-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JaBG+DDj6dpwH5EEVqsyEdj5Hy44VwniAwaVeAT8/w8HDTUiUZku47TPhZf/y81p 4ZwHTLgYx1EcSQ0xF4Qkiw== 0001144204-08-033823.txt : 20080605 0001144204-08-033823.hdr.sgml : 20080605 20080605152711 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-033823 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080530 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080605 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080605 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001022701 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 363680347 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21743 FILM NUMBER: 08882902 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CORPORATE CENTER II,SUITE 500 STREET 2: TWO CONCOURSE PARKWAY CITY: ATLANTA, STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 BUSINESS PHONE: 678-638-0460 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CORPORATE CENTER II,SUITE 500 STREET 2: TWO CONCOURSE PARKWAY CITY: ATLANTA, STATE: GA ZIP: 30328 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DEVSYS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960911 8-K 1 v116684_8k.htm

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 

 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of the
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 

 
Date of Report: May 30, 2008
 
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware
 
0-21743
 
36-3680347
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


Two Concourse Parkway, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA
 
30328
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
     
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
 
(678) 638-0460

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13c-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 


Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
 
YA Global Financing

On May 30, 2008, NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") issued and sold a secured convertible debenture (the “Debenture”) to YA Global Investments, L.P. (the “Investor”) in the principal amount of Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($790,000). The Debenture shall mature, unless extended by the holder in accordance with the terms of the Debenture, on May 30, 2010 (“Maturity Date”). The Debenture shall accrue interest at a rate equal to fifteen percent (15%) per annum and such interest shall be paid quarterly in arrears beginning on July 1, 2008 and on the Maturity Date or sooner as provided therein) in cash. At any time after the Transaction Date, the Investor shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid principal and accrued interest thereon into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a price equal to the lesser of $0.015 and eighty percent (80%) of the lowest volume weighted average price of the Common Stock during the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding each conversion date. The Company shall not affect any conversion, and the Investor shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Debenture to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the Investor (together with the Investor’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion.

The Company shall pay an amount equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus a redemption premium equal to twenty percent (20%) of the principal amount being redeemed, and accrued interest.
 
In connection with the Debenture, the Company (a) paid Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000) directly from the proceeds of the closing to Yorkville Advisors LLC (“Investment Manager”) to compensate the Investment Manager for monitoring and managing the purchase and investment made by the Investor pursuant to the Investment Manager’s existing advisory obligations to the Investor, (b) paid a nonrefundable structuring and due diligence fee to the Investment Manager equal to Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) directly from the proceeds of the closing and (c) issued a warrant for the Investor to purchase Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, which such warrant expires on May 30, 2015. In accordance with the terms of the warrant, a copy of which is attached hereto, in no event shall the holder be entitled t exercise the warrant for a number of shares in excess of that number of warrant shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock following such exercise, except within sixty (60) days of May 30, 2015. If at the time of exercise the warrant shares are not subject to an effective registration statement or if an event of default thereunder has occurred, the holder may make a cashless exercise of the warrant in accordance with the formula set forth in the warrant.

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In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company with or into another person, or (2) sale by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company of more than one-half of the assets of the Company in one or a series of related transactions, the Investor shall have the right to (A) declare the entire amount due and owing under the Debenture, (B) exercise its rights available as if an Event of Default has occurred (as such term is defined in the Debenture, (C) convert the aggregate amount of the Debenture then outstanding into the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger, consolidation or sale, and the Investor shall be entitled upon such event or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which such aggregate principal amount of the Debenture could have been converted immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been entitled, or (D) in the case of a merger or consolidation, require the surviving entity to issue to the Investor a convertible debenture with a principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debenture then held by the Investor, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing thereon, which such newly issued convertible debenture shall have terms identical (including with respect to conversion) to the terms of the Debenture, and shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of the Investor of the Debenture set forth therein and the agreements pursuant to which the Debenture was issued. The terms of any such merger, sale or consolidation shall include such terms so as to continue to give the Investor the right to receive the securities, cash and property upon any conversion or redemption following such event.
 
The Debenture is secured by (a) certain Pledged Property, as such term is defined in that certain Security Agreement, dated August 24, 2007, by and among the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries made a party thereto and the Investor and perfected pursuant to UCC-1 Financing Statements filed with the Delaware Department of State (the UCC Filing Section) on or about August 24, 2007 and with the Florida Secured Transaction Registry on or about August 24, 2007 and (b) certain Patent Collateral, as such term is defined in that certain Security Agreement (Patent), dated August 24, 2007, by and among the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries made a party thereto and the Investor.
 
Settlement and Release Agreement (Hoffman)
 
On June 3, 2008, in connection with the resignation of Mr. William Hoffman which was effective on May 22, 2008, the Company and Mr. Hoffman consummated a Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Agreement”) whereby the parties agreed to terminate Mr. Hoffman’s June 18, 2007 Employment Agreement, effective May 29, 2008. Pursuant to the Hoffman Agreement, the Company agreed to pay to Mr. Hoffman a severance payment equal to One Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five-Hundred Dollars ($187,500), of which Ninety-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($93,750) has already been paid and the remainder shall be paid to the Executive in four (4) equal monthly installments of Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($23,437.50) commencing on November 1, 2008 in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices.
 
Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the Hoffman Agreement, Mr. Hoffman is entitled to continue to participate in or receive health, welfare, life insurance, long-term disability insurance and similar benefits as the Company provides generally from time to time to its senior executives, and to its employees, generally, through and until the earlier of (a) the last day of the month in which the final installment payment is paid (the “Expiration Date”) and (b) such date that Mr. Hoffman obtains employment and becomes eligible for benefits of such employer. Mr. Hoffman was also granted an option to purchase Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at $0.01 per share. All of such options have vested and are exercisable through the Expiration Date. A copy of the Hoffman Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and a copy of Mr. Hoffman’s Resignation Letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6.

Settlement and Release Agreement (Pazera)
 
On June 2, 2008, the Company and Frank J. Pazera entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Pazera Agreement”) whereby the parties agreed to terminate Mr. Pazera’s January 1, 2008 Employment Agreement, effective June 2, 2008. Pursuant to the Pazera Agreement, the Company agreed to pay to Mr. Pazera a severance payment equal to Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars ($66,667), which such payment shall be made to Mr. Pazera in eight (8) equal semi-monthly installments of Eight-Thousand Three-Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($8,333.38) commencing on June 15, 2008 (the “Commencement Date”) in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices.

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Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the Pazera Agreement, Mr. Pazera is entitled to continue to participate in or receive medical, life, and disability insurance as the Company provides generally from time to time to its senior executives, and to its employees, generally, through and until the until the earlier of (a) the last day of the month in which the final installment payment is paid in accordance with Section 3 herein above (the “Expiration Date”) and (b) such date that the Executive obtains employment and becomes eligible for benefits of such employer. Furthermore, the Company shall pay to Mr. Pazera Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) within five (5) days of the Commencement Date, which such payment represents fifty percent (50%) of Mr. Pazera’s first quarter 2008 bonus under his now terminated Employment Agreement. A copy of the Pazera Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7.
 
ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
 
On June 2, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed J. Scott Womble to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective May 22, 2008. Mr. Womble replaces Mr. Frank J. Pazera, who had joined the Company on October 19, 2007 as Chief Financial Officer and amicably resigned effective as of May 22, 2008. A copy of Mr. Pazera’s resignation letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8.
 
Mr. Womble previously served as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2007 through October 19, 2007 and then as a consultant to the Company through May 22, 2008. Prior to his service as interim CFO, Mr. Womble had worked as the Company’s Director of Financial Reporting and Controller since April 2006, where he has been responsible of all aspects of the Company’s financial reporting process. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Womble was Corporate Controller for Bonded Builders, a Port Charlotte, Florida based insurance company.
 
Mr. Womble shall receive a base salary equal to $150,000, payable semi-monthly, plus health, welfare, life insurance, long-term disability insurance and similar benefits as the Company provides generally from time to time to its senior executives. Additionally, Mr. Womble shall receive a bonus equal to 30% of his base salary subject to the satisfaction by Mr. Womble of certain performance targets as determined by the Board of Directors.
 
ITEM 3.02. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
 
See Item 1.01 herein above.
 
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

(c)  Not applicable.

(d) Exhibit No. Description:

EXHIBIT
 
DESCRIPTION
 
LOCATION
         
Exhibit 10.1
 
Secured Convertible Debenture, dated May 30, 2008, issued by the Company to YA Global Investments, L.P.
 
Provided herewith
         
Exhibit 10.2
 
Warrant, dated May 30, 2008, issued by the Company to YA Global Investments, L.P.
 
