-----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, QILUIJHQKm9omgkH+RM6X7wlP0sA/VH4wZ9nNrW3mEtYqSU/LgpyKBbRl1BFCqA2 qco1iGUfujqAUPEjOPOQlw== 0001104659-06-040055.txt : 20060606 0001104659-06-040055.hdr.sgml : 20060606 20060606171256 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-040055 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 14 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060531 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060606 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ISONICS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001023966 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800] IRS NUMBER: 770338561 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21607 FILM NUMBER: 06889908 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5906 MCINTYRE STREET CITY: GOLDEN STATE: CO ZIP: 80403 BUSINESS PHONE: 3032797900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5906 MCINTYRE STREET CITY: GOLDEN STATE: CO ZIP: 80403 8-K 1 a06-13279_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

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

 

Date of Report:  May 31, 2006

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

(Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

 

California

 

001-12531

 

77-0338561

State of
Incorporation

 

Commission File
Number

 

IRS Employer
Identification No.

 

5906 McIntyre Street, Golden, Colorado 80403

Address of principal executive offices

 

303-279-7900

Telephone number, including

Area code

 

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

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

 

o                                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

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

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

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

 

 



 

Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On May 31, 2006, we completed a private placement pursuant to which we issued to one accredited investor, Cornell Capital, L.P. (“Cornell”)

 

A 6% secured convertible debenture with a principal amount of $10,000,000, which is the first of three 6% secured convertible debentures (cumulatively, the “6% Debentures”), for which the aggregate principal amount will be $16,000,000, and

 

Three warrants to purchase a total of 8,000,000 shares of our common stock (the “Warrants”) at exercise prices of $1.25 per share (2,000,000 warrants), $1.75 per share (3,000,000 warrants) and $2.00 per share (3,000,000 warrants). Each of the warrants can be exercised for a period of three years.

 

The investor and an unaffiliated party provided us services in connection with completing the transaction which were valued at $825,000. To compensation these people for those services, we issued them 660,000 shares of our common stock (the “Buyers Shares”).

 

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

 

Securities Purchase Agreement,

6% Secured Convertible Debenture,

Warrant Agreements,

Security Agreements,

Registration Rights Agreement,

Voting Agreement, and

Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

 

This transaction potentially obligates us to issue more shares of common stock than the shares of authorized capital that are currently available for issuance. We have therefore agreed to seek shareholder approval at our 2006 annual shareholders meeting scheduled for October 18, 2006, of an increase in the authorized capital from 75,000,000 shares of common stock to at least 175,000,000 shares of common stock and for approval of the issuance of more than 8,735,785 shares as described in more detail below.

 

Because of the requirements imposed by the Nasdaq Stock Market, we have limited the number of shares issuable pursuant to the 6% Debentures to 6,075,785, and only the $1.25 warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares is currently exercisable. These (with the Buyers Shares) are less than 20% of the total number of shares currently outstanding. There are other limitations on the number of shares that can be issued upon conversion of the 6% Debentures, payment of interest, or upon exercise of the Warrants as described in “Share Issuance Limitations,” below.

 

Our officers have agreed to vote in favor of increasing our authorized capital and for shareholder approval of the transaction, and each have granted a proxy to Cornell’s counsel to vote for those two items. Upon obtaining shareholder approval to increase the authorized

 

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common stock, we will reserve a sufficient number of shares to cover the full amount of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the 6% Debentures and Warrants.

 

On June 5, 2006, we issued the second of the three 6% Debentures considered in the Transaction Documents. This 6% Debenture has a principal amount of $3,000,000. As described below, Cornell has an obligation to purchase an additional $3,000,000 6% Debenture when certain conditions are met.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

 

To complete the transaction, we entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement with Cornell. In the Securities Purchase Agreement:

 

We made customary representations and warranties to Cornell, and received customary representations and warranties from Cornell;

 

Cornell agreed not to make any short sales of our common stock or engage in hedging transactions.

 

We agreed to seek shareholder approval of an amendment to our articles of incorporation to increase the authorized stock to at least 175,000,000 shares of common stock and to approve the transaction by October 31, 2006 (the “Shareholder Approval Requirement”). We have scheduled our annual meeting of shareholders for October 18, 2006 to comply with this requirement.

 

On June 1, 2006, Isonics received $10,000,000 (a net of $5,327,898 to Isonics after payment of expenses and repayment of other outstanding debentures) for the issuance of the first 6% Debenture on May 31, 2006. Of that gross amount:

 

                  $565,000 was paid to Yorkville Advisors, LLC, an affiliate of Cornell, for reimbursement of expenses and a commitment fee;

 

                  $4,107,102 was used to repay seven holders of our outstanding 8% convertible debentures (issued in February 2005, the “8% Debentures”); and

 

                  The balance was paid to Isonics.

 

We will use the first proceeds to pay amounts currently due to Lucent Technologies, Inc., $1,000,000, and for working capital.

 

On June 6, 2006, Isonics received $3,000,000 (a net of $2,835,000 to Isonics after payment of a commitment fee in the amount of $165,000 to Yorkville Advisors, LLC) in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement under which Cornell was obligated to purchase an additional $3,000,000 6% Debenture not later than two days before we file a registration statement for the resale of the shares underlying the 6% Debentures, the

 

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Warrants, and the Buyers Shares. We will use the proceeds to fund working capital and make strategic investments.

 

Cornell is obligated to purchase the final $3,000,000 6% Debenture not later than two days before that registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The gross proceeds of the remaining 6% Debenture will also be reduced by a fee payable to Yorkville Advisors, LLC in the amount of $165,000.

 

6% Debentures

 

The 6% Debentures (of which $13,000,000 has been issued to date) will ultimately be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $16,000,000. The Debentures bear an interest rate of 6%. Interest is payable at maturity, and we may elect to pay the interest amount in cash or shares of our common stock. If we elect to pay interest in shares of our common stock, the shares will be valued at 88% of the average VWAP (volume weighted average price) of our common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding the maturity date. The 6% Debentures will mature on May 30, 2009 unless previously paid.

 

We may prepay the principal amount of the 6% Debentures at any time upon not less than ten trading days notice provided the closing bid price of our stock is less than $2.50 per share. In order to redeem the 6% Debentures in that circumstance, we will also have to pay a 20% prepayment premium. If the price is greater than $2.50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days and there is an effective registration statement, we can force the holder to convert the outstanding principal and interest into shares of our common stock without any prepayment premium.

 

The holders may convert the 6% Debentures into shares of our common stock at any time (and from time to time) at a conversion price of $1.25 per share. After September 27, 2006, the holder may convert the 6% Debenture into shares of our common stock at a price equal to 80% of the average of the two lowest daily VWAPs of the common stock during the five trading days immediately preceding the conversion date (“Market Conversion Price”). There are some restrictions on the holder’s right to convert:

 

                                          In no case may the holder convert the 6% Debentures if it would result in beneficial ownership of more than 4.99% of our outstanding common stock (though this provision can be waived by the holder upon 65 days prior notice);

 

                                          After September 27, 2006, and through January 25, 2007, the holder may not convert the 6% Debenture at the Market Conversion Price in an amount more than $200,000 per seven calendar day period. After January 25, 2007, the conversion limitation is $400,000 per seven calendar day period.

 

                                          Until we meet the Shareholder Approval Requirement, the 6% Debentures cannot be converted into more than 6,075,785 shares.

 

                                          The maximum number of shares that may be issued upon conversion of the principal amount of the 6% Debentures is 64,000,000 shares.

 

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Under certain circumstances, the 6% Debentures holders are entitled to have the conversion price adjusted to correspond to common stock holders’ rights to any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or reclassification of shares. The $1.25 conversion price (the “Fixed Conversion Price”) is also subject to a weighted average dilution adjustment if we issue shares of our capital stock at an effective price of less than $1.25 per share. No adjustment will be made for the issuance of “Excluded Securities,” which includes:

 

(a)                                  any issuance of securities in connection with a strategic partnership or a joint venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital),
 
(b)                                 any issuance of securities as consideration for a merger or consolidation or the acquisition of a business, product, license, or other assets of another person or entity,
 
(c)                                  options to purchase shares of our common stock, provided (I) such options are issued after the date of the 6% Debenture to our employees within 30 days of such employee’s starting his employment with us, and (II) the exercise price of such options is not less than the closing price of the common stock on the date of issuance of such option,
 
(d)                                 securities issued pursuant to an “Approved Stock Plan” (including any employee benefit plan which has been approved or is in the future approved by our board of directors, pursuant to which our securities may be issued to any employee, consultant, officer or director for services provided to us),
 
(e)                                up to 1,000,000 shares without registration rights and not pursuant to Form S-8 that may be issued from time to time at a price no less than the VWAP ending within three business days prior to the completion of the transaction (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), and
 
(f)                                  any issuance of securities to holders of our other outstanding securities provided such transactions are in accordance with the terms of such instrument (including any anti-dilution protection contained in such instrument) or are on terms determined by our board of directors to be no less favorable to Isonics than the existing terms.
 

Through May 30, 2007 (or until the 6% Debentures and related accrued interest have been repaid if sooner), the holder of the 6% Debentures has a right of first refusal to participate in 50% of any future financing to raise equity. After May 30, 2007 (or until the 6% Debentures and related accrued interest have been repaid, if sooner), the holder’s right to participate is reduced to 25%. We also agreed not to issue or sell any capital stock (other than Excluded Securities) below a defined market-based price, grant security interests (with certain exceptions), or file Form S-8 registration statements without the holder’s consent so long as the 6% Debentures are outstanding.

 

Without the holder’s consent, we agreed not to enter into any debt agreements. However, we are authorized to grant security interests for capital lease financing, in cases where the

 

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security interest is in the nature of a purchase money security interest, and for funds used for acquisitions of a business that has positive earnings before  interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses or to refinance of the purchase money security interest initially taken.

 

We also granted the 6% Debentures holders a security interest in all of our assets and our subsidiaries, including Isonics Vancouver, Inc., Protection Plus Security Corporation, and Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation. Under the security agreements with Isonics and our subsidiaries, we agreed not to terminate or materially change the positions of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys without Cornell’s prior written consent. The security agreements state that the employment of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys in their current positions were material factors in Cornell’s willingness to institute and maintain a lending relationship with Isonics. The security agreements also prohibit change of control transactions and other significant events without the secured party’s prior consent.

 

Events of default under the 6% Debentures include non-payment of amounts when due, a failure to timely deliver securities upon a conversion or in payment of interest, a bankruptcy, a failure to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, a change of control transaction, a default in other indebtedness exceeding $500,000, and a failure to comply with other covenants, representations, and warranties of the agreement.

