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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 08, 2024 |
CYBER APP SOLUTIONS CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Nevada |
333-254676 |
98-1585090 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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2000 Bering Drive Suite 875 |
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Houston, Texas |
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77057 |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 713 400-2987 |
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
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CYRB |
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OTC Pink Open Markets |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement
On August 8, 2024, Cyber App Solutions Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”, “we” or “our”), entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company and the parties named therein (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Purchasers an aggregate of 8,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) for an aggregate purchase price of $8.0 million (such offering, the “Preferred Stock Offering”). The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Preferred Stock Offering to, among other things, partially settle our outstanding convertible notes, partially fund the equipment at our planned carbon dioxide and helium processing plant, and to partially fund overhead. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company. The Preferred Stock Offering closed on August 8, 2024.
Certificate of Designations
The terms of the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designations for the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”). Pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive an annual dividend, whether or not declared, set aside for payment or otherwise by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, at a rate of 10.000% per annum payable in-kind, commencing on August 8, 2025. The Series A Preferred Stock will remain outstanding for two (2) years from the effective date of the Purchase Agreement.
Each holder of the Series A Preferred Stock has the right, at its option, to convert its Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, into fully paid non-assessable shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”). Additionally, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock (i) in a firm-commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $40.0 million or (ii) at the close of the first trading day upon an uplisting of the Common Stock (the “Uplisting Conversion Date”) to any of the following markets or exchanges: the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American or any other National Securities Exchange.
The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price of $4.84 (the “Conversion Price”). In the event the closing price of our Common Stock closes on the Uplisting Conversion Date at a price below the Conversion Price, the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the closing price of the Common Stock on the Uplisting Conversion Date, provided that in no event will the Conversion Price be less than $3.02.
The Conversion Price is subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, including in the event of any stock splits or combinations, certain dividends and distributions, reclassification, exchange or substitution of the Common Stock. Additionally, if the Company completes an Applicable Issuance (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), the Conversion Price will be adjusted such that the new conversion price shall equal to (i) 400,000,000 divided by (ii) the sum of (A) 82,700,800 and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents issued in the Applicable Issuance.
Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have no voting rights, except as set forth below, in the Purchase Agreement and those required by law. So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, the Company cannot, either directly or indirectly, by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least 50.1% of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class with all other classes or series of preferred stock that has the right to vote with the Series A Preferred Stock as a single class on such matter(s):
(i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of capital stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or reclassify any of the authorized capital stock of the Company into such shares, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares;
(ii) amend, alter, repeal or replace the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, in which the Company may or may not be the surviving entity, so as to materially and adversely affect and deprive holders of Series A Preferred Stock of any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock;
(iii) amend, alter, repeal or replace the Certificate of Designations, or otherwise alter the rights, powers or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth in Certificate of Designations or Bylaws of the Company as then in effect, in a way that materially and adversely affects the Series A Preferred Stock or the holder(s) thereof;
(iv) redeem or repurchase any shares of Common Stock or preferred stock (other than pursuant to employee or consultant agreements giving the Company the right to repurchase shares upon the termination of services pursuant to the terms of the applicable agreement); or
(v) declare or pay any dividend or otherwise make a distribution to holders of preferred stock or Common Stock (excluding payments in kind of additional shares of such securities).
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets the Company has legally available for distribution to its shareholders, subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock of the Company ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, an amount equal to the Liquidation Preference of the Series A Preferred Stock before any distribution of assets is made to holders of common stock or any other class or series of preferred stock of the Company that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the parties entry into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and Purchasers entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a resale registration statement with respect to the resale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock not later than 45 calendar days following the closing and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such resale registration statement to be declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) within 10 trading days following the closing if the Commission informs the Company that it does not intend to review such resale registration statement or within 90 trading days following the closing if such resale registration statement is subject to Commission review.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Certificate of Designations, the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Designations, the Purchase Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 3.1, 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and which are each incorporated by reference herein.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under “Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement” and “Certificate of Designations” is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference. Such sale was undertaken in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under “Certificate of Designations” is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
In connection with the adoption of the transactions described in Item 1.01 above, the Certificate of Designations was filed with the Nevada Secretary of State.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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CYBER APP SOLUTIONS CORP. |
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August 14, 2024 |
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/s/ Steven Looper |
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Steven Looper, Chief Executive Officer and President |
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF RIGHTS, POWERS, PREFERENCES,
PRIVILEGES AND RESTRICTIONS OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OF
CYBER APP SOLUTIONS CORP.
Cyber App Solutions Corp. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), hereby certifies that the following resolutions were adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) pursuant to the authority of the Board of Directors on July 30, 2024.
WHEREAS, that the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), provides for a class of its authorized stock known as Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”), and authorizes 50,000,000 shares thereof issuable from time to time in one or more series;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the rights, powers, privileges, preferences and restrictions of any unissued series of Preferred Stock and the number of authorized shares constituting any such series; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to this authority, the Board of Directors wishes to: (i) authorize and establish the Corporation’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), (ii) fix the rights, powers, privileges, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating thereto, and (iii) authorize the issuance of shares thereof;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, and intending to authorize and establish the Series A Preferred Stock and fix the rights, powers, privileges, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating thereto the Board of Directors hereby authorizes the following:
1. Designation and Amount. The Preferred Stock designated under this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights (this “Certificate of Designations”) are hereby designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 80,000 shares (“Series A Shares”).
2. Maturity. The Series A Preferred Stock will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption and will remain outstanding two years from the effective date of this agreement unless and until (x) converted pursuant to Section 6 or (y) the Corporation repurchases all of the Series A Shares from the holder(s) thereof.
3. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to rights to the distribution of assets in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation: (i) senior to the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”); (ii) on parity with all Preferred Stock of the Corporation with terms specifically providing that such Preferred Stock rank on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; and (iii) junior to new issues of Preferred Stock of the Corporation with terms specifically providing that such Preferred Stock rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
4. Dividends. Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, on each Dividend Payment Date, whether or not declared, set aside for payment or otherwise authorized by the Board of Directors,
payment-in-kind dividends payable to the holder(s) of Series A Preferred Stock only in additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock (“PIK Dividends”) at the annual rate 0.1 per outstanding Series A Share (equivalent to 10% per annum per Series A Share) (the “Annual Dividend Rate”). Such PIK Dividends: (i) shall accrue on the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares commencing on the Original Issue Date, and (ii) shall be payable to the holders of record of outstanding Series A Shares as they appear on the relevant Dividend Record Date(s); provided that PIK Dividends accrued and payable on any day that is not a Dividend Payment Date (by reason of Conversion, repurchase or distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) shall be prorated by multiplying the Annual Dividend Rate by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from the Original Issue Date to the date of Conversion, repurchase or distribution of assets (as the case may be). For the avoidance of doubt, all Series A Share issued or issuable as PIK Dividends paid or required to be paid on any Dividend Payment Date shall thereafter for all purposes hereunder constitute outstanding Series A Shares and shall thereupon (without limiting any of the other rights, powers, privileges and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock) accrue PIK Dividends hereunder.
5. Liquidation.
(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets the Corporation has legally available for distribution to its shareholders, subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, an amount equal to the Liquidation Preference of the Series A Preferred Stock before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights. The Liquidation Preference shall be proportionately adjusted in the event of a stock split, stock combination or similar event so that the aggregate liquidation preference allocable to all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock immediately prior to such event is the same immediately after giving effect to such event.
(b) In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the available assets of the Corporation are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other classes or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets, then the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all other such classes or series of Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.
(c) Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to written notice of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up no fewer than 30 days and no more than 60 days prior to the payment date. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.
6. Conversion.
(a) Conversion.
(i) On any date following the Original Issue Date, holders of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right, at each holder’s option, to convert their Series A Shares, in whole or in part, into Conversion Shares by following the mechanics of conversion set forth in below in this Section 6.
(ii) On any date following the Original Issue Date, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into Conversion Shares in a firm-commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, resulting in gross proceeds to the Corporation of at least $40,000,000 (a “Qualified Public Offering”).
(iii) On any date following the Original Issue Date, all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into Conversion Shares at the close of the first Trading Day (“Common Stock Uplisting Conversion Date”) upon a Common Stock Uplisting (as defined below).
(b) Mechanics of Conversion.
(i) Conversion Notice; Acceptance/Rejection. At least seven (7) calendar days prior to the effective date of a Common Stock Uplisting, the Corporation will provide the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock with written notice of such Common Stock Uplisting. A holder wishing to effect a Conversion of their Series A Shares, in whole or in part, and whether prior to, upon or after a Common Stock Uplisting, shall deliver to the Corporation written request, which may be by email, to convert such holder’s Series A Shares pursuant to this Section 6 (a “Conversion Request”), including the Conversion Amount, and within two (2) Business Days after its receipt of a Conversion Request the Corporation shall accept the Conversion Request. Upon Conversion of the entire Conversion Amount of a holder’s Series A Shares, such holder shall surrender to the Corporation the original stock certificate(s), if any, or provide notice to the effect that such certificate(s) have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
(ii) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than three (3) Trading Days after the Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the holder(s) of converted Series A Shares their Conversion Shares.
(iii) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Conversion, the Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable holder(s) of Series A Shares by the Share Delivery Date, such holder(s) shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to such holder(s) any original certificate(s) representing Series A Shares delivered to the Corporation and such holder(s) shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares (if any) issued to such holder(s) in the rescinded.
(iv) Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. The Corporation’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Series A Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the holder(s) of Series A Shares to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any set off, counter claim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the holder(s) of Series A Shares or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by the holder(s) of Series A Shares or any other Person (unless the Conversion would violate any law applicable to the Corporation), and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to the holder(s) of Series A Shares in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action the Corporation may have against the holder(s) of Series A Shares. In the event any holder of Series A Shares elect to effect any Conversion hereunder, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the holder(s) of Series A Shares or anyone associated or affiliated with the holder(s) of Series A Shares has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to holder(s), restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of the holder(s) thereof in the amount of 150% of the Liquidation Preference of the Series A Shares subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the holder(s) of Series A Shares to the extent it or they obtain judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares upon a properly effected Conversion. If the Corporation fails for any reason to deliver to any holder of Series A Shares their Conversion Shares pursuant to this Section 6(b) by the Share Delivery Date, the Corporation shall pay to the affected holder(s) of Series A Shares, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each whole Series A Share being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5th) Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery
Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or such holder(s) rescind such conversion. Nothing herein shall prohibit the holder(s) of Series A Shares from seeking to enforce damages under applicable law.
(v) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, the Required Minimum number of shares of Common Stock to satisfy a full Conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons. All shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if a registration statement covering the resale of the Conversion Shares is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public resale in accordance with such registration statement.
(vi) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the Conversion of Series A Shares. As to any fraction of a share which the holder(s) of Series A Shares would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon Conversion, the Corporation shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share of Common Stock.
(vii) Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares upon Conversion of Series A Shares shall be made without charge to the holder(s) of Series A Shares hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the holder(s) of Series A Shares of so converted, and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all transfer agent fees required for same-day processing of any conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Corporation (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares. The Corporation shall pay all attorney fees required for the issuance of attorney legal opinions for removal of restrictive legends on Conversion Shares.
(c) Holders’ Conversion Limitations. No holder of Series A Shares shall have the right to effect any Conversion of Series A Shares, to the extent that after giving effect to such Conversion, such holder (together with such holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with such holder any of such holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder of Series A Shares and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Conversion of Series A Shares with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon: (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Conversion Amount of Series A Shares beneficially owned by the holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties, if any, and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the holder of Series A Shares or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6(c) applies, the determination of whether Series A Shares is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder of Series A Shares together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which Conversion Amount of Series A Shares is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder of Series A Shares. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 6(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, holders of Series A Shares may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation, or (C) a more recent written notice by the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a holder of Series A Shares, the Corporation shall
within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including Series A Shares, by the holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” hereunder shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Conversion of Series A Shares held by the holder of Series A Shares. A holder of Series A Shares, upon notice to the Corporation, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6(c) applicable to such holder, provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon Conversion of Series A Shares held by the holder of Series A Shares and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6(c) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6(c) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation.
7. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while Series A Shares are outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon Conversion of Series A Shares), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then in each case the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding Series A Shares shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Conversion Price of such Series A Shares shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
(b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7(a) above, if at any time the Corporation grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all of the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the holders of Series A Shares shall be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the holders of Series A Shares could have acquired if the holders had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon full Conversion of the outstanding Series A Shares (without regard to any limitations on Conversion, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that a holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Purchase Rights will be made under this Section 7(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
(c) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Corporation, at any time while Series A Shares are outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the holders of Series A Shares) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security other than
the Common Stock (which shall be subject to Section 7(b)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the holders of Series A Shares of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.
(d) Fundamental Transaction.
(i) If, at any time while Series A Shares are outstanding, the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions engages in any Fundamental Transaction, then, upon any subsequent Conversion of Series A Shares, the holders thereof shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such Conversion prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on Conversion, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation), at the option of each holder the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Corporation, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (“Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which such Series A Shares may be Converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on Conversion, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation). For purposes of any such Conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the holders of Series A Shares shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any Conversion of Series A Shares following such Fundamental Transaction. The Corporation shall not effect a Fundamental Transaction unless it gives the holders of Series A Shares at least four (4) Trading Days prior notice together with sufficient details so the holders can make an informed decision as to the election to accept the Alternative Consideration. If a public announcement of the Fundamental Transaction has not been made, the notice to the holders of Series A Shares may not be given until the Corporation files a Form 8-K or other report disclosing the Fundamental Transaction.
(ii) If Section 7(d)(i) is not applicable, the Corporation shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designations in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(d)(ii) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to and approved by the holders of Series A Shares prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the holders, deliver to the holders in exchange for Series A Shares securities of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written agreement or instrument substantially similar in substance (mutatis mutandis) to this Certificate of Designations and which is convertible into a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon full Conversion of the outstanding Series A Shares prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on Conversion, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation), and with a conversion price which applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of the Series A Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the holders of Series A Shares. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and
after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Certificate of Designations referring to the “Corporation” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity (or its parent entity)), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designations (mutatis mutandis) with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the “Corporation” herein.
(e) Anti-Dilution Provision. If the Company completes an Applicable Issuance, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted such that the new conversion price shall equal to (i) 400,000,000 divided by (ii) the sum of (A) 82,701,842 (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock) and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued in the Applicable Issuance; provided that in no event shall the Conversion Price be increased. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The Company shall notify the Holders in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the date of any Applicable Issuance (such notice, the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For the avoidance of doubt, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 7(e), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holders will be entitled to the adjustment to the Conversion Price, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion. An “Applicable Issuance” shall mean (i) the issuance of more than 1,303,000 shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of outstanding convertible promissory notes issued to Kips Bay Select LP and Cyber One LTD pursuant to the securities purchase agreement dated November 21, 2023 or (ii) the issuance of warrants to a lender on or prior to December 31, 2024 pursuant to any credit arrangement.
(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
(g) Notice to Holders.
(i) Adjustments to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Corporation shall promptly email to the holders of Series A Share a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Conversion Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ii) Notice to Allow Conversion by Holders. If (A) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, or (E) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then, in each case, the Corporation shall deliver to the holders of Series A Shares at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating: (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to email such notice or any defect therein or in the emailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Corporation or any of the subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors), the Corporation shall simultaneously file such notice
with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. Holders of Series A Shares shall remain entitled to effect a Conversion of their Series A Shares during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
8. Voting Rights.
(a) In General. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except as set forth in this Section 8 or as otherwise required by law. On each matter on which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, each share of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote, except that when shares of any one or more other classes or series of Preferred Stock have the right to vote with the Series A Preferred Stock as a single class on any matter, the Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of each such other class or series of Preferred Stock shall have one (1) vote for each $25.00 of (x) Liquidation Preference (in the case of the Series A Preferred Stock) and liquidation preference (excluding accumulated dividends) (in the cases of such other class or series).
(b) Protective Provisions. So long as any Series A Shares are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation) the written consent or affirmative vote (given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting, or voting (as the case may be) separately as a single class) of the holders of at least 50.1% of the Series A Shares outstanding at the time, voting together as a class with all other classes or series of Preferred Stock that has the right to vote with the Series A Preferred Stock as a single class on such matter(s):
(i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of capital stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or reclassify any of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation into such shares; or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares;
(ii) amend, alter, repeal or replace the Certificate of Incorporation, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, in which the Corporation may or may not be the surviving entity, so as to materially and adversely affect and deprive holders of Series A Preferred Stock of any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock. An increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock, including the Series A Preferred Stock, or the creation or issuance of any additional Series A Preferred Stock or other class or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, or any increase in the amount of authorized shares of such class and series, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers;
(iii) amend, alter, repeal or replace the Certificate of Designations, or otherwise alter the rights, powers or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth in Certificate of Designations or Bylaws of the Corporation as then in effect, in a way that materially and adversely affects the Series A Preferred Stock or the holder(s) thereof;
(iv) redeem or repurchase any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (other than pursuant to employee or consultant agreements giving the Corporation the right to repurchase shares upon the termination of services pursuant to the terms of the applicable agreement); or
(v) declare or pay any dividend or otherwise make a distribution to holders of Preferred Stock or Common Stock (excluding payments in kind of additional shares of such securities).
9. Information Rights. During any period in which the Corporation is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any Series A Shares are outstanding, the Corporation will use its best efforts to: (i) transmit by mail (or other permissible means under the Exchange Act) to all holders of Series A Shares, as their names and addresses appear on the record books of the Corporation and without cost to such holders, copies of the annual reports
and quarterly reports providing the financial information that the Corporation would have been required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if it were subject thereto (other than any exhibits that would have been required); and (ii) promptly, upon request, supply copies of such reports to any holders or prospective holder of Series A Shares. The Corporation will use its best efforts to mail (or otherwise provide) the information to the holders of the Series A Shares within 15 days after the respective dates by which a periodic report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, as the case may be, in respect of such information would have been required to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, if the Corporation were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in each case, based on the dates on which the Corporation would be required to file such periodic reports if it were a “non-accelerated filer” within the meaning of the Exchange Act.
10. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Certificate of Designations: (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such first Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Alternate Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d)(i).
“Attribution Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York are generally are open for use by customers on such day.
“Common Stock Equivalent” means any convertible security or warrant, option or other right to subscribe for or purchase any additional shares of Common Stock (or any such convertible security, warrant or other right).
“Common Stock Uplisting” means the listing for and commencement of trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market, whether or not in conjunction with a public offering of Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation.
“Conversion” means a conversion of Series A Shares accepted by the Corporation in accordance with Section 6(a).
“Conversion Amount” means, in the case of any Conversion by any holder of Series A Shares, the Liquidation Preference of the Series A Shares to be converted as requested by the holder in its applicable Conversion Notice and accepted by the Corporation in its applicable Conversion Acceptance/Rejection Notice (as such terms are defined in Section 6(a)).
“Conversion Date” means effective date of any Conversion of Series A Shares.
“Conversion Price” means $4.84, subject to adjustment herein. In the event the closing price of the Common Stock closes on the Common Stock Uplisting Conversion Date at a price below the Conversion Price, the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the closing price of the Common Stock on the Common Stock Uplisting Conversion Date. Notwithstanding the forgoing or any other provision of this Certificate of Designation, the Conversion Price shall be no less than $3.02 per share.
“Conversion Shares” means, with respect to any Conversion of Series A Shares (in whole or in part), a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient (rounded upon to the nearest whole share) obtained by dividing (x) the Conversion Amount of such Conversion by (y) the Conversion Price then in effect.
“Dividend Payment Date” means, so long as any Series A Shares are outstanding, each anniversary of the Original Issue Date.
“Dividend Record Date” means, with respect to each Dividend Payment Date, the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Fundamental Transaction” the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person, (ii) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination).
“Liquidation Preference” of the Series A Preferred Stock means the sum of: (1) $1,000.00 per whole Series A Share, plus (2) an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends to (but not including) the date of payment or Conversion (as applicable), plus (3) all liquidated damages due under or in respect of Series A Shares, if any.
“Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of Series A Shares, regardless of any transfers and regardless of the number of stock certificates which may be issued representing such Series A Shares.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2024 by and among the Corporation and the original holders of Series A Shares, as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Required Minimum” means, as of any date, 200% of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then potentially issuable upon full Conversion of all Series A Shares (including those issued or potentially issuable as PIK Dividends), ignoring any conversion or exercise limits set forth therein.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii).
“Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d)(ii).
“Trading Day” means any day on which the Trading Market of the Common Stock is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex or any other National Securities Exchange (as defined in the Exchange Act) (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for the three (3) Trading Days immediately prior to such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)) (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market, OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets" published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Corporation.
11. Transfer of Series A Shares. A holder may transfer some or all of its Series A Shares without the consent of the Corporation subject to compliance with applicable securities laws.
12. Book Entry. If the Corporation issues any Series A Shares in book entry format, all provisions of this Certificate of Designations as to delivery of Series A Share stock certificates shall be disregarded, and the Corporation and its transfer agent shall make entries in the stock transfer records in connection with conversions and transfers, as appropriate.
13. Governing Law; Exclusive Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designations shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Certificate of Designations (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be instituted in the Court of Chancery of the State of Nevada (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Nevada declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Nevada, or, if no federal court in the State of Nevada accepts jurisdiction, any state court within the State of Nevada). Each party hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of this Certificate of Designations), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The Corporation and each holder of Series A Shares hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designations or the transactions contemplated hereby.
14. Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designations is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Designations so long as this Certificate of Designations as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
15. Amendment. This Certificate of Designations or any provision hereof may be modified or amended, or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Corporation and the holders of at least 50.1%of the outstanding Series A Shares at the time of the waiver. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.
16. Headings. The headings contained in this Certificate of Designations are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Series A Shares and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed in its name and on its behalf on this 8th day of August 2024.
CYBER APP SOLUTIONS CORP.
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 8, 2024, by and among Cyber App Solutions Corp. (the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), and each purchaser identified on Annex A hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, an “Investor”, and collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS, the Investors wish to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to sell and issue to the Investors shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Shares”), the terms of which are as provided in the Certificate of Designations of the Company in the form attached as Appendix B hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Investors are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, afforded by the provisions of Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Investor agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, (a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Certificate of Designations (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Agreement.
“$” or “USD” means United States Dollars.
“Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(j).
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such first Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
“Certificate of Designations” means the Certificate of Designations of Rights, Powers, Preferences, Privileges and Restrictions of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company in the form of Appendix B.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Series A Shares pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Closing Date” means for any Series A Shares, the Business Day when all of the Transaction Documents for such Series A Shares have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and the conditions precedent to: (i) the applicable Investors’ obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Company’s obligations to deliver such Series A Shares (in each case) have been satisfied or waived.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Common Stock Equivalent” means any convertible security or warrant, option or other right to subscribe for or purchase any additional shares of Common Stock (or any such convertible security, warrant or other right).
“Confidential Investor Questionnaire” means the Confidential Investor Questionnaire attached as Appendix A hereto.
“Conversion Shares” has the meaning provided in the Certificate of Designations.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 15% of shares of Common Stock outstanding pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose by the Board of Directors shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Company, (b) securities issuable upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Series A Shares and/or other securities issuable pursuant to existing agreements or instruments, exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than (1) in connection with stock dividends, stock splits or combinations or (2) automatic adjustments to such terms pursuant to anti-dilution, default or similar provisions of such securities or to extend the term of such securities), (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by the Board of Directors, provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, (d) securities issued for bona fide services provided to the Company not for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, or (e) securities issued in a public offering.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
“GAAP” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(h).
“Liens” shall mean a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(b).
“Permits” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(m).