Provided herewith
 
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EXHIBIT
 
DESCRIPTION
 
LOCATION
         
Exhibit 10.3
 
Security Agreement, dated August 24, 2007, by and among the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries made a party thereto and YA Global Investments, L.P.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on August 30, 2007
         
Exhibit 10.4
 
Patent Security Agreement, dated August 24, 2007, by and among the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries made a party thereto and YA Global Investments, L.P.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on August 30, 2007
         
Exhibit 10.5
 
Settlement Agreement and Release, dated June 3, 2008, by and between the Company and William Hoffman
 
Provided herewith
         
Exhibit 10.6
 
Resignation Letter, effective May 22, 2008, executed by William Hoffman
 
Provided herewith
         
Exhibit 10.7
 
Settlement Agreement and Release, dated June 2, 2008, by and between the Company and Frank J. Pazera
 
Provided herewith
         
Exhibit 10.8
 
Resignation Letter, effective May 22, 2008, executed by Frank J. Pazera
 
Provided herewith

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SIGNATURE

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

Date:     June 5, 2008
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLGIES, INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Scott Womble
 
Name:
Scott Womble
 
Its:
Chief Financial Officer
 
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EX-10.1 2 v116684_ex10-1.htm
NEITHER THIS DEBENTURE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS DEBENTURE IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN SOLD 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.
 
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
Secured Convertible Debenture
 
Issuance Date: May 30, 2008
Original Principal Amount: $790,000
No. NEO-2008-3
 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby promises to pay to the order of YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P f/k/a Cornell Capital Partners, L.P., or registered assigns (the "Holder") the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the "Principal") when due, upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest ("Interest") on any outstanding Principal at the applicable Interest Rate from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the "Issuance Date") until the same becomes due and payable as set forth below, or upon acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof). This Secured Convertible Debenture (including all Secured Convertible Debentures issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this "Debenture") is one of an issue of Secured Convertible Debentures issued by the Company to the Holder (collectively, the "Debentures" and such other Convertible Debentures, the "Other Debentures"). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 17.
 
(1) GENERAL TERMS
 
(a) Payment of Principal. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest. The "Maturity Date" shall be May 30, 2010, as may be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default (as defined below) shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) or any event shall have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default. Other than as specifically permitted by this Debenture, the Company may not prepay or redeem any portion of the outstanding Principal without the prior written consent of the Holder.



(b) Interest. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance hereof at an annual rate equal to fifteen percent (15%) (“Interest Rate”). Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Interest hereunder shall be paid quarterly in arrears, beginning on July 1, 2008, and on the Maturity Date (or sooner as provided herein) to the Holder or its assignee in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of Debentures at the option of the Company in cash.
 
(c) Security. The Debenture is secured by (i) a security interest in all of the assets of the Company and of each of the Company's subsidiaries pursuant to the Security Agreement dated August 24, 2007 (the “Security Agreement”) and (ii) a security interest in all of the patents, trademarks and copyrights of the Company and of each of the Company's subsidiaries pursuant to the Patent Security Agreement dated as of August 24, 2007 (the “Patent Security Agreement”) (the Security Agreement and the Patent Security Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Security Documents”).
 
(2) EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
 
(a) An “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
 
(i) the Company's failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, or other amounts when and as due under this Debenture (including, without limitation, the Company's failure to pay any redemption payments or amounts hereunder) or any other Transaction Document;
 
(ii) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or there is commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 61 days; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company suffers any appointment of any custodian, private or court appointed receiver or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action is taken by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

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(iii) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall default in any of its obligations under any other debenture or any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in an amount exceeding $100,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;
 
(iv) If the Common Stock is quoted or listed for trading on any of the following and it ceases to be so quoted or listed for trading and shall not again be quoted or listed for trading on any Primary Market within five (5) Trading Days of such delisting: (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York Stock Exchange, (c) the Nasdaq Global Market, (d) the Nasdaq Capital Market, or (e) the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) (each, a “Primary Market”);
 
(v) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in Section 6) unless in connection with such Change of Control Transaction this Debenture is retired;
 
(vi) (RESERVED)
 
(vii) The Company's (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within five (5) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Failure or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Debentures, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of any Debentures into shares of Common Stock that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of the Debentures, other than pursuant to Section 4(c);
 
(viii) The Company shall fail for any reason to deliver the payment in cash pursuant to a Buy-In (as defined herein) within three (3) Business Days after such payment is due;
 
(ix) The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any breach or default of any provision of this Debenture (except as may be covered by Section 2(a)(i) through 2(a)(vii) hereof) or any Transaction Document (as defined in Section 17) which is not cured within the time prescribed.

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(x) any Event of Default (as defined in the Other Debentures) occurs with respect to any Other Debentures, or with respect to any other debentures issued by the Company to the Holder.
 
(b) During the time that any portion of this Debenture is outstanding, if any Event of Default has occurred, the full unpaid Principal amount of this Debenture, together with interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof, to the date of acceleration shall become at the Holder's election, immediately due and payable in cash; provided however, the Holder may request (but shall have no obligation to request) payment of such amounts in Common Stock of the Company. If an Event of Default (after giving effect to any specified cure period) occurs and for so long as such Event of Default remains uncured, the Interest Rate on this Debenture shall immediately become twenty-four percent (24%) per annum and shall remain at such increased interest rate until the applicable Event of Default is cured. Furthermore, in addition to any other remedies, the Holder shall have the right (but not the obligation) to convert this Debenture at any time after (x) an Event of Default or (y) the Maturity Date at the lower of the Conversion Price or the Company Conversion Price. The Holder need not provide and the Company hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, (other than required notice of conversion) and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such declaration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder. No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
 
(3) COMPANY REDEMPTIONS 
 
The Company shall be permitted to prepay this Debenture, in whole or in part, at any time. In order to make a redemption pursuant to this Section, the Company shall first provide written notice to the Holder of its intention to make a redemption (the “Redemption Notice”) setting forth the amount of Principal it desires to redeem (the “Redemption Amount”). The Company shall pay an amount equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus a redemption premium (“Redemption Premium”) equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Principal amount being redeemed, and accrued Interest, (collectively referred to as the “Company Additional Redemption Amount”). In order to make a redemption pursuant to this Section, the Company shall first provide written notice to the Holder of its intention to make a redemption (the “Redemption Notice”) setting forth the amount of Principal it desires to redeem. After receipt of the Redemption Notice the Holder shall have five (5) Business Days to elect to convert all or any portion of this Debenture, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4(b). On the sixth (6th) Business Day after the Redemption Notice, the Company shall deliver to the Holder the Company Additional Redemption Amount with respect to the Principal amount redeemed after giving effect to conversions effected during the five (5) Business Day period.
 
(4) CONVERSION OF DEBENTURE. This Debenture shall be convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 4.

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(a) Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(c), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 4(b), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to this Section 4(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the "Conversion Rate"). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.
 
(i) "Conversion Amount" means the portion of the Principal and accrued Interest to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made.
 
(ii) "Conversion Price" means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, the lesser of (a) $0.01 (the “Fixed Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as provided herein, or (b) eighty percent (80%) of the lowest Volume Weighted Average Price during the ten (10) Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date (the “Market Conversion Price”).
 
(b) Mechanics of Conversion.
 
(i) Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a "Conversion Date"), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the "Conversion Notice") to the Company and (B) if required by Section 4(b)(iv), surrender this Debenture to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking reasonably satisfactory to the Company with respect to this Debenture in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the third Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company shall (X) if legends are not required to be placed on certificates of Common Stock pursuant to any agreements between the Company and the Holder and provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company's ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required pursuant to any agreement between the Company and the Holder. If this Debenture is physically surrendered for conversion and the outstanding Principal of this Debenture is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of this Debenture and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Debenture representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Debenture shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock upon the transmission of a Conversion Notice.
 
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(ii) Company's Failure to Timely Convert. If within three (3) Trading Days after the Company's receipt of the facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon such holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount (a "Conversion Failure"), and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out of pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "Buy-In Price"), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.
 
(iii) Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Debenture is being converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Debenture upon physical surrender of this Debenture. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal and Interest converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Debenture upon conversion.
 
(c) Limitations on Conversions.
 
(i) Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect any conversions of this Debenture and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture or receive shares of Common Stock as payment of interest hereunder to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of such interest payment, the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof, would beneficially own (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of shares as payment of interest. Since the Holder will not be obligated to report to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the conversion at issue would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Holder or an affiliate thereof, the Holder shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion hereunder and to the extent that the Holder determines that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which portion of the principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be the responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Conversion Notice for a principal amount of this Debenture that, without regard to any other shares that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the conversion for the maximum principal amount permitted to be converted on such Conversion Date in accordance with Section 4(a) and, any principal amount tendered for conversion in excess of the permitted amount hereunder shall remain outstanding under this Debenture. The provisions of this Section may be waived by a Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other Holder) upon not less than 65 days prior notice to the Company. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.