 

Remedies for an event of default, include the option to accelerate payment of the full principal amount of the 6% Debentures, together with interest and other amounts due, to the date of acceleration. The holder may request payment of such amounts in common stock or in cash.

 

Warrants

 

In the transaction, we issued to Cornell three different warrants, each exercisable through May 30, 2009, as follows:

 

A warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares exercisable at $1.25 per share, subject to a weighted average dilution adjustment for the issuance of shares (other than Excluded Securities) at a price less than $1.25 per share;

 

A warrant to purchase 3,000,000 shares exercisable at $1.75 per share, subject to a weighted average dilution adjustment for the issuance of shares (other than Excluded Securities) at a price less than $1.75 per share; and

 

A warrant to purchase 3,000,000 shares exercisable at $2.00 per share, subject to a ratchet price adjustment for the issuance of shares (other than Excluded Securities) at a price less than $2.00 per share.

 

In each case, the exercise of the warrants are subject to the Share Issuance Limitations discussed above, and until we meet the Shareholder Approval Requirement, only the warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares is exercisable.

 

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The warrants are exercisable for cash only, unless after January 15, 2007, we do not have a registration statement effective that permits the resale of the underlying shares, at which time the holder may exercise the warrant via a cashless exercise

 

Share Issuance Limitations and Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

 

The 6% Debentures and the Warrants have certain limitations on our ability to issue shares to the holders. Under the terms of the 6% Debentures and the Warrants, we are prohibited from issuing shares of our common stock to the holders of the 6% Debentures (upon conversion, in payment of interest, or in redemption or payment of the Debentures) and the Warrants (upon exercise) if the issuance would result in any holder owning more than 4.99% of our outstanding common stock (although the holders can waive this provision upon more than 65 days notice to us).

 

Until we meet the Shareholder Approval Requirement, we are not able to issue more than 2,000,000 shares upon the exercise of the $1.25 warrant and 6,075,785 shares upon conversion of the 6% Debentures.

 

If our shareholders do not approve an increase in our authorized capitalization (even though they may approve the transaction, thereby waiving the 20% requirement), we will still be limited in the number of shares that can be issued by our 75,000,000 share authorized capitalization. On the other hand, if the shareholders approve an increase in our authorized capitalization but do not approve the transaction, then we will be limited to issuing 6,075,785 upon conversion of the 6% Debentures or payment of interest thereon, and to the exercise of the $1.25 warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares.

 

At the completion of the transaction, we also granted Cornell’s counsel irrevocable transfer agent instructions pursuant to which he has the right to direct our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, to issue shares pursuant to the 6% Debentures, Buyers Shares or the Warrants if we fail to do so in a timely manner. The irrevocable transfer agent instructions are only effective, however, if we fail to make a delivery requirement after being requested to do so by Cornell pursuant to a proper notice of conversion of the 6% Debentures or notice of exercise of a Warrant.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

As a part of the transaction, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with Cornell. As a result, we have an obligation to register the shares of common stock underlying the 6% Debentures and Warrants. We must file an initial registration statement by no later than August 7, 2006, and obtain effectiveness of the registration statement before September 27, 2006. Assuming we achieve the Shareholder Approval Requirement, we have an obligation to file a new registration for the additional shares by November 30, 2006 and to achieve effectiveness of that registration statement by January 15, 2007.

 

If we fail to meet any of the registration statement requirements, we will be obligated to pay the holders liquidated damages equal to 1% of the liquidated value of the 6% Debentures

 

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outstanding for each 30 day period after the applicable date as the case may be. The liquidated damages will be pro rated for each day, and in no case will we be obligated to pay liquidated damages for more than a total of 365 calendar days. We may elect to pay any liquidated damages in cash or shares of our common stock

 

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

 

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

 

See the discussion in Item 1.01, above, which discusses the 6% Debentures. Each of the two 6% Debentures issued to date constitutes a direct financial obligation.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Securities

 

As described in Item 1.01, above, on May 31, 2006, Cornell agreed to purchase 6% convertible debentures in the total amount of $16,000,000, of which it funded $10,000,000. We issued a 6% Debenture, and the Warrants to one accredited investors and the Buyers Shares to two accredited investors. The following sets forth the information required by Item 701 in connection with this transaction:

 

(a)                                  The transaction was completed effective May 31, 2006 with respect to one 6% Debenture in the amount of $10,000,000 (the net proceeds of which were received on June 1, 2006).

 

The 6% Debenture and accrued interest are convertible into shares of our common stock, subject to the conditions described above, and we are entitled to redeem or pay the 6% Debenture by issuing shares of our common stock.

 

The Warrants are exercisable to acquire shares of our common stock as described above, and providing the issuance of shares does not violate the share issuance limitations discussed above.

 

We issued 660,000 Buyers Shares as described above.

 

(b)                                 We paid a $550,000 commitment fee and reimbursed Cornell’s advisor $15,000 of expenses from the proceeds of the transaction. The Buyers Shares were issued to two accredited investors.

 

(c)                                  The total offering is expected to be $16,000,000 in cash (of which $10,000,000 has been funded by the investors on June 1, 2006).

 

(d)                                 We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Sections 4(2) and 4(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder for this transaction. We did not engage in any public advertising or general solicitation in connection with this transaction. We provided the investors with disclosure of all aspects of our business, including providing the

 

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Investors with our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our press releases, access to our auditors, and other financial, business, and corporate information. Based on our investigation, we believe that the investors obtained all information regarding Isonics that they requested, received answers to all questions it posed, and otherwise understood the risks of accepting our securities for investment purposes. Each of the investors represented to us that it was an accredited investor.

 

(e)                                  Each Warrant issued in this transaction is exercisable through May 30, 2009. The Warrants have an exercise price of $1.25 (for 2,000,000 warrants), $1.75 (for 3,000,000 warrants) and $2.00 (for 3,000,000 warrants). Additional terms applicable to the Warrants are described in Item 1.01, above.

 

The 6% Debentures are convertible into common stock as described in Item 1.01, above.

 

(f)                                    Not applicable.

 

As described in Item 1.01, above, on June 5, 2006, we issued a second 6% Debenture to one accredited investor. The following sets forth the information required by Item 701 in connection with this transaction:

 

(a)                                  The transaction was completed effective June 5, 2006 with respect to one 6% Debenture in the amount of $3,000,000 (the net proceeds of which were received on June 6, 2006). The 6% Debenture and accrued interest are convertible into shares of our common stock, subject to the conditions described above, and we are entitled to redeem or pay the 6% Debenture by issuing shares of our common stock.

 

(b)                                 We paid a $165,000 commitment fee to an affiliate of Cornell from the proceeds of the transaction.

 

(c)                                  The total offering is expected to be $16,000,000 in cash (of which $3,000,000 has been funded by the investors on June 6, 2006, in accordance with the 6% Debenture dated June 5, 2006).

 

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

 

(e)                                  The 6% Debentures are convertible into common stock as described in Item 1.01, above.

 

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(f)                                    Not applicable.

 

On June 1, 2006, we issued 1,997,265 shares of our common stock to holders of our 8% convertible debentures in payment of our principal obligation and in partial payment of our interest obligation for the month ended May 31, 2006. The following sets forth the information required by Item 701 in connection with that transaction:

 

(a)                                  The transaction was completed effective June 1, 2006.

 

(b)                                 There was no placement agent or underwriter for the transaction.

 

(c)                                  The shares were not sold for cash, but were issued to satisfy obligations we had under the 8% convertible debentures to pay principal and interest.

 

(d)                                 We relied on the exemption from registration provided by Sections 4(2) and 4(6) under the Securities Act of 1933 for this transaction, as well as Section 3(a)(9). We did not engage in any public advertising or general solicitation in connection with this transaction. The investors had access to all of our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, our press releases and other financial, business and corporate information. Based on our investigation, we believe that the investors obtained all information regarding Isonics that they requested, received answers to all questions they posed and otherwise understood the risks of accepting our securities for investment purposes.

 

(e)                                  The common stock issued in this transaction is not convertible or exchangeable. No warrants were issued in this transaction.

 

(f)                                    We received no cash proceeds from the issuance of the shares. We did receive a relief from indebtedness as described above.

 

Item 8.01 – Other Events

 

Using the proceeds from the issuance of the first 6% Debenture (gross proceeds of $10,000,000 as discussed in Item 1.01, above), we repaid certain holders of our pre-existing 8% convertible debentures a total of $4,107,102. These holders had consented to a prepayment of the principal amount of their debentures with a 5% premium, and had waived certain other terms of the original transaction by which the 8% debentures had been issued (some of which terms may not have been enforceable). Two holders of the 8% debentures (holding a total principal amount of $2,625,000 following the June 1, 2006 amortization payment) did not accept our earlier offer to them (which was described in our Form 8-K dated May 19, 2006). We intend to continue to make payments to them in accordance with the terms of the 8% debentures. Although we recognize that a risk exists that one or both of the remaining 8% debenture holders may allege a default in the 8% debentures as a result of the issuance of the 6% Debentures, we believe that we have defenses to any such allegation and intend to defend against any such allegation vigorously.

 

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Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)                                  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

 

Not applicable.

 

(b)                                 Pro forma financial information.

 

Not applicable.

 

(c)                                  Exhibits

 

10.1                           Securities Purchase Agreement;

10.2                           Investor Registration Rights Agreement;

10.3                           Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions;

10.4                           Voting Agreement;

10.5                           6% Secured Convertible Debenture:  $10,000,000 principal;

10.6                           Warrant ($1.25 exercise price);

10.7                           Warrant ($1.75 exercise price);

10.8                           Warrant ($2.00 exercise price);

10.9                           Security Agreement:  Isonics Corporation;

10.10                     Security Agreement:  Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation;

10.11                     Security Agreement:  Isonics Vancouver, Inc.;

10.12                     Security Agreement:  Protection Plus Security Corporation; and

10.13                     6% Secured Convertible Debenture:  $3,000,000 principal.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 6th day of June 2006.

