares issued or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise of any other securities of the Company, acquired by the Investors after the date hereof; (iii) the Key Holder Registrable Securities, provided, however, that such Key Holder Registrable Securities shall not be deemed Registrable Securities and the Key Holders shall not be deemed Holders for the purposes of Sections 2.10 and 6.6; and (iv) any Common Shares issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) above; excluding in all cases, however, any Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which the applicable rights under this Agreement are not assigned pursuant to Section 6.1, and excluding for purposes of Section 2 any shares for which registration rights have terminated pursuant to Section 2.13 of this Agreement.
 
1.23 “Registrable Securities then outstanding” means the number of shares or membership interests, as applicable, determined by adding the number of shares (or membership interests) of outstanding Common Shares that are Registrable Securities and the number of shares (or membership interests) of Common Shares issuable (directly or indirectly) pursuant to then exercisable and/or convertible securities that are Registrable Securities.
 
1.24 “Restricted Securities” means the securities of the Company required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.12(b) hereof.
 
1.25 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
1.26 “SEC Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
 
1.27 “SEC Rule 144(k)” means Rule 144(k) promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act.
 
1.28 “SEC Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act. 
 
1.29 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
1.30 “Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions, and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder, except for the fees and disbursements of the Selling Holder Counsel borne and paid by the Company as provided in Section 2.6.
 
1.31 “Series A Preferred Conversion Stock” means any preferred stock or other capital stock of a corporation into or with which the Company may be converted or merged in connection with the change in form of the Company to a corporation and which is received by the holders of the Series A Preferred Interests in exchange for the Series A Preferred Interests in connection with such conversion or merger.
 
 
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1.32 “Series A Preferred Interests” means the Series A Preferred Shares of the Company with the rights, preferences and privileges as set forth in the Operating Agreement.
 
1.33 “Series A Preferred Shares” means (i) for so long as the Company shall remain a limited liability company, the Series A Preferred Interests; or (ii) from and after such time as the Company may convert into, or merge with or otherwise become, a corporation, the Series A Preferred Conversion Stock.
 
At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Company is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona. Recognizing the possibility that the Company may later convert into or merge with or otherwise change its legal form to a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona or other state or jurisdiction (whether in anticipation of or in connection with the IPO or otherwise), the parties hereto have attempted to draft this Agreement in such manner so that the provisions relating to ownership interests in the Company are flexible enough to accommodate the differences in terminology, rights, preferences, privileges, treatment under applicable law, and the like, between a limited liability company and a corporation. It is the parties’ intention that this Agreement and the defined and other terms hereof be construed broadly with respect to this matter so as to preserve, extend and apply the rights and obligations set forth herein as equally and similarly as possible to both the limited liability company membership interests in the Company held or to be held by the parties to this Agreement and to any shares of capital stock which may be issued to the parties to this Agreement upon any change in legal form of the Company to a corporation.
 
2. Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
 
2.1 Demand Registration.
 
(a) Form S-1 Demand. If at any time after one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of the registration statement for the IPO, the Company receives a request from Holders (other than the Key Holders) of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-1 registration statement with respect to an offering with an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, of at least $10 million, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give notice thereof (the “Demand Notice”) to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-1 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holders requested to be registered and any additional Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1(c) and Section 2.3.
 
(b) Form S-3 Demand. If at any time when it is eligible to use a Form S-3 registration statement, the Company receives a request from Holders of at least thirty percent (30%) of the Registrable Securities then outstanding that the Company file a Form S-3 registration statement with respect to outstanding Registrable Securities of such Holders having an anticipated aggregate offering price, net of Selling Expenses, of at least $1 million, then the Company shall (i) within ten (10) days after the date such request is given, give a Demand Notice to all Holders other than the Initiating Holders; and (ii) as soon as practicable, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the date such request is given by the Initiating Holders, file a Form S-3 registration statement under the Securities Act covering all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holders, as specified by notice given by each such Holder to the Company within twenty (20) days of the date the Demand Notice is given, and in each case, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1(c) and Section 2.3. 
 
 
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing obligations, if the Company furnishes to Holders requesting a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 a certificate signed by the Company’s chief executive officer stating that in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Managers of the Company it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective for as long as such registration statement otherwise would be required to remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving the Company; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, then the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing, and any time periods with respect to filing or effectiveness thereof shall be tolled correspondingly, for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after the request of the Initiating Holders is given; provided, however, that the Company may not invoke this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; and provided further that the Company shall not register any securities for its own account or that of any other stockholder during such ninety (90) day period other than an Excluded Registration.
 
(d) The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) (i) during the period that is sixty (60) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; (ii) after the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Section 2.1(a); or (iii) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.1(b). The Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to Section 2.1(b) (i) during the period that is thirty (30) days before the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date that is ninety (90) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration, provided, that the Company is actively employing in good faith commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or (ii) if the Company has effected two registrations pursuant to Section 2.1(b) within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date of such request. A registration shall not be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.1(d) until such time as the applicable registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC, unless the Initiating Holders withdraw their request for such registration, elect not to pay the registration expenses therefor, and forfeit their right to one demand registration statement pursuant to Section 2.6, in which case such withdrawn registration statement shall be counted as “effected” for purposes of this Section 2.1(d).  
 
 
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2.2 Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its securities under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than in an Excluded Registration), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder notice of such registration. Upon the request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3, cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be included in such registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2.2 before the effective date of such registration, whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration. The expenses (other than Selling Expenses) of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 2.6.
 
2.3 Underwriting Requirements. 
 
(a) If, pursuant to Section 2.1, the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Section 2.1, and the Company shall include such information in the Demand Notice. The underwriter(s) will be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably acceptable to a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders. In such event, the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 2.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter(s) selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.3, if the managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Initiating Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Initiating Holders shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that otherwise would be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among such Holders of Registrable Securities, including the Initiating Holders, in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the number of Registrable Securities owned by each Holder or in such other proportion as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders; provided, however, (i) that the number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders to be included in such underwriting shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting; and (ii) unless the holders of a majority in interest of Series A Preferred Shares consent otherwise in writing, any Registrable Securities which are not Key Holder Registrable Securities will not be excluded from such underwriting unless all Key Holder Registrable Securities are first excluded from such offering. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares. 
 
(b) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to Section 2.2, the Company shall not be required to include any of the Holders’ Registrable Securities in such underwriting unless the Holders accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and its underwriters, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total number of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be included in such offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by the Company) that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters and the Company in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of the offering. If the underwriters determine that less than all of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated among the selling Holders in proportion (as nearly as practicable to) the number of Registrable Securities owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by all such selling Holders. To facilitate the allocation of shares in accordance with the above provisions, the Company or the underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any Holder to the nearest 100 shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced unless all other securities (other than securities to be sold by the Company) are first entirely excluded from the offering, or (ii) the number of Registrable Securities included in the offering be reduced below thirty percent (30%) of the total number of securities included in such offering, unless such offering is the IPO, in which case the selling Holders may be excluded further if the underwriters make the determination described above and no other stockholder’s securities are included in such offering or (iii)  notwithstanding (ii) above, unless the holders of a majority in interest of Series A Preferred Shares consent otherwise in writing, any Registrable Securities which are not Key Holder Registrable Securities be excluded from such underwriting unless all Key Holder Registrable Securities are first excluded from such offering. For purposes of the provision in this Section 2.3(b) concerning apportionment, for any selling Holder that is a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, the partners, members, retired partners, retired members, stockholders, and Affiliates of such Holder, or the estates and Immediate Family Members of any such partners, retired partners, members, and retired members and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing Persons, shall be deemed to be a single “selling Holder,” and any pro rata reduction with respect to such “selling Holder” shall be based upon the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by all Persons included in such “selling Holder,” as defined in this sentence.
 
 
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2.4 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 2 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
 
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, however, that (i) such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Holder refrains, at the request of an underwriter of Common Shares (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration, and (ii) in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 that are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, subject to compliance with applicable SEC rules, such one hundred twenty (120) day period shall be extended for up to an additional ninety (90) days, if necessary, to keep the registration statement effective until all such Registrable Securities are sold;
 
 
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(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, as may be necessary to comply with the Securities Act in order to enable the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
 
(c) furnish to the selling Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, as required by the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate their disposition of their Registrable Securities;
 
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities Act;
 
(e) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the underwriter(s) of such offering;
 
(f) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on a national securities exchange or trading system and each securities exchange and trading system (if any) on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
 
(g) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement and provide a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;
 
(h) promptly make available for inspection by the selling Holders, any managing underwriter(s) participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant or other agent retained by any such underwriter or selected by the selling Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent, in each case, as necessary or advisable to verify the accuracy of the information in such registration statement and to conduct appropriate due diligence in connection therewith;
 
(i) notify each selling Holder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed; and
 
 
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(j) after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Holder of any request by the SEC that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus.
 
2.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 2 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as is reasonably required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.
 
2.6 Expenses of Registration. All expenses (other than Selling Expenses) incurred in connection with registrations, filings, or qualifications pursuant to Section 2, including all registration, filing, and qualification fees; printers’ and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to exceed $15,000, of one counsel for the selling Holders (“Selling Holder Counsel”), shall be borne and paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.1 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all selling Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be included in the withdrawn registration), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or Section 2.1(b), as the case may be; provided further that if, at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders shall have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness after learning of such information then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to one registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or Section 2.1(b). All Selling Expenses relating to Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne and paid by the Holders pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities registered on their behalf. 
 
2.7 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration pursuant to this Agreement as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 2.
 
2.8 Indemnification. If any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 2:
 
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each selling Holder, and the partners, members, officers, directors, and stockholders of each such Holder; legal counsel and accountants for each such Holder; any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act) for each such Holder; and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any Damages, and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall the Company be liable for any Damages to the extent that they arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of any such Holder, underwriter, controlling Person, or other aforementioned Person expressly for use in connection with such registration.
 
 
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(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person (if any), who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter (as defined in the Securities Act), any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement, and any controlling Person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any Damages, in each case only to the extent that such Damages arise out of or are based upon actions or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by or on behalf of such selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such selling Holder will pay to the Company and each other aforementioned Person any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding from which Damages may result, as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.8(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim or proceeding if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further that in no event shall the aggregate amounts payable by any Holder by way of indemnity or contribution under Sections 2.8(b) and 2.8(d) exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by such Holder.
 
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 2.8 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action) for which a party may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 2.8, give the indemnifying party notice of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in such action and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, participate jointly with any other indemnifying party to which notice has been given, and to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 2.8, to the extent that such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party’s ability to defend such action. The failure to give notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 2.8.
 
 
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(d) To provide for just and equitable contribution to joint liability under the Securities Act in any case in which either (i) any party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder makes a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case, notwithstanding the fact that this Section 2.8 provides for indemnification in such case, or (ii) contribution under the Securities Act may be required on the part of any party hereto for which indemnification is provided under this Section 2.8, then, and in each such case, such parties will contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses to which they may be subject (after contribution from others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of each of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements, omissions, or other actions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability, or expense, as well as to reflect any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact, or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact, relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided, however, that, in any such case, (x) no Holder will be required to contribute any amount in excess of the public offering price of all such Registrable Securities offered and sold by such Holder pursuant to such registration statement, and (y) no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation; and provided further that in no event shall a Holder’s liability pursuant to this Section 2.8(d), when combined with the amounts paid or payable by such Holder pursuant to Section 2.8(b), exceed the proceeds from the offering received by such Holder (net of any Selling Expenses paid by such Holder), except in the case of willful misconduct or fraud by such Holder.
 
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.
 
(f) Unless otherwise superseded by an underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering, the obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 2.8 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration under this Section 2, and otherwise shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 
 
2.9 Reports Under Exchange Act. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of SEC Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company shall:
 
 
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(a) make and keep available adequate current public information, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO;
 
(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements); and
 
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) to the extent accurate, a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company for the IPO), the Securities Act, and the Exchange Act (at any time after the Company has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies); (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company; and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration (at any time after the Company has become subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act) or pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after the Company so qualifies to use such form).
 
2.10 Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Shares then outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that (i) would allow such holder or prospective holder (i) to include such securities in any registration unless, under the terms of such agreement, such holder or prospective holder may include such securities in any such registration only to the extent that the inclusion of such securities will not reduce the number of the Registrable Securities of the Holders that are included.
 
2.11 “Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the registration by the Company for its own behalf of shares of its Common Shares or any other equity securities under the Securities Act on a registration statement relating to the IPO, and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, which period may be extended upon the request of the managing underwriter, to the extent required by any NASD rules, for an additional period of up to fifteen (15) days if the Company issues or proposes to issue an earnings or other public release within fifteen (15) days of the expiration of the 180-day lockup period, (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Shares held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for such offering or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11 shall apply only to the IPO, shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement, and shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers and directors are subject to the same restrictions and the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a similar agreement from all stockholders individually owning more than one percent (1%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Shares. The underwriters in connection with such registration are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 2.11 and shall have the right, power, and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in connection with such registration that are consistent with this Section 2.11 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Any discretionary waiver or termination of the restrictions of any or all of such agreements by the Company or the underwriters shall apply pro rata to all Holders subject to such agreements, based on the number of shares subject to such agreements. 
 
 
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2.12 Restrictions on Transfer. 
 
(a) The Series A Preferred Shares and the Registrable Securities shall not be sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred, and the Company shall not recognize and shall issue stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agent with respect to any such sale, pledge, or transfer, except upon the conditions specified in this Agreement, which conditions are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. A transferring Holder will cause any proposed purchaser, pledgee, or transferee of the Series A Preferred Shares and the Registrable Securities held by such Holder to agree to take and hold such securities subject to the provisions and upon the conditions specified in this Agreement.
 
(b) Any certificate or instrument representing (i) the Series A Preferred Shares, (ii) the Registrable Securities, and (iii) any other securities issued in respect of the securities referenced in clauses (i) and (ii), upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 2.12(c)) be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form:
 
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR A VALID EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT.
 
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE STOCKHOLDER, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
 
 
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The Holders consent to the Company making a notation in its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent of the Restricted Securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.12.
 
(c) The holder of each certificate representing Restricted Securities, by acceptance thereof, agrees to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Section 2. Before any proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of any Restricted Securities, unless there is in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the proposed transaction, the Holder thereof shall give notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to effect such sale, pledge, or transfer. Each such notice shall describe the manner and circumstances of the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer in sufficient detail and, if reasonably requested by the Company, shall be accompanied at such Holder’s expense by either (i) a written opinion of legal counsel who shall, and whose legal opinion shall, be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transaction may be effected without registration under the Securities Act; (ii) a “no action” letter from the SEC to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of such Restricted Securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff of the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto; or (iii) any other evidence reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of the Restricted Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, whereupon the Holder of such Restricted Securities shall be entitled to sell, pledge, or transfer such Restricted Securities in accordance with the terms of the notice given by the Holder to the Company. The Company will not require such a legal opinion or “no action” letter (x) in any transaction in compliance with SEC Rule 144 or (y) in any transaction in which such Holder distributes Restricted Securities to an Affiliate of such Holder for no consideration; provided that each transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the terms of this Section 2.12. Each certificate or instrument evidencing the Restricted Securities transferred as above provided shall bear, except if such transfer is made pursuant to SEC Rule 144, the appropriate restrictive legend set forth in Section 2.12(b), except that such certificate shall not bear such restrictive legend if, in the opinion of counsel for such Holder and the Company, such legend is not required in order to establish compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act.
 