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(d) Other Provisions.
 
(i) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding amounts under this Debenture; and within three (3) Business Days following the receipt by the Company of a Holder's notice that such minimum number of Underlying Shares is not so reserved, the Company shall promptly reserve a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to comply with such requirement.
 
(ii) All calculations under this Section 4 shall be rounded to the nearest $0.0001 or whole share.
 
(iii) The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture and payment of interest on this Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder, not less than such number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to any additional requirements of the Company as to reservation of such shares set forth in this Debenture or in the Transaction Documents) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions set forth herein) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid, nonassessable and, if the Underlying Shares Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act, registered for public sale in accordance with such Underlying Shares Registration Statement.
 
(iv) Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 2 herein for the Company 's failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief, in each case without the need to post a bond or provide other security. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

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(5) Adjustments to Conversion Price
 
(a) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock. If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 5(a) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock, excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in connection with any Excluded Securities, for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) less than a price equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale (such price the "Applicable Price") (the foregoing a "Dilutive Issuance"), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion Price under this Section 5(a), the following shall be applicable:
 
(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section, the "lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option" shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities.
 
(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section, the "lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise" shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon the conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price had been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
 
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(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock changes at any time, the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such change shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section, if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Issuance Date are changed in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such change. No adjustment shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.
 
(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (x) the aggregate fair market value of such Options and other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction, less (y) the fair market value of the securities other than such Option, issued or sold in such transaction and the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction will be deemed to have been issued or sold for the balance of the consideration received by the Company. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the gross amount raised by the Company; provided, however, that such gross amount is not greater than 110% of the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Bid Price of such securities on the date of receipt. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the "Valuation Event"), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be deemed binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.
 
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(v) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
 
(b) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall (a) pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock, (b) subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (c) combine (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (d) issue by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
 
(c) Purchase Rights. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the "Purchase Rights"), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Debenture (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Debenture) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
 
(d) Other Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 4 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Conversion Price so as to protect the rights of the Holder under this Debenture; provided that no such adjustment will increase the Conversion Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 5.

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(e) Other Corporate Events. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a "Corporate Event"), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Debenture, at the Holder's option, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Debenture) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Debenture initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Debenture.
 
(f) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 5 hereof, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
 
(g) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company of more than one-half of the assets of the Company in one or a series of related transactions, a Holder shall have the right to (A) declare the entire amount due and owing under the Debenture (A) exercise any rights under Section 2(b), (B) convert the aggregate amount of this Debenture then outstanding into the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger, consolidation or sale, and such Holder shall be entitled upon such event or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which such aggregate principal amount of this Debenture could have been converted immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been entitled, or (C) in the case of a merger or consolidation, require the surviving entity to issue to the Holder a convertible Debenture with a principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of this Debenture then held by such Holder, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing thereon, which such newly issued convertible Debenture shall have terms identical (including with respect to conversion) to the terms of this Debenture, and shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of the Holder of this Debenture set forth herein and the agreements pursuant to which this Debentures were issued. In the case of clause (C), the conversion price applicable for the newly issued shares of convertible preferred stock or convertible Debentures shall be based upon the amount of securities, cash and property that each share of Common Stock would receive in such transaction and the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness or closing date for such transaction. The terms of any such merger, sale or consolidation shall include such terms so as to continue to give the Holder the right to receive the securities, cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption following such event. This provision shall similarly apply to successive such events.

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(6) REISSUANCE OF THIS DEBENTURE.
 
(a) Transfer. If this Debenture is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Debenture to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Debenture (in accordance with Section 6(d)), registered in the name of the registered transferee or assignee, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less then the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Debenture (in accordance with Section 6(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 4(b)(iii) following conversion or redemption of any portion of this Debenture, the outstanding Principal represented by this Debenture may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Debenture.
 
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Debenture. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Debenture, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Debenture, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Debenture (in accordance with Section 6(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.
 
(c) Debenture Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Debenture is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Debenture or Debentures (in accordance with Section 6(d)) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Debenture, and each such new Debenture will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.
 
(d) Issuance of New Debentures. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Debenture pursuant to the terms of this Debenture, such new Debenture (i) shall be of like tenor with this Debenture, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Debenture, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Debenture being issued pursuant to Section 6(a) or Section 6(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Debentures issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Debenture immediately prior to such issuance of new Debentures), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Debenture, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Debenture, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Debenture, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest from the Issuance Date.
 
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(7) NOTICES. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Trading Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

If to the Company, to:
Neomedia Technologies, Inc.
 
Two Concourse Parkway, Suite 500
 
Atlanta, GA 30328
 
Attention:
Frank Pazera
 
Telephone:
(678) 638-0460
 
Facsimile:
(678) 638-0467
   
With a copy to:
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
 
200 South Biscayne Boulevard – Suite 3900
 
Miami, FL 33131-2399
 
Attention:
Clayton E. Parker, Esq.
 
Telephone:
(305) 539-3300
 
Facsimile:
(305) 358-7095
     
If to the Holder:
YA Global Investments, LP
 
101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700
 
Jersey City, NJ 07303
 
Attention:
Mark Angelo
 
Telephone:
(201) 985-8300
   
With a copy to:
David Gonzalez, Esq.
 
101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700
 
Jersey City, NJ 07302
 
Telephone:
(201) 985-8300
 
Facsimile:
(201) 985-8266

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

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(8) Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest and other charges (if any) on, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct obligation of the Company. As long as this Debenture is outstanding, the Company shall not and shall cause their subsidiaries not to, without the consent of the Holder, (i) amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any rights of the Holder; (ii) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire shares of its Common Stock or other equity securities other than as to the Underlying Shares to the extent permitted or required under the Transaction Documents; or (iii) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
 
(9) This Debenture shall not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including without limitation, the right to vote, to receive dividends and other distributions, or to receive any notice of, or to attend, meetings of stockholders or any other proceedings of the Company, unless and to the extent converted into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.
 
(10) No indebtedness of the Company is senior to this Debenture in right of payment, whether with respect to interest, damages or upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise. Without the Holder’s consent, the Company will not and will not permit any of their subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits there from that is senior in any respect to the obligations of the Company under this Debenture.
 
(11) This Debenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to conflicts of laws thereof. Each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of the State of New Jersey sitting in Hudson County, New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey in connection with any dispute arising under this Debenture and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non conveniens to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions.
 
(12) If the Company fails to strictly comply with the terms of this Debenture, then the Company shall reimburse the Holder promptly for all fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Holder in any action in connection with this Debenture, including, without limitation, those incurred: (i) during any workout, attempted workout, and/or in connection with the rendering of legal advice as to the Holder’s rights, remedies and obligations, (ii) collecting any sums which become due to the Holder, (iii) defending or prosecuting any proceeding or any counterclaim to any proceeding or appeal; or (iv) the protection, preservation or enforcement of any rights or remedies of the Holder.
 
(13) Any waiver by the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Debenture. The failure of the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture. Any waiver must be in writing.

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(14) If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder shall violate applicable laws governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum permitted rate of interest. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impeded the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.
 
(15) Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
 
(16) THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES’ ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
 
(17) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS  For purposes of this Debenture, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
(a) Approved Stock Plan” means a stock option plan that has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued only to any employee, officer, or director for services provided to the Company.
 
(b) "Bloomberg" means Bloomberg Financial Markets.
 
(c) Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.
 
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(d) Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Company (except that the acquisition of voting securities by the Holder or any other current holder of convertible securities of the Company shall not constitute a Change of Control Transaction for purposes hereof), (b) a replacement at one time or over time of more than one-half of the members of the board of directors of the Company which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the date hereof), (c) the merger, consolidation or sale of fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in one or a series of related transactions with or into another entity, or (d) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (a), (b) or (c).
 
(e) Closing Bid Price” means the price per share in the last reported trade of the Common Stock on a Primary Market or on the exchange which the Common Stock is then listed as quoted by Bloomberg.
 
(f) Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
 
(g) Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(h) Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.001, of the Company and stock of any other class into which such shares may hereafter be changed or reclassified.
 
(i) "Company Conversion Price" means, the lower of (i) the applicable Conversion Price and (ii) that price which shall be computed as fifty percent (50%) of the lowest daily Volume Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the applicable Installment Date. All such determinations to be appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar transaction.