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock of the Company, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(e).
“Required Minimum” means, as of any date, 200% of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then potentially issuable upon full conversion of all Series A Shares (including those issued or potentially issuable as PIK Dividends (as defined in the Certificate of Designations)).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“SEC Reports” means all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Series A Shares” means the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company issuable to the Investors hereunder, the terms of which are as provided in the Certificate of Designations.
“State Securities Laws” means the securities (“blue sky”) rules, regulations, or other similar laws of a particular state.
“Subscription Amount” means, as to each Investor, the aggregate amount to be paid for Series A Shares purchased hereunder as specified below such Investor’s name on the signature page of this Agreement.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company as set forth in Section 3.01(a) and shall, where applicable, include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof. In the case that the Company shall have no subsidiary, then all references herein to “the Company and its Subsidiaries,” “the Company or any Subsidiary,” “the Company and each Subsidiary,” or the like, in Article III of (and elsewhere in) this Agreement shall be read as references to “the Company.”
“Termination Date” means a date determined by the Company.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, and all appendices, exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
“Underlying Securities” means the Conversion Shares.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
Section 2.01 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Investors, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, the Series A Shares. At the Closing, the Investors shall deliver their respective Subscription Amounts payable in cash, to the Company, and the Company shall deliver to each Investor its Series A Shares. The Company and each Investor shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.02 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.02 and Section 2.03, the Closing shall occur at the offices of the Company, or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree or may be closed remotely by electronic delivery of documents.
Section 2.02 Closing Deliverables.
(a)By Each Investor. On or prior to the Closing Date, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:
(i)this Agreement, including a fully completed Annex A, duly executed by such Investor;
(ii)such Investor’s Subscription Amount by wire transfer to the Company pursuant to the wiring instructions set forth in Section 2.03(c); and
(iii)a duly completed and signed Confidential Investor Questionnaire, a copy of which is attached hereto as Appendix A.
(b)By the Company. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Investor the following:
(i)this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of behalf of the Company;
(ii)the Certificate of Designations, duly executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada;
(iii)a Series A Preferred Stock share certificate or statement from the Company’s transfer agent evidencing that such Investor is the owner of the Series A Shares such Investor subscribed and paid for; and
(iv)an officer’s certificate of the Company certifying the Company’s: (A) certified charter (or similar formation document); (B) good standing certificate in its state of incorporation (or formation); (C) bylaws (or similar governing document); and (D) resolutions of its Board of Directors (or similar governing body) approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.
Section 2.03 Closing Conditions.
(a)The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:
(i)the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of each Investor’s representations and warranties contained herein;
(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements of each Investor required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and
(iii)the delivery by each Investor of the items set forth in Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement.
(b)The respective obligations of the Investors hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met (it being understood that the Investors may waive any of the conditions for any Closing hereafter):
(i)the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);
(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;
(iii)the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.02(b) of this Agreement; and
(iv)there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof.
(c)The wiring instructions for the Company are as follows:
Bank Name:
Routing No.:
Account No.:
Account Title:
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Investor that, except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedule to this Agreement (the “Disclosure Schedule”) and/or SEC Reports, 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 date hereof. The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections contained in this Section 3.01, and the disclosures in any section of the Disclosure Schedule shall qualify other sections in this Section 3.01 only to the extent it is readily apparent from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections.
(a)Subsidiaries. The Company does not have any Subsidiaries other than those listed on Schedule 3.01(a).
(b)Organization and Qualification. The Company is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is not in violation or default of any of the provisions of its articles of incorporation or bylaws, each, as amended and in effect. A complete and correct copy of the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended and in effect on the date of this Agreement and as they will be in effect on the Closing Date, is attached to the officer’s certificate referenced in section 2.02(b)(iv). There are no other organizational or charter documents of the Company. Each Subsidiary is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, has the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document; (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any of its material assets or lines of business, individually; or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.
(c)Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies; and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(d)No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Series A Shares hereunder and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected; or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or any Subsidiary is subject (including federal and State Securities Laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clause (ii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) such consents, waivers, or authorizations as have been obtained before the Closing; and (ii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable State Securities Laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
(f)Issuance of the Series A Shares. The Series A Shares are duly authorized and, when issued and/or paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock for issuance of the Underlying Securities at least equal to the Required Minimum on the date hereof.
(g)Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth on Schedule 3.01(g). The Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than as set forth on Schedule 3.01(g) and other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock awards under the Company’s equity incentive plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents pursuant to agreements outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise
of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01(g), there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Series A Shares will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Except for Required Approvals, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Series A Shares. There are no shareholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.
(h)SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(i)Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.01(i), since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in a subsequent SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof: (a) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or disclosed in filings made with the SEC, (c) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (d) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, and (e) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company equity incentive plans. The Company does not have pending before the SEC any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Series A Shares contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.01(i), no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, prospects, properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least one trading day prior to the date that this representation is made.
(j)Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective properties, before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which: (A) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Series A Shares; or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, any Subsidiary or any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under any of the following: (x) the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the FINRA rules or any State Securities Laws; (y) breach of fiduciary duty; or (z) fraud (statutory or common law), embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of property or rights, or any other crime involving deceit.
(k)Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are not a party to any collective bargaining agreement. The Company believes that its relationships with its employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non- competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any Subsidiary to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, it and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)Compliance. The Company and each Subsidiary: (i) is neither in default under nor in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived); (ii) is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body; and (iii) is not and has not been in material
violation of any statute, law, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment.
(m)Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business (“Permits”), and the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Permit.
(n)Title to Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by it that, in each case, is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (i) Liens that do not materially and adversely (x) affect the value of such property or (y) interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties in any material respect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company or a Subsidiary is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company or such Subsidiary (as applicable) are in compliance.