2.13 Termination of Registration Rights. The right of any Holder to request registration or inclusion of Registrable Securities in any registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:
 
(a) the closing of a Liquidation Event, as such term is defined in the Operating Agreement;
 
(b) when all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities could be sold within any ninety (90) day period under SEC Rule 144; and
 
(c) the fifth anniversary of the Qualified IPO.
 
3. Information Rights.
 
3.1 Delivery of Financial Statements.  The Company shall deliver to the Investor:
 
 
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(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days (120 days in the case of fiscal year 2007) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, (i) a balance sheet as of the end of such year, (ii) statements of income and of cash flows for such year; and (iii) a statement of stockholders’ equity (or, for such periods as the Company shall be organized as a limited liability company, statement of changes in member’s capital accounts, or similar statement), all such financial statements audited and certified by independent public accountants selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Investor; 
 
(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, unaudited statements of income and of cash flows for such fiscal quarter, and an unaudited balance sheet and an unaudited statement of stockholders’ equity (or, for such periods as the Company shall be organized as a limited liability company, statement of changes in member’s capital accounts, or similar statement) as of the end of such fiscal quarter, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);
 
(c) as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows for such month, and an unaudited balance sheet and an unaudited statement of stockholders’ equity (or, for such periods as the Company shall be organized as a limited liability company, statement of changes in member’s capital accounts, or similar statement) as of the end of such month, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such financial statements may (i) be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and (ii) not contain all notes thereto that may be required in accordance with GAAP);
 
(d) such other information relating to the financial condition, business, prospects, or corporate affairs of the Company as the Investor may from time to time reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this Section 3.1(d) to provide information (i) that the Company reasonably determines in good faith to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company) or (ii) the disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel. 
 
If, for any period, the Company has any subsidiary whose accounts are consolidated with those of the Company, then in respect of such period the financial statements delivered pursuant to the foregoing sections shall be the consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Company and all such consolidated subsidiaries. 
 
Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 3.1 to the contrary, the Company may cease providing the information set forth in this Section 3.1 during the period starting with the date thirty (30) days before the Company’s good-faith estimate of the date of filing of a registration statement if it reasonably concludes it must do so to comply with the SEC rules applicable to such registration statement and related offering; provided that the Company’s covenants under this Section 3.1 shall be reinstated at such time as the Company is no longer actively employing its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective.
 
 
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3.2 Inspection. The Company shall permit the Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties; examine its books of account and records; and discuss the Company’s affairs, finances, and accounts with its officers, during normal business hours of the Company as may be reasonably requested by the Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 3.2 to provide access to any information that it reasonably and in good faith considers to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company) or the disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel. 
 
3.3 Termination of Information Rights. The covenants set forth in Section 3.1, Section 3.2, and Section 3.3 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (i) immediately before the consummation of the IPO, (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (iii) upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event (as such term is defined in the Operating Agreement), or (iv) upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares into Common Shares (as set forth in the Operating Agreement), whichever event occurs first. 
 
3.4 Confidentiality. The Investor agrees that it will keep confidential and will not disclose, divulge, or use for any purpose (other than to monitor its investment in the Company and to evaluate its option to purchase the balance of the Company) any confidential information obtained from the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including notice of the Company’s intention to file a registration statement), unless such confidential information (a) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Section 3.4 by the Investor), (b) is or has been independently developed or conceived by the Investor without use of the Company’s confidential information, or (c) is or has been made known or disclosed to the Investor by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company; provided, however, that the Investor may disclose confidential information (i) to its attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Company and to evaluate its option to purchase the balance of the Company; (ii) to any prospective purchaser of any Registrable Securities from the Investor, if such prospective purchaser agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 3.4; (iii) to any Affiliate, partner, member, stockholder, or wholly owned subsidiary of such Investor in the ordinary course of business, provided that the Investor informs such Person that such information is confidential and directs such Person to maintain the confidentiality of such information; or (iv) as may otherwise be required by law, provided that the Investor promptly notifies the Company of such disclosure and takes reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure. 
 
4. Rights to Future Stock Issuances. 
 
4.1 Right of Participation. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4.1 and applicable securities laws, if the Company proposes to offer or sell any New Securities, the Company shall also offer the Investor the right to participate in the purchase of such New Securities. The Investor shall be entitled to apportion the right of participation hereby granted to it among itself and its Affiliates in such proportions as it deems appropriate.
 
 
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(a) At any time before or within thirty (30) days after the issuance of New Securities, the Company shall give notice (the “Offer Notice”) to the Investor, stating (i) its bona fide intention to offer and sell, or the fact that it has offered and sold, such New Securities, as applicable, (ii) the number of such New Securities offered or to be offered, and (iii) the type, price and terms of the New Securities.
 
(b) By notification to the Company within twenty (20) days after the Offer Notice is given, the Investor may elect to purchase or otherwise acquire, at the price and on the terms specified in the Offer Notice, that portion of the New Securities that equals the proportion that the Common Shares issued and held, or issuable (directly or indirectly) upon conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of the Series A Preferred Shares and any other Derivative Securities then held, by the Investor bears to the total Common Shares of the Company then outstanding (assuming full conversion and/or exercise, as applicable, of all Series A Preferred Shares and other Derivative Securities). The closing of any sale pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall occur within sixty (60) days of the date that the Offer Notice is given.
 
(c) If all New Securities referred to in the Offer Notice are not elected to be purchased or acquired by the Investor as provided in Section 4.1(b), the Company may, following the expiration of the period provided in Section 4.1(b), offer and sell the remaining unsubscribed portion of such New Securities to any Person or Persons at a price not less than, and upon terms no more favorable to the offeree than, those specified in the Offer Notice.
 
(d) The right of participation in this Section 4.1 shall not be applicable to (i) Exempted Securities; and (ii) Common Shares issued in the IPO. 
 
4.2 Termination. The covenants set forth in Section 4.1 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect (i) immediately before the consummation of the IPO, (ii) when the Company first becomes subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 12(g) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (iii) upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event (as such term is defined in the Operating Agreement), or (iv) upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares into Common Shares (as set forth in the Operating Agreement), whichever event occurs first. 
 
5. Intentionally Omitted. 
 
6. Miscellaneous. 
 
6.1 Successors and Assigns. The rights under this Agreement may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee of Registrable Securities that (i) is an Affiliate of a Holder; (ii) is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member or trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or one or more of such Holder’s Immediate Family Members; (iii) after such transfer, holds at least four and one-half percent (4.5%) of the then outstanding Registrable Securities; or (iv) is the transferee of all of the Holder’s Registrable Securities; provided, however, that (x) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred; and (y) such transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Company to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Section 2.11. For the purposes of determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee, the holdings of a transferee (1) that is an Affiliate or stockholder of a Holder; (2) who is a Holder’s Immediate Family Member; or (3) that is a trust for the benefit of an individual Holder or such Holder’s Immediate Family Member shall be aggregated together and with those of the transferring Holder; provided further that all transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of rights shall have a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of exercising any rights, receiving notices, or taking any action under this Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement inure to the benefit of and are binding upon the respective successors and permitted assignees of the parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assignees any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.
 
 
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6.2 Governing Law. This Agreement and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware.
 
6.3 Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
 
6.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
 
6.5 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier of actual receipt or: (i) personal delivery to the party to be notified; (ii) when sent, if sent by electronic mail or facsimile during the recipient’s normal business hours, and if not sent during normal business hours, then on the recipient’s next business day; (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (iv) one (1) business day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, freight prepaid, specifying next-business day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at their addresses as set forth on the signature pages or Schedule A (as applicable) hereto, or to the principal office of the Company and to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, in the case of the Company, or to such email address, facsimile number, or address as subsequently modified by written notice given in accordance with this Section 6.5. If notice is given to the Company, a copy shall also be sent to Faegre & Benson LLP, 1900 Fifteenth Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302, Attention: Deborah M. Kelly and if notice is given to the Investor, a copy shall also be given to Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., Reservoir Place, 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, Attention: Jeffrey P. Steele.
 
6.6 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding; provided that the Company may in its sole discretion waive compliance with Section 2.12(c) (and the Company’s failure to object promptly in writing after notification of a proposed assignment allegedly in violation of Section 2.12(c) shall be deemed to be a waiver); and provided further that any provision hereof may be waived by any waiving party on such party’s own behalf, without the consent of any other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may not be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived, in each case, in any way which would adversely affect the rights of the Key Holders hereunder in a manner disproportionate to any adverse effect such amendment or waiver would have on the rights of the Investor hereunder, without also the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities held by the Key Holders. The Company shall give prompt notice of any amendment or termination hereof or waiver hereunder to any party hereto that did not consent in writing to such amendment, termination, or waiver. Any amendment, termination, or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 6.6 shall be binding on all parties hereto, regardless of whether any such party has consented thereto. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.
 
 
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6.7 Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, and such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be reformed and construed so that it will be valid, legal, and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law.
 
6.8 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by Affiliates shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement and such Affiliated persons may apportion such rights as among themselves in any manner they deem appropriate.
 
6.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any Schedules and Exhibits hereto) constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the parties is expressly canceled.
 
6.10 Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any party under this Agreement, upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power, or remedy of such nonbreaching or nondefaulting party, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence to any such breach or default, or to any similar breach or default thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. All remedies, whether under this Agreement or by law or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
     
  COMPANY:
 
 
UNITY BUSINESS NETWORKS, L.L.C. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Anthony Sheesley
 
Name: Anthony Sheesley
 
Title: Manager
 
Address: 3900 East Mexico Avenue
 
  Denver, CO 80210
 
     
 
INVESTOR:
 
ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Frank B. Manning
 
Name: Frank B. Manning
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
Address: 207 South Street
 
 Boston, MA 02111 
 
 
 
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  KEY HOLDERS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature: 
/s/ Anthony Sheesley
 
Name: ANTHONY SHEESLEY

     
Signature: 
/s/ Robert Paulsen
 
Name: ROBERT PAULSEN
 
     
Signature: 
/s/ Gregory Menard
 
Name: GREGORY MENARD
 
     
Signature: 
/s/ Isaac Elliott
 
Name: ISAAC ELLIOTT

 
 
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EX-10.4 5 v084418_ex10-4.htm


SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

UNITY BUSINESS NETWORKS, L.L.C.,
an Arizona limited liability company

DATED: July 25, 2007
 


 
 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
Page
Section I Formation; Name and Office; Purpose; Partnership Treatment
2
1.1
Formation
2
1.2
Name and Registered Office
2
1.3
Purpose
2
1.4
Treatment as a Partnership
2
1.5
Qualification in Other Jurisdictions
2
   
Section II Definitions
3
   
Section III Capital Contributions; Shares
10
3.1
Capital Accounts
10
3.2
Capital Contributions
11
3.3
Withdrawal or Return of Capital Contributions
12
3.4
Form of Return of Capital
13
3.5
Salary or Interest
13
   
Section IV Series A Preferred Shares
13
4.1
Series A Preferred Shares
13
4.2
Voting Rights
13
4.3
Conversion
14
4.4
Distributions
17
4.5
Subsequent Offerings
17
4.6
Registration Rights
17
4.7
Information Rights
17
4.8
Option
17
4.9
Termination of the Series A Preferred Rights
18
   
Section V Allocations and Distributions
18
5.1
Allocations
18
5.2.
Section 704(c) Allocations
19
5.3
Regulatory Allocations
20
5.4
Non-Liquidating Distributions
21
5.5
Distributions From a Liquidation Event
21
5.6
General
22
   
Section VI Management
23
6.1.
Board of Managers
23
6.2.
Number, Tenure, and Qualifications
23
6.3.
Certain Powers of the Board
24
6.4.
Actions Requiring Special Approvals
25
6.5.
Meetings of the Board
27
6.6
Quorum and Acts of the Board
27
6.7
Electronic Communications
27
 
 
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6.8
Managers Have No Exclusive Duty to Company
27
6.9.
Resignation
27
6.10.
Removal
28
6.11.
Vacancies
28
6.12.
Compensation and Expenses
28
6.13.
Books and Records
28
6.14.
Access to Books and Records
29
6.15.
Returns and Other Elections
29
6.16.
Fiscal Year
29
6.17.
Reports
29
6.18.
Tax Matters Partner
29
6.20
Management Fee
29
6.21
Chairman of the Board.
30
   
Section VII Members
30
7.1.
Meetings
30
7.2.
Place of Meetings
30
7.3.
Notice of Meetings
30
7.4.
Meeting of All Members
30
7.5.
Record Date
30
7.6.
Quorum
30
7.7.
Voting Rights of Members
31
7.8.
Manner of Acting
31
7.9.
Proxies
31
7.10.
Action by Members without a Meeting
31
7.11.
Telephonic Communication
31
7.12.
Waiver of Notice
31
7.13
Names and Addresses of Members
32
7.14
Voting Agreement
32
   
Section VIII Transfers and Withdrawals
33
8.1.
Transfers
33
8.2.
Withdrawal
33
8.3.
Right of First Refusal
33
8.4
Option on Death or Bankruptcy
34
8.5
Conditions of Transfer
35
8.6
No Transfer of Membership Rights
35
8.7
Substitute and Additional Members
35
8.8
Distributions on Withdrawal
36
   
Section IX Dissolution and Termination
36
9.1
Dissolution
36
9.2
Distributions and Other Matters
36
9.3
Deficit Capital Accounts
37
9.4
Rights of Interest Holders—Distributions of Property
37
9.5
Articles of Termination
37
 
 
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Section X Other Interests of an Interest Holder or a Manager
37
10.1
Other Interests Permitted
37
10.2
Non-Competition/Non-Disclosure/Non-Solicitation Provisions
38
   
Section XI Indemnity
41
11.1
Indemnity Rights
41
11.2
Notice and Defense
41
11.3
Expenses
42
11.4
Other Sources
42
11.5
Survival
42
   
Section XII Miscellaneous
42
12.1
Notices
42
12.2
Bank Accounts
42
12.3
Partial Invalidity
42
12.4
Governing Law; Parties in Interest
43
12.5
Amendment
43
12.6
Execution in Counterparts
43
12.7
Titles and Captions
43
12.8
Pronouns and Plurals
43
12.9
Waiver of Action for Partition
43
12.10
Entire Agreement
43
12.11
Estoppel Certificate
43
   
Section XIII Arbitration
43
   
Section XIV Agreement of Spouses of Members
44

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A
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Members, Capital Contribution, Percentage Interests and Shares
Exhibit B
—
 
Purchase Price Determination Pursuant to Section 7.4
—
 
MT Note
Exhibit D
—
 
Percentage Interests and Common Share Ownership after MT Loan Paid in Full
 
 
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
UNITY BUSINESS NETWORKS, L.L.C.
an Arizona limited liability company

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of the __ day of July, 2007, by and among (a) each of the persons and/or entities listed on Exhibit A and executing this Agreement or a counterpart thereof as Members, and (b) each of the persons executing this Agreement or a counterpart thereof as Managers, of UNITY BUSINESS NETWORKS, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (the “Company”).
 