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(j) "Equity Conditions" means that each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) on each day during the period beginning two (2) weeks prior to the applicable date of determination and ending on and including the applicable date of determination (the "Equity Conditions Measuring Period"), either (x) the Underlying Shares Registration Statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be effective and available for the resale of all applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination or (y) all applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination shall be eligible for sale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws; (ii) on each day during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Common Stock is designated for quotation on the Principal Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange or market nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market been threatened or pending either (A) in writing by such exchange or market or (B) by falling below the then effective minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market; (iii) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, the Company shall have delivered Conversion Shares upon conversion of the Debentures to the Holder on a timely basis as set forth in Section 4(b)(ii) hereof; (iv) any applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination may be issued in full without violating Section 4(c) hereof and the rules or regulations of the Primary Market; (v) during the Equity Conditions Measuring Period, there shall not have occurred either (A) an Event of Default or (B) an event that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default; and (vii) the Company shall have no knowledge of any fact that would cause (x) the Registration Statements required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement not to be effective and available for the resale of all applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination or (y) any applicable shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the event requiring determination not to be eligible for sale without restriction and without the need for registration under any applicable federal or state securities laws.
 
(k) "Equity Conditions Failure" means that on any applicable date the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holder).
 
(l) Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
(m) Excluded Securities” means, (a) shares issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (b) shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any right, option, obligation or security outstanding on the date prior to date hereof, provided that the terms of such right, option, obligation or security are not amended or otherwise modified on or after the date hereof, and provided that the conversion price, exchange price, exercise price or other purchase price is not reduced, adjusted or otherwise modified and the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable is not increased (whether by operation of, or in accordance with, the relevant governing documents or otherwise) on or after the date hereof, (c) shares issued in connection with any acquisition by the Company, whether through an acquisition of stock or a merger of any business, assets or technologies, leasing arrangement or any other transaction the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital, and (d) the shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon conversion of this Debenture.
 
(n) Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
 
(o) Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of this Debenture regardless of the number of transfers and regardless of the number of instruments, which may be issued to evidence such Debenture.

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(p) Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.
 
(q) Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
(r) Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted on the OTCBB or quoted or traded on such Primary Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then quoted or listed; provided, that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
 
(s) Transaction Documents” means the Securities Purchase Agreements between the Company and the Holder, and all agreements made or delivered in connection therewith, including, without limitation, the Security Documents, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and the Registration Rights Agreement (as those terms are defined in the various Securities Purchase Agreements).
 
(t) Underlying Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture or as payment of interest in accordance with the terms hereof.
 
(u) Underlying Shares Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, covering among other things the resale of the Underlying Shares and naming the Holder as a “selling stockholder” thereunder.
 
(v) "Volume Weighted Average Price" means, for any security as of any date, the daily dollar volume-weighted average price for such security as reported by Bloomberg through its “Historical Price Table Screen (HP)” with “Market: Weighted Ave” function selected, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by Pink Sheets LLC.
 
(w) "Warrants" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Purchase Agreements between the Company and the Holder, and shall include all warrants issued in exchange therefor or replacement thereof.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Secured Convertible Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.

 
COMPANY:
 
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
   
 
By:
/s/ Scott Womble
 
Name:   Scott Womble
 
Title:     Chief Financial Officer



EXHIBIT I
CONVERSION NOTICE
 
(To be executed by the Holder in order to Convert the Debenture)
 
TO:
 
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $__________________________ of the principal amount of Debenture No. NEO-2008-3 into Shares of Common Stock of NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., according to the conditions stated therein, as of the Conversion Date written below.
 
Conversion Date:
   
     
Conversion Amount to be converted:
 
$
     
Conversion Price:
 
$
     
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
   
     
Amount of Debenture Unconverted:
 
$
     
Please issue the shares of Common Stock in the following name and to the following address:
 
Issue to:
   
     
Authorized Signature:
   
     
Name:
   
     
Title:
   
     
Broker DTC Participant Code:
   
     
Account Number:
   
 

 
EX-10.2 3 v116684_ex10-2.htm
WARRANT
 
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT.
 
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
Warrant To Purchase Common Stock
 
Warrant No.: NEO-2008-3
Number of Shares:
50,000,000
 
Warrant Exercise Price:
$0.01
 
Expiration Date:
May 30, 2015

Date of Issuance: May 30, 2008

Neomedia Technologies, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, YA Global Investments, L.P. (the “Holder”), the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns, is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company upon surrender of this Warrant, at any time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) up to Fifty Million (50,000,000) fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined herein) of the Company (the “Warrant Shares”) at the exercise price per share provided in Section 1(b) below or as subsequently adjusted; provided, however, that in no event shall the holder be entitled to exercise this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates to exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock following such exercise, except within sixty (60) days of the Expiration Date (however, such restriction may be waived by Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other holder) upon not less than 65 days prior notice to the Company). For purposes of the foregoing proviso, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such proviso is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, unexercised Warrants beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or preferred stock) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock a holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written request of any holder, the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day following the receipt of such notice, confirm in writing to any such holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the exercise of Warrants (as defined below) by such holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.



Section 1.
 
(a) This Warrant is issued and is being purchased in connection with the purchase by the Holder from the Company of a Secured Convertible Debenture (the “Debenture”) in the face amount of Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($790,000), dated the date hereof. Each Capitalized term used, and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Debenture.
 
(b) Definitions. The following words and terms as used in this Warrant shall have the following meanings:
 
(i) Approved Stock Plan” means a stock option plan that has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company prior to the date hereof, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued only to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Company.
 
(ii) Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
 
(iii) Closing Bid Price” means the closing bid price of Common Stock as quoted on the Principal Market (as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”) through its “Volume at Price” function).
 
(iv) Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
 
(v) Event of Default” means an event of default under the Debenture.

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(vi) Excluded Securities” means, (a) shares issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan, (b) shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any right, option, obligation or security outstanding on the date hereof, provided that the terms of such right, option, obligation or security are not amended or otherwise modified on or after the date hereof, and provided that the conversion price, exchange price, exercise price or other purchase price is not reduced, adjusted or otherwise modified and the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable is not increased (whether by operation of, or in accordance with, the relevant governing documents or otherwise) on or after the date hereof, and (c) the shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures or exercise of the Warrants.
 
(vii) Expiration Date” means May 30, 2015.
 
(viii) Issuance Date” means the date hereof.
 
(ix) Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
 
(x) Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
 
(xi) Primary Market” means on any of (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York Stock Exchange, (c) the Nasdaq Global Select Market, (d) the Nasdaq Global Market, (e) the Nasdaq Capital Market, or (e) the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”)
 
(xii) Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(xiii) Warrant” means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
 
(xiv) Warrant Exercise Price” shall be $0.01 or as subsequently adjusted as provided in Section 8 hereof.
 
(c) Other Definitional Provisions.
 
(i) Except as otherwise specified herein, all references herein (A) to the Company shall be deemed to include the Company’s successors and (B) to any applicable law defined or referred to herein shall be deemed references to such applicable law as the same may have been or may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
 
(ii) When used in this Warrant, the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder and words of similar import, shall refer to this Warrant as a whole and not to any provision of this Warrant, and the words “Section”, “Schedule”, and “Exhibit” shall refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this Warrant unless otherwise specified.
 
(iii) Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine or feminine, and the singular number includes the plural, and vice versa.

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Section 2. Exercise of Warrant.
 
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter provided, at any time on any Business Day on or after the opening of business on such Business Day, commencing with the first day after the date hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (i) by delivery of a written notice, in the form of the subscription notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), of such holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes) (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds and the surrender of this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following such date (“Cash Basis”) or (ii) if at the time of exercise, the Warrant Shares are not subject to an effective registration statement or if an Event of Default has occurred, by delivering an Exercise Notice and in lieu of making payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price in cash or wire transfer, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (the “Cashless Exercise”):
 
Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)
                                   B

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

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

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

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

In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 2, the Company shall on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following the date of receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate Exercise Price and this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) and the receipt of the representations of the holder specified in Section 6 hereof, if requested by the Company (the “Exercise Delivery Documents”), and if the Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled to the holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company; provided, however, if the holder who submitted the Exercise Notice requested physical delivery of any or all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC eligible then the Company shall, on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day following receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, issue and surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the holder, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled pursuant to such request. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice and Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price, the Closing Bid Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number of Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the holder via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the holder’s Exercise Notice.

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(b) If the holder and the Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares within one (1) day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or the Closing Bid Price to an independent, reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to its independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause the investment banking firm or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the holder of the results no later than forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment banking firm’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error.
 