(o)Patents and Trademarks. (i) The Company and its Subsidiaries has, or has rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as necessary or material for use in connection with its business and which the failure to so have could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”); (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights violates or infringes upon the intellectual property rights of any other Person; (iii) all Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable by the Company or a Subsidiary, and there is no existing infringement by any other Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights, except where the failure to be so enforceable or for such infringements as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of its Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p)Transactions with Officers, Directors and Employees. None of the officers or directors of the Company or its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries, is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from, any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any such officer, director or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, member or partner, in each case in excess other than for: (x) payment of salary or fees for services rendered; (y) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or a Subsidiary; and (z) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.
(q)Certain Fees. Brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions may be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the Offering or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Investors shall have no obligation with respect to any
fees or with respect to any claims made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section 3.01(q) that may be due in connection with the Offering or any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(r)Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties set forth in section 3.02, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Series A Shares by the Company to the Investors as contemplated hereby.
(s)Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Series A Shares will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not be an ‘investment company’ subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(t)Registration Rights. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.01(t), no Person has any right to demand the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the sale of any securities of the Company.
(u)Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and the Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Investors as a result of the Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents.
(v)Disclosure. Except with respect to: (i) the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; and (ii) information given to the Investors, if any, which the Company hereby confirms will not constitute material non-public information, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Investors or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that the Investors will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investors regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(w)No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Investors’ representations and warranties set forth in section 3.02, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Series A Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act.
(x)Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Series A Shares, other than a “going concern” qualification in the report of the auditors with respect to the financial statements of the Company, hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company’s assets do not
constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company will not, after the Closing Date, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt any disclosure of the Company’s ability to continue as a “going concern” shall not, by itself, be a violation of this Section 3(x).
(y)Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary.
(z)No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Series A Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Securities for sale only to the Investors and certain other “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
(aa)Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company reasonably believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew all existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers.
(bb)Acknowledgment Regarding Investors’ Purchase of Series A Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Investors is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Investor is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by any Investor or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Investors’ purchase of the Series A Shares. The Company further represents to each Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.
(cc) No Disqualification Events. With respect to Series A Shares to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the Securities Act (“Regulation D Securities”), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, or to the Company's knowledge, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the ‘Bad Actor’ disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Investors a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.
(dd) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person or) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.
(ee) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Investors in writing, prior to the Closing Date of: (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person; and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.
(ff) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, no agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any Subsidiary (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law; or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
(gg) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).
(hh) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon an Investor’s request.
(ii) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (“BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty- five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.
(jj) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(kk) Representations. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, and the certificate(s) furnished or to be furnished to the Investors at the Closing, when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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 Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in section 3.02 shall not modify, amend or affect such Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this section 3.01 or elsewhere in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document, or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties of the Investors.
Each Investor, for itself and for no other Investor, hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):
(a)Authority; Organization. Such Investor has full power and authority (and, if such Investor is an individual, the capacity) to enter into this Agreement and to perform all obligations required to be performed by it hereunder. If an entity, such Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a Party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and performance by such Investor of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of such Investor. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by such Investor, and when delivered by such Investor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
(b)Own Account. Such Investor understands that the Series A Shares are restricted securities’ and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law and is acquiring the Series A Shares as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law, has no present intention of distributing any of such Series A Shares in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution the same (this representation and warranty not limiting such Investor’s right to sell the Series A Shares in compliance with applicable federal and State Securities Laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law. Such Investor is acquiring the Series A Shares in the ordinary course of its business.
(c)Non-Transferrable. Such Investor agrees: (i) that the Investor will not sell, assign, pledge, give, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Series A Shares or any interest therein, or make any offer or attempt to do any of the foregoing, except pursuant to a registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and all applicable State Securities Laws, or in a transaction which is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and all applicable State Securities Laws; (ii) that the certificates representing the Series A Shares will bear a legend making reference to the foregoing restrictions; and (iii) that the Company and its Affiliates shall not be required to give effect to any purported transfer of such Series A Shares except upon compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
(d)Investor Status. Such Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under Regulation D of the Securities Act. The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional information requested by the Company or any of its Affiliates to assure compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws in connection with the purchase and sale of the Series A Shares. The undersigned has completed the Confidential Investor Questionnaire contained in Appendix A and the information contained therein is complete and accurate as of the date thereof and is hereby affirmed as of the Closing Date. Any information that has been furnished or that will be furnished by the undersigned to evidence its status as an accredited investor is accurate and complete, and does not contain any misrepresentation or material omission.
(e)Experience of Such Investor. Such Investor, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication, and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Series A Shares and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Investor is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Series A Shares and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
(f)General Solicitation. Such Investor undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor any other person offered to sell the Series A Shares to it by means of any form of general solicitation or advertising, including, but not limited to: (i) any advertisement, article, notice, or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.
(g)Confidentiality. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement and its advisors who have agreed to keep information confidential or have a fiduciary obligation to keep such information confidential, such Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with the transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).
(h)Foreign Investor. If such Investor is not a United States person, such Investor represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Series A Shares or any use of this Agreement, including: (i) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Series A Shares, (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale or transfer of the Series A Shares. The Investor further represents that its payment for, and its continued beneficial ownership of the Series A Shares, will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of its jurisdiction, organization, or domicile.
(i)Information from Company. Such Investor and its investment managers, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to obtain any information necessary to verify the accuracy of any
representations or information presented by the Company in this Agreement and have had all inquiries to the Company answered, and have been furnished all requested materials, relating to the Company and the Offering and sale of the Series A Shares and anything set forth in the Transaction Documents. Neither the Investor nor the Investor’s investment managers, if any, have been furnished any offering literature by the Company or any of its Affiliates, associates, or agents other than the Transaction Documents, and the agreements referenced therein.
(j)Speculative Nature of Investment; Risk Factors. SUCH INVESTOR UNDERSTANDS THAT AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. Such Investor acknowledges that: (i) any projections, forecasts or estimates as may have been provided to the Investor are purely speculative and cannot be relied upon to indicate actual results that may be obtained through this investment; any such projections, forecasts and estimates are based upon assumptions which are subject to change and which are beyond the control of the Company or its management, (ii) the tax effects which may be expected by this investment are not susceptible to absolute prediction, and new developments and rules of the Internal Revenue Service, audit adjustment, court decisions or legislative changes may have an adverse effect on one or more of the tax consequences of this investment, and (iii) the Investor has been advised to consult with his own advisor regarding legal matters and tax consequences involving this investment. The Investor represents that the Investor’s investment objective is speculative in that the Investor seeks the maximum total return through an investment in a broad spectrum of securities, which involves a higher degree of risk than other investment styles and therefore the Investor’s risk exposure is also speculative. The Series A Shares offered hereby are highly speculative and involve a high degree of risk and Investor should only purchase these securities if Investor can afford to lose their entire investment.