WHEREAS, the Company was formed on October 1, 2003, and the Company and its initial Members entered into that certain Operating Agreement of the Company, dated October 1, 2003, which original operating agreement was subsequently amended and restated pursuant to the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company dated as of February 28, 2007 (collectively, the “Original Agreement”);
 
WHEREAS, the Company and Zoom Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”) have entered into that certain Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Purchaser will purchase and the Company will issue and sell to Purchaser Series A Preferred Shares;
 
WHEREAS the Company, the Purchaser, and the holders of the Company’s common shares have entered into that certain Investor’s Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Investor’s Rights Agreement”), which agreement sets forth the various rights of the Series A Preferred Shares, including registration rights, information rights and rights to participate in future share issuances;
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser have entered into that certain Option Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Option Agreement”), pursuant to which the Purchaser is granted an option to purchase the remaining ownership interests in the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Option Agreement; and
 
WHEREAS, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Members and the Company desire to amend and restate in its entirety the Original Agreement to reflect certain changes in the capital structure and management of the Company and to create the Series A Preferred Shares and prescribe the rights and preferences of the Series A Preferred Shares.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein, the Members and Managers hereby agree as follows:
 
 
 

 
 
Section I
 
Formation; Name and Office; Purpose; Partnership Treatment
 
1.1 Formation. Pursuant to the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act, A.R.S. Sections 29-601 through 29-857 (the “Act”), the parties have formed an Arizona limited liability company effective upon the filing of the Articles of Organization of this Company (the “Articles”) with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The parties have executed this Agreement to serve as the “Operating Agreement” of the Company, as that term is defined in A.R.S. Section 29-601(12), and subject to any applicable restrictions set forth in the Act, the business and affairs of the Company and the relationships of the parties to one another shall be operated in accordance with and governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The parties agree to execute all amendments of the Articles, and do all filing, publication, and other acts as may be appropriate from time to time hereafter to comply with the requirements of the Act.
 
1.2 Name and Registered Office. The Company shall be conducted under the name of UNITY BUSINESS NETWORKS, L.L.C., and the registered office of the Company, as registered with the Arizona Secretary of State, shall be at 1313 North 25th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85009, or such other place as the Board may from time to time determine.
 
1.3 Purpose. The purpose and business of the Company shall be to transact the business of internet voice-mail and phone services to small business through voice over IP, and any other related activities. The Company shall have the power to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, or incidental to the furtherance of such purpose. The Company may engage in other business or acquire other assets only on the vote of a Majority in Interest of the Members.
 
1.4 Treatment as a Partnership. It is the intent of the Members that the Company shall always be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a partnership for federal and state income tax purposes, but that the Company shall not be operated or treated as a partnership for purposes of the federal bankruptcy code. No Member or Manager shall take any action inconsistent with this intent.
 
1.5 Qualification in Other Jurisdictions. The Board shall cause the Company to be qualified or registered under assumed or fictitious name statutes or similar laws in any jurisdiction in which the Company is required to so qualify or register by reason of the nature of the business conducted by the Company in such jurisdiction. The Board shall cause the execution, delivery and filing of any certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company is required to so qualify. The Board shall cause the Company to withdraw or cancel its qualification, formation or registration under assumed or fictitious name statutes or similar laws in any jurisdiction in which the Company ceases to transact business. The Board shall cause the execution, delivery and filing of any certificates and other required documents necessary for the Company to withdraw its authority to do business in any jurisdiction in which the Company ceases to conduct business.
 
 
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Section II
 
Definitions
 
The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section II:
 
“AAA” has the meaning set forth in Section XIII.
 
“Acquisition” means (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or other entity, or any other limited liability company reorganization, in which the members of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization, own less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the surviving or successor entity (or in the event stock or ownership interests of an Affiliate are issued in such transaction, less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of such Affiliate) immediately after such consolidation, merger or reorganization; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party in which in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s outstanding voting power is transferred; provided, however, that an Acquisition shall not include (x) any consolidation or merger effected exclusively to change the domicile of the Company, (y) any Company Conversion, or (z) any transaction or series of transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes in which cash is received by the Company or any successor or indebtedness of the Company is cancelled or converted or a combination thereof.
 
“Act” means the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act, A.R.S. Sections 29-601 through 29-857, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
 
“Adjusted Book Value” means with respect to Company Property, the Property's Initial Book Value with the adjustments required under this Agreement.
 
“Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect to any Interest Holder, the deficit balance, if any, in the Interest Holder's Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:
 
 
(i)
the Capital Account shall be increased by the amounts which the Interest Holder is obligated to restore under this Agreement or is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and (i)(5) (i.e., the Interest Holder's share of Minimum Gain and Member Minimum Gain); and
 
 
(ii)
the Capital Account shall be decreased by the items described in Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
 
This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent therewith.
 
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Interest Holder or Manager, any Person: (i) who is a member of the Interest Holder's or Manager's Family; (ii) which owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting or economic interests in the Interest Holder or Manager; (iii) in which the Interest Holder or Manager owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting or economic interests; or (iv) in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting or economic interests are owned by a Person who has a relationship with the Interest Holder or Manager described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above.
 
 
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“Articles” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
 
“as converted basis” of the Preferred Shares means that, the Preferred Shares shall be treated as that number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion thereof, as determined in accordance with Section 4.3.
 
“Asset Transfer” means a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the exclusive licensing of substantially all of the Company’s intellectual property.
 
“Board” means the Board of Managers of the Company, which shall be composed of the persons appointed for such purpose under Section 6.2 and any other person that succeeds such person in that capacity.
 
“Capital Account” means the account maintained by the Company for each Interest Holder in accordance with the provisions of Section III.
 
“Capital Contribution” means the total amount of cash and the fair market value of any other assets contributed (or deemed contributed under Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)) to the Company by an Interest Holder, net of liabilities secured by the contributed Property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code.
 
“Cash Flow” means all cash funds derived from operations of the Company (including interest received on reserves), without reduction for any noncash charges, but less cash funds used to pay current operating expenses and to pay or establish reasonable reserves for future expenses, debt payments, capital improvements, and replacements as determined by the Board. Cash Flow shall be increased by the reduction of any reserve previously established.
 
“Change of Control” means any Acquisition or Asset Transfer.
 
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any corresponding provision of any succeeding law.
 
“Common Member” means any holder of Common Shares, but solely in its capacity as a holder of Common Shares, without giving effect to the conversion features of any Preferred Shares or other securities until converted in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof or this Agreement.
 
“Common Member Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14.1.1.
 
 
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“Company Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(2) and Section 1.704-2(d) for “partnership minimum gain.”
 
“Company Offer Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.2.
 
“Common Percentage Interest(s)” means with respect to a Member’s Percentage Interest of all outstanding Common Shares, the quotient obtained by dividing the number of Common Shares held by such Member by the total number of outstanding Common Shares.
 
“Common Share Equivalents” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.2.
 
“Common Shares” means those Shares designated as such by the Board and having those rights specified in Section 3.1.
 
“Company Conversion” means (i) the conversion of the Company’s business form from a limited liability company to a corporation, (ii) the merger of the Company with or into a new or previously-established but dormant corporation having no assets or liabilities, debts or other obligations of any kind whatsoever other than those associated with its formation and initial capitalization, or (iii) the contribution of the assets and liabilities of the Company to a corporation in exchange for one class of common stock in such corporation, followed by a liquidation of the Company and a distribution of such corporation’s common stock to the members of the Company.
 
“Conditions of Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5.
 
“Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.1.
 
“Conversion Price” means the Series A Original Issue Price for the applicable Preferred Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Section 4.3.
 
“Conversion Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.
 
“Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
 
“Event of Withdrawal” means those events and circumstances listed in Section 29-733 of the Act other than subparagraphs 4 or 5 thereof.
 
“Exempt Transfers” means the following Transfers: (1) the pledge of the Company’s membership interests pursuant to the MT Pledge Agreement; and (2) the transfer of the Common Shares to the Preferred Member in connection with the Preferred Member’s exercise of the Option.
 
“Family” means a Person's spouse, lineal ancestors or descendants by birth or adoption, siblings, and trusts for the benefit of such Person or any of the foregoing individuals.
 
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company, as determined under Section 6.16.
 
 
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“Founder” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.4.1.
 
“Free Transfer Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.5.
 
“Interest” means a Person's share of the Profits and Losses (and specially allocated items of income, gain, and deduction) of, and the right to receive distributions from, the Company.
 
“Interest Holder” means any Person who holds an Interest, whether as a Member or as an unadmitted assignee of a Member.
 
“Initial Book Value” means, with respect to Property contributed to the Company by an Interest Holder, the Property's fair market value at the time of contribution and, with respect to all other Property, the Property's adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the time of acquisition.
 
“Investor Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14.1.2.
 
“Investor’s Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
 
“Liquidation Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events: a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company, its business or its affairs, whether voluntary or not and including pursuant to Section IX herein.
 
“Loss” see definition of “Profit” and “Loss” below.
 
“Majority Owner” means Anthony Sheesley, but only prior to the repayment in full of the MT Note, whereupon this definition will no longer apply.
 
“Majority in Interest” means one or more Members who own, collectively, a simple majority of the Percentage Interests held by Members.
 
“Manager” means that person or those persons designated as such pursuant to Section VI of this Agreement.
 
“Member” means each Person signing this Agreement and any Person who subsequently is admitted as a Member (whether a Common Member or a Preferred Member) of the Company, until such time as an Event of Withdrawal has occurred with respect to such Member.
 
“Member Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.704-2(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations for “partner nonrecourse debt.”
 
“Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i) for “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain.”
 
“Member Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i) for “partner nonrecourse deductions.”
 
 
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“Member Offer Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.4.
 
“Membership Rights” means all of the rights of a Member in the Company, including a Member's: (i) Interest, (ii) right to inspect the Company's books and records, and (iii) right to vote on matters coming before the Company.
 
“MT” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.3.
 
“MT Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.3.
 
“MT Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge of Limited Liability Company Interests in Unity Business Networks, L.L.C., dated as of October 1, 2003, among the MT Family Limited Partnership and Anthony Sheesley, Gregory Menard and Robert Paulsen.
 
“Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions shall be determined according to the provisions of Regulation Section 1.704-2(c).
 
“Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(3).
 
“Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.3.
 
“Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8 hereof.
 
“Option Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
 
“Original Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
 
“Percentage Interest” means, as to a Member or an Interest Holder, the quotient obtained by dividing the number of Shares held by such Member or Interest Holder (on an as converted basis) by the total number of outstanding Shares (on an as converted basis).
 
“Person” means and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, estate, or other entity.
 
“Preferred Member” means any holder of Preferred Shares, but solely in its capacity as a holder of Preferred Shares.
 
“Preferred Shares” means the Series A Preferred Shares.
 
“Profit” and “Loss” means, for each Fiscal Year of the Company (or other period for which Profit or Loss must be computed), the Company's taxable income or loss determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a), with the following adjustments:
 
 
(i)
all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in computing taxable income or loss;
 
 
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(ii)
any tax-exempt income of the Company, not otherwise taken into account in computing Profit or Loss, shall be included in computing Profit or Loss;
 
 
(iii)
any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) (or treated as such pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i)) and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profit or Loss, shall be included in computing Profit or Loss;
 
 
(iv)
if the Adjusted Book Value of Company Property differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, then gain or loss resulting from any taxable disposition of Company property shall be computed by reference to the Adjusted Book Value of the Property disposed of rather than the adjusted basis of the property for federal income tax purposes;
 
 
(v)
if the Adjusted Book Value of Company Property differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, then in lieu of the depreciation, amortization, or cost recovery deductions allowable in computing taxable income or loss, the depreciation, amortization (or other cost recovery deduction) shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to the Adjusted Book Value of such Property as depreciation, amortization (or other cost recovery deduction) computed for federal income tax purposes for such period bears to the adjusted tax basis of such Property. If the Property has a zero adjusted tax basis, the depreciation, amortization (or other cost recovery deduction) of such Property shall be determined under any reasonable method selected by the Board; and
 
 
(vi)
any items which are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Profit or Loss.
 
“Property” means all real and personal property (including cash) owned or subsequently acquired by the Company, and any improvements thereto, and all rights associated therewith.
 
“Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
 
“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
 
“Regulation” see definition of Treasury Regulation below.
 
“Remaining Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.
 
“SAR Plan” means that certain Stock Appreciation Rights Plan of the Company dated October 1, 2005.
 
“Series A Manager” means any member of the Board who has been appointed by the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 6.2.
 
 
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“Series A Liquidation Preference” means, with respect to any Series A Preferred Share, an amount equal to the Series A Original Issue Price, minus any distributions received by the Preferred Member with respect to the Series A Preferred Shares to date (other than distributions pursuant to Section 5.4.2).
 
“Series A Original Issue Date” means the date upon which the Series A Preferred Shares are first issued.
 
“Series A Original Issue Price” means $0.058388 per Series A Preferred Share, as adjusted for any combinations, splits, reorganizations, recapitalizations or the like or in respect of any Company Conversion.
 
“Series A Preferred Shares” means the Preferred Shares denominated as such by the Board and having those rights, privileges, preferences and limitations specified in Section IV.
 
“Share(s)” shall be the unit of measurement for determining a Person’s Interest in the Company, with each Share evidencing a proportional part of certain rights in the Company during its existence, and in the assets of the Company upon dissolution. All Interests in the Company shall be evidenced by Shares, which may be designated in one or more classes or series and with such rights, privileges, preferences and limitations as determined by the Board. If held by a Member, Shares evidence such Member’s Membership Rights; if held by an Interest Holder that is not a Member, Shares evidence Interest only. In the event of a Company Conversion, “Share(s)” shall instead mean and include the securities of the resulting corporation into which the relevant Shares of the Company are converted or for which they are exchanged in connection with such Company Conversion.
 
“Subject Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14.2.
 
“Substitute Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.7.
 
“Tax Distribution Amount” means, with respect to each Member, for any Fiscal Year, an amount equal to (i) the taxable income of the Company (including items that are separately stated under Code Section 702) allocated by the Company to such Member on the Company’s Federal income tax return for that year reduced by any taxable loss of the Company (including items that are separately stated under Code Section 702) allocated by the Company to such Member on the Company’s Federal income tax returns in prior years (and that have not been so applied to reduce the Tax Distribution Amount for any prior years), multiplied by (ii) the highest combined Federal, state and local income tax rate applicable to an individual in his or her state of residence or to a corporation in the state where it is domiciled or, in the case of a corporation, in any state in which the Company is engaged in business (after taking into account the deductibility of state and local income taxes for Federal income tax purposes) or, in the case of a Person treated as a “partnership” for Federal and state income tax purposes, to the individual and non-individual Persons that are the “partners” of such partnership for Federal and state income tax purposes, assuming all Members to be in the maximum federal and the highest applicable State income tax bracket.
 
“Tax Matters Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.18.
 
 
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“Transfer” means, when used as a noun, any voluntary or involuntary sale, hypothecation, pledge, assignment, attachment, or other transfer, and, when used as a verb, means voluntarily or involuntarily to sell, hypothecate, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer.
 
“Transfer Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.
 
“Transfer Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.3.
 
“Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.
 
“Transferee Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.
 
“Transferor” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.1.
 
“Treasury Regulations” or “Regulations” means the income tax regulations, including any temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
 
“Undistributed Tax Distribution Amount” means, on a given measurement date, for each Member (i) the Member’s cumulative share of the Tax Distribution Amount for the current and all prior Fiscal Years less (ii) any amounts actually distributed to the Member pursuant to Section 5.4 prior to the measurement date.
 