 

 

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James E. Alexander

 

 

 

James E. Alexander

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EX-10.1 2 a06-13279_1ex10d1.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 30, 2006, by and among ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Company”), and the Buyers listed on Schedule I attached hereto (individually, a “Buyer” or collectively “Buyers”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

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

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall issue and sell to the Buyer(s), as provided herein, and the Buyer(s) shall purchase up to Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) of secured convertible debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”), which shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”) (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”) of which;

 

a.                                             Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000)] shall be funded on the first (1st)  Trading  Day following the date hereof (the “First Closing”) provided however that an amount necessary to pay the holders of those certain 2005 eight percent (8%) convertible debentures (the “2005 8% Convertible Debentures”) as described in the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto shall be deposited in escrow with David Gonzalez, Esq. and paid by him on the same Trading Day to the holders of the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures and the balance will be paid to the Company;

 

b.                                            Three Million  Dollars ($3,000,000) shall be funded two (2) Trading  Days prior to the date the registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) is filed, pursuant to the Investor Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (the “Second Closing”); and

 

c.                                             Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) shall be funded two (2) Trading Day prior to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (the “Third Closing”) (each individually referred to as a “Closing” collectively referred to as the “Closings”), for a total purchase price of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000), (the “Purchase Price”) in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I (the “Subscription Amount”); and

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Investor Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain

 



 

registration rights under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated there under, and applicable state securities laws; and

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering a Security Agreement; Isonics Vancouver, Inc., Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation, and
Protection Plus Security Corporation, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, and the Buyers are  executing and delivering a Security Agreement (all such security agreements shall be referred to as the “Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries agreed to provide the Buyers a security interest in Pledged Collateral (as this term is defined in the each Security Agreement) to secure the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, or any other obligations of the Company to the Buyer; and

 

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

 

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

 

1.             PURCHASE AND SALE OF CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES.

 

(a)           Purchase of Convertible Debentures. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Buyer agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at each Closing and the Company agrees to sell and issue to each Buyer, severally and not jointly, at each Closing, Convertible Debentures in amounts corresponding with the Subscription Amount set forth opposite each Buyer’s name on Schedule I hereto.

 

(b)           Closing Date.

 

(i)            The First Closing of the purchase and sale of the Convertible Debentures shall take place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first (1st)  Trading  Day following the date hereof, subject to notification of satisfaction of the conditions to the First Closing set forth herein and in Sections 6 and 7 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “First Closing Date”);
 
(ii)           The Second Closing of the purchase and sale of the Convertible Debentures shall take place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time two (2) Trading  Days prior to the date the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, subject to notification of satisfaction of the conditions to the Second Closing set forth herein and in Sections 6 and 7 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “Second Closing Date”);
 
(iii)          The Third Closing of the purchase and sale of the Convertible Debentures shall take place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time two (2) Trading Day prior to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, subject to notification of satisfaction of the conditions to the Third Closing set forth herein and in
 
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Sections 6 and 7 below (or such later date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)) (the “Third Closing Date”) (collectively referred to a the “Closing Dates”). The Closing shall occur on the respective Closing Dates at the offices of Yorkville Advisors, LLC, 3700 Hudson Street, Suite 3700, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 (or such other place as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer(s)).
 

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

 

2.             BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

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

 

(a)           Investment Purpose. Each Buyer is acquiring the Convertible Debentures and, upon conversion of Convertible Debentures, the Buyer will acquire the Conversion Shares then issuable, for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act; provided, however, that by making the representations herein, such Buyer reserves the right to dispose of the Conversion Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to an effective registration statement covering such Conversion Shares or an available exemption under the Securities Act.

 

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

 

(c)           Reliance on Exemptions. Each Buyer understands that the Convertible Debentures are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and such Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of such Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of such Buyer to acquire such securities.

 

(d)           Information. Each Buyer and its advisors (and his or, its counsel), if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information he deemed material to making an informed investment decision regarding his purchase of the Convertible Debentures and the Conversion Shares, which have been requested by such Buyer. Each Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect such Buyer’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in Section 3 below. Each Buyer understands that its

 

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investment in the Convertible Debentures and the Conversion Shares involves a high degree of risk. Each Buyer is in a position regarding the Company, which, based upon employment, family relationship or economic bargaining power, enabled and enables such Buyer to obtain information from the Company in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this investment. Each Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Convertible Debentures and the Conversion Shares.

 

(e)           No Governmental Review. Each Buyer understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Convertible Debentures or the Conversion Shares, or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Convertible Debentures or the Conversion Shares, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Convertible Debentures or the Conversion Shares.

 

(f)            Transfer or Resale. Each Buyer understands that except as provided in the Investor Registration Rights Agreement: (i) the Convertible Debentures have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder, or (B) such Buyer shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements; (ii) any sale of such securities made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or a successor rule thereto) (“Rule 144”) may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of such securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii) neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register such securities under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. The Company reserves the right to place stop transfer instructions against the shares and certificates for the Conversion Shares.

 

(g)           Legends. Each Buyer understands that the certificates or other instruments representing the Convertible Debentures and or the Conversion Shares shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD RESALE AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE

 

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

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company within three (3) Trading Days shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Conversion Shares upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) in connection with a sale transaction, provided the Conversion Shares are registered under the Securities Act and the holder (any broker-dealer engaged in the sale of the Conversion Shares) represents to the Company that the Conversion Shares have been or will be sold in accordance with the Plan of Distribution as set forth in the registration statement, or (ii) in connection with a sale transaction, after such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel, which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale, assignment or transfer of the Conversion Shares may be made without registration under the Securities Act.

 

(h)           Authorization, Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Buyer and is a valid and binding agreement of such Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

(i)            Receipt of Documents. Each Buyer and his or its counsel has received and read in their entirety:  (i) this Agreement and each representation, warranty and covenant set forth herein and the Transaction Documents (as defined herein); (ii) all due diligence and other information necessary to verify the accuracy and completeness of such representations, warranties and covenants; (iii) the Company’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2005; (iv) the Company’s Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2005, October 31, 2005, and January 31, 2006; (v) all Forms 8-K filed subsequent to the fling of the Company’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2005; and (vi) answers to all questions each Buyer submitted to the Company regarding an investment in the Company; and each Buyer has relied on the information contained therein and has not been furnished any other documents, literature, memorandum or prospectus.

 

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

 

(k)           Good Funds. All purchase payments transferred or that may be transferred to the Company pursuant to this Agreement originated directly from a bank or brokerage account in the name of the Investor located within the United States of America or another Compliant Jurisdiction as defined in by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (found at http://www.oecd.org/fatf/).

 

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(l)            No Legal Advice From the Company. Each Buyer acknowledges, that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. Each Buyer is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.

 

3.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

The Company represents and warrants as of the date hereof to each of the Buyers that, except as set forth in the SEC Documents (as defined herein) or in the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto (the “Disclosure Schedule”):

 

(a)           Organization and Qualification. The Company and its subsidiaries are corporations duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated, and have the requisite corporate power to own their properties and to carry on their business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(b)           Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments. (i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Agreement, and any related agreements (collectively the “Transaction Documents”) and to issue the Convertible Debentures and the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Convertible Debentures the Conversion Shares  and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders except as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market, (iii) the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) the Transaction Documents constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies. The authorized officer of the Company executing the Transaction Documents knows of no reason why the Company cannot file the registration statement as required under the Investor Registration Rights Agreement or perform any of the Company’s other obligations under such documents.

 

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(c)           Capitalization.

 

(i)            The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 75,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, no par value  (“Preferred Stock”) of which 43,700,779 shares of Common Stock and zero shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. Upon the acceptance of certain filings with the California Secretary of State, the authorized preferred stock will be reduced to 7,650,000 shares. All of such outstanding shares have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
 
(ii)           No shares of Common Stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights.
 
(iii)          As of the date of this Agreement, (A) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) there are no outstanding debt securities and (C) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act (except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement) and (D) there are no outstanding registration statements and there are no outstanding comment letters from the SEC or any other regulatory agency, in each case except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule.
 
(iv)          There are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Convertible Debentures as described in this Agreement except in connection with the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures and Warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures and the anti-dilution provisions of other options and warrants outstanding or issuable in accordance with the Company’s authorized stock option plans.
 
(v)           The Company has furnished to the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles of Incorporation”) (including certain amendments to be filed with the California Secretary of State), and the Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date hereof (the “By-laws”). The Company’s reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provide information regarding the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto other than stock options issued to employees and consultants.
 

(d)           Issuance of Securities. The Convertible Debentures are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, are free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof subject, however, to the requirement that the Company increase its authorized capitalization to provide for the Conversion Shares as set forth in Section 4(o) hereof. The Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures have been duly authorized and reserved

 

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for issuance. Upon conversion or exercise in accordance with the Convertible Debentures and subject to the requirements of Section 4(o) hereof, the Conversion Shares will be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(e)           No Conflicts.

 

(1)           The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation, any certificate of designations of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or the By-laws or (ii) conflict with or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the Nadsaq Capital Market on which the Common Stock is quoted) applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected except to the extent any holder of the Company’s 2005 8% Convertible Debentures or Warrants issued in connection therewith have failed to consent to or waive the prohibitions against Variable Rate Transactions (as that term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures were purchased).
 
(2)           Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or their organizational charter or by-laws, respectively, or any material contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries except: a failure to pay sums required under an agreement dated September 1, 2005, between the Company and Lucent Technologies, Inc. (the “Lucent Agreement”) and (ii) to the extent that the Company is required to amend its articles of incorporation to reflect its current capitalization (a process that is ongoing with the California Secretary of State) and intends to increase its authorized capitalization as contemplated in Section 4(o).
 
(3)           The business of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being conducted, and shall not be conducted in violation of any material law, ordinance, or regulation of any governmental entity.
 
(4)           Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market) and as required under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its
 
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subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstance, which might give rise to any of the foregoing.
 

(f)            SEC Documents: Financial Statements. Since April 1, 2005, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or amended after the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has delivered to the Buyers or their representatives, or made available through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov., true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company disclosed in the SEC Documents (the “Financial Statements”) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such Financial Statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and, fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). No other information provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Buyer which is not included in the SEC Documents, including, without limitation, information referred to in this Agreement, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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

 

(h)           Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body known to be pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would (i) have a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated hereby (ii) adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, this Agreement or any of the documents contemplated herein, or (iii) have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, financial condition or results of  operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(i)            Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of the Convertible Debentures. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer(s) is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Buyer(s) is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this

 

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Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by the Buyer(s) or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to such Buyer’s purchase of the Convertible Debentures or the Conversion Shares. The Company further represents to the Buyer that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives.

 

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

 

(k)           No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the Convertible Debentures or the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act or cause this offering of the Convertible Debentures or the Conversion Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act where such integration would result in an exemption not being available for the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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

 

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

 

(n)           Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all

 

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permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval.

 

(o)           Title. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

(p)           Insurance. The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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

 

(r)            Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, and (iii) the recorded amounts for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

(s)           No Material Adverse Breaches, etc. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in breach of any contract or agreement which breach, in the judgment of the Company’s officers, has or is expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, operations, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

(t)            Tax Status. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has made and filed all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and (unless and only to the extent that the Company and

 

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each of its subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim.