(k)Money Laundering. If an entity, the operations of such Investor are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable Money Laundering Laws.
The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in Section 3.01 shall not modify, amend or affect the Company’s right to rely on such Investor’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
Section 4.01 Transfer Restrictions.
(a)The Series A Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Series A Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Series A Shares under the Securities Act. The Series A Shares may not be sold or transferred by the Investors without the written consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. As a condition of such sale or transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of an Investor under this Agreement.
(b)The Investors agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.01, of a legend on any of the Series A Shares in the following form:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
(c)Each Investor, severally and not jointly with the other Investors, agrees that such Investor will sell any Series A Shares only pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Series A Shares are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Series A Shares as set forth in this Section 4.01 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
Section 4.02 Reservation of Underlying Securities. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, the Required Minimum number of shares of Common Stock to satisfy a full conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons. If, on any date, the number of authorized but unissued (and otherwise unreserved) shares of Common Stock is less than the Required Minimum on such date, then the Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to at least the Required Minimum at such time, as soon as possible and in any event not later than the 60th day after such date.
Section 4.03 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale, or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Series A Shares to the Investors in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Series A Shares to the Investors.
Section 4.04 Publicity. The Company and each Investor shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor any Investor shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company with respect to any press release of any Investor, or without the prior consent of each Investor with respect to any press release of the Company mentioning such Investor, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.
Section 4.05 Indemnification of Investors. The Company shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Investors and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from: (i) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents and (ii) any action instituted against such Indemnitee in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Indemnitee, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Indemnitee’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Indemnitee may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Indemnitee of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Indemnitee which results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction).
Section 4.06 Equal Treatment of Investors. No consideration (including any modification of any Transaction Document) shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents unless the same consideration is also offered to all of the parties to the Transaction Documents. Further, the Company shall not make any payment on or repurchase any Series A Shares in amounts which are disproportionate to the respective liquidation preference of the outstanding Series A Shares at any applicable time. For clarification purposes, this provision constitutes a separate right granted to each Investor by the Company and negotiated separately by each Investor, and is intended for the Company to treat the Investors as a class and shall not in any way be construed as the Investors acting in concert or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of Securities or otherwise.
Section 4.07 Form D; Blue Sky Filings. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with respect to the Series A Shares as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of any Investor. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Series A Shares for, sale to the Investors at the Closing under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of any Investor.
Section 4.08 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Series A Shares hereunder to: (a) cover the expenses related to the Offering and (b) for general working capital purposes.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by any Investor, as to such Investor’s obligations hereunder only and without any effect whatsoever on the obligations between the Company and the other Investors (except as the Exchange Agreement may be affected), by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated on or before the Termination Date; provided, however, that such termination will not affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).
Section 5.02 Fees and Expenses. The Company shall permit each Investor to withhold from the Company’s proceeds up to $10,000 for expenses incurred by them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and expenses, transfer agent fees, fees for stock quotation services, fees relating to any amendments or modifications of the Transaction Documents or any consents or waivers of provisions in the Transaction Documents, fees for the preparation of opinions of counsel, escrow fees, and costs of restructuring the transactions contemplated by the Documents.
Section 5.03 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.
Section 5.04 Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the others shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile or email:
if to Investor:
To the address set forth on such Investor’s signature page hereto;
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Cyber App Solutions Corp.
2000 Bering Drive, Suite 875
Houston, TX 77057
Attention: Kenneth Winters, CFO
or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above. Any such notice or communication so given or made shall be deemed to have been given or made and to have been received on the day of delivery if delivered, or on the day of e-mailing or sending by other means of recorded electronic communication, provided that such day in either event is a Business Day and the communication is so delivered, e-mailed or sent before 5:00 p.m. Eastern on such day. Otherwise, such communication shall be deemed to have been given and made and to have been received on the next following Business Day.
Section 5.05 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented, or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Investors holding a majority in Liquidation Preference (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) of the Series A Shares then outstanding or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.
Section 5.06 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Investor (other than by merger). Any Investor may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to
whom such Investor assigns or transfers any Series A Shares, provided that such transfer complies with all applicable federal and State Securities Laws and that such transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound, with respect to the transferred Series A Shares, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Investors.”
Section 5.07 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.
Section 5.08 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be instituted in the Court of Chancery of the State of Nevada (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Nevada declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Nevada, or, if no federal court in the State of Nevada accepts jurisdiction, any state court within the State of Nevada). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, or such courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding.
Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
Section 5.09 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Series A Shares.
Section 5.10 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page was an original thereof.
Section 5.11 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
Section 5.12 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) any of the other Transaction Documents, whenever any Investor exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Investor may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights; provided, however, that in the case of a rescission of a conversion of a Convertible Note, the Investor shall be required to return any securities subject to any such rescinded conversion or exercise notice.
Section 5.13 Replacement of Series A Shares. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Series A Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Series A Shares.
Section 5.14 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investors and the Company will be entitled to seek specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
Section 5.15 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to any Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document or an Investor enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
Section 5.16 Independent Nature of Investors’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Investor under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no Investor shall be responsible in any way for the performance or non-performance of the obligations of any other Investor under any Transaction Document. Nothing contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to
constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture, or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Each Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Investor has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and negotiation of the Transaction Documents. The Company has elected to provide all Investors with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Investors.
Section 5.17 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.
Section 5.18 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date below.