“Withdraw” or “Withdrawal” see definition of “Event of Withdrawal” above.
 
Section III
 
Capital Contributions; Shares
 
3.1 Capital Accounts. A Capital Account shall be maintained for each Interest Holder in accordance with the following provisions:
 
3.1.1 An Interest Holder's Capital Account shall be credited with the amount of money contributed by the Interest Holder to the Company; the fair market value of the Property contributed by the Interest Holder to the Company (net of liabilities secured by such contributed Property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code); the Interest Holder's allocable share of Profit and items of income and gain specially allocated to the Interest Holder pursuant to Section V (other than Section 5.2); and the amount of Company liabilities that are assumed by the Interest Holder under Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c);
 
3.1.2 An Interest Holder's Capital Account shall be debited with the amount of money distributed to the Interest Holder; the fair market value of any Company property distributed to the Interest Holder (net of liabilities secured by such distributed Property that the Interest Holder is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code); the Interest Holder's allocable share of Loss and items of deduction and loss specially allocated to the Interest Holder pursuant to Section V (other than Section 5.2); and the amount of the Interest Holder's liabilities that are assumed by the Company under Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c);
 
 
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3.1.3 If Company Property is distributed to an Interest Holder, the Capital Accounts of all Interest Holders shall be adjusted as if the distributed Property had been sold in a taxable disposition for the gross fair market value of such Property on the date of distribution (taking into account Section 7701 of the Code) and the Profit or Loss from such disposition allocated to the Interest Holders as provided in Section V.
 
3.1.4 If money or other Property (other than a de minimis amount) is (i) contributed to the Company by a new or existing Interest Holder in exchange for an interest in the Company; or (ii) distributed by the Company to a retiring or continuing Interest Holder as consideration for an interest in the Company; then, if the Members deem by Majority in Interest vote such an adjustment to be necessary to reflect the economic interests of the Interest Holders, the Book Value of the Company's Property shall be adjusted to equal its gross fair market value on such date (taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) and the Capital Accounts of all Interest Holders shall be adjusted in the same manner as if all the Company Property had been sold in a taxable disposition for such amount on such date and the Profit or Loss allocated to the Interest Holders as provided in Section V. If there is a conversion pursuant to Section 4.3, then pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s) such conversion will be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, and the Capital Account of the Interest Holders shall be adjusted in a manner consistent with the manner in which the Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to that Section of the Regulations and Exhibit A shall be revised accordingly.
 
3.1.5 To the extent an adjustment to the tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the Book Value of the Company's Property and the Capital Account of the Interest Holders shall be adjusted in a manner consistent with the manner in which the Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to that Section of the Regulations.
 
If any Shares are transferred pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent the Capital Account is attributable to the transferred Shares. It is intended that the Capital Accounts of all Interest Holders shall be maintained in compliance with the provisions of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b), and all provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts or the Adjusted Book Value of Company Property shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with that Section of the Regulations.
 
3.2 Capital Contributions.
 
3.2.1 Common Shares. In consideration of their initial and any subsequent Capital Contributions to the Company, as set forth on Exhibit A (which Exhibit A is, by this reference, made a part of this Agreement), the Company has issued to the Common Members the number of Common Shares set forth next to each Common Member’s name on Exhibit A. Each Common Member shall be entitled to one vote per one Common Share held of record on the Company’s books as to matters that come before the Members for a vote. The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to distributions as provided in Section V.
 
 
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3.2.2 Preferred Shares. In consideration of its initial Capital Contribution to the Company, as set forth on Exhibit A, the Company has issued to the Preferred Member the number of Series A Preferred Shares set forth next to the Preferred Member’s name on Exhibit A. The Series A Preferred Shares shall have such distribution rights, liquidation preferences, redemption provisions, voting rights, conversion and exchange rights and other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations, restrictions and other terms and provisions as set forth in Section IV.
 
3.2.3 Common Shares and MT Family Limited Partnership Loan. As of the date hereof, the Company owes approximately $711,000 to the MT FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona limited partnership (“MT”), under the Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of May 1, 2007, and attached as Exhibit C to this Agreement (the “MT Note”), which MT Note is by this reference made a part hereof. The Company is obliged to pay off the MT Note in full prior to the closing of transferring of all remaining interests in the company to the Preferred Member, after Preferred Member’s exercise of the Option. Preferred Member agrees to provide no less than one week advance written notice to the Company prior to the closing of transferring such remaining interests, and further agrees to cooperate with the Company (including, if necessary, to fund the Company with sufficient cash) regarding the payoff of the MT Note and any obligation of the Company under the SAR Plan. The Members agree that any such direct funding by Preferred Member to the Company of sufficient funds to satisfy the obligations under the MT Note and the SAR Plan prior to closing will reduce the aggregate purchase price of the remaining interests by the amount of such funding by Preferred Member. At such time as the MT Note is fully satisfied and has been paid off, such number of Anthony E. Sheesley’s Common Shares shall be transferred on the books of the Company, in equal proportions, to Robert A. Paulsen and Gregory T. Menard, such that immediately following the pay-off of the MT Note, each of these three Common Members will own approximately an equal number of Common Shares, as further set forth in Exhibit D to this Agreement, but the aggregate number Common Shares owned by Mr. Sheesley, Mr. Paulsen and Mr. Menard remain the same.
 
3.2.4 No Additional Capital Contributions. No Member will be required to make additional Capital Contributions.
 
3.3 Withdrawal or Return of Capital Contributions. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, no Interest Holder shall have the right to withdraw or reduce the Capital Contributions such Interest Holder makes to the Company. Upon dissolution of the Company or liquidation of such Interest Holder’s Shares, each Interest Holder shall look solely to the assets of the Company for return of such Interest Holder’s Capital Contributions and, if the Company's property remaining after the payment or discharge of the debts, obligations, and liabilities of the Company is insufficient to return the Capital contributions of each Interest Holder, no Interest Holder shall have any recourse against the Company, any Interest Holder, or Manager, except for gross negligence, malfeasance, bad faith, or fraud.
 
 
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3.4 Form of Return of Capital. Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital Contributions, no Interest Holder shall have the right to receive property other than cash except as may be specifically provided herein.
 
3.5 Salary or Interest. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 6.12 of this Agreement, no Interest Holder or Manager shall receive any interest, salary, or drawing with respect to his or her Capital Contributions or his or her Capital Account, or for services rendered on behalf of the Company.
 
Section IV
 
Series A Preferred Shares
 
4.1 Series A Preferred Shares. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold 18,154,412 Series A Preferred Shares to the Preferred Member. The Series A Preferred Shares have the distribution rights, liquidation preferences, voting rights, conversion and exchange rights and other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations, restrictions and other terms and provisions as are set forth in this Section IV.
 
4.2 Voting Rights.
 
4.2.1. Except as may be otherwise provided in this Section 4.2 or by law, each holder of the Series A Preferred Shares shall have one vote per Series A Preferred Share (determined on an as converted to Common Shares basis) together with all other classes and series of Shares of the Company (whether Common Shares or Preferred Shares) as a single class on all actions to be taken by the Members of the Company.
 
4.2.2. For so long as any Series A Preferred Shares remain outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent required herein or by law, the vote or written consent of the holders of at least a Majority in Interest of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, will be necessary for effecting or validating the following actions (either directly or indirectly by amendment of this Agreement or the Articles, merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise):
 
4.2.2.1 any issuance or any designation, whether by reclassification or otherwise, of any new class or series of Shares or any other securities convertible into equity securities of the Company ranking on a parity with or senior to the Series A Preferred Shares in right of liquidation preference, redemption, voting, distributions or dividends;
 
4.2.2.2 any amendment, alteration, or repeal of any provision of this Agreement or the Articles (or taking any other action) that would adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of holders of the Series A Preferred Shares;
 
4.2.2.3 any action that results in the payment or declaration of a distribution with respect to any Shares (other than a distribution payable only in Common Shares), unless a pari passu distribution is made in respect of the Series A Preferred Shares on an as converted basis, and except for distributions pursuant to Section 5.4.2 (Tax Distributions);
 
 
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4.2.2.4 redeem, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Preferred Shares or Common Shares or any other equity security of the Company; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to (A) the repurchase of Shares from employees, officers, Managers, consultants or other Persons performing services for the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to agreements under which the Company has the option to repurchase such Shares at or below cost or at or below cost upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment, or (B) the exercise by the Company of contractual rights of first refusal over such Shares;
 
4.2.2.5 any Liquidation Event or Change of Control;
 
4.2.2.6 any increase or decrease in the number of authorized Series A Preferred Shares or Common Shares;
 
4.2.2.7 any increase or decrease in the number of members of the Board;
 
4.2.2.8 any amendment of this Agreement;
 
4.2.2.9 an increase in new indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $500,000;
 
4.2.2.10 any payment under the MT Note other than (A) pursuant to the Company’s regular payment schedule thereunder, (B) a partial or full prepayment of the MT Note pursuant to a refinancing of the MT Note, or (C) upon exercise of the Preferred Member’s Option (as such term is defined in Section 4.8); and
 
4.2.2.11 a decision to conduct the initial public offering of the Company or register any class or series of the Company’s Shares or other equity securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (except, in the latter case, as may be required by applicable law).
 
4.2.3 The voting rights set forth in Section 4.2.2 shall terminate in the event, and on the date on which, the Option (as such term is defined in Section 4.8) expires unexercised despite the Company’s revenues (calculated pursuant to the revenue calculation rules set forth in the Option Agreement) for the Fiscal Year 2008 reaching $9,000,000 or more.
 
4.3 Conversion. The holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall have conversion rights as follows (the “Conversion Rights”):
 
4.3.1 Optional Conversion. Subject to and in compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.3, any Series A Preferred Shares may, at the option of the holder, be converted at any time into Common Shares. The number of Common Shares to which a holder of Series A Preferred Shares will be entitled upon conversion pursuant to this Section 4.3 will be determined by dividing the Series A Original Issue Price by the Conversion Price applicable to such Shares, in effect on the date of such conversion. The initial Conversion Price for each Series A Preferred Share shall be the Series A Original Issue Price, as applicable; provided, however, that the Conversion Price for the Series A Preferred Shares shall be subject to adjustment as set forth below.
 
 
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4.3.2 Adjustments for Share Splits. In the event the Company should at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date fix a record date for the effectuation of a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Shares or the determination of Members entitled to receive a distribution payable in additional Common Shares or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly, additional Common Shares (hereinafter referred to as “Common Share Equivalents”) without payment of any consideration by such holder for the additional Common Shares or the Common Share Equivalents (including the additional Common Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof), then, as of such record date (or the date of such dividend distribution, split or subdivision if no record date is fixed), the applicable Conversion Price of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be appropriately decreased so that the number of Common Shares on conversion of each Series A Preferred Share shall be increased in proportion to such increase of the aggregate of Common Shares outstanding and those issuable with respect to such Common Share Equivalents.
 
4.3.3 Adjustments for Combinations. If the number of Common Shares outstanding at any time after the Series A Original Issue Date is decreased by a combination of the outstanding Common Shares, then, following the record date of such combination, the Conversion Price for the Series A Preferred Shares shall be appropriately increased so that the number of Common Shares issuable on conversion of each Series A Preferred Share shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding Shares.
 
4.3.4 Adjustments for Distributions. In the event the Company shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other Persons, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Company or other Persons, assets (excluding cash distributions), then, in each such case for the purpose of this Section, the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the holders of the number of Common Shares of the Company into which their Series A Preferred Shares are convertible as of the record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Shares entitled to receive such distribution.
 
4.3.5 Adjustments for Recapitalization, Reclassification and Other Events. If at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares are changed into the same or a different number of Shares of any series, class or classes of Shares whether by recapitalization, reclassification or otherwise (other than a Change of Control or a subdivision, distribution, reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale of assets provided for elsewhere in this Section 4.3), then in any such event each holder of Series A Preferred Shares shall have the right thereafter to convert such Shares into the kind and amount of securities and property receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification or other change by holders of the number of Common Shares into which such Series A Preferred Shares could have been converted immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification, or change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein or with respect to such other securities or property by the terms thereof.
 
4.3.6 Adjustments for Reorganizations, Mergers or Consolidations. If at any time or from time to time after the Series A Original Issue Date there is a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company (other than a Change of Control or a subdivision, distribution, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, exchange or substitution of interests provided for elsewhere in this Section 4.3), then, as a part of such reorganization, merger or consolidation, provision shall be made so that the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares thereafter shall be entitled to receive, upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, the number of securities or property of the Company, or of such successor Entity resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation, to which a holder of Common Shares deliverable upon conversion would have been entitled on such reorganization, merger or consolidation (subject to adjustment in respect of such Shares or securities by the terms thereof). In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Section 4.3.6 with respect to the rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares after the reorganization, merger or consolidation to the end that the provisions of this Section 4.3.6 (including adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price then in effect and number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares) shall be applicable after that event and be as nearly equivalent to the provisions hereof as may be practicable. This Section 4.3.6 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, mergers and consolidations.
 
 
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4.3.7 Certificate of Adjustment. In each case of an adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price for the Series A Preferred Shares, the Company, at its expense, will compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the provisions hereof and prepare a certificate showing such adjustment or readjustment, and will mail such certificate, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of Series A Preferred Shares at the holder’s address as shown in the Company’s books. The certificate will set forth such adjustment or readjustment, showing the material facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of the Common Shares issuable to such holder upon conversion of such holder’s Series A Preferred Shares following such adjustment.
 
4.3.8 No Dilution or Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of this Agreement or its Articles or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 4.3 and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares against impairment.
 
4.3.9 Termination of Conversion Rights. In the event of a Liquidation Event or Change of Control, the Conversion Rights shall terminate at the close of business on the last full day preceding the date fixed for the payment of any such amounts distributable on such Liquidation Event or in connection with such Change of Control, as applicable, to the holders of Series A Preferred Shares.
 
4.3.10 Fractional Shares. No fractions of Common Shares are to be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares, but in lieu thereof the Company will round-down for fractions less than one-half and round-up for fractions equal to or greater than one-half. No cash settlements shall be made with respect to any fractional Shares eliminated by rounding.
 
 
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4.3.11 Reservation of Common Shares. The Members agree to amend this Agreement as shall be necessary to issue such number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all Series A Preferred Shares from time to time outstanding.
 
4.3.12 Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution (other than a cash distribution), any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any Shares of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, the Company shall mail to each holder of Series A Preferred Shares, at least 20 days prior to the date specified therein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right.
 
4.3.13 Automatic Conversion. All Series A Preferred Shares shall automatically be converted into Common Shares, based on the then-effective Conversion Price, immediately upon the earliest to occur of (a) the affirmative election of a majority of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares (voting as a separate class on an as converted basis); (b) the closing of an underwritten public offering with aggregate proceeds in excess of $25,000,000; or (c) 30 days following the date on which the Company’s audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year 2009 are delivered to the Preferred Members. Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding sentence, the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares shall be converted automatically without any further action by the holders of such Series A Preferred Shares.
 
4.3.14 Effect of Conversion. In the event that any Series A Preferred Shares shall be converted pursuant to this Section 4.3, the Series A Preferred Shares so converted shall be cancelled and shall not be issuable by the Company. Upon such a conversion, the Preferred Members shall be deemed to be Common Members hereunder for all purposes with respect to the Series A Preferred Shares so converted and shall have no further rights as holders of Series A Preferred Shares with respect to such converted Series A Preferred Shares.
 