(c) Unless the rights represented by this Warrant shall have expired or shall have been fully exercised, the Company shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after any exercise and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant identical in all respects to this Warrant exercised except it shall represent rights to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant exercised, less the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which such Warrant is exercised.
 
(d) No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued upon any pro rata exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Warrant Shares issued upon such exercise of this Warrant shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.
 
(e) If the Company or its Transfer Agent shall fail for any reason or for no reason to issue to the holder within ten (10) days of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the holder is entitled or to credit the holder’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company for such number of Warrant Shares to which the holder is entitled upon the holder’s exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, in addition to any other remedies under this Warrant or otherwise available to such holder, pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day the issuance of such certificate for Warrant Shares is not timely effected an amount equal to 0.025% of the product of (A) the sum of the number of Warrant Shares not issued to the holder on a timely basis and to which the holder is entitled, and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Common Stock to the holder without violating this Section 2.

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(f) If within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the holder for the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2 hereof, then, in addition to any other available remedies under this Warrant, or otherwise available to such holder, the Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day after such tenth (10th) day that such delivery of such new Warrant is not timely effected in an amount equal to 0.25% of the product of (A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by the portion of this Warrant which is not being exercised and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Warrant to the holder without violating this Section 2.
 
Section 3. Covenants as to Common Stock. The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
 
(a) This Warrant is, and any Warrants issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant will upon issuance be, duly authorized and validly issued.
 
(b) All Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
 
(c) During the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved at least one hundred percent (100%) of the number of shares of Common Stock needed to provide for the exercise of the rights then represented by this Warrant and the par value of said shares will at all times be less than or equal to the applicable Warrant Exercise Price. If at any time the Company does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, then the Company shall call and hold a special meeting of its stockholders within sixty (60) days of that time for the sole purpose of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock.
 
(d) If at any time after the date hereof the Company shall file a registration statement, the Company shall include the Warrant Shares issuable to the holder, pursuant to the terms of this Warrant and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Warrant Shares from time to time issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant; and the Company shall so list on each national securities exchange or automated quotation system, as the case may be, and shall maintain such listing of, any other shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant if and so long as any shares of the same class shall be listed on such national securities exchange or automated quotation system.
 
(e) The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of this Warrant in order to protect the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Warrant. The Company will not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) will take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.

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(f) This Warrant will be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
 
Section 4. Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all taxes, except any applicable withholding, which may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant.
 
Section 5. Warrant Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no holder, as such, of this Warrant shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of capital stock of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the holder of this Warrant of the Warrant Shares which he or she is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on such holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section 5, the Company will provide the holder of this Warrant with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.
 
Section 6. Representations of Holder. The holder of this Warrant, by the acceptance hereof, represents that it is acquiring this Warrant and the Warrant Shares for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, the holder does not agree to hold this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. The holder of this Warrant further represents, by acceptance hereof, that, as of this date, such holder is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act (an “Accredited Investor”). Upon exercise of this Warrant the holder shall, if requested by the Company, confirm in writing, in a form satisfactory to the Company, that the Warrant Shares so purchased are being acquired solely for the holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment, and not with a view toward distribution or resale and that such holder is an Accredited Investor. If such holder cannot make such representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a condition to such holder’s exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.

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Section 7. Ownership and Transfer.
 
(a) The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the person in whose name any Warrant is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any transfers made in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.
 
Section 8. Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares. The Warrant Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
 
(a) Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date of this Warrant, the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (other than Excluded Securities) for a consideration per share less than a price (the “Applicable Price”) equal to the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale, then immediately after such issue or sale the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to such consideration per share. Upon each such adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted to the number of shares determined by multiplying the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Warrant Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.
 
(b) Effect on Warrant Exercise Price of Certain Events. For purposes of determining the adjusted Warrant Exercise Price under Section 8(a) above, the following shall be applicable:
 
(i) Issuance of Options. If after the date hereof, the Company in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange of any convertible securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 8(b)(i), the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option or upon conversion or exchange of any convertible security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock or of such convertible securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such convertible securities.

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(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any convertible securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such convertible securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 8(b)(ii), the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the convertible security and upon conversion or exchange of such convertible security. No further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such convertible securities, and if any such issue or sale of such convertible securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price had been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 8(b), no further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
 
(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion or exchange of any convertible securities, or the rate at which any convertible securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock changes at any time, the Warrant Exercise Price in effect at the time of such change shall be adjusted to the Warrant Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or convertible securities provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be correspondingly readjusted. For purposes of this Section 8(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or convertible security that was outstanding as of the Issuance Date of this Warrant are changed in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or convertible security and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such change. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect.
 
(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Common Stock, Options or convertible securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefore will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefore. If any Common Stock, Options or convertible securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of marketable securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the market price of such securities on the date of receipt of such securities. If any Common Stock, Options or convertible securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefore will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock, Options or convertible securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (b) of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (b) of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne jointly by the Company and the holders of Warrants.

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(v) Integrated Transactions. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options will be deemed to have been issued for a consideration of $.01.
 
(vi) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time does not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any shares so owned or held will be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
 
(vii) Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (1) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in convertible securities or (2) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or convertible securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
 
(c) Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company at any time after the date of issuance of this Warrant subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time after the date of issuance of this Warrant combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 8(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

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(d) Distribution of Assets. If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case:
 
(i) any Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Warrant Exercise Price by a fraction of which (A) the numerator shall be the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (B) the denominator shall be the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding such record date; and
 
(ii) either (A) the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased to a number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution multiplied by the reciprocal of the fraction set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i), or (B) in the event that the Distribution is of common stock of a company whose common stock is traded on a national securities exchange or a national automated quotation system, then the holder of this Warrant shall receive an additional warrant to purchase Common Stock, the terms of which shall be identical to those of this Warrant, except that such warrant shall be exercisable into the amount of the assets that would have been payable to the holder of this Warrant pursuant to the Distribution had the holder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date and with an exercise price equal to the amount by which the exercise price of this Warrant was decreased with respect to the Distribution pursuant to the terms of the immediately preceding clause (i).
 
(e) Certain Events. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 8 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Warrant Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of this Warrant so as to protect the rights of the holders of the Warrants; provided, except as set forth in section 8(c),that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(e) will increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 8.
 
(f) Voluntary Adjustments By Company. The Company may at any time during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company.

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(g) Notices.
 
(i) Immediately upon any adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price, the Company will give written notice thereof to the holder of this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment.
 
(ii) The Company will give written notice to the holder of this Warrant at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Organic Change (as defined below), dissolution or liquidation, provided that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such holder.
 
(iii) The Company will also give written notice to the holder of this Warrant at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which any Organic Change, dissolution or liquidation will take place, provided that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to such holder.
 
Section 9. Purchase Rights; Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
 
(a) In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 8 above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the holder of this Warrant will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such holder could have acquired if such holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
 
(b) Any recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another Person or other transaction in each case which is effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock is referred to herein as an “Organic Change.” Prior to the consummation of any (i) sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an acquiring Person or (ii) other Organic Change following which the Company is not a surviving entity, the Company will secure from the Person purchasing such assets or the successor resulting from such Organic Change (in each case, the “Acquiring Entity”) a written agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds (iii) of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding) to deliver to each holder of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants, a security of the Acquiring Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant and satisfactory to the holders of the Warrants (including an adjusted warrant exercise price equal to the value for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger or sale, and exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of the Warrants without regard to any limitations on exercise, if the value so reflected is less than any Applicable Warrant Exercise Price immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale). Prior to the consummation of any other Organic Change, the Company shall make appropriate provision (in form and substance satisfactory to the holders of Warrants representing a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding) to insure that each of the holders of the Warrants will thereafter have the right to acquire and receive in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be) the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder’s Warrants (without regard to any limitations on exercise), such shares of stock, securities or assets that would have been issued or payable in such Organic Change with respect to or in exchange for the number of Warrant Shares which would have been issuable and receivable upon the exercise of such holder’s Warrant as of the date of such Organic Change (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the exercisability of this Warrant).

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Section 10. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant. If this Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company shall promptly, on receipt of an indemnification undertaking (or, in the case of a mutilated Warrant, the Warrant), issue a new Warrant of like denomination and tenor as this Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed.
 
Section 11. Notice. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of receipt is received by the sending party transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
 
If to Holder:
YA Global Investments, L.P.
 
101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700
 
Jersey City, NJ 07302
 
Attention:         Mark A. Angelo
 
Telephone:        (201) 985-8300
 
Facsimile:          (201) 985-8266
   
With Copy to:
David Gonzalez, Esq.
 