 

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

 

(v)           Fees and Rights of First Refusal. The Company is not obligated to offer the securities offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis or otherwise to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties except in connection with the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures and the Warrants issued to the purchasers of the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures.

 

(w)          Shareholder Approval.        The Company has obtained and provided to the Buyer’s irrevocable voting proxies from James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, Lindsay A. Gardner, and John Sakys  in favor of the purposes described in Sections 4(l) and 4(m) hereof .

 

(x)            2005 8% Convertible Debentures.     The amounts due under the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures is as outlined in the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto.

 

4.             COVENANTS.

 

(a)           Best Efforts. Each party shall use its best efforts to timely satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.

 

(b)           Form D. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Converrtible Debentures  as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Convertible

 

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Debentures , or obtain an exemption for the Convertible Debentures  for sale to the Buyers at the Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Buyers on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)           Reporting Status. Until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Buyer(s) may sell all of the Conversion Shares without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act (or successor thereto), or (ii) the date on which (A) the Buyer(s) shall have sold all the Conversion Shares and (B) none of the Convertible Debentures are outstanding (the “Registration Period”), the Company shall file in a timely manner all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and the regulations of the SEC   thereunder, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would otherwise permit such termination.

 

(d)           Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Convertible Debentures for general corporate and working capital purposes as well payment as outlined on the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto on the existing 8% Convertible Debentures .

 

(e)           Reservation of Shares. No later than December 31, 2006, the Company shall take all action reasonably necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to effect the issuance of the Conversion Shares. If at any time after December 31, 2006, the Company does not have available such shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all of the Conversion Shares, the Company shall call and hold a special meeting of the shareholders within thirty (30) days of such occurrence, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares authorized. The Company’s management shall recommend to the shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of shares of Common Stock authorized. Management shall also vote all of its shares in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. The Buyer acknowledges that there is currently inadequate authorized capital to reserve the full amount of shares required by this Agreement.

 

(f)            Listings or Quotation. The Company shall promptly secure the listing or quotation of the Conversion Shares upon each national securities exchange, automated quotation system or the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) or other market, if any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall use its best efforts to maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Conversion Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall maintain the Common Stock’s authorization for quotation on the Nasdaq Capital   Market.

 

(g)           Fees and Expenses.

 

(i)            Each of the Company and the Buyer(s) shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by such party in connection with the negotiation, investigation, preparation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents. The Company shall pay
 
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Yorkville Advisors LLC a fee of Eight Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($880,000) of which Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) shall be paid directly from the proceeds of the First Closing, One Hundred Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000) shall be paid directly from the proceeds of the Second Closing and One Hundred Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000) shall be paid directly from the proceeds of the Third Closing.
 
(ii)           The Company shall pay a structuring fee to Yorkville Advisors LLC of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) directly from the proceeds of the First Closing.
 
(iii)          The Company has prior to the date hereof paid  Yorkville Advisors, LLC a non-refundable due diligence fee of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000).
 
(iv)          Upon the execution of this Agreement the Company shall pay to the Buyer(s) a fee of Eight Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($825,000) which shall be payable by the issuance to the Buyer(s) of six hundred sixty thousand (660,000) restricted shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a per share valuation of One Dollar and Twenty Five Cents ($1.25) (the “Buyer’s Shares”).
 
(v)           Upon the execution of this Agreement the Company shall issue to the Buyer warrants to purchase an aggregate of eight million (8,000,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock for a period of three (3) years (the “Warrants”), of which a warrant to purchase  two million (2,000,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock shall have an exercise price of $1.25 per share, three million (3,000,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock shall have an exercise price of $1.75 per share and a warrant to purchase  three million (3,000,000) shares of the Company’s Common Stock shall have an exercise price of $2.00 per share (the “Warrant”). The shares of Common Stock issuable under the Warrants shall collectively be referred to as the “Warrant Shares”.
 
(vi)          The Warrant Shares and the Buyer’s Shares shall have “piggy-back” and a single demand registration rights (although the demand registrations right shall not be deemed satisfied unless the applicable registration statement becomes effective).
 

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

 

(i)            Transactions With Affiliates. So long as any Convertible Debentures are outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries not to, enter into, amend,

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modify or supplement, or permit any subsidiary to enter into, amend, modify or supplement any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement with any of its or any subsidiary’s officers, directors, person who were officers or directors at any time during the previous two (2) years, stockholders who beneficially own five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock, or Affiliates (as defined below) or with any individual related by blood, marriage, or adoption to any such individual or with any entity in which any such entity or individual owns a five percent (5%) or more beneficial interest (each a “Related Party”), except for (a) customary employment arrangements and benefit programs on reasonable terms, (b) any investment in an Affiliate of the Company,  (c) any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement on an arms-length basis on terms no less favorable than terms which would have been obtainable from a person other than such Related Party, (d) any agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement which is approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company; for purposes hereof, any director who is also an officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall not be a disinterested director with respect to any such agreement, transaction, commitment, or arrangement. “Affiliate” for purposes hereof means, with respect to any person or entity, another person or entity that, directly or indirectly, (i) has a ten percent (10%) or more equity interest in that person or entity, (ii) has ten percent (10%) or more common ownership with that person or entity, (iii) controls that person or entity, or (iv) shares common control with that person or entity. “Control” or “controls” for purposes hereof means that a person or entity has the power, direct or indirect, to conduct or govern the policies of another person or entity.

 

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

 

(k)           No Short Sales or Hedging Transactions. Neither the Buyer(s) nor any of its affiliates have an open short position in the Common Stock of the Company, and the Buyer(s) agrees that it shall not, and that it will cause its affiliates not to, engage in any short sales of or hedging transactions with respect to the Common Stock as long as any Convertible Debentures shall remain outstanding.

 

(l)            Shareholder Approval. The Company shall obtain shareholder approval no later than October 31, 2006 (without the vote of any shares acquired in this transaction and related transactions) for the issuance of a maximum 57,924,215 shares as Conversion Shares (being 64,000,000 maximum shares to be issued less 6,075,785 Conversion Shares, which will registered in the Initial Registration Statement, as defined in the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement, within the 19.99% requirement), (ii) shares issuable in payment of interest on the Debentures; (iii) shares issuable as liquidated damages pursuant to the Investor Registration Rights Agreement; and (iv) the Warrant Shares (the “Total Transaction Shares”).  For the purposes of the shareholder approval requirement, the term “Total Transaction Shares” does not include 6,075,785 Conversion Shares, the Buyers Shares, and the shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the 2,000,000 warrants with an exercise price of $1.25.

 

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(m)  Increase of Authorized Shares.  The Company shall increase its authorized Shares of Common Stock to at least one hundred seventy five million (175,000,000) shares of Common Stock by a vote of its shareholders no later than October 31, 2006 and the filing of preliminary and definitive Schedule 14A to be followed by the appropriate filings with the California Secretary of State  and which shall be effective as soon thereafter as possible, but no later than December 31, 2006.

 

(n) Amendment of Registration Statement. Within thirty (30) calendar days of obtaining Shareholder Approval outlined in Section (n) above and increasing its authorized Shares of Common Stock as outlined in Section (m) above the Company but in no event later than November 30, 2006  file an amended Registration Statement to increase the number of shares registered to the Total Transaction Shares. The Company shall use its best efforts to have such amended registration statement declared effective within forty five (45)  calendar days of its filing but in no event later than January 15, 2007.
 

5.             TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.

 

(a)           The Company shall issue the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions in the form attached hereto.

 

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

 

The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Convertible Debentures to the Buyer(s) at the Closings is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Dates, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

 

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

 

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

 

The representations and warranties of the Buyer(s) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Dates as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the Buyer(s) shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer(s) at or prior to the Closing Dates.

 

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

 

(a)           The obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to purchase the Convertible Debentures at the First Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the First Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

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(i)            The Company shall have executed the Transaction Documents and delivered the same to the Buyer(s).
 
(ii)           The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq Capital Markets, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended for any reason, the Company shall have made all filings necessary for the Conversion Shares with the Nasdaq Capital Markets, subject to the understanding that, until the Company obtains shareholder approval as contemplated in Section 4(m), the Company has insufficient authorized shares.
 
(iii)          The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the First Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the First Closing Date. If requested by the Buyer, the Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the President of the Company, dated as of the First Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, without limitation an update as of the First Closing Date regarding the representation contained in Section 3(c) above.
 
(iv)          The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer(s) the Convertible Debentures in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I attached hereto.
 
(v)           The Buyer(s) shall have received an opinion of counsel from Burns, Figa & Will, P.C. in the form of Schedule 7(a)(v).
 
(vi)          The Company shall have provided to the Buyer(s) a certificate of good standing from the secretary of state from the state in which the company is incorporated.
 
(vii)         The Company shall have authorized the Buyer, as provided for in Schedule 7(a)(vii) to file a form UCC-1 or such other forms as may be required to perfect the Buyer’s interest in the Pledged Property as detailed in the Security Agreement dated the date hereof and provided proof of such filing to the Buyer(s).
 
(viii)        The Company shall have provided to the Buyer an acknowledgement, to the satisfaction of the Buyer, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants as to its ability to provide all consents required in order to file a registration statement in connection with this transaction.
 
(ix)           The Company shall have reserved out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Convertible Debentures, shares of Common Stock to effect the conversion of all of the
 
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Conversion Shares then outstanding to the extent that the Company has authorized shares  remaining available for reservation in which case the Obligor shall be obligated to increase its authorized shares pursuant to Section 4 (e) herein.
 
(x)            The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, shall have been delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Company’s transfer agent.
 
(xi)          The Company has obtained and provided to the Buyers  irrevocable voting proxies from James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, Lindsay A. Gardner, and John Sakys voting in favor of registering and being able to issue the Total Transaction Shares as contemplated under this transaction.
 

(b)           The obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to accept the Convertible Debentures at the Second Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Second Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

(i)            The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq Capital Market, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended for any reason, and all the Conversion Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures shall be approved by the Nasdaq Capital Markets, subject to the understanding that, until the Company obtains shareholder approval as contemplated in Section 4(m), the Company has insufficient authorized shares.
 
(ii)           The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the Second Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Second Closing Date. If requested by the Buyer, the Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by two officers of the Company, dated as of the Second Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, without limitation an update as of the Second Closing Date regarding the representation contained in Section 3(c) above.
 
(iii)          The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer(s) the Convertible Debentures in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I attached hereto.
 