4.4 Distributions. The Company shall not make any distribution in respect of Common Shares without including the Series A Preferred Shares in such distribution on an as converted basis.
 
4.5 Subsequent Offerings. The Series A Preferred Shares (and the Common Shares, as applicable) shall have the rights regarding subsequent offerings set forth in Section 4 of Investor’s Rights Agreement.
 
4.6 Registration Rights. The Series A Preferred Shares shall have the registration rights set forth in Section 2 of the Investor’s Rights Agreement.
 
4.7 Information Rights. The Series A Preferred Shares shall have the information rights set forth in the Section 2 of Investor’s Rights Agreement.
 
4.8 Option. The Preferred Member shall have the option to purchase the remaining Shares in the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Option Agreement (the “Option”).
 
 
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4.9 Termination of the Series A Preferred Rights. The rights of the Series A Preferred Shares set forth in Section 4.2.2 (Voting Rights) shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (a) a Liquidation Event; (b) a Change of Control; (c) the effective date of the registration statement pertaining to the initial public offering of the Company’s securities; or (d) conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares to Common Shares pursuant to Section 4.3. The rights of the Series A Preferred Shares contained in the Investor’s Rights Agreement or the Option Agreement shall terminate as set forth in the Investor’s Rights Agreement and the Option Agreement, as applicable.
 
Section V
 
Allocations and Distributions
 
5.1 Allocations. After making any special allocations contained in Section 5.3, remaining Profits and Losses shall be allocated for any Fiscal Year in the following manner:
 
5.1.1 Profits.
 
5.1.1.1 First, to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares in proportion to the cumulative Losses allocated among the holders of Series A Preferred Shares under Section 5.1.2.3 until the cumulative Profits allocated to each holder of Series A Preferred Shares under this subparagraph equal the cumulative Losses previously allocated to each holder of Series A Preferred Shares under Section 5.1.2.3;
 
5.1.1.2 Second, among the holders of Common Shares in proportion to the cumulative Losses previously allocated among the holders of Common Shares under Section 5.1.2.2 until the cumulative Profits allocated to each holder of Common Shares under this subparagraph equal the cumulative Losses previously allocated to each holder of Common Shares under Section 5.1.2.2;
 
5.1.1.3. Thereafter, Profits shall be allocated to the Interest Holders in accordance with their Percentage Interests.
 
5.1.2 Losses.
 
5.1.2.1 First, Losses shall be allocated to the Interest Holders in proportion to the cumulative Profits previously allocated to the Interest Holders under Section 5.1.1.3 until the cumulative Losses allocated pursuant to this subparagraph to each Interest Holder are equal to the cumulative Profits previously allocated to each Interest Holder under Section 5.1.1.3;
 
5.1.2.2 Second, Losses shall be allocated to the holders of Common Shares in accordance with their Common Percentage Interests until their Capital Account balances equal zero;
 
5.1.2.3 Third, Losses shall be allocated to the holders of Series A Preferred Shares in proportion to the number of Series A Preferred Shares held by them until their Capital Account balances equal zero;
 
 
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5.1.2.4. Thereafter, Losses shall be allocated to the Interest Holders in accordance with their Percentage Interests.
 
In the event of a Conversion under Section 4.3, all Profits and Losses (after any required adjustments to Capital Accounts under Section 3.1.4) will be allocated to the Interest Holders in accordance with their Percentage Interests.
 
5.1.3 Loss Limitations.
 
5.1.3.1 No Losses shall be allocated to any Interest Holder pursuant to Section 5.1 if the allocation causes the Interest Holder to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit or increases the Interest Holder's Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. All Losses in excess of the limitations set forth in this Subsection shall be allocated to the other Interest Holders in accordance with the other Interest Holders' Percentage Interests until all Interest Holders are subject to the limitation of this Subsection, and thereafter, in accordance with the Interest Holders' interest in the Company as determined by the Board. If any Losses are allocated to an Interest Holder because of this Subsection, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all subsequent Profits shall be allocated to the Interest Holders pro rata based on Losses allocated to them pursuant to this Subsection until each Interest Holder has been allocated an amount of Profits pursuant to this Subsection equal to the Losses previously allocated to that Interest Holder under this Subsection.
 
5.1.3.2 If the Company is on the cash method of accounting and more than 50% of the Company's Losses in any year would be allocable to Interest Holders who are limited entrepreneurs (within the meaning of § 464(e)(2) of the Code), then except as otherwise provided in Section 5.1.3.1, the Losses in excess of 50% otherwise allocable to those Interest Holders shall be specially allocated among the other Interest Holders in the ratio that each shares in Losses. If any Losses are allocated to an Interest Holder under this Subsection, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all subsequent Profits shall be allocated to the Interest Holders pro rata based on Losses allocated to them pursuant to this Subsection until each Interest Holder has been allocated an amount of Profits pursuant to this Subsection in the current and previous Fiscal Years equal to the Losses allocated to that Interest Holder pursuant to this Subsection in previous Fiscal Years.
 
5.2. Section 704(c) Allocations.
 
5.2.1 Contributed Property. In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder, as well as Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)(3), income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any property contributed (or deemed contributed) to the Company shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Interest Holders so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of the property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its fair market value at the date of contribution (or deemed contribution).
 
5.2.2 Adjustments to Book Value. If the Adjusted Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted as provided in Section 3.1.4, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to the asset shall, solely for tax purposes, take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of the asset for federal income tax purposes and its Adjusted Book Value in the manner as provided under Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder.
 
 
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5.3 Regulatory Allocations. The following allocations shall be made in the following order:
 
5.3.1 Company Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(f)(2), (3), (4), and (5), if during any Fiscal Year there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain, each Interest Holder, prior to any other allocation pursuant to this Section V, shall be specially allocated items of gross income and gain for such taxable year (and, if necessary, succeeding taxable years) in an amount equal to that Interest Holder's share of the net decrease of Company Minimum Gain, computed in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-2(g)(2). Allocations of gross income and gain pursuant to this Subsection shall be made first from gain recognized from the disposition of Company assets subject to Nonrecourse Liabilities to the extent of the Minimum Gain attributable to those assets and, thereafter, from a pro rata portion of the Company's other items of income and gain for the taxable year. It is the intent of the parties hereto that any allocation pursuant to this Subsection shall constitute a “minimum gain chargeback” under Regulation Section 1.704-2(f).
 
5.3.2 Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if during any Fiscal Year there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, each Interest Holder with a share of that Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (determined under Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(5)) as of the beginning of the Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated items of income and gain for such Fiscal Year (and, if necessary, succeeding Fiscal Years) in an amount equal to that Interest Holder's share of the net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, computed in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations of gross income and gain pursuant to this Subsection shall be made first from gain recognized from the disposition of Company assets subject to Member Nonrecourse Debt to the extent of the Member Minimum Gain attributable to those assets and, thereafter, from a pro rata portion of the Company's other items of income and gain for the Fiscal Year. It is the intent of the parties hereto that any allocation pursuant to this Subsection shall constitute a “minimum gain chargeback” under Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4).
 
5.3.3 Qualified Income Offset. If an Interest Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation, or distribution described in Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), or (6), then to the extent required under Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(d), such Interest Holder shall be allocated items of income and gain of the Company (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of Company income, including gross income and gain for that Fiscal Year) before any other allocation is made of Company items for that Fiscal Year, in the amount and in proportions required to eliminate the Interest Holder's Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as quickly as possible. This Subsection is intended to comply with, and shall be interpreted consistently with, the “qualified income offset” provisions of the Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(b).
 
 
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5.3.4 Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for a Fiscal Year or other period shall be allocated among the Interest Holders in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
 
5.3.5 Member Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Member Nonrecourse Deduction for any Fiscal Year or other period attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Liability shall be allocated to the Interest Holder who bears the risk of loss for the Member Nonrecourse Debt in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-2(i).
 
5.3.6 Regulatory Allocations. The allocations contained in Section 5.3 are contained herein to comply with the Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code. In allocating other items of Profit or Loss, the allocations contained in Section 5.3 shall be taken into account so that to the maximum extent possible the net amount of Profit or Loss allocated to each Interest Holder will be equal to the amount that would have been allocated to each Interest Holder if the allocations contained in Section 5.3 had not been made.
 
5.4 Non-Liquidating Distributions. Except for tax distributions that shall be made in accordance with Section 5.4.2 and distributions in connection with a Liquidation Event, distributions shall be made to the Interest Holders at such times and in such amounts as determined by the Board in its sole discretion; provided, however, that all Cash Flow for each Fiscal Year of the Company shall be distributed to the Interest Holders no later than seventy-five (75) days after the end of such Fiscal Year. All distributions shall be made in the following order and priority:
 
5.4.1 Priority. Subject to Section IX (Dissolution) and Section 5.4.2, to the Interest Holders pro rata in proportion to their Percentage Interests.
 
5.4.2 Tax Distributions. During each Fiscal Year, to the extent permitted under applicable law, and to the extent consistent with the Board’s fiduciary duties, the Board shall distribute to the Members their Undistributed Tax Distribution Amounts. Such distributions shall be made to the Members in accordance with and in proportion to their Undistributed Tax Distribution Amounts. All Undistributed Tax Distribution Amounts shall be distributed prior to any distributions otherwise required pursuant to Section 5.4.1 and shall be treated as advances against and shall reduce amounts to which the Members are otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to Section 5.4.1. Undistributed Tax Distribution Amounts shall not be distributed prior to any distributions required pursuant to Section 5.5.
 
5.5 Distributions From a Liquidation Event. To the extent permitted under applicable law, distributions in connection with a Liquidation Event shall be made by the Company as follows:
 
5.5.1 first, to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares, in proportion to their holdings of Series A Preferred Shares, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the number of Series A Preferred Shares outstanding multiplied by the Series A Liquidation Preference, calculated on a per share basis, and (ii) the amount to be distributed pursuant to this Section 5.5 multiplied by the Percentage Interest of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares; and
 
 
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5.5.2 thereafter, among the Common Members in proportion to their respective Common Percentage Interests.
 
5.6 General.
 
5.6.1 Timing and Amount of Distributions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, distributions shall be made to the Interest Holders at such times and in such amounts as determined by the Board in its sole discretion; provided, however, that no distributions may be made on Common Shares until and unless a pro rata distribution has been made on the Series A Preferred Shares except as otherwise provided herein.
 
5.6.2 Form of Distribution. In connection with any distribution, no Interest Holder shall have the right to receive Property other than cash except as may be specifically provided herein. If any assets of the Company are distributed in kind to the Interest Holders, those assets shall be valued on the basis of their fair market value, and any Interest Holder entitled to any interest in those assets shall receive that interest as a tenant-in-common with all other Interest Holders so entitled. Unless the Interest Holders otherwise agree, the fair market value of the assets shall be determined by an independent appraiser who shall be selected by the Board.
 
5.6.3 Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to withhold and pay over, or otherwise pay, any withholding or other taxes payable by the Company at such times and based upon such rates as the Board of Managers determines to be appropriate. If the Company makes a payment of tax for any accounting period with respect to any Member or as a result of any Member’s participation in the Company, such Member shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have received the amount of such payment as a distribution from the Company on the last day of the period for which the tax is withheld and paid or, if earlier, on the last day on which such Member owned any Shares. Any deemed distribution to a Member pursuant to this Section 5.6.3 shall be treated (to the extent not repaid to the Company) as an advance of, and shall offset, an equal amount of distributions that would otherwise thereafter be made to such Member pursuant to the foregoing provisions of Section 5.4, Section 5.5 or Section 9, as the case may be, in the order that such distributions would otherwise have been made. To the extent that the aggregate of such distributions to a Member for any month exceeds the distributions to which such Member would otherwise be entitled for such month, the amount of such excess shall be repaid by such Member to the Company within thirty (30) days after the end of such month.
 
5.6.4 Varying Interests; Distributions and Allocations in Respect to Transferred Shares. Profits, Losses, and other items shall be calculated on a monthly, daily, or other basis permitted under Code Section 706 and the Regulations. If any Shares are sold, assigned, or transferred during any accounting period in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, Profits, Losses, each item thereof, and all other items attributable to such Shares for such period shall be divided and allocated between the transferor and the transferee by taking into account their varying interests during the period in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using any conventions permitted by law and selected by the Board. All distributions on or before the date of such transfer shall be made to the transferor, and all distributions thereafter shall be made to the transferee. Solely for purposes of making such allocations and distributions, the Company shall recognize such transfer not later than the end of the calendar month during which it is given notice of such transfer, provided that if the Company does not receive a notice stating the date such Shares were transferred and such other information as it may reasonably require within thirty (30) days after the end of the Fiscal Year during which the transfer occurs, then all of such items shall be allocated, and all distributions shall be made, to the person who, according to the books and records of the Company, on the last day of the Fiscal Year during which the transfer occurs, was the owner of the Shares. Neither the Company nor any Interest Holder or Manager shall incur any liability for making allocations and distributions in accordance with the provisions of this Section, whether or not any Interest Holder, Manager, or the Company has knowledge of any transfer of ownership of any Shares.
 
 
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5.6.5 Knowledge. The Interest Holders acknowledge that they understand the economic and income tax consequences of the allocations and distributions under this Agreement and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section V in reporting their taxable income and loss from the Company.
 
5.6.6 Amendment. The Board is hereby authorized, upon the advice of the Company's tax counsel, to amend this Section V to comply with the Code and the Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(b); provided, however, that no amendment shall materially affect the distributions to an Interest Holder without the Interest Holder's prior written consent.
 
Section VI
 
Management
 
6.1. Board of Managers. Subject to the limitations and restrictions contained herein and in the Act, the Board shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Company, to manage and control the business, affairs and properties of the Company, to make all decisions regarding those matters, and to perform any and all other acts or activities customary or incident to the management of the Company’s business. The members of the Board shall be determined as provided in Section 6.2, each of whom shall be a “statutory manager” by the Members for all purposes of the Act. The Board shall not be required to conduct the day to day business of the Company, but shall be responsible for general policies of the Company and the management and oversight of its business and affairs. The Board may delegate any rights and powers to manage the Company on a day to day basis and its control of the day to day business and affairs of the Company delegated to it by the Members or pursuant to this Agreement to the officers appointed by the Board and then serving from time to time, each of whom shall be an agent of the Company with the powers to conduct the day to day business and affairs of the Company set forth herein or in any enabling resolution or other evidence of action of the Board.
 
6.2. Number, Tenure, and Qualifications. The number of Managers of the Company shall be fixed at five (5); provided, however, that the number of Managers shall be reduced to four (4) upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares into Common Shares pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof. Each Manager shall hold office until his death, resignation or removal. Managers need not be residents of the State of Arizona or Members of the Company. The members of the Board shall be determined as follows:
 
6.2.1 For so long as any Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Preferred Members, voting as a separate class, shall be entitled to appoint one (1) member of the Board and to remove from office such Manager and to fill any vacancy caused by the resignation, death or removal of such Manager, with such designee initially being Frank Manning. The Preferred Members’ right set forth in this Subsection 6.2.1. will terminate upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares into Common Shares pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof.
 