101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700
 
Jersey City, NJ 07302
 
Telephone:        (201) 985-8300
 
Facsimile:          (201) 985-8266

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If to the Company, to:
Neomedia Technologies, Inc.
 
Two Concourse Parkway, Suite 500
 
Atlanta, GA 30328
 
Attention:         Scott Womble
 
Telephone:        (678) 638-0460
 
Facsimile:          (678) 638-0467
   
With a copy to:
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
 
200 South Biscayne Boulevard – Suite 3900
 
Miami, FL 33131-2399
 
Attention:         Clayton E. Parker, Esq.
 
Telephone:        (305) 539-3300
 
Facsimile:          (305) 358-7095

If to a holder of this Warrant, to it at the address and facsimile number set forth in this Section 11, or at such other address and facsimile as shall be delivered to the Company upon the issuance or transfer of this Warrant. Each party shall provide five days’ prior written notice to the other party of any change in address or facsimile number. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, facsimile, waiver or other communication, (or (B) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
 
Section 12. Date. The date of this Warrant is set forth on page 1 hereof. This Warrant, in all events, shall be wholly void and of no effect after the close of business on the Expiration Date, except that notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the provisions of Section 8(b) shall continue in full force and effect after such date as to any Warrant Shares or other securities issued upon the exercise of this Warrant.
 
Section 13. Amendment and Waiver. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of the Warrants may be amended and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Company has obtained the written consent of the holders of Warrants representing at least two-thirds of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding; provided that, except for Section 8(d), no such action may increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the number of shares or class of stock obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant without the written consent of the holder of such Warrant.
 
Section 14. Descriptive Headings; Governing Law. The descriptive headings of the several sections and paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. The corporate laws of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New Jersey. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Hudson County and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

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Section 15. Waiver of Jury Trial. AS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH PARTY HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS WARRANT, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THIS WARRANT AND/OR ANY AND ALL OF THE OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRANSACTION.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed as of the date first set forth above.
 
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
By:
/s/ Scott Womble   
Name:
Scott Womble
Title:
Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT
 
EXERCISE NOTICE
 
TO BE EXECUTED
BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT
 
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
The undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase ______________ of the shares of Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of Neomedia Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached Warrant (the “Warrant”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
 
Specify Method of exercise by check mark:
 
1. ___ Cash Exercise
 
(a) Payment of Warrant Exercise Price. The holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price of $______________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
(b) Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder _________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
2. ___ Cashless Exercise
 
(a) Payment of Warrant Exercise Price. In lieu of making payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, the holder elects to receive upon such exercise the Net Number of shares of Common Stock determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
(b) Delivery of Warrant Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder _________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.

Date: _______________ __, ______

Name of Registered Holder

   
   
Title:
   


 
EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT
 
FORM OF WARRANT POWER
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned does hereby assign and transfer to ________________, Federal Identification No. __________, a warrant to purchase ____________ shares of the capital stock of Neomedia Technologies, Inc. represented by warrant certificate no. _____, standing in the name of the undersigned on the books of said corporation. The undersigned does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________, attorney to transfer the warrants of said corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:
       
         
     
By:
  
     
Name:
  
     
Title:
  
 
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SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

This Severance Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") is entered into as of this 3rd day of June, 2008, by and between NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and William Hoffman (the "Executive").

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Executive has tendered his resignation with the Board of Directors of the Company on May 29, 2008, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Executive’s resignation, the Company and the Executive have agreed to terminate the Employment Agreement by and between them dated June 18, 2007 and any subsequent agreements or modifications of the Employment Agreement (the "Employment Agreement") and the employment relationship existing thereunder; and

WHEREAS, both Executive and the Company desire to resolve any differences and/or disputes with respect to Executive's employment and the resignation thereof.

AGREEMENT:

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set forth herein, and for such other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Executive and the Company acknowledge and voluntarily agree as follows:

1.
Recitals. The forgoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.

2.
Termination of Employment Agreement. The Executive and the Company shall terminate the Employment Agreement as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time on May 29, 2008 the (“Effective Date”). As of the Effective Date, all rights of the Executive thereof shall terminate and all terms of the Employment Agreement shall be of no further force or effect.

3.
Severance Payment. In consideration of the termination of the Employment Agreement and the other covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Company shall pay to the Executive a severance payment equal to One Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five-Hundred Dollars ($187,500), of which Ninety-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($93,750) shall be paid by the Company to the Executive within five (5) business days from the Effective Date (the “Initial Payment”) and the remainder shall be paid to the Executive in four (4) equal monthly installments of Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($23,437.50) commencing on November 1, 2008 in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices. The parties agree and acknowledge that the Executive shall receive the Initial Payment as a 1099.
 
 
 

 
 
4.
Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to continue to participate in or receive health, welfare, life insurance, long-term disability insurance and similar benefits as the Company provides generally from time to time to its senior executives, and to its employees, generally, through and until the earlier of (a) the last day of the month in which the final installment payment is paid in accordance with Section 3 herein above (the “Expiration Date”) and (b) such date that the Executive obtains employment and becomes eligible for benefits of such employer. Nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed to require the Company to institute or continue any, or any particular, plan or benefits. Furthermore, the Executive hereby agrees and acknowledges that he shall be obligated to make all monetary contributions in accordance with each applicable benefit plan for so long as he continues to participate in such plans.

5.
Options. In consideration of the termination of the Employment Agreement and the other covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Executive shall be granted by the Company on the Effective Date an option to purchase Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at $0.01 per share (the “Options”) which all such Options shall vest and become exercisable as of the Effective Date through the Expiration Date.

6.
No Additional Payments. The Executive and the Company agree that except as provided in Sections 3, 4 and 5 herein above, the Executive is not entitled to any additional salary, benefits, compensation or other consideration of any nature whatsoever.

7.
Release by Executive. Except with respect to the (i) covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Agreement, the Executive, on behalf of himself, his successors, heirs and assigns, hereby agrees to completely and irrevocably discharge and release the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, affiliate corporations or entities, predecessors, successors and assigns, and their officers, directors, employees, agents and shareholders from any and all claims, demands, actions, damages, lawsuits, obligations, promises, administrative actions, charges and causes of action, and/or liability whatsoever, both known or unknown, in law or in equity, involving any matter arising out of or in any way related, directly or indirectly, to any and all obligations, duties and liabilities under the Employment Agreement and the termination of same, including, but not limited to, any claim of wrongful discharge, breach of contract, and/or employment discrimination in violation arising out of, under, or in relation to the Executive’s employment with the Company, the termination of the Employment Agreement, the Civil Rights Act of 1871, the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Executive Orders 11141, 11246 and 11375 and/or any other state, federal or local Fair Employment Practice law, employment law, or statute.
 
 
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8.
Release by Company. The Company, for itself and its directors, officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities, remises, releases, and forever discharges Executive, his heirs, executors, and administrators, successors, assigns, agents, counsel and representatives, of and from all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, sums of money, covenants, contracts, agreements, claims and demands whatsoever, in law, or in equity, that Company ever had, now has or may have, for, on, or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, that may have arisen by reason of Executive's employment or affiliation with the Company.

9.
Non-Competition. Commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, in the Restricted Area (as defined below), directly or indirectly, engage in, promote, finance, own, operate, develop, sell or manage or assist in or carry on in any business with those companies set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto; provided, however, that Executive may at any time own securities of any business set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto whose securities are publicly traded on a recognized exchange so long as the aggregate holdings of the Executive in any one such company shall constitute not more than five percent (5%) of the voting stock of such company. The phrase “directly or indirectly” used in this Agreement includes the Executive either on his own account, or as a partner, owner, promoter, joint venturer, employee, agent, consultant, advisor, manager, executive, independent contractor, officer, director, stockholder, or otherwise, of an entity.

10.
Non-Solicitation of Employees or Independent Contractors. Commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or independent contractor engaged and/or utilized by the Company in any capacity to terminate his employment with, or engagement by, the Company. Likewise, commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, hire or attempt to hire for another entity or person any employee of the Company or independent contractor engaged and/or utilized by the Company in any capacity.

11.
Non-Solicitation of Customers, Prospective Customers or Vendors. Commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, sell, assemble, manufacture or distribute products or services of the type sold or distributed by the Company to any Customer, Prospective Customer or Vendor (as such terms are defined below) of the Company in the Restricted Area through any entity other than the Company. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company has substantial relationships with its Customers and Vendors, which the Company expends significant time and resources in acquiring and maintaining, and that the Company’s relationships with its Customers and Vendors constitute a significant and valuable asset of the Company. The term “Customer” means any person or entity which has purchased goods, products or services from the Company, entered into any contract for products or services with the Company, and/or entered into any contract for the distribution of any products or services with the Company within the one (1) year immediately preceding the Effective Date. The term “Prospective Customer” means any person or entity which has purchased goods, products or services from the Company, entered into any contract for products or services with the Company, and/or entered into any contract for the distribution of any products or services with the Company within the one (1) year immediately preceding the Effective Date. The term “Vendor” means any supplier, person or entity from which the Company has purchased products or services during the one (1) year immediately preceding the Effective Date.
 