(iv)          The Company shall have certified that all conditions to the Second Closing have been satisfied and that the Company will file the Registration Statement with the SEC in compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC for filing thereof two (2) Trading Days after the Second Closing. If requested by the Buyer, the Buyer
 
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shall have received a certificate, executed by the two officers of the Company, dated as of the Second Closing Date, to the foregoing effect.
 

(c)           The obligation of the Buyer(s) hereunder to accept the Convertible Debentures at the Third Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Third Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

(i)            The Common Stock shall be authorized for quotation on the Nasdaq Capital Markets, trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended for any reason, and all the Conversion Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures shall be approved by the Nasdaq Capital Markets, subject to the understanding that, until the Company obtains shareholder approval as contemplated in Section 4(m), the Company has insufficient authorized shares.
 
(ii)           The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the Third Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Third Closing Date. If requested by the Buyer, the Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by two officers of the Company, dated as of the Third Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer including, without limitation an update as of the Third Closing Date regarding the representation contained in Section 3(c) above.
 
(iii)          The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer(s) the Convertible Debentures in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I attached hereto.
 
(iv)          The Company shall have certified that all conditions to the Third Closing have been satisfied and that the Company Registration Statement shall be declared effective by the SEC, in compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, within two(2) Trading Days after the Third Closing. If requested by the Buyer, the Buyer shall have received a certificate, executed by the two officers of the Company, dated as of the Third  Closing Date, to the foregoing effect.
 

8.             INDEMNIFICATION.

 

(a)           In consideration of the Buyer’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Convertible Debentures and the Conversion Shares hereunder, and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer(s) and each other holder of the Convertible Debentures and the Conversion Shares, and all of their officers, directors, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions

 

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contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Buyer Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by the Buyer Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement, the Convertible Debentures or the Investor Registration Rights Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in this Agreement, or the Investor Registration Rights Agreement or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, or (c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement or any other instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto by any of the parties hereto, any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Convertible Debentures or the status of the Buyer or holder of the Convertible Debentures  the Conversion Shares,  as a Buyer of Convertible Debentures in the Company. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities, which is permissible under applicable law.

 

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

 

9.             GOVERNING LAW: MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)           Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any action between them shall be

 

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heard in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Paragraph.

 

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

 

(c)           Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

(d)           Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

(e)           Entire Agreement, Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Buyer(s), the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Buyer makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

 

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

 

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If to the Company, to:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

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

 

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

 

(h)           No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

(i)            Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyer(s) contained in Sections 2 and 3, the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 4, 5 and 9, and the indemnification provisions set forth in Section 8, shall survive the Closing for a period of two (2) years following the date on which the Convertible Debentures are converted in full. The Buyer(s) shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

 

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

 

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

 

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consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Buyer(s) will timely file any reports required under Sections 13(d) or 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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

 

(m)          No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyers and the Company have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

Name

 

Signature

 

Address/Facsimile
Number of Buyer

 

Amount of
Subscription

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cornell Capital Partners, LP.

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

$

16,000,000

 

 

Its:

General Partner

 

Jersey City, NJ 07303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:       (201) 985-8266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:       (201) 985-8266

 

 

 



 

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

 

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EX-10.2 3 a06-13279_1ex10d2.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.2

 

INVESTOR REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 30, 2006, by and among ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned investors listed on Schedule I attached hereto (each, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.                                   In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith (the Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to the Investors secured convertible debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”) which shall be convertible into that number of shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase  Agreement for an aggregate purchase price of up to Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

1.                                       DEFINITIONS.

 

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

 

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

 

(b)                                 Register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements (as defined below) in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis (“Rule 415”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

(c)                                  Registrable Securities” means the shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investors upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement the Buyer’s Shares, as this term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the Warrant Shares, as this term is defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 



 

(d)                                 Registration Statement” means a registration statement, including but not limited to the Initial Registration Statement, the Amended Registration Statement or New Registration Statement, and any subsequent Registration Statement under the Securities Act which covers the Registrable Securities.

 

2.                                       REGISTRATION.

 

(a)                                  (i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file, no later than August 7, 2006 (the “Scheduled Filing Deadline”), with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 or SB-2 (or, if the Company is then eligible, on Form S-3) under the Securities Act (the “Initial Registration Statement”) for the resale by the Investors of the Registrable Securities, which includes a total of 8,735,785 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (this number is equivalent to 19.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock),  including 6,075,785shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures, 660,000 Buyer’s Shares and 2,000,000 Warrant Shares to be issued under the Warrants with the $1.25 exercise price. The Company shall cause the Registration Statement to remain effective until the earlier of i) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold or such Registrable Securities being eligible for sale under Rule 144(k). Prior to the filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC, the Company shall furnish a copy of the Initial Registration Statement to the Investors for their review and comment. Prior to the filing of the Registration Statement the Investors shall furnish to the Company a completed and executed Selling Shareholder Notice and Questionnaire in the form attached hereto. The Investors shall furnish comments on the Initial Registration Statement to the Company within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt thereof from the Company.

 

(b)                                 Effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company shall use its best efforts (i) to have the Initial Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC no later than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date hereof (the “Scheduled Effective Deadline”), (ii) to have the Amended Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC no later than forty five (45) days from the date filed (the “Amended Scheduled Effective Deadline”) and (iii) to insure that the Initial Registration Statement, the Amended Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statement remains in effect until all of the Registrable Securities have been sold, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Failure to File or Obtain Effectiveness of the Registration Statement. In the event the Initial or Amended Registration Statement is not filed by the Scheduled Filing Deadline or the Amended Filing Deadline or is not declared effective by the SEC on or before the Scheduled Effective Date or the Amended Scheduled Effective Deadline, or if after the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, sales cannot be made pursuant to the Registration Statement (whether because of a failure to keep the Registration Statement effective, failure to disclose such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to the Registration Statement, failure to register sufficient shares of Common Stock or otherwise) then as partial relief for the damages to any holder of Registrable Securities by reason of any such delay in or reduction of its ability to sell the underlying shares of Common Stock (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies at law or in equity), the Company will pay as liquidated damages (the “Liquidated Damages”) to the holder, at the Company’s option, either a cash amount or shares of the Company’s Common Stock within three (3) business days, after

 

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demand therefore, equal to one percent (1%) of the liquidated value of the Convertible Debentures outstanding as Liquidated Damages for each thirty (30) day period after the Scheduled Filing Deadline, Amended  Scheduled Filing Deadline or the Scheduled Effective Date, Amended Scheduled Effective Date as the case may be. The Liquidated Damages will be pro rated for each day, and in no case will the Company be obligated to pay Liquidated Damages for more than a total of 365 calendar days.

 

(d)                                 Liquidated Damages. The Company and the Investor hereto acknowledge and agree that the sums payable under subsection 2(c) above shall constitute liquidated damages and not penalties and are in addition to all other rights of the Investor, including the right to call a default. The parties further acknowledge that (i) the amount of loss or damages likely to be incurred is incapable or is difficult to precisely estimate, (ii) the amounts specified in such subsections bear a reasonable relationship to, and are not plainly or grossly disproportionate to, the probable loss likely to be incurred in connection with any failure by the Company to obtain or maintain the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, (iii) one of the reasons for the Company and the Investor reaching an agreement as to such amounts was the uncertainty and cost of litigation regarding the question of actual damages, and (iv) the Company and the Investor are sophisticated business parties and have been represented by sophisticated and able legal counsel and negotiated this Agreement at arm’s length.

 

3.                                       RELATED OBLIGATIONS.

 

(a)                                  The Company shall no later than October 31, 2006 obtain shareholder approval to issue in excess of 19.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures, issuance of shares of the Company’s Common Stock for payment for outstanding and accrued interest, issuance of shares of the Company’s Common Stock for payment of Liquidated Damages,  exercise of the Warrant Shares, issuance of the Buyer’s Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and increase its authorized shares of Common Stock to at least one hundred seventy five million (175,000,000) shares of Common Stock.

 

(b)                                 Within thirty (30) calendar days of obtaining shareholder approval to issue in excess of 19.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, as outlined above, and increasing its authorized shares of Common Stock to at least one hundred seventy five million (175,000,000) shares of Common Stock but no in no event later than November 30, 2006, the Company shall file an amended Registration Statement or a new Registration Statement increasing the number of Registrable Securities to an amount equal to three (3) times the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures then unconverted or unpaid (calculated based on dividing the result of a twenty percent (20%) discount of the average of the two (2) daily lowest VWAP’s for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days prior to the date the Amended Registration Statement is filed into the principal amount of the then unconverted Convertible Debenture multiplied by three (3)), (but no more than 64,000,000 shares of Common Stock) and 6,000,000 Warrant Shares to be issued under the Warrants with the exercise price of $1.75 and $2.00 (either the Amended Registration Statement or the new Registration Statement shall be referred to as the “Amended Registration Statement”). The Company shall use its best efforts (i) to have the Amended Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC no later than forty five (45) calendar from

 

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the date filed but in no event later than January 15, 2007 (the “Amended Scheduled Effective Deadline”) and (ii) to insure that the Amended Registration Statement and any subsequent Registration Statement remains in effect until all of the Registrable Securities have been sold, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  In the event that all of the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to the Amended Registration Statement are issued to the Investor and there remains principal amounts and accrued interest due and outstanding pursuant to the Convertible Debentures the Company shall within thirty (30) calendar days of such event file a subsequent Registration Statement registering the sum of the number of Registrable Securities to be issued upon conversion of the principal amounts due and outstanding pursuant to the Convertible Debentures registered to date subtracted from 64,000,000 shares. The Company shall use its best efforts to have such subsequent Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC no later than forty five (45) calendar from the date filed.

 

(d)                                 The Company shall keep the Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the date on which the Investor shall have sold all the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or such Registrable Securities being eligible for sale under Rule 144(k) (the “Registration Period”), which Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

 

(e)                                  The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-KSB, Form 10-QSB or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company shall incorporate such report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement.

 

(f)                                    The Company shall ensure that the Registration Statement and the final prospectus included therein are available to the holders of Registrable Securities on the EDGAR website maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company shall provide the Investors such other documents as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

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(g)                                 The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to its articles of incorporation or by-laws, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(h)                                 As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or development, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and ensure that such supplement or amendment is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) to each Investor. The Company shall also promptly notify each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to each Investor by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

4.                                       OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS.

 

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

 

5.                                       EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION.

 

All expenses incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, legal and accounting fees shall be paid by the Company. The Company’s obligation to bear expenses described in this Section 5 does not include any expenses that any Investor may incur in connection with any inspection contemplated in Section 3(i), any legal, accounting or other advisors retained by the Investors (or any of them) to assist the Investor in the registration process, or any sales commissions, fees, or any other charge or expense incurred by the Investor.