 
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6.2.2 The Common Members, voting as a separate class, shall be entitled to appoint four (4) members of the Board and to remove from office such Managers and to fill any vacancy caused by the resignation, death or removal of such Managers, with such designees initially being Robert Paulsen, Gregory Menard, Anthony Sheesley, and Isaac Elliott.
 
6.2.3 The Managers will elect a Chairman of the Board to serve as set forth in Section 6.21. The initial Chairman will be Isaac Elliott.
 
6.3. Certain Powers of the Board. Subject to any provisions of this Agreement that require the consent or approval of one or more Members and any other limitations contained in this Agreement, the Board shall have the exclusive right, power and authority to direct the business and affairs of the Company and to make all decisions with respect thereto. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, in no event shall any Member, in its capacity as such, have any right or authority to act for or bind the Company, and no Member in its capacity as such shall take part in or interfere in any manner with the management of the business and affairs of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by Arizona law, but subject to any specific provisions hereof granting rights to Members and any other limitations contained in this Agreement, the Board shall have the power to do any and all acts, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Company or this Agreement that would otherwise be possessed by the Members under the laws of the State of Arizona. Subject to the particular provisions of this Agreement that require the consent or approval of one or more Members and any other limitations contained in this Agreement, the power and authority granted to the Board hereunder shall include all those necessary or convenient for the furtherance of the purposes of the Company and shall include the power to make all decisions with regard to the management, operations, assets, financing and capitalization of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board shall have power and authority on behalf of the Company:
 
6.3.1 To acquire property from and sell property to any Person as the Board may determine. The fact that a Member or a Manager is directly or indirectly affiliated or connected with any such Person shall not prohibit the Board from dealing with that Person, provided that the requirements of Section 6.4 are satisfied;
 
6.3.2 To borrow money for the Company from banks, other lending institutions, the Interest Holders, Managers, or Affiliates of the Interest Holders or Managers on such terms as the Board may deem appropriate, provided that the requirements of Section 6.4 are satisfied, and in connection therewith, to hypothecate, encumber, and grant security interests in the assets of the Company to secure repayment of the borrowed sums, provided that the requirements of Section 6.4 are satisfied. No debt or other obligation shall be contracted or liability incurred by or on behalf of the Company except with the Majority in Interest approval of the Members;
 
 
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6.3.3 To purchase liability and other insurance to protect the Board and the Company's property and business;
 
6.3.4 To hold and own any Company real and personal property in the name of the Company;
 
6.3.5 To execute on behalf of the Company all instruments and documents, including, without limitation, checks, drafts, notes, and other negotiable instruments, mortgages, or deeds of trust, security agreements, financing statements, documents providing for the acquisition, mortgage, or disposition of the Company's property, assignments, bills of sale, leases, partnership agreements, and any other instruments or documents necessary, in the opinion of the Board, to accomplish the purposes of the Company;
 
6.3.6 To employ accountants, legal counsel, managing agents, or other experts to perform services for the Company and to compensate them from Company funds;
 
6.3.7 To enter into any and all other agreements on behalf of the Company, with any other Person for any purpose, in such forms as the Board may approve;
 
6.3.8 To do and perform all other acts as may be necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of the Company; and
 
6.3.9 To take such other actions permitted under applicable laws as do not expressly require the consent of the Members under this Agreement.
 
A Manager may act by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or by the Board, no Member, agent, or employee of the Company shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable for any purpose. Notwithstanding the above, the Board may delegate its binding authority to any officer of the Company for any purpose, so long as such binding authority does not obligate the Company in an amount that is greater than $25,000.00.
 
6.4. Actions Requiring Special Approvals.
 
6.4.1 Actions Requiring Approval of the Members. In addition to those actions for which this Agreement specifically requires the consent of the Members, and in addition to the restrictions of Section 4.2 hereof, the Board shall not take any of the following actions without first obtaining the approval of a Majority in Interest of the Members:
 
6.4.1.1  Amend the Articles or this Agreement, except that any amendments required under the Act to correct an inaccuracy in the Articles may be filed at any time by the Board without the Members’ approval;
 
6.4.1.2  Approve an Asset Transfer or an Acquisition;
 
6.4.1.3  Authorize the Company to make an assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company, file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver for the Company or its assets;
 
 
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6.4.1.4  Enter into any contract or agreement between the Company and any Manager, Interest Holder, or Affiliate of a Manager or Interest Holder without the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Interest Holders not involved in such contract or agreement; or
 
6.4.2 Veto Rights of the Majority Owner. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from the date hereof until the earliest to occur of (i) the consummation of a Liquidation Event or Change of Control, (ii) the completion of an initial public offering of the Company’s securities, or (iii) the repayment in full of the MT Note, the Board shall not take any of the following actions without first obtaining the approval of the Majority Owner:
 
6.4.2.1  any redemptions or repurchases of Shares except for purchases at cost upon termination of service or the exercise by the Company of contractual rights of first refusal over such Shares;
 
6.4.2.2  any Liquidation Event or Change of Control;
 
6.4.2.3  an increase or decrease in the authorized number of any of the Shares;
 
6.4.2.4  any adverse change to the rights, preferences, and privileges of the Common Shares;
 
6.4.2.5  an increase or decrease in the size of the Board;
 
6.4.2.6  any amendment of this Agreement that results in an adverse change to the rights, preferences, or privileges of the Common Shares;
 
6.4.2.7  a decision to conduct the initial public offering of the Company’s securities or register any class or series of the Company's securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (except, in the latter case, as may be required by law);
 
6.4.2.8. any change in the Company's bookkeeper, outside legal counsel or independent auditing firm; or
 
6.4.2.9  the incurrence of an obligation against the Company in an amount which exceeds $25,000.
 
The Majority Owner hereby constitutes, appoints and authorizes MT as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and proxy, with full power of substitution and appointment, for and in the name, place and stead of the Majority Owner, to exercise the above set forth veto rights of the Majority Owner in the event Majority Owner is unavailable for a period of time such that an unreasonable delay in taking the actions requiring Majority Owner’s approval under this Section 6.4.2 would result. The foregoing power of attorney is coupled with an interest.
 
 
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The Majority Owner's veto rights set forth in this Section 6.4.2 will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the consummation of a Liquidation Event or Change of Control, (ii) the completion of an initial public offering of the Company’s securities, or (iii) the repayment in full of the MT Note.

6.5. Meetings of the Board. The Board may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Arizona. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall be scheduled by the Board for each Fiscal Year. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or by any Manager upon 24 hour notice to each Manager, either personally, by telephone, by mail, by facsimile (with confirmation of each Manager’s receipt), e-mail (with confirmation of each Manager’s receipt), or by any other means of communication.
 
6.6 Quorum and Acts of the Board. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the Managers present shall constitute an action of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Managers present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all of the members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
 
6.7 Electronic Communications. The Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may hold a meeting, or one or more Managers may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of telephone conference, video conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all Persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
 
6.8 Managers Have No Exclusive Duty to Company. No Manager shall be required to manage the Company as the Manager's sole and exclusive function and any Manager may engage in other business and investment activities in addition to those relating to the Company. Neither the Company nor any Interest Holder shall have any right, solely by virtue of this Agreement or its relationship to a Manager or the Company, to share or participate in any such other investments or activities of such Manager or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom. No Manager shall have an obligation to disclose any such other investments or activities to the Board and the Interest Holders unless it is competitive with or otherwise actually or potentially adversely affects the business or property of the Company.
 
6.9. Resignation. A Manager may resign as a Manager at any time by giving at least fifteen (15) days' written notice of his resignation to all the Members. The resignation of a Manager shall take effect upon receipt of written notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such written notice; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. The resignation of any Manager who is also a Member shall not affect such Manager’s rights as a Member and shall not by itself cause a dissolution of the Company under Section IX.
 
 
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6.10. Removal. A Manager may be removed, with or without cause, on fifteen (15) days' written notice by the affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest of the Members, without liability or obligation except as may be provided in any written contract between such Manager and the Company, provided such contract has been approved by the Members as provided herein.
 
6.11. Vacancies. Unless and until filled by a Majority in Interest of the Members, any vacancy in the Board, however occurring, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of the Board, may be filled by vote of a majority of the Managers then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Manager. A Manager elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office, and a Manager chosen to fill a position resulting from an increase in the number of Managers shall hold office until the next regular meeting of the Members and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
6.12. Compensation and Expenses. The Company may enter into management or employment contracts, under such terms and conditions and providing for such compensation as shall be approved by the Members as provided herein, with one or more Managers or Interest Holders or Persons Affiliated with a Manager or an Interest Holder.
 
6.13. Books and Records. At the expense of the Company, the Board shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books and records of the Company and supporting documentation of transactions with respect to the conduct of the Company's business. The books and records shall be maintained in accordance with sound accounting practices and kept at the Company's principal place of business or such other location or locations as the Board shall from time to time determine. At a minimum the Company shall keep at its principal place of business the following records:
 
6.13.1 A current list of the full name and last known business, residence, or mailing address of each Member and each Manager;
 
6.13.2 A copy of the initial Articles and all amendments thereto and restatements thereof;
 
6.13.3 Copies of the Company's federal, state, and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent fiscal years;
 
6.13.4 Copies of this Agreement and all amendments hereto or restatements hereof, including any prior operating agreements no longer in effect;
 
6.13.5 Copies of any documents relating to a Member's obligation to contribute cash, property, or services to the Company;
 
6.13.6 Copies of any financial statements of the Company for the three most recent fiscal years; and
 
 
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6.13.7 Copies of minutes of all meetings of the Members and the Managers and all written consents obtained from Members and Managers for actions taken by Members and Managers without a meeting.
 
6.14. Access to Books and Records. Upon written request to the Board, each Member shall have the right, during normal business hours, to inspect and copy, at the Member's expense, the Company's books and records.
 
6.15. Returns and Other Elections. The Board shall cause the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Code and all other tax returns deemed necessary and required in each jurisdiction in which the Company does business. All elections permitted to be made by the Company under federal or state laws shall be made by the Board in its sole discretion.
 
6.16. Fiscal Year. The annual accounting period of the Company shall be its Fiscal Year. The Company's Fiscal Year shall be selected by the Board, subject to the requirements and limitations of the Code.
 
6.17. Reports. Within seventy-five (75) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company, the Board shall cause to be sent to each Person who was a Member at any time during the Fiscal Year then ended a complete accounting of the affairs of the Company for the Fiscal Year then ended. In addition, within seventy-five (75) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company, the Board shall cause to be sent to each Person who was an Interest Holder at any time during the Fiscal Year then ended, that tax information concerning the Company which is necessary for preparing the Interest Holder's income tax returns for that year. At the request of any Member, and at the Company's expense, the Board shall cause an audit of the Company's books and records to be prepared by independent accountants chosen by a Majority in Interest of the Members of the Company requesting the audit for the period requested by the Member.
 
6.18. Tax Matters Partner. Anthony Sheesley shall be the Company's tax matters partner (“Tax Matters Partner”) unless the Members designate another person to serve in this capacity. The Tax Matters Partner shall have all powers and responsibilities provided in Code Section 6221, et seq. The Tax Matters Partner shall keep all Members informed of all notices from government taxing authorities which may come to the attention of the Tax Matters Partner. The Company shall pay and be responsible for all reasonable third-party costs and expenses incurred by the Tax Matters Partner in performing those duties. A Member shall be responsible for any costs incurred by the Member with respect to any tax audit or tax-related administrative or judicial proceeding against such Member, even though it relates to the Company. The Tax Matters Partner shall not compromise any dispute with the Internal Revenue Service without the approval of a Majority in Interest of the Members.
 
6.20 Management Fee. The Company shall not be required to pay a management fee to any Manager for its duties as a Manager of the Company, but shall be required to reimburse each Manager for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of such Manager’s duties hereunder during each tax year.
 
 
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6.21 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside as chairman at meetings of the Members and the Board. He shall, in addition, have such other duties as the Board may prescribe that he perform.
 
Section VII
 
Members
 
7.1. Meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by the Act, meetings of the Members may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by the Chairman, by any Manager or by a Majority in Interest of the Members.
 
7.2. Place of Meetings. Whoever calls the meeting may designate any place, either within or outside the State of Arizona, as the place of meeting for any meeting of the Members.
 
7.3. Notice of Meetings. Except as provided in this Agreement, written notice stating the date, time, and place of the meeting, and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than three (3) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, facsimile, or overnight or next-day delivery services by or at the direction of the Board or the person or persons calling the meeting, to each Member entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered two (2) days after deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Member at its, his or her address as it appears on the books of the Company. If transmitted by way of facsimile, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered on the date of such facsimile transmission to the fax number, if any, for the respective Member which has been supplied by such Member to the Board and identified as such Member's facsimile number. If transmitted by overnight or next-day delivery, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered on the next business day after deposit with the delivery service addressed to the Member at its address as it appears on the books of the Company. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days. At the adjourned meeting the Company may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
 
7.4. Meeting of All Members. If all of the Members shall meet at any time and place, including by conference telephone call, either within or outside of the State of Arizona, and consent to the holding of a meeting at such time and place, such meeting shall be valid without call or notice.
 
7.5. Record Date. For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless notice of the adjourned meeting is required to be given pursuant to Section 7.3.
 
7.6. Quorum. A Majority in Interest of the Members, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Members, provided that a minimum of one Member other than a single Member who holds a Majority in Interest is present. Business may be conducted once a quorum is present.
 
 
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7.7. Voting Rights of Members. Each Member shall be entitled to vote based on its Percentage Interest. If all or a portion of Shares is transferred to an assignee who does not become a Member, the Member from whom the Shares are transferred shall no longer be entitled to vote the Shares transferred nor shall the transferred Shares be considered outstanding for any purpose pertaining to meetings or voting. No withdrawn Member shall be entitled to vote nor shall such Member's Shares be considered outstanding for any purpose pertaining to meetings or voting.
 
7.8. Manner of Acting. Unless otherwise provided in the Act, the Articles, or this Agreement, the affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest of the Members at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Members.
 
7.9. Proxies. At all meetings of Members, a Member may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Member or by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Board before or at the time of its exercise. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
 
7.10. Action by Members without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a meeting if the action is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, circulated to all the Members with an explanation of the background and reasons for the proposed action, signed by the Members having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Any such written consents shall be delivered to the Board of the Company for inclusion in the minutes or for filing with the Company records. Action taken by written consent under this Section shall be effective on the date the required percentage or number of the Members have signed and delivered the consent to the Board, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. The record date for determining Members entitled to take action without a meeting shall be the date the written consent is circulated to the Members. Prompt notice of the taking of the member action without a meeting by less than unanimous consent shall be given to those Members who have not consented in writing. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the Members at a meeting thereof.
 
7.11. Telephonic Communication. Members may participate in and hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such meeting shall constitute attendance and presence in person, except where the Member participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
 
7.12. Waiver of Notice. When any notice is required to be given to any Member, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the Person entitled to such notice, whether before, at, or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.
 
 
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7.13 Names and Addresses of Members. The names and addresses of the Members and number of Shares held by each Member are listed on Exhibit A attached hereto, which Exhibit A shall be updated from time to time by the Board without the consent of the Members to reflect additional Members and Substitute Members.
 
7.14 Voting Agreement.
 
7.14.1 Common Shares and Preferred Shares.
 
7.14.1.1 The Common Members each agree to hold all Shares of the Company registered in their respective names or beneficially owned by them as of the date hereof and any and all other securities of the Company legally or beneficially acquired by each of the Common Members after the date hereof (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Common Member Shares”) subject to, and to vote the Common Member Shares in accordance with, the provisions of this Agreement.
 