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Securities Purchase Agreement Investor Counterpart Signature Page
The undersigned, desiring to: (i) enter into this Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of August 8, 2024 (the “Agreement”), with the undersigned, Cyber App Solutions Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “Company”), in or substantially in the form furnished to the undersigned and (ii) purchase the Series A Shares as set forth below, hereby agrees to purchase such Series A Shares from the Company as of the Closing and further agrees to join the Agreement as a party thereto, with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto, and to be bound in all respects by the terms and conditions thereof. The undersigned specifically acknowledges having read the representations in this Agreement’s section entitled “Representations Warranties of the Investors”, and hereby represents that the statements contained therein are complete and accurate with respect to the undersigned as an Investor.
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APPENDIX A
CONFIDENTIAL INVESTOR QUESTIONNAIRE
APPENDIX B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 8, 2024, between Cyber App Solutions Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and each of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and each Purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”).
The Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Additional Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c).
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, (i) if the Commission informs the Company that it does not intend to review such Initial Registration Statement, the tenth (10th) Trading Day following such notification or (ii) if such Initial Registration Statement is subject to Commission review, the ninetieth (90th) Trading Day following the Filing Date of the Initial Registration Statement, and with respect to any Additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), (i) if the Commission informs the Company that it does not intend to review such Additional Registration Statement the tenth (10th) Trading Day following such notification or (ii) if such Additional Registration Statement is subject to Commission review, then the ninetieth (90th) Trading Day following the Filing Date of such Additional Registration Statement; provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the tenth (10th) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Filing Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the forty-fifth (45th) calendar day following the Closing Date and, with respect to any Additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the earliest reasonably practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such Additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Permitted Transferee” means (i) any Affiliate of a Purchaser, (ii) any investment fund, vehicle, holding company or similar entity with respect to which a general partner, managing member, manager or advisor of a Purchaser serves as a general partner, managing member, manager or advisor or (iii) without limiting Section 6(f), any successor entity of any Person referred to in clause (i) or (ii).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other form of entity or any group comprised of two or more of the foregoing.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, (i) all of the shares of Common Stock (“Shares”) issuable pursuant to the conversion of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities with respect to any Holder (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by such Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (b) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold by such Holder in accordance with Rule 144, or (c) such securities become eligible for resale by such Holder without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company.
“Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any Additional Registration Statements contemplated by Section 2(c)
or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, OTC Pink Open Markets, or any other National Securities Exchange (as defined in the Exchange Act) (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
2.Registration Statement.
(a)On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e)) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least a majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A and substantially the “Selling Stockholders” section attached hereto as Annex B; provided, however, that no Holder shall be required to be named as an “underwriter” without such Holder’s express prior written consent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) have been sold by all Holders, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (ii) may be sold by all Holders without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that such Registration Statement is declared effective. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424.
(b)Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d) with respect to filing on Form S-3 or other appropriate form, and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(d); provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance.
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the payment of liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(d), if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:
a. First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included other than Registrable Securities; and
b. Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Shares (applied, in the case that some Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Holders).
In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least three (3) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.
(d)If: (i) any Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the applicable Filing Date, (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Act, within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, (iii) prior to the effective date of a Registration Statement, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within ten calendar days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for such Registration Statement to be declared effective, (iv) a Registration Statement registering for resale all of the Registrable Securities is not declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Date of such Registration Statement, or (v) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than 10 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of 15 calendar days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i) and (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iii) the date which such ten calendar day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (v) the date on which such ten or 15 calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 1.0% multiplied by the aggregate Subscription Amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.
(e)If Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.
(f)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Company be permitted to name any Holder or affiliate of a Holder as any Underwriter without the prior written consent of such Holder.
3.Registration Procedures.
In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a)Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement, the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall
reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than four (4) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex C (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section 3(a). The Company shall not be required to include any Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement for any Holder that has not provided such Selling Stockholder Questionnaire.
(b)(i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such Additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably practicable to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that, the Company shall excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c)If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case prior to the applicable Filing Date, an additional Registration Statement (an “Additional Registration Statement”) covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.
(d)Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company 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, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements
included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus; provided, however, that in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(e)Use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f)Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission, provided that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(g)Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h)Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(i)If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may reasonably request.
(j)Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably practicable, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(j) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages otherwise required pursuant to Section 2(d), for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period.
(k)Otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, Rule 172 under the Securities Act, file any final Prospectus, including any supplement or amendment thereof, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, promptly inform the Holders in writing if, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, the Company does not satisfy the conditions specified in Rule 172 and, as a result thereof, the Holders are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with any disposition of Registrable Securities and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to facilitate the registration of the Registrable Securities hereunder.
(l)The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain eligibility for use of Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities.
(m)The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.
4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation,
expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders. The obligation of the Company to bear the expenses described in this Section 4 and to reimburse the Holders for the expenses described in this Section 4 shall apply irrespective of whether any sales of Registrable Securities ultimately take place.
5. Indemnification.
(a)Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including any underwriters and any brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus or in any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing or in any test-the-waters, roadshow or similar investor presentation materials or communications, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact with respect to any of the foregoing required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(c). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising
from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(f).
(b)Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s information provided in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or the proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of a selling Holder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds net of expenses (including, without limitation, net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c)Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel, in addition to local counsel, shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable and documented fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 5) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party, provided that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(d)Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the contribution obligation of a Holder of Registrable Securities be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expenses paid by such Holder in connection with any claim relating to this Section 5 and the amount of any damages such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission) received by it upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a)Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b)Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. The Company shall not file any other registration statements until all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing (i) amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement so long as no new securities are registered on any such existing registration statements and (ii) registration statements on Form S-8 and amendments thereto related to its equity incentive plans.
(c)Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(d).
(d)Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that, if any amendment, modification or waiver disproportionately and adversely impacts a Holder (or group of Holders), the consent of such disproportionately impacted Holder (or group of Holders) shall be required. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(d). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or
modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.
(e)Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
(f)Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to any Permitted Transferee and Persons as permitted under Section 5.06 of the Purchase Agreement.
(g)No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(h)Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
(i)Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
(j)Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(k)Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(l)Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(m)Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and
no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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[COMPANY’S SIGNATURE PAGE TO Cyber App Solutions Corp. REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
[PURCHASER’S SIGNATURE PAGE TO Cyber App Solutions Corp. REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
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