 

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6.                                       INDEMNIFICATION.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(c)                                  Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one (1) counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing  interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

7.                                       CONTRIBUTION.

 

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

 

8.                                       REPORTS UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT.

 

With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“Rule 144”) the Company agrees to:

 

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(a)                                  make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

 

(b)                                 file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements (it being understood that nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations under Section 4(c) of the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the filing of such reports and other documents as are  required by the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

 

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

 

9.                                       AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

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

 

10.                                 MISCELLANEOUS.

 

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

 

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

 

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If to the Company, to:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander, President

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With Copy to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

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

 

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

 

(d)                                 The laws of the State of New Jersey shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Investors as its stockholders. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Jersey. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts for the District of New Jersey sitting Newark, New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any

 

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manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(e)                                  This Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, the Securities Purchase Agreement and related documents including the Convertible Debenture and the Security Agreements dated the date hereof (the “Security Agreements”) constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, the Securities Purchase Agreement and related documents including the Convertible Debenture, and the Security Agreement supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

(j)                                     This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Investor Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written.

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTORS

 

Name

 

Signature

 

Address/Facsimile
Number of Investors

 

 

 

 

 

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

Its:

General Partner

 

Jersey City, NJ 07303

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:       (201) 985-8266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

 

 

 

Its:

Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

 

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:       (201) 985-8266

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Attention:

 

Re:                               ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

[Law Firm]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

cc:                                 [LIST NAMES OF INVESTORS]

 


EX-10.3 4 a06-13279_1ex10d3.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.3

 

IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

May 30, 2006

 

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place 8th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: William Seegraber

 

RE:                            ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) of even date herewith by and between Isonics Corporation, a California corporation (the Company”), and the Buyers set forth on Schedule I attached thereto (collectively the “Buyers”). Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company (and subject to the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement) have sold to the Buyers, and the Buyers have purchased from the Company, convertible debentures (collectively, the “Debentures”) in the aggregate principal amount of Sixteen  Million Dollars ($16,000,000), plus accrued interest, which are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”) in accordance with the terms of the Debentures. The Company has also issued to the Buyer three (3) warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, at the Buyer’s discretion (the “Warrant”).

 

These instructions relate to stock issuances or transfers of not more than a total of 6,075,785 (being 8,735,785 less 660,000 Buyer’s Shares, as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement and 2,000,000 Warrant Shares) shares of the Company’s Common Stock unless and until after the Company’s shareholders approve the issuance of a greater number of shares of Common Stock as contemplated in Section 4(l) and has increased the Company’s authorized capitalization as contemplated in Section 4(m) of the Securities Purchase Agreement thereafter up to:

 

1.                                       64,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyers upon conversion of the Debentures (“Conversion Shares”).

 

2.                                       Shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyers upon conversion of accrued interest and liquidated damages into Common Stock if the Company has elected

 



 

to pay such accrued interest under the Convertible Debentures (“Interest”) and/or liquidated damages under the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof by and between the Company and the Buyer (“Liquidated Damages”) in shares of the Company’s Common Stock as calculated in the Convertible Debenture and the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement, respectively (the “Interest Shares” and the “Liquidated Damages Shares”).

 

3.                                       Up to 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Buyers upon exercise of the Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.

 

This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company (the “Transfer Agent”) to do the following (provided that you are acting as Transfer Agent of the Company at such time):

 

1.               Delivery of Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice and Exercise Price.

 

a.               Delivery of Conversion Notice. In all cases where the Buyer intends to convert a portion or all of the principal amount of the Debentures, the Buyer must deliver to the Company via facsimile or electronic mail to the Company a properly completed and duly executed Conversion Notice (the “Conversion Notice”) in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Debentures.

 

b.              Delivery of an Exercise Notice and Exercise Price. In all cases where the Buyer intends to exercise a portion or all of the Warrants, the Buyer must deliver to the Company via facsimile or electronic mail to the Company a properly completed and duly executed Exercise Notice (the “Exercise Notice”) in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Warrants as well the Exercise Price for the Warrants being exercised, if being exercised on a cash basis, via wire transfer of good and immediately available funds to such instructions provided by the Company.

 

c.               In the event that counsel to the Company fails or refuses to render an opinion as required to issue the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Liquidated Damages (if elected by the Company to be paid in Common Stock), or the Interest Shares (if elected by the Company to be paid in Common Stock of the Company) (either with or without restrictive legends, as applicable), then the Company irrevocably and expressly authorizes David Gonzalez, Esq. as counsel to the Buyer, or such other counsel to the Buyer chosen by the Buyer and designated by the Buyer in writing to the Transfer Agent with a copy to the Company, to render such opinion. The Transfer Agent shall accept and be entitled to rely on such opinion for the purposes of issuing the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Liquidated Damages, or the Interest Shares.

 

2.               Conversions, Warrant Exercises, and Issuance of Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares at the Instruction of the Company. The Transfer Agent shall deliver

 

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Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares (if the Company has elected to make such payments by the issuance of Shares of the Company’s Common Stock) (as the case may be) in accordance with the instructions given to it by the Company. Since the Transfer Agent participates in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall credit the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares to the Buyer’s or their designees’ balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system provided that the Company is an eligible security and further provided that the Buyer causes its bank or broker to initiate the DWAC transaction, unless the Conversion Shares,  the Warrant Shares Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares to be issued are in physical stock certificate form or restricted securities’ as that term is defined in Rule 144. When delivering physical stock certificates or restricted securities, the Transfer Agent shall issue and deliver via common carrier of overnight delivery to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice or the Exercise Notice (as the case may be) a certificate registered in the name of the Buyer or its designees for the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares (as the case may be) and if “restricted securities” shall impose its normal legend on such certificate.

 

3.               Failure to Deliver. If the Buyer has failed to receive the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares within three (3) Trading Days of delivery of a Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice (as the case may be) as required by the Warrants or the Debentures or within three (3) Trading Days of the Company’s notification to the Buyer of its election to pay Liquidated Damages and/or Interest in shares of the Company’s Common Stock or failure to receive notification from the Company of its election to pay Liquidated Damages or Interest in cash or shares of the Company’s Common Stock within three (3) Trading Days of such Liquidated Damages or Interest being due (a “Failure to Timely Deliver”), the Buyer may provide written notification to the Company and to the Transfer Agent describing such failure (“Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver”) as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. Upon such notification, the Company irrevocably appoints David Gonzalez as its agent to instruct the Transfer Agent for all pending and future deliveries of Conversion Notices, Exercises Notices, issuances of Liquidated Damages Shares and/or Interest Shares.

 

The Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver and must set forth at least the following:

 

a.               A certification that the Buyer delivered the Conversion Notice or the Exercise Notice and Exercise Price to the Company as contemplated in paragraph 1, above and/or that the Company has elected to pay Liquidated Damages and/or Interest in shares of the Company’s Common Stock or has failed to advise the Buyer of its election to pay Liquidated Damages and/or Interest in cash or shares of the Company’s Common Stock within three (3) Trading Days of such Liquidated Damages or Interest being due.

 

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b.              The circumstances surrounding the Failure to Timely Deliver, including the date that the Buyer delivered the Conversion Notice to the Company (or in the case of a Warrant, the Exercise Notice and full payment for the Warrant Shares if exercised on a cash-basis), the date the Company notified or failed to notify the Buyer, the Buyer of its election to pay Liquidated Damages and/or Interest in shares of the Company’s Common Stock or and a statement that all of the requirements of the Debenture (as to a Conversion Notice) or the Warrant (as to an Exercise Notice) or the payment of Liquidated Damages, or Interest were met,;

 

c.               The date by which delivery was to have been made in accordance with the terms of the Debenture, the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement or the Warrant or the election of the Company to pay Liquidated Damages or Interest in shares of the Company’s Common Stock;

 

d.              A certification that the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, or Interest Shares have not been delivered to the Buyer;

 

e.               A certification that the Buyer has sent a copy of the Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver to the Company; and

 

f.                 And be duly executed by the Buyer’s whose signature shall be notarized.

 

The Transfer Agent is entitled to rely on the Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver from the Buyer.

 

4.              Already Delivered Conversion Notices, Exercises Notices or Elections to Pay Liquidated Damages or Interest in Shares of the Company’s Common Stock. If the Transfer Agent receives a Notice of Failure to Deliver for a Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice that has been delivered to the Company (with full payment of, in the case of an Exercise Notice on a cash basis), Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares where the Company has elected to pay Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares, the Buyer, through David Gonzalez, shall be entitled to instruct the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice, issue the Liquidated Damages Shares or the Interest Shares, in accordance with the terms of these instructions, with regard to the relevant Conversion Notice or Exercise Notice to deliver the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares or Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares as set forth in the Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver within two (2) Trading Days of such notification from the Buyer. For purposes hereof “Trading Day shall mean any day on which the Nasdaq Stock Market is open for customary trading.

 

5.               Future Conversion Notices and/or Exercise Notices or Issuances of Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares (if elected by the Company). All such Conversion Notices and/or Exercise Notices or requests for issuances of Liquidated Damages Shares of Interest Shares following the date that the Transfer Agent has received a Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver shall be delivered by David Gonzalez

 

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to the Transfer Agent and the Company, via facsimile or electronic mail or any commercially reasonable method, along with an opinion of counsel either from David Gonzalez, Esq. or such other Buyer’s counsel as may be designated by the Buyer in writing to the Transfer Agent with a copy to the Company if applicable, (“Instructions and Opinion”) regarding either the availability of an exemption from registration for the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares to be delivered, whether the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, the Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares to be issued should bear a restrictive legend, and that the issuance of the Conversion Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest Shares, or the Warrant Shares is in accordance with the terms of the Debentures or the Warrants, as appropriate. No later than on the sixth (6th) Trading Day following the Transfer Agent’s receipt of the Instructions and Opinion (or, if later, the sixth (6th) Trading Day following the date that Mr. Gonzalez has sent a copy of the Instructions and Opinion to the Company), the Transfer Agent shall (i) issue and deliver the Conversion Shares, the Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares (as applicable) as specified in the Instructions and Opinion. The Transfer Agent shall deliver Conversion Shares, the Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest Shares or Warrant Shares (as the case may be) in accordance with the instructions given to it in the Instructions. Since the Transfer Agent participates in The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent shall credit the Conversion Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest Shares or the Warrant Shares to the Buyer’s or their designees’ balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system provided the Buyer causes its bank or broker to initiate the DWAC transaction, unless the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares to be issued are ‘restricted securities’ as that term is defined in Rule 144. When delivering restricted securities, the Transfer Agent shall issue and deliver via common carrier of overnight delivery to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice or the Exercise Notice (as the case may be) a certificate registered in the name of the Buyer or its designees for the Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares (as the case may be) and shall impose its normal legend on such certificate.