 
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12.
Acknowledgment by Executive. The term “Company” for purposes of Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement means NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its affiliated and related entities, including, without limitation, all of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.’s subsidiaries and joint venturers. It is understood that any affiliated or related entities of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. are intended third-party beneficiaries of such provisions of this Agreement.

13.
Acknowledgement by Company. The Company hereby agrees and acknowledges that the Executive’s obligations under Sections 9, 10 and 11 hereunder are expressly contingent upon the Company’s full and timely compliance with its obligations to make all payments required hereunder and to provide all benefits as provided under the terms of this Agreement. In the event that the Company breaches its obligations under this Agreement, the Executive shall deliver to the Company written notice of said breach. If after thirty (30) days of the Company’s receipt of such written notice from the Executive the Company shall not have cured such breach, the Executive shall be relieved of his obligations under Sections 9, 10 and 11.

14.
Confidentiality. Each party hereto hereby covenants and agrees that this Agreement and its terms and conditions are, collectively and individually, totally confidential, and that from the date of this Agreement forward shall forever be kept totally confidential and shall not in any manner or for any reason be disclosed by both parties without the express written consent of both parties except (a) to each party’s attorneys, accountants, and family members on a "need to know" basis, all of whom shall be informed of and be bound by the provisions of this Section; (b) as may be required by law and by government agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and (c) pursuant to court order or subpoena compelling such disclosure. Should either party receive any such subpoena or court order compelling disclosure, such party shall immediately notify the other party so that it may have the opportunity to interpose an objection. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in any action brought by a party against the other party to enforce any provisions of this Agreement.
 
 
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15.
Non-Disparagement. The Executive shall refrain from making any written or oral statement or taking any action, directly or indirectly, which he knows or reasonably should know to be a disparaging or negative comment concerning the Company or its officers, directors, employees and agents with the intent to injure or damage the Company or its officers, directors, employees and agents, and shall refrain from suggesting that any such disparaging or negative comment concerning the Company or its officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents be made except as may be compelled by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company shall refrain from making any written or oral statement or taking any action, directly or indirectly, which it knows or reasonably should know to be a disparaging or negative comment concerning the Executive with the intent to injure or damage the Executive, and shall refrain from suggesting that any such disparaging or negative comment concerning the Executive be made except as may be compelled by a court of competent jurisdiction.

16.
Return of Property. On or before the Effective Date, the Executive will return to the Company any and all documents, lists, data, confidential information, trade secrets, keys, equipment, products or other property in his possession which relate in any manner to the Company; provided, however, that the Executive shall be entitled to retain possession and ownership of his cell phone and computer.

17.
Opportunity to Hire Counsel; Amendments. The Executive and Company each represent and warrant that they have had the opportunity to review and consider the terms of this Agreement with their respective legal counsel (the costs of such counsel having been, and continuing to be, borne exclusively by the Company with respect to Company’s legal counsel, and by Executive with respect to Executive’s counsel), and that neither of them have made any representations concerning the terms or effects of this Agreement other than those contained in this Agreement, it being clearly understood that this Agreement are the only agreements between the parties and they may not be modified or terminated orally, but only in a writing signed by both of them.

18.
Injunctive Relief. The Executive and Company each acknowledge that the other’s breach of the terms of this Agreement would make difficult the assessment of monetary damages that would be sustained from such breach, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, to compensate fully for damages for any such breach, specifically including, but not limited to, breach of the provisions relating to confidentiality, non-competition, non-disparagement and issuance of the Options. Accordingly, each party specifically agrees that the other shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief and/or specific performance to enforce this Agreement or to enjoin any unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, and the Party in breach shall expressly waive the defense that a remedy in damages would be adequate and any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such injunctive relief. This provision with respect to injunctive relief and/or specific performance shall not, however, diminish the right of the non-breaching party to claim and recover damages in addition to or in lieu of injunctive relief and/or specific performance.

19.
Binding Agreement. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns, whether so expressed or not.
 
 
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20.
Counterpart Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Confirmation of execution by electronic transmission of a facsimile signature page shall be binding upon any party so confirming.

21.
Attorney Fees. If any legal proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach or threatened breach, default or misrepresentation in connection with any provision of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, sales and use taxes, court costs and all expenses even if not taxable as court costs (including, without limitation, all such fees, taxes, costs and expenses incident to arbitration, appellate, bankruptcy and post-judgment proceedings), incurred in that legal proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled. Attorneys’ fees shall include, without limitation, paralegal fees, investigative fees, administrative costs, sales and use taxes and all other charges billed by the attorney to the prevailing party.

22.
Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and the rights of the parties determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida (without reference to the choice of law provisions of Florida law).

23.
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, then all of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, provided that both parties may still effectively realize the complete benefit of the promises and considerations conferred hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Severance Agreement and Release on the date set forth above.

/s/ William Hoffman
WILLIAM HOFFMAN

 
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
 
Delaware corporation
   
 
By: 
/s/ Iain McCready
 
Name: Iain McCready
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
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EX-10.6 5 v116684_ex10-6.htm
 
RESIGNATION
 
Board of Directors
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
Two Concourse Parkway
Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Gentlemen:

I, William Hoffman, hereby tender my resignation as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and as Chief Executive Officer of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. to be effective as of May 22, 2008.
 
Date: May 29, 2008
By:  
/s/ William Hoffman
  Name: William Hoffman
 
 
 

 
 
EX-10.7 6 v116684_ex10-7.htm

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND RELEASE

This Severance Agreement and Release (the "Agreement") is entered into as of this the 2nd day of June, 2008, by and between NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and Frank Pazera (the "Executive").

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, the Executive has tendered his resignation with the Board of Directors of the Company on June 2, 2008, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Executive’s resignation, the Company and the Executive have agreed to terminate the Employment Agreement by and between them dated January 1, 2008 and any subsequent agreements or modifications of the Employment Agreement (the "Employment Agreement") and the employment relationship existing thereunder; and

WHEREAS, both Executive and the Company desire to resolve any differences and/or disputes with respect to Executive's employment and the Executive’s resignation thereof.

AGREEMENT:

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set forth herein, and for such other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Executive and the Company acknowledge and voluntarily agree as follows:

1.
Recitals. The forgoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.

2.
Termination of Employment Agreement. The Executive and the Company shall terminate the Employment Agreement as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time on June 2, 2008 the (“Effective Date”). As of the Effective Date, all rights of the Executive thereof shall terminate and all terms of the Employment Agreement shall be of no further force or effect.

3.
Severance Payment. In consideration of the termination of the Employment Agreement and the other covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Company shall pay to the Executive a severance payment equal to Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars ($66,667), which such payment shall be made to the Executive in eight (8) equal semi-monthly installments of Eight-Thousand Three-Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($8,333.38) commencing on June 15, 2008 (the “Commencement Date”) in accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices.


 
 

 

4.
Benefits. The Executive shall be entitled to continue to participate in or receive medical, life, and disability insurance as the Company provides generally from time to time to its senior executives, and to its employees, generally, through and until the until the earlier of (a) the last day of the month in which the final installment payment is paid in accordance with Section 3 herein above (the “Expiration Date”) and (b) such date that the Executive obtains employment and becomes eligible for benefits of such employer. Nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed to require the Company to institute or continue any, or any particular, plan or benefits. Furthermore, the Executive hereby agrees and acknowledges that he shall be obligated to make all monetary contributions in accordance with each applicable benefit plan for so long as he continues to participate in such plans.

5.
Bonus. In consideration of the termination of the Employment Agreement and the other covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Company shall pay to the Executive Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) within 5 days of the Commencement Date, which such payment represents fifty percent (50%) of the Executive’s first quarter 2008 bonus under the Employment Agreement.

6.
No Additional Payments. The Executive and the Company agree that except as provided in Sections 3, 4 and 5 herein above, the Executive is not entitled to any additional salary, benefits, compensation or other consideration of any nature whatsoever. For the sake of clarity, the parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that the Executive is only entitled to receive Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) pursuant to Section 5 herein.