7.14.1.2 The Preferred Members each agree to hold all Shares of the Company (including but not limited to all Common Shares issued in exchange for or upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares) registered in their respective names or beneficially owned by them as of the date hereof and any and all other securities of the Company legally or beneficially acquired by each of the Preferred Members after the date hereof (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Investor Shares”) subject to, and to vote the Investor Shares in accordance with, the provisions of this Agreement. The Common Member Shares and the Investor Shares are sometimes referred to as “Subject Shares.”
 
7.14.2 Election of Managers. On all matters relating to the election of Managers of the Company, the Common Members and the Preferred Members agree to vote all Subject Shares held by them (or the holders thereof shall consent pursuant to an action by written consent of the holders of Shares of the Company) so as to elect members of the Board as follows:
 
7.14.2.1 At each election of Managers in which the holders of Common Shares and holders of Series A Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, or separately as individual classes, are entitled to elect Managers of the Company, the Common Members and the Preferred Members shall vote the Subject Shares held by them so as to elect (A) four (4) individuals designated by the Common Members and (B) one (1) individual designated by the Preferred Members, to the Board. Any vote taken to remove any Manager elected pursuant to this Section 7.14 or to fill any vacancy created by the resignation, removal or death of a Manager elected pursuant to this Section 7.14, shall also be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.14.
 
7.14.2.2 None of the parties hereto and no officer, director, stockholder, partner, employee or agent of any party makes any representation or warranty as to the fitness or competence of the designee of any party hereunder to serve on the Board by virtue of such party’s execution of this Agreement or by the act of such party in voting for, nominating or designating such designee pursuant to this Agreement.
 
The provisions of this Section 7.14 shall terminate upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Shares to Common Shares pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof.
 
 
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Section VIII
 
Transfers and Withdrawals
 
8.1. Transfers. Except as otherwise provided in this Section VIII (and except for Exempt Transfers to which this Section 8.1 does not apply), no Member or Interest Holder may Transfer all, or any portion of, or any interest or rights in, the Shares owned by such Member or Interest Holder, without the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Members, which consent may be withheld in the Members' sole and absolute discretion. Any sale or foreclosure of a security interest will itself constitute a Transfer independent of the grant of security. Each Member hereby acknowledges the reasonableness of this prohibition in view of the purposes of the Company and the relationship of the Members. The Transfer of any Shares in violation of the prohibition contained in this Section VIII shall be deemed invalid, null, and void, and of no force or effect. Any Person to whom Shares are attempted to be transferred in violation of this Section VIII shall not be entitled to vote the Shares on matters coming before the Members, participate in the management of the Company, act as an agent of the Company, receive allocations or distributions from the Company, or have any other rights in or with respect to the Shares.
 
8.2. Withdrawal. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Member shall have the right or power to Withdraw from the Company. Any such Withdrawal shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and the Company shall have the right to recover damages from the withdrawn Member and to offset the damages against any amounts otherwise distributable to such Member under this Agreement.
 
8.3. Right of First Refusal.
 
8.3.1 If an Interest Holder (individually, a “Transferor”) receives a bona fide written offer (the “Transferee Offer”) from any Person (a “Transferee”) to purchase all or any portion of, or any interest or rights in, the Transferor's Shares for a purchase price denominated and payable in United States dollars, then, prior to any Transfer of the Transferor’s Shares, the Transferor shall give the Board and the other Members (the “Remaining Members”) written notice (the “Transfer Notice”) containing each of the following:
 
8.3.1.1 the Transferee's identity;
 
8.3.1.2 a true and complete copy of the Transferee Offer; and
 
8.3.1.3 the Transferor's offer (the “Offer”) to sell the Transferor’s Shares to the Company, or if the Company does not accept the Offer, to the Remaining Members, for a total price equal to the price set forth in the Transferee Offer (the “Transfer Purchase Price”), which shall be payable in accordance with the payment terms set forth in the Transferee Offer.
 
8.3.2 The Offer to the Company shall be and remain irrevocable for a period (the “Company Offer Period”) ending at 11:59 P.M. local time at the Company's principal office, on the thirtieth (30th) day following the date the Transfer Notice is given to the Company. At any time during the Company Offer Period, the Company may, by the vote of a Majority in Interest of the Remaining Members, accept the offer by giving written notice of its acceptance. The Transferor shall not be deemed a Member for the purpose of the vote on whether the Company shall accept the Offer. If the Company accepts the Offer, then the Company shall fix a closing date for the purchase, which shall not be more than ninety (90) days after the expiration of the Company Offer Period.
 
 
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8.3.3 If the Company rejects the Offer or fails to accept the Offer (within the time and in the manner specified in this Section), then the Transferor shall offer to sell the Transferor’s Shares to the Remaining Members for the Transfer Purchase Price, which shall be payable in accordance with the payment terms set forth in the Transferee Offer.
 
8.3.4 The Offer shall be and remain irrevocable for a period (the “Member Offer Period”) ending at 11:59 P.M. local time at the Company's principal office, on the thirtieth (30th) day following the date the Company Offer expired. At any time during the Member Offer Period, any Remaining Member may accept the offer by notifying the Transferor in writing that the Remaining Member intends to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Transferor’s Shares. If two (2) or more Remaining Members desire to accept the Offer, then, in the absence of an agreement between or among them, each such Remaining Member shall purchase the Transferor’s Shares in the proportion that his respective Percentage Interest bears to the total Percentage Interests of all of the Remaining Members who desire to accept the Offer. If one or more Remaining Members accept the Offer, then the parties shall fix a closing date for the purchase, which shall not be more than ninety (90) days after the expiration of the Member Offer Period.
 
8.3.5 If no Remaining Member accepts the Offer (within the time periods and in the manner specified in this Section), then the Transferor shall be free for a period (the “Free Transfer Period”) of thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Member Offer Period to Transfer the Transferor’s Shares to the Transferee, for the same or greater price and on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Transfer Notice. The Transfer shall be subject, however, to the Conditions of Transfer contained in Section 8.5. If the Transferor does not Transfer the Transferor’s Shares within the Free Transfer Period, the Transferor's right to Transfer the Transferor’s Shares pursuant to this Section shall cease and terminate.
 
8.3.6 Any Transfer by the Transferor after the last day of the Free Transfer Period or without strict compliance with the terms, provisions, and conditions of this Section and the other terms, provisions, and conditions of this Agreement, shall be null and void and of no force or effect.
 
8.4 Option on Death or Bankruptcy. On the death, bankruptcy, or similar event described in Section 29-733(4) or (5) of the Act (whether voluntary or involuntary) of a Member or Interest Holder, the Member or Interest Holder (or if an individual, such Person's estate) shall offer, or shall automatically be deemed to have offered, to sell the Member's or Interest Holder's Shares to the Company or its nominee. Upon the approval of a Majority in Interest of the Members other than the offering Member, the Company or its nominee shall have the right and option, within seventy-five (75) days after the Members' actual knowledge of the death, bankruptcy, or similar event, to acquire the Shares, for the purchase price and on the terms set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof. If the Shares are not purchased by the Company or its nominee, the Shares shall be transferred to the assignee of the Shares but shall remain fully subject to and bound by the terms of this Agreement.
 
 
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8.5 Conditions of Transfer. After satisfying the other restrictions contained in Section VIII, a Person may Transfer all or any portion of or any interest or rights in the Person's Shares only after the following conditions (“Conditions of Transfer”) are satisfied:
 
8.5.1 A duly executed and acknowledged written instrument of assignment is filed with the Company;
 
8.5.2 The transferee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of this Section VIII;
 
8.5.3 The Managers, Members, and the Company are reimbursed prior to the Transfer for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such Transfer. (There shall be no reimbursement for appraisal costs as allocated between the Company and the offering Member pursuant to Section 8.4 and Exhibit “B”. In any event, all reasonable expenses shall not exceed $12,000.);
 
8.5.4 The transferor and transferee agree in writing to indemnify and hold the Managers, Members, and the Company harmless for, from, and against, any loss, liability, claim, or expense arising out of the Transfer;
 
8.5.5 The Transfer will not cause a termination of the Company under Section 708 of the Code; provided, however, that the requirement of this Subsection 8.5.5 shall be waived if the Company receives the written opinion of its attorney that such termination will not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its Interest Holders; and
 
8.5.6 The Transfer will not require registration of the Shares under any applicable federal or state securities laws.
 
8.6 No Transfer of Membership Rights. The Transfer of Shares shall not result in the Transfer of any of the Transferring Member's Membership Rights, other than the Interest represented by the Shares, if any, and unless the transferee is admitted as a Member pursuant to Section VIII of this Agreement, the transferee shall only be entitled to receive, to the extent transferred, the share of distributions, including distributions representing the return of contributions, and the allocation of Profits and Losses (and other items of income, gain, or deduction), to which the Transferring Member would have otherwise been entitled with respect to the Transferring Member's Shares. The transferee shall have no right to participate in the management of the business and affairs of the Company or to become or to exercise any rights of a Member.
 
8.7 Substitute and Additional Members. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, an assignee of a Member may only be admitted as a substitute Member (“Substitute Member”) upon the consent of the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an assignee of Shares assigned by a Member that is also a Manager may only be admitted as a Substitute Member on the written consent of a Majority in Interest of the non-transferring Members, which may be withheld in the Members' sole and absolute discretion. The Company shall not issue additional Shares without the written consent or approval of the Board and the Series A Preferred Members as set forth in Section 4.2 (if applicable).
 
 
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8.8 Distributions on Withdrawal. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal with respect to a Member, the withdrawn Member shall not be entitled to receive a withdrawal distribution, but the withdrawn Member (or the withdrawn Member's personal representatives, successors, and assigns) shall be entitled to receive the share of distributions, including distributions representing a return of Capital Contributions, and the allocation of Profits and Losses, to which the withdrawn Member otherwise would have been entitled if the Event of Withdrawal had not occurred, during the continuation of the business of the Company and during and on completion of winding up. If the Event of Withdrawal violated this Agreement, the distributions paid to the withdrawn Member shall be offset by any damages suffered by the Company or its Members as a result of the Event of Withdrawal.
 
Section IX
 
Dissolution and Termination
 
9.1 Dissolution.
 
9.1.1 Events of Dissolution. The Company will be dissolved upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
 
9.1.1.1 Upon the written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Members;
 
9.1.1.2 Upon the entry of a decree of dissolution under Section 29-785 of the Act or an administrative dissolution under Section 29-786 of the Act;
 
9.1.1.3 Upon the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets and receipt by the Company of the proceeds therefrom; or
 
9.1.1.4 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal of the last remaining Member, unless within 90 days all assignees of Shares in the Company consent in writing to admit at least one Member pursuant to A.R.S. Section 29-731(B)(4) to continue the business of the Company.
 
9.2 Distributions and Other Matters. The Company shall not terminate until its affairs have been wound up and its assets distributed as provided herein. Promptly upon the dissolution of the Company, the Board shall cause a Notice of Winding Up to be executed and filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission in accordance with Section 29-781 of the Act, and the Board shall liquidate the assets of the Company and apply and distribute the proceeds of such liquidation, or distribute the Company's assets in kind, as follows and in the following order:
 
9.2.1 Ordinary Debts. To payment of the debts and liabilities of the Company, including debts owed to Interest Holders or Managers, in the order of priority provided by law; provided that the Company shall first pay, to the extent permitted by law, liabilities with respect to which any Interest Holder or Manager is or may be personally liable;
 
 
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9.2.2 Reserves. To the setting up of such reserves as the Board may deem reasonably necessary for any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company arising out of or in connection with the Company business; and
 
9.2.3 Distributions. The balance of the proceeds shall be distributed to the Interest Holders in accordance with Section 5.5, as applicable, but in any event, in accordance with the positive balance in their Capital Accounts, determined as though all of the Company assets were sold for cash at their fair market value as of the date of distribution. Any such distributions shall be made in accordance with the timing requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2).
 
9.3 Deficit Capital Accounts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if any Interest Holder's Capital Account has a deficit balance (taking into account all contributions, distributions, and allocations for the year in which a liquidation occurs), the Interest Holder shall not be obligated to make any contribution to the capital of the Company and the negative balance of such Interest Holder's Capital Account shall not be considered a debt owed by the Interest Holder to the Company or to any other person for any purpose whatsoever.
 
9.4 Rights of Interest Holders—Distributions of Property. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Interest Holder shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of his or her Capital Contribution and shall have no right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Company. No Interest Holder shall have priority over any other Interest Holder for the return of its, his or her Capital Contributions, distributions, or allocations.
 
9.5 Articles of Termination. When all the assets of the Company have been distributed as provided herein, the Board shall cause Articles of Termination to be executed and filed as required by the Act.
 
Section X
 
Other Interests of an Interest Holder or a Manager
 
10.1 Other Interests Permitted. Subject to the covenants and restrictions set forth in Section 10.2 below, any Interest Holder or any Manager may engage in or possess interests in other business ventures of every nature and description, independently or with others. Neither the Company nor any Interest Holder or Manager shall have any right to any independent ventures of any other Interest Holder or Manager or to the income or Profits derived therefrom. The fact that an Interest Holder or a Manager, a member of his or her Family, or an Affiliate is employed by, or owns, or is otherwise directly or indirectly interested in or connected with, any person, firm, or corporation employed or retained by the Company to render or perform services, including without limitation, management, contracting, mortgage placement, financing, brokerage, or other services, or from whom the Company may buy property or merchandise, borrow money, arrange financing, or place securities, or may lease real property to or from the Company, shall not prohibit the Company from entering into contracts with or employing that person, firm, or corporation or otherwise dealing with him or it, and neither the Company nor any of the Interest Holders or Managers as such shall have any rights in or to any income or Profits derived therefrom provided that the transaction or agreement is approved as provided in Section 6.4.
 
 
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10.2 Non-Competition/Non-Disclosure/Non-Solicitation Provisions.
 
10.2.1 Acknowledgments by Members. All of the Members acknowledge that each Member will occupy a position of trust and confidence in the Company and will become familiar with the following, any and all of which constitute “Confidential Information” of the Company:
 
10.2.1.1 Any and all trade secrets concerning the business and affairs of the Company, product specifications, data, know-how, formulae, compositions, processes, designs, sketches, photographs, graphs, drawings, samples, inventions and ideas, past, current and planned research and development, current and planned manufacturing and distribution methods and processes, customer lists, current and anticipated customer requirements, price lists, market studies, business plans, computer software and programs (including object code and source code), computer software and database technologies, systems, structures and architectures (and related processes, formulae, compositions, improvements, devices, know-how, inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas, designs, methods and information of the Company and any other information, however documented, of the Company that is a trade secret within the meaning of the Arizona Trade Secrets Act;
 
10.2.1.2 Any and all information concerning the businesses and affairs of the Company, which includes historical financial statements, financial projections and budgets, historical and budget sales, capital spending, budgets and plans, the names and backgrounds of key personnel, personnel training and techniques and materials, however documented; and
 
10.2.1.3 Any and all notes, analysis, compilations, studies, summaries and other material prepared by or for the Company.
 
The Members agree that the provisions of this Section 10.2 are reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve the Company's business activities and the Company would be irreparably if any of the Members were to breach such covenants set forth herein.
 