 

The Company hereby irrevocably and expressly authorizes David Gonzalez, Esq. as counsel to the Buyer, or such other counsel to the Buyer chosen by the Buyer, to render such Instructions and Opinion and the Transfer Agent shall accept and be entitled to rely on such Instructions and Opinion for the purposes of issuing the Conversion Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest Shares and Warrant Shares.

 

Any Conversion Notice, Exercise Notice or instruction to issue Liquidated Damages Shares or Interest Shares delivered hereunder shall constitute an irrevocable instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such notice or notices in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

6.               All Shares.

 

a.               The Transfer Agent shall reserve for issuance to the Buyers a minimum of 6,075,785 Conversion Shares, 660,000 Buyer Shares (as defined in the

 

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Securities Purchase Agreement, and 2,000,000 Warrant Shares. Following the increase of the authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock to at least 175,000,000 shares of Common Stock and approval by the shareholders of the issuance of shares of the Company’s Common Stock in excess of 19.99% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Debentures and exercise of the Warrants (to be authorized by the shareholders of the Company no later than October 31, 2006), the Transfer Agent shall, upon direction by the Company, reserve for issuance to the Buyers a minimum of 64,000,000 Conversion Shares and 8,000,000 Warrant Shares. All such shares shall remain in reserve with the Transfer Agent until the Company and the Buyers provides the Transfer Agent instructions that the shares or any part of them shall be taken out of reserve and shall no longer be subject to the terms of these instructions.

 

b.              The Company hereby confirms to the Transfer Agent and the Buyers that no instructions other than as contemplated herein will be given to Transfer Agent by the Company with respect to the matters referenced herein. The Company hereby authorizes the Transfer Agent, and the Transfer Agent shall be obligated, to disregard any contrary instructions received by or on behalf of the Company.

 

The Company hereby confirm to the Transfer Agent and the Buyers that certificates representing the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares shall not bear any legend restricting transfer and should not be subject to any stop-transfer restrictions and shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company; provided that such shares are registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement and counsel to the Company has delivered a notice of effectiveness and opinion of effectiveness to the Transfer Agent. Should the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest SAhres not be registered or otherwise “restricted securities” Counsel to the Company will provide an opinion to the Transfer Agent that the issuance is an exempt transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event that Counsel to the Company fails or refuses to deliver a notice of effectiveness, opinion of effectiveness, or opinion as to the exemption of transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company irrevocably and expressly authorizes David Gonzalez as counsel to the Buyer, or such other counsel as may be designated by the Buyer in writing to the Transfer Agent with a copy to the Company, to deliver and the Transfer Agent shall accept and be authorized to rely on such notice of effectiveness,  opinion of effectiveness, or  such opinion of exemption delivered by David Gonzalez or such other counsel.

 

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

 

In the event that the Transfer Agent resigns as transfer agent to the Company, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain a suitable replacement transfer agent, within thirty (30) calendar days of the Transfer Agent’s resignation, which agent shall have agreed to serve as transfer agent and to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Transfer Agent Instructions within the Notice Period referenced above. The Company’s obligation to obtain a suitable replacement transfer agent shall not affect the Transfer Agent’s  ability to resign

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

James E. Alexander

 

 

Title:

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

 

 

Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

William Seegraber

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

SCHEDULE OF BUYERS

 

Name

 

Signature

 

Address/Facsimile
Number of Buyers

 

 

 

 

 

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

Its:

General Partner

 

Jersey City, NJ 07303

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:       (201) 985-8266

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

 

 

 

Its:

Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver

 

Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company

17 Battery Place 8th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: William Seegraber

 

Dear Mr. Seegraber,

 

Please accept this notification of Cornell’s Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver pursuant to the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated May     , 2006 (the “Irrevocable transfer Agent Instructions”).

 

Pursuant to the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions we the Buyer delivered [the Conversion Notice or the Exercise Notice and Exercise Price] to the Company as contemplated Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions or [the Company elected to pay Liquidated Damages and/or outstanding and accrued interest in shares of the Company’s Common Stock or has failed to advise the Buyer of its election to pay Liquidated Damages and/or Interest in cash or shares of the Company’s Common Stock by              which is three (3) Trading Days from the date such Liquidated Damages or Interest was due and owed].

 

We delivered the Conversion Notice to the Company (or in the case of a Warrant, the Exercise Notice and full payment for the Warrant Shares if exercised on a cash-basis), on                 .

 

[The Company notified or failed to notify the Buyer, the Buyer of its election to pay Liquidated Damages and/or Interest in shares of the Company’s Common Stock by                 . ]

 

We certify that all of the requirements of the Debenture and/or the Warrant (as to an Exercise Notice) or the payment of Liquidated Damages, or Interest have been were met.

 

The [Conversion Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest Shares or the Warrant Shares  were due to be delivered by                     .

 

The Company has failed to elect to pay Liquidated Damages or Interest in shares of the Company’s Common Stock by                        ;

 

A certification that the Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, or Interest Shares have not been delivered to the Buyer;

 

Therefore we irrevocably direct you to deliver the [Conversion Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest Shares, Warrant Shares] to us via [Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) Fast

 



 

Automated Securities Transfer Program, the Transfer Agent to the our balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) or issue and deliver via common carrier of overnight delivery to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice or the Exercise Notice (as the case may be) a certificate along with restrictive legends registered in the name of the Buyer or its designees for the Conversion Shares, Liquidated Damages Shares, Interest Shares  or the Warrant Shares (as the case may be).

 

We are hereby simultaneously delivering this Notice of Failure to Timely Deliver to the Company.

 

 

CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

 

 

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Title:

Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

State of New Jersey

 

 

County of Hudson

 

 

 

On this      day of                     , 2006 appeared before me

 

                         who is personally known to me and executed the foregoing document.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 


EX-10.4 5 a06-13279_1ex10d4.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.4

 

IRREVOCABLE VOTING PROXY

 

THIS VOTING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) as of May 30, 2006 is made by and among Cornell Capital Partners, LP (“Cornell”) and the other persons or entities named on signature pages hereto (individually as “Shareholder” and collectively as the “Shareholders” and with the Cornell, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholders are shareholders of Isonics Company, a California Company (the “Company”) as well as holding the position of president, senior vice president, vice president and chief financial officer;

 

WHEREAS, as additional consideration to Cornell for entering into the Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 2006 and the transaction documents related thereto with the Company, the Shareholders desire to enter into this Agreement for the purpose of granting an irrevocable proxy to exercise certain voting rights of shares of stock of the Company at the shareholder’s meeting to be held no later than October 31, 2006.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

SHARES SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT

 

1.1           Shares Subject to Agreement.  The shares subject to the irrevocable proxy provided in Section 2 are such shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”) that are:

 

(a)          As of the date hereof, held in the names of the Shareholders in the amounts set forth opposite each Shareholder’s name on Schedule 1 attached hereto;

 

(b)         Any future issuance of voting shares of Capital Stock of the Company to the Shareholders, provided however, that this Agreement is in effect at the time of such issuance.

 

1.2           Adjustment of Shares.  In the event that the number of outstanding shares of common stock is increased by a stock dividend, stock split, or similar recapitalization of the Company, any additional shares issued to either Shareholder shall be deemed Shares within the meaning of this Agreement. 

 

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ARTICLE II

GRANT OF PROXY

 

2.1           Grant of Proxy.  Upon the execution of this Agreement and Exhibit A hereto, the shareholders grant to David Gonzalez their Proxy to vote for the matters described in Sections 4(l) and 4(m) of the Securities Purchase Agreement at the meeting of the Company’s Shareholders to be held on or before October 31, 2006.

 

2.2           Revocation of Prior Proxies.  The Shareholders hereby revoke and cancel any and all proxies in respect of the Shares existing prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Each Shareholder represents and warrants to Cornell and the other Shareholders, the following:

 

3.1           Requisite Power and Authority.  Shareholder has all the necessary power and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its provisions. All action on Shareholder’s part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Agreement has been taken.  Upon execution and delivery, this Agreement will be valid and binding obligation of Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights, and (b) general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies.

 

3.2           Ownership of Shares.  Each Shareholder is the beneficial owner of the Shares specified in Schedule 1 hereto opposite his name and that he does not own directly or indirectly, any other shares of common stock of the Company as of the date hereof.  There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, commitments, conversion rights, rights of exchange, plans or other agreements providing for the purchase, issuance or sale of the voting shares, other than as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV

TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT

 

4.1           Termination.  This Agreement shall terminate upon casting of all of the proxy votes as contemplated by Section 2.1 above.

 

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1           Governing Law/Venue. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made in, governed by, interpreted under and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of California , irrespective of the place of domicile or residence of any Party, and without giving effect to any

 

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choice or conflict of laws provision or rule (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.  In the event of controversy arising out of the interpretation, construction, performance or breach of this Agreement, the Parties hereby agree and consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of Los Angeles Cointy or the United States District Court of for Central District of California.

 

5.2           Remedies.  The Parties shall have all the remedies available to them for breach of this Agreement by law or in equity.  The Parties further agree that in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity, the Parties will be entitled to specific performance of the obligations of each party to this Agreement and immediate injunctive relief.  The Parties also agree that if an action is brought in equity to enforce a party’s obligations, no Shareholder will assert as a defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.

 

5.3           Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties hereto.

 

5.4           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and no Party shall be liable or bound to any other in any manner by any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements except as specifically set forth herein.

 

5.2           Amendment and Waiver.  This Agreement may not be amended or modified.

 

4.6           Notices.  Any notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be deemed sufficiently given if personally delivered to it or sent by registered mail or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by prepaid telegram addressed as follows:

 

If to Cornell , to:

 

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

Jersey City, New Jersey 07030

 

 

Attention:Mark Angelo & David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

 

If to Shareholder:

 

At such address on the Company’s stockholder ledger

 

or such other addresses as shall be furnished in writing by any party in the manner for giving notices hereunder, and any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have given as of the date so delivered, mailed or telegraphed.

 

5.7           Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that any dispute among the Parties to this Agreement should result in litigation, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the

 

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losing party all fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this Agreement.

 

5.8           Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of the Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

5.9           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  The execution of this Agreement may be transmitted by facsimile signatures.