7.
Release by Executive. Except with respect to the (i) covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in this Agreement, the Executive, on behalf of himself, his successors, heirs and assigns, hereby agrees to completely and irrevocably discharge and release the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, shareholders, affiliate corporations or entities, predecessors, successors and assigns, and their officers, directors, employees, agents and shareholders from any and all claims, demands, actions, damages, lawsuits, obligations, promises, administrative actions, charges and causes of action, and/or liability whatsoever, both known or unknown, in law or in equity, involving any matter arising out of or in any way related, directly or indirectly, to any and all obligations, duties and liabilities under the Employment Agreement and the termination of same, including, but not limited to, any claim of wrongful discharge, breach of contract, and/or employment discrimination in violation arising out of, under, or in relation to the Executive’s employment with the Company, the termination of the Employment Agreement, the Civil Rights Act of 1871, the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Executive Orders 11141, 11246 and 11375 and/or any other state, federal or local Fair Employment Practice law, employment law, or statute.


 
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8.
Release by Company. The Company, for itself and its directors, officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliated entities, remises, releases, and forever discharges Executive, his heirs, executors, and administrators, successors, assigns, agents, counsel and representatives, of and from all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, sums of money, covenants, contracts, agreements, claims and demands whatsoever, in law, or in equity, that Company ever had, now has or may have, for, on, or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, that may have arisen by reason of Executive's employment or affiliation with the Company.

9.
Non-Competition. Commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, in the Restricted Area (as defined below), directly or indirectly, engage in, promote, finance, own, operate, develop, sell or manage or assist in or carry on in any business in direct competition with the business of the Company, as such business now exists or as it may exist through and up to the Expiration Date; provided, however, that Executive may at any time own securities of any competitor corporation whose securities are publicly traded on a recognized exchange so long as the aggregate holdings of the Executive in any one such corporation shall constitute not more than five percent (5%) of the voting stock of such corporation. The term “Restricted Area” used in this Agreement includes any geographical location anywhere in the world where Executive had been assigned to perform services on behalf of Company during his employment with the Company and where the Company, its affiliates or subsidiaries either (a) is engaged in business or (b) has evidenced an intention to engage in business. The phrase “directly or indirectly” used in this Agreement includes the Executive either on his own account, or as a partner, owner, promoter, joint venturer, employee, agent, consultant, advisor, manager, executive, independent contractor, officer, director, stockholder, or otherwise, of an entity.

10.
Non-Solicitation of Employees or Independent Contractors. Commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or independent contractor engaged and/or utilized by the Company in any capacity to terminate his employment with, or engagement by, the Company. Likewise, commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, hire or attempt to hire for another entity or person any employee of the Company or independent contractor engaged and/or utilized by the Company in any capacity.

11.
Non-Solicitation of Customers, Prospective Customers or Vendors. Commencing on the Effective Date through and until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, sell, assemble, manufacture or distribute products or services of the type sold or distributed by the Company to any Customer, Prospective Customer or Vendor (as such terms are defined below) of the Company in the Restricted Area through any entity other than the Company. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company has substantial relationships with its Customers and Vendors, which the Company expends significant time and resources in acquiring and maintaining, and that the Company’s relationships with its Customers and Vendors constitute a significant and valuable asset of the Company. The term “Customer” means any person or entity which has purchased goods, products or services from the Company, entered into any contract for products or services with the Company, and/or entered into any contract for the distribution of any products or services with the Company within the one (1) year immediately preceding the Effective Date. The term “Prospective Customer” means any person or entity which has purchased goods, products or services from the Company, entered into any contract for products or services with the Company, and/or entered into any contract for the distribution of any products or services with the Company within the one (1) year immediately preceding the Effective Date. The term “Vendor” means any supplier, person or entity from which the Company has purchased products or services during the one (1) year immediately preceding the Effective Date.


 
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12.
Acknowledgment by Executive. The term “Company” for purposes of Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement means NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its affiliated and related entities, including, without limitation, all of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.’s subsidiaries and joint venturers. It is understood that any affiliated or related entities of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. are intended third-party beneficiaries of such provisions of this Agreement

13.
Confidentiality. The Executive covenants and agrees that this Agreement and its terms and conditions are, collectively and individually, totally confidential, and that from the date of this Agreement forward shall forever be kept totally confidential and shall not in any manner or for any reason be disclosed by Executive without the express written consent of the Company except (a) to his attorneys, accountants, and family members on a "need to know" basis, all of whom shall be informed of and be bound by the provisions of this Section; (b) as may be required by government agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and (c) pursuant to court order or subpoena compelling such disclosure. Should Executive or his representatives receive any such subpoena or court order compelling disclosure, Executive shall immediately notify the Company so that it may have the opportunity to interpose an objection. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in any action brought by the Executive to enforce any provisions of this Agreement.

14.
Non-Disparagement. The Executive shall refrain from making any written or oral statement or taking any action, directly or indirectly, which he knows or reasonably should know to be a disparaging or negative comment concerning the Company or its officers, directors, employees and agents with the intent to injure or damage the Company or its officers, directors, employees and agents, and shall refrain from suggesting that any such disparaging or negative comment concerning the Company or its officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents be made except as may be compelled by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company shall refrain from making any written or oral statement or taking any action, directly or indirectly, which it knows or reasonably should know to be a disparaging or negative comment concerning the Executive with the intent to injure or damage the Executive, and shall refrain from suggesting that any such disparaging or negative comment concerning the Executive be made except as may be compelled by a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
 
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15.
Return of Property. On or before the Effective Date, the Executive will return to the Company any and all documents, lists, data, confidential information, trade secrets, keys, equipment, products or other property in his possession which relate in any manner to the Company; provided, however, that the Executive shall be entitled to retain possession and ownership of his personal cell phone. 

16.
Opportunity to Hire Counsel; Amendments. The Executive and Company each represent and warrant that they have had the opportunity to review and consider the terms of this Agreement with their respective legal counsel (the costs of such counsel having been, and continuing to be, borne exclusively by the Company with respect to Company’s legal counsel, and by Executive with respect to Executive’s counsel), and that neither of them have made any representations concerning the terms or effects of this Agreement other than those contained in this Agreement, it being clearly understood that this Agreement are the only agreements between the parties and they may not be modified or terminated orally, but only in a writing signed by both of them.

17.
Injunctive Relief. The Executive and Company each acknowledge that the other’s breach of the terms of this Agreement would make difficult the assessment of monetary damages that would be sustained from such breach, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, to compensate fully for damages for any such breach, specifically including, but not limited to, breach of the provisions relating to confidentiality, non-competition, non-disparagement and issuance of the Options. Accordingly, each party specifically agrees that the other shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief and/or specific performance to enforce this Agreement or to enjoin any unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, and the Party in breach shall expressly waive the defense that a remedy in damages would be adequate and any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such injunctive relief. This provision with respect to injunctive relief and/or specific performance shall not, however, diminish the right of the non-breaching party to claim and recover damages in addition to or in lieu of injunctive relief and/or specific performance.

18.
Binding Agreement. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns, whether so expressed or not.

19.
Counterpart Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Confirmation of execution by electronic transmission of a facsimile signature page shall be binding upon any party so confirming.


 
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20.
Attorney Fees. If any legal proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement, or because of an alleged dispute, breach or threatened breach, default or misrepresentation in connection with any provision of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, sales and use taxes, court costs and all expenses even if not taxable as court costs (including, without limitation, all such fees, taxes, costs and expenses incident to arbitration, appellate, bankruptcy and post-judgment proceedings), incurred in that legal proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled. Attorneys’ fees shall include, without limitation, paralegal fees, investigative fees, administrative costs, sales and use taxes and all other charges billed by the attorney to the prevailing party.

21.
Jurisdiction. Any civil action or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the courts of record of the State of Florida in Miami-Dade County or the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Miami Division. Each party consents to the jurisdiction of such court in any such proceeding and waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such proceeding in such court.

22.
Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and the rights of the parties determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida (without reference to the choice of law provisions of Florida law).

23.
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, then all of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, provided that both parties may still effectively realize the complete benefit of the promises and considerations conferred hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Severance Agreement and Release on the date set forth above.

 
By:
/s/ Frank Pazera
 
FRANK PAZERA
 
   
 
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
 
Delaware corporation
   
 
By:
/s/ Iain McCready
 
Name: Iain McCready
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
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EX-10.8 7 v116684_ex10-8.htm
 
RESIGNATION
 
Board of Directors
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
Two Concourse Parkway
Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Gentlemen:

I, Frank Pazera, hereby tender my resignation as the Chief Financial Officer of NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., effective as of May 22, 2008.

Date: June 2, 2008
By: 
/s/ Frank Pazera
  Name: Frank Pazera
 
 
 

 
 
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