10.2.2 Confidential Information. The Members acknowledge and agree that all Confidential Information known or obtained by each Member, whether before or after the date hereof, is the property of the Company. Therefore, each Member agrees that it will not, at any time, disclose to any unauthorized persons, or use for his or her own account or for the benefit of any third party, any Confidential Information, whether the Member has such information in Member's memory or embodied in writing or other physical form, without the Board’s written consent, unless and to the extent that such information ceases to be Confidential Information because it is or it becomes generally known to and available for use of the public other than as a result of the Member's fault or the fault of any other person bound by a duty of confidentiality to the Company. Each Member agrees to deliver to the Company all documents, memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, and any other documentation, models, components, devices, or computer software or hardware, whether embodied in a disc or in other form (and all copies of all of the foregoing) relating to the business, operations or affairs of the Company and any other Confidential Information that the Member may possess or have under the Member's control at such time as the Member withdraws from the Company.
 
 
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10.2.3 Preferred Member’s Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Covenants. During the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the Option expires or is terminated, Preferred Member agrees that it will not, without the approval of the Board, make any investment in, or enter into any sales contract with, any entity whose revenues from the sales of hosted IP PBX services to businesses via direct sales in the states of Colorado, Minnesota, or Oregon represent 8% or more of such entity’s revenues. Preferred Member also agrees that, (i) except pursuant to the exercise of the Option, during the time it is a member of the Company and for one year after its withdrawal as a member of the Company, Preferred Member will not, directly or indirectly, either for itself or for any other person, induce or attempt to induce any employee or independent contractor of the Company to leave the employ or services of the Company and (ii) during such time as a representative of Preferred Member serves on the Board and for one year after Preferred Member ceases to have a representative serving on the Board, Preferred Member will not, for the purpose of selling hosted IP PBX services to businesses in Colorado, Minnesota, or Oregon, solicit business from any person or entity that is a customer of the Company on, or that was a customer of the Company within six (6) months before, the date on which Preferred Member ceases to have a representative on the Board.
 
10.2.4 Founders’ Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Covenants.
 
10.2.4.1. Each of Mr. Menard, Mr. Paulsen, and Mr. Sheesley (each a “Founder” and collectively, the “Founders”) agrees that during the period of such Founder’s employment with the Company and for one year after termination thereof, such Founder will not:
 
(i) recruit or solicit, offer employment to, or employ, any person who is an employee or independent contractor of the Company on, or was an employee or independent contractor of the Company within six (6) months before, the date of termination of such Founder’s employment with the Company, or
 
(ii) work for, or solicit or accept business from, any person or entity that is a customer of the Company on, or was a customer of the Company within six (6) months before, the date of termination of such Founder’s employment, or
 
(iii) compete with the Company anywhere in the United States in the business of hosted IP PBX services for businesses.
 
10.2.4.2. Each Founder agrees that he will not engage in the activities prohibited in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, directly or indirectly (by being associated with any person or entity as owner, partner, employee, agent, consultant, director, officer, stockholder (other than as the owner of less than 2% of the outstanding stock of a publicly-traded corporation) or in any other capacity or manner whatsoever). If a Founder violates any restriction contained in this Subsection 10.2.4, the period of restriction shall be extended until a period of one year has expired without any violation. The provisions of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above will terminate effective immediately upon either (a) the exercise of the Option, if the Founder is not offered continued employment with the Company (or a successor entity) or if such Founder’s employment has a material reduction in responsibilities, compensation or quantity of direct reports within the Company compared to the employment terms in effect immediately prior to the exercise of the Option; or (b) termination of such Founder’s employment with the Company (or a successor entity) following the exercise of the Option, either by the Company (or the successor entity) without “cause” or by the Founder following a material decrease in such Founder’s employment responsibilities, compensation or the quantity of his direct reports.
 
 
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10.2.5 Elliott’s Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Covenants.
 
10.2.5.1 Mr. Isaac Elliott agrees that during the period he provides part-time consulting services to the Company and for one year after termination thereof, he will not recruit or solicit, offer employment to, or employ, any person who was an employee or independent contractor of the Company on, or within six (6) months before, the termination of his engagement with the Company.
 
10.2.5.2 If Mr. Elliott violates any restriction contained in this Subsection 10.2.5, the period of restriction shall be extended until a period of one year has expired without any violation. The provisions of this Subsection 10.2.5 will terminate effective immediately upon either (a) the exercise of the Option, if Mr. Elliott is not offered continued engagement with the Company (or a successor entity) or if such engagement has a material reduction in responsibilities, compensation or quantity of direct reports within the Company compared to the engagement terms in effect immediately prior to the exercise of the Option; or (b) termination of Mr. Elliott’s engagement with the Company (or a successor entity) following the exercise of the Option, either by the Company (or the successor entity) without “cause” or by Mr. Elliott following a material decrease in Mr. Elliott’s responsibilities, compensation or the quantity of his direct reports.
 
10.2.5.3 In addition, if at any time during Mr. Elliott’s engagement with the Company, Mr. Elliott is offered the opportunity to be employed by, or consult to, or serve as an officer or director or advisory board member to, any person or entity that competes with the Company directly or indirectly anywhere in the United States in the business of hosted IP PBX services for businesses and Mr. Elliott plans to accept such offer, Mr. Elliott shall provide prompt notice to the Company of such fact, whereupon the Company may remove Mr. Elliott from the Board, or as an officer, or may otherwise restrict Mr. Elliott’s access to confidential and proprietary information of the Company.
 
10.2.5.4. In the event Mr. Elliott commences working more than 35 hours per week for the Company, the provisions of this Subsection 10.2.5 shall terminate and Mr. Elliott shall be subject to the restrictions of subsection 10.2.4 as if he were a “Founder” subject to the restrictions of Subsection 10.2.4.
 
10.2.6 Remedies. If any Member breaches any of the provisions of this Section 10.2, the Company will be entitled to all of the following remedies:
 
10.2.6.1 The Company will be entitled to offset any and all amounts then-owing by the Company to the withdrawing Member against any damages resulting from the Member’s violation of this Section 10.2.
 
 
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10.2.6.2 The Company will have rights to damages and any rights to obtain injunctive or equitable relief to restrain any breach or threatened breach of this Section 10.2, or otherwise to specifically enforce the provisions of this Section 10.2, it being understood that money damages alone would be inadequate to compensate the Company and the remaining Members for such breach.
 
10.2.6.3 The rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative.
 
Section XI
 
Indemnity
 
11.1 Indemnity Rights. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Manager, Interest Holder, any Affiliate of a Manager or an Interest Holder, any shareholders, members, partners, employees, directors, officers, managers, representatives or agents of a Manager or Interest Holder or their respective Affiliates, or any employee or agent of the Company or its Affiliates (the “Covered Person”) who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of its, his or her actions or omissions performed or omitted in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, or by reason of its, his or her actions or omissions performed or omitted in good faith while serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, manager, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Covered Person, against expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, and against judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by it, him or her in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding; provided that the acts of such Covered Person were not committed with fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such Covered Person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; provided further, that, any indemnity under this Section 11.1 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Covered Person shall have any personal liability or any obligation to make any Capital Contribution on account thereof. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or its equivalent, shall not, in and of itself, create a presumption that the Covered Person acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
 
11.2 Notice and Defense. Any Covered Person who is or may be entitled to indemnification hereunder shall give timely written notice to the Board that a claim has been or is about to be made against it, him or her, shall permit the Company to defend it, him or her through legal counsel of the Company’s own choosing, and shall cooperate with the Company in defending against the claim. The Board (or, in the event a Manager is seeking indemnity, a majority of the other Managers), shall have the sole power and authority to determine the terms and conditions of any settlement of the claim.
 
 
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11.3 Expenses. The to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall advance from time to time expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be finally determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 11.1.
 
11.4 Other Sources. The indemnification provided for herein shall apply only in the event, and to the extent that, the Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification, or other payment, from any other source (including insurance), and the Company's indemnity obligations hereunder shall be in excess of any indemnification or other payment provided by such other source.
 
11.5 Survival. The indemnification provided for herein shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the successors, heirs, executors, and administrators of such Covered Person.
 
Section XII
 
Miscellaneous
 
12.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, offer, or other communication which any person is required or may desire to give to any other person shall be delivered in person or by United States mail, facsimile, or overnight or next-day delivery service. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered two (2) days after deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person at his or her address as it appears on the books of the Company. If transmitted by way of facsimile, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered on the date of such facsimile transmission to the fax number, if any, for the Person which has been supplied by such Person and identified as such Person's facsimile number. If transmitted by overnight or next-day delivery, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered on the next business day after deposit with the delivery service addressed to the Person at its, his or her address as it appears on the books of the Company.
 
12.2 Bank Accounts. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in a bank account or accounts opened in the Company's name. The Board shall determine the institution or institutions at which the accounts will be opened and maintained, the types of accounts, and the Persons who will have authority with respect to the accounts and the funds therein.
 
12.3 Partial Invalidity. The invalidity of any portion of this Agreement will not affect the validity of the remainder hereof.
 
 
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12.4 Governing Law; Parties in Interest. This Agreement will be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of Arizona without regard to conflicts of law principles, and it will bind and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns, and personal representatives of the parties.
 
12.5 Amendment. This Agreement may only be amended, restated, or revoked by the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Members.
 
12.6 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which taken together shall be deemed one original.
 
12.7 Titles and Captions. All article, section, or paragraph titles or captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not deemed part of the context thereof.
 
12.8 Pronouns and Plurals. All pronouns and any variations thereof are deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular, or plural as the identity of the Person or Persons may require.
 
12.9 Waiver of Action for Partition. The Board and each of the Interest Holders irrevocably waives any right that it, he or she may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to any of the Company Property.
 
12.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding among the parties, and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements between or among them with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
12.11 Estoppel Certificate. Each Member shall, within ten (10) days after written request by any Member or a Manager, deliver to the requesting Person a certificate stating, to the Member's knowledge, that: (a) this Agreement is in full force and effect; (b) this Agreement has not been modified except by any instrument or instruments identified in the certificate; and (c) there is no default hereunder by the requesting Person, or if there is a default, the nature and extent thereof.
 
Section XIII
 
Arbitration
 
If the parties are unable to resolve any dispute arising out of this Agreement either during or after its term informally, including the question as to whether any particular matter is arbitrable, the parties agree to submit the matter to binding arbitration. In the event the parties have not agreed upon an arbitrator within twenty (20) days after a party has demanded arbitration, a party may file a demand for arbitration with the Denver regional office of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), and a single arbitrator shall be appointed in accordance with the then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA. Discovery may be conducted either upon mutual consent of the parties, or by order of the arbitrator upon good cause being shown. In ruling on motions pertaining to discovery, the arbitrator shall consider that the purpose of arbitration is to provide for the efficient and inexpensive resolution of disputes, and the arbitrator shall limit discovery whenever appropriate to insure that this purpose is pre-served. The dispute among the parties shall be submitted for determination within sixty (60) days after the arbitrator has been selected. The decision of the arbitrator shall be rendered within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing. The decision of the arbitrator shall be in writing and shall specify the factual and legal basis for the decision. Upon stipulation of the parties, or upon a showing of good cause by a party, the arbitrator may lengthen or shorten the time periods set forth herein for conducting the hearing or for rendering a decision. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties. Judgment to enforce the decision of the arbitrator, whether for legal or equitable relief, may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof, and the parties hereto expressly and irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the Colorado Courts for such purpose. The arbitrator shall conduct all proceedings pursuant to the then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA, to the extent such rules are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section XIII. The Uniform Rules of Procedure Arbitration shall not apply to any arbitration proceeding relating to the subject matter or terms of the documents. In the event a dispute is submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section, the prevailing party shall be entitled to the payment of its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, as determined by the arbitrator. Each of the parties shall keep all disputes and arbitration proceedings strictly confidential, except for disclosures of information required by applicable law or regulation.
 
 
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Section XIV
 
Agreement of Spouses of Members
 
By executing this Agreement, the spouse of each Interest Holder acknowledges and consents to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and agrees, for himself or herself and for the community of himself and herself and the Interest Holder, to be bound hereby. Each spouse of an Interest Holder, for himself or herself and the community of which he or she is a member, hereby irrevocably appoints the Interest Holder as attorney-in-fact with an irrevocable proxy coupled with an interest to vote on any matter to come before the Members or to agree to and execute any amendments of this Agreement without further consent or acknowledgment of the spouse and to execute proxies, instruments, or documents in the spouse's name as may be required to effect the same. This power of attorney is intended to be durable and shall not be affected by disability of the spouse.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Managers and Members have executed this Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, effective as of the date first set forth above.
 
MANAGERS:
 
       
/s/ Issaac Elliott
   

ISAAC ELLIOTT
   

       
/s/ Anthony E. Sheesley
   

ANTHONY E. SHEESLEY
   

       
/s/ Robert Allan Paulsen
   

ROBERT ALLAN PAULSEN
   

       
/s/ Gregory Thomas Menard
   

GREGORY THOMAS MENARD
   

       
/s/ Frank Manning
   

FRANK MANNING
   

COMMON MEMBERS:    
SPOUSES OF COMMON MEMBERS:
       
       
/s/ Isaac Elliott     /s/ Kimberly Elliott

ISAAC ELLIOTT
   
KIMBERLY ELLIOTT

       
/s/ Anthony E. Sheesley     /s/ Natalia A. Sheesley

ANTHONY E. SHEESLEY
   
NATALIA A. SHEESLEY
 
       
/s /Robert Allan Paulsen     /s/ Kristin Kuelthau Paulsen

ROBERT ALLAN PAULSEN
   
KRISTIN KUELTHAU PAULSEN

       
/s/ Gregory Thomas Menard     /s/ Melinda Menard

GREGORY THOMAS MENARD
   

MELINDA MENARD
 
 
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PREFERRED MEMBERS:
 
ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
       
By:  /s/ Frank B. Manning
   

Name: Frank B. Manning
Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
 
 
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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Frank B. Manning, President and Chief Executive Officer of Zoom Technologies, Inc., certify that:

1)  
I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Zoom Technologies, Inc.;
   
2)  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3)  
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4)  
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)  
(Omitted)

c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5)  
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and

b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

Date August 14, 2007
/s/ Frank B. Manning
 

Name: Frank B. Manning
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Robert A. Crist, Chief Financial Officer of Zoom Technologies, Inc., certify that:

1)  
I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Zoom Technologies, Inc.;

2)  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3)  
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4)  
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)  
(Omitted)

c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5)  
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and

b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

Date: August 14, 2007
/s/ Robert A. Crist
 

Name: Robert A. Crist
Title:   Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT 32.1
 
CERTIFICATION
 
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, UNITED STATES Code)
 
Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Zoom Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify that:
 
(1)  
The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 (the “Form 10-Q”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)  
The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all materials respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
       
Dated: August 14, 2007 
   
/s/ Frank B. Manning
   
Frank B. Manning
   
Chief Executive Officer

 

 
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EXHIBIT 32.2
 
CERTIFICATION
 
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, UNITED STATES Code)
 
Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Zoom Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify that:
 
The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 (the “Form 10-Q”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all materials respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
       
Dated: August 14, 2007 
   
/s/ Robert Crist
   
Robert A. Crist
   
Chief Financial Officer

 

 
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