 

5.10         Definitions.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are defined as set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company and Cornell of even date herewith or documents referred to therein.

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO VOTING AGREEMENT]

 

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

 

 

COMPANY:

CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

By:       Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Title:

President and Portfolio Manager

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS
 
 
 
 

James E. Alexander

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boris Rubizhevsky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lindsay A. Gardner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Sakys

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

CURRENT SHARE OWNERSHIP

 

SHAREHOLDER

 

CERTIFICATE NO.

 

SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

James E. Alexander

 

 

 

 

Boris Rubizhevsky

 

 

 

 

Lindsay A. Gardner

 

 

 

 

John Sakys

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

IRREVOCABLE PROXY

 

In consideration for Cornell Capital Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnerhip (“Cornell”), entering into the transactions pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and related documents all of which are dated May 30, 2006 with Isonic Coproration, a California corporation (the “Company”) the undersigned shareholders, holders of the Shares set forth with their names below do hereby irrevocably appoint David Gonzalez, Esq., as nominee for Cornell, with full power of substitution,  as proxy to vote and otherwise represent the Shares for the following matters:

 

1.                                       The approval of an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated articles of in Company to increase the number of shares of authorized Common Stock from to at least 175,000,000 and the filing of a preliminary and definitive Schedule 14A to be followed by the appropriate filings with the California Secretary of State and which shall be effective as soon thereafter as possible, but no later than December 31, 2006 and

 

2.                                       The issuance of a maximum 57,924,215 shares as Conversion Shares (being 64,000,000 maximum shares to be issued less 6,075,785 Conversion Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 30, 2006 by and between the Company and the Buyer), which will registered in the Initial Registration Statement, as defined in the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement dated May 30, 2006 by and between the Company and the Buyer, within the 19.99% requirement), (ii) shares issuable in payment of interest on the Debentures; (iii) shares issuable as liquidated damages pursuant to the Investor Registration Rights Agreement; and (iv) the Warrant Shares (the “Total Transaction Shares”).  The term “Total Transaction Shares” does not include 6,075,785 Conversion Shares, the Buyers Shares, and the shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the 2,000,000 warrants with an exercise price of $1.25 all of which have previously been issued to the Buyers.

 

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are defined as set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company and Cornell of even date herewith or documents referred to therein

 

The proxy holder named herein shall represent the undersigned for the purpose of determining a quorum at any shareholders’ meeting that he attends.

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

James E. Alexander

1,801,167

 

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Boris Rubizhevsky

 

1,067,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lindsay A. Gardner

 

250,548

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Sakys

 

4,024

 

 

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EX-10.5 6 a06-13279_1ex10d5.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.5

 

Dated:  May 30, 2006

 

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 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.

 

No. CCP-1

 

$10,000,000]

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Secured Convertible Debenture

 

Due May 30, 2009

 

This Secured Convertible Debenture (the “Debenture”) is issued by ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Obligor”), to CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP (the “Holder”), pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) of even date herewith.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Obligor hereby promises to pay to the Holder or its successors and assigns the principal sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) together with accrued but unpaid interest on or before May 30, 2009 (the “Maturity Date”) in accordance with the following terms:

 

Interest. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance hereof at an annual rate equal to six percent (6%). 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 will be paid to the Holder or its assignee  (as defined in Section 5) in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Obligor regarding registration and transfers of Debentures (the “Debenture Register”).

 

Interest  Payments. The Obligor at its option shall make payment of all outstanding and accrued interest at the Maturity Date (“Scheduled Payment”) in shares of the Company’s Common Stock or cash. If such Schedule Payment is made in Common Stock, such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock due as payment shall be calculated based on the amount of interest due divided by eighty eight percent (88%) of the average VWAP of the Company’s Common Stock for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date the Maturity Date.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Debenture shall become due and immediately payable, including all accrued but unpaid interest, upon an Event of Default (as defined in Section 2 hereof).

 

Right of Redemption. The Obligor at its option shall have the right, with ten (10) Trading Days advance written notice (the “Redemption Notice”), to redeem a portion or all amounts outstanding under this Debenture prior to the Maturity Date provided that the Closing Bid Price of the of the Obligor’s Common Stock, as reported by Bloomberg, LP, is less than Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) at the time of the Redemption Notice. The Obligor 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 “Redemption Amount”). The Obligor shall deliver to the Holder the Redemption Amount on the tenth (10th) Trading Day after the Redemption Notice.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing in the event that the Obligor has elected to redeem a portion of the outstanding principal amount and accrued interest under this Debenture the Holder shall be permitted to convert all or any portion of this Debenture during such ten (10) business  day advance written notice period.

 

Security Agreements. This Debenture is secured by Security Agreements of even date herewith between the Obligor and the Holder as well as Isonics Vancouver, Inc., Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation, and
Protection Plus Security Corporation , all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Obligor, and the Holders (all such security agreements shall be referred to as the “Security Agreement”).

 

Consent  of Holder to Sell Capital Stock or Grant Security Interests. So long as any of the principal amount on this Debenture remains unpaid and unconverted and except for Excluded Securities, the Obligor shall not, without the prior consent of the Holder, (i) issue or sell any shares of Common Stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the VWAP of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to its issuance, (ii) issue or sell any warrant, option, right, contract, call, or other security or instrument granting the holder thereof the right to acquire Common Stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the Closing Bid Price  of the Common Stock on the date of issuance , (iii) issue or sell any shares of preferred stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the VWAP of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to its issuance  (iv) enter into any security instrument granting the holder a security interest in any of the assets of the Obligor, other than security interests in connection with capital lease financing, in cases where the security interest is in the nature of a purchase money security interest, or for funds used for acquisitions by the Obligor or any subsidiary of a business that has positive earnings before  interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses or to refinance of the purchase money security interest in such event the Holder shall take a second security position, provided however in the event that a security interest is not given in connection with acquisitions by the Obligor or any subsidiary of a business that has positive earnings before  interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses  it is understood that the Holder shall be given a first security interest or (v) file any registration statements on Form S-8.

 

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Rights of First Refusal. For a period of one (1) year from the date hereof, so long as any portion of this Debenture is outstanding (including principal or accrued interest), if the Obligor intends to raise additional capital by the issuance or sale of capital stock of the Obligor, including without limitation shares of any class of Common Stock, any class of preferred stock, options, warrants or any other securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock (whether the offering is conducted by the Obligor, underwriter, placement agent or any third party) the Obligor shall be obligated to offer to the Holder a percentage of such issuance or sale of capital stock, by providing in writing the principal amount of capital it intends to raise and outline of the material terms of such capital raise, prior to the offering such issuance or sale of capital stock  to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former officers or directors, current or former shareholders and/or investors of the obligor, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties. For the purposes of this paragraph, the percentage shall be calculated by multiplying fifty percent (50%) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the principal amount of this Debenture, and the denominator of which is $16,000,000.

 

After one (1) year from the date hereof, so long as any portion of this Debenture is outstanding (including principal or accrued interest), if the Obligor intends to raise additional capital by the issuance or sale of capital stock of the Obligor, including without limitation shares of any class of Common Stock, any class of preferred stock, options, warrants or any other securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock (whether the offering is conducted by the Obligor, underwriter, placement agent or any third party) the Obligor shall be obligated to offer to the Holder a percentage of such issuance or sale of capital stock, by providing in writing the principal amount of capital it intends to raise and outline of the material terms of such capital raise, prior to the offering such issuance or sale of capital stock  to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former officers or directors, current or former shareholders and/or investors of the obligor, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties. For the purposes of this paragraph, the percentage shall be calculated by multiplying twenty five percent (25%) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the principal amount of this Debenture, and the denominator of which is $16,000,000.

 

The Holder shall have five (5) Trading Days from receipt of such notice of the sale or issuance of capital stock to accept or reject all or a portion of such capital raising offer. If the Holder does not accept and complete its participation in the financing to the full extent to which the Holder is entitled under this section, the right of first refusal shall terminate upon the completion of the financing.

 

This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1.                                          This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Section 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

 

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regulation of any administrative or governmental body). An Event of Default shall only be deemed to exist after any applicable cure or grace period has expired:

 

(i)                                     Any default in the payment of the principal of, interest on or other charges in respect of this Debenture, free of any claim of subordination, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on the Scheduled Payment due date, a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise);

 

(ii)                                  The Obligor 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) hereof) or any Transaction Document (as defined in Section 5) which is not cured with in the time prescribed after notice from the Holder and an opportunity of not less than ten (10) Trading Days to cure such breach;

 

(iii)                               The Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor or there is commenced against the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 61 days; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 uncontested, undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(iv)                              The Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor in an amount exceeding $500,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

(v)                                 The Common Stock shall cease to be quoted for trading or listing for trading on either the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”), Nasdaq Capital Market, New York Stock

 

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Exchange, American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market (each, a “Subsequent Market”) and shall not again be quoted or listed for trading thereon within five (5) Trading Days of such delisting;

 

(vi)                              The Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in Section 5) without the consent of holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the 6% Convertible Debentures then outstanding;

 

(vii)                           The Obligor shall fail to comply with its obligations in the Underlying Shares Registration Statement (as defined in Section 5) in any material respect, after any notice and grace period or opportunity to cure as provided by such Underlying Shares Registration Statement;

 

(viii)                        The Obligor or the Obligor’s transfer agent, as the case maybe, shall fail for any reason to deliver Common Stock certificates to a Holder, as contemplated under the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated the date hereof, prior to the third (3rd) or sixth (6th)  Trading Day, as the case my be under the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, after a Conversion Date or the Obligor shall provide notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with requests for conversions of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof and;

 

(x)                                   The Obligor shall fail for any reason to deliver the payment in cash pursuant to a Buy-In (as defined herein) within three (3) days after notice is claimed delivered hereunder;

 

(xi)                                The Obligor shall fail for any reason to deliver the payment in cash pursuant to Section 3 (c)(i) within three (3) days after notice is claimed delivered hereunder.

 

 (b)                              During the time that any portion of this Debenture is outstanding, if any Event of Default has occurred, the full 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 Obligor. 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 Conversion Price then in-effect. The Holder need not provide and the Obligor hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, 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. Upon an Event of Default, notwithstanding any other provision of this Debenture or any Transaction Document, the Holder shall have no obligation to comply with or adhere to any limitations, if any, on the conversion of this Debenture or the sale of the Underlying Shares except those restrictions imposed by federal or applicable state securities laws.

 

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Section 3.                                          Conversion.

 

(a)                                  Conversion at Option of Holder.

 

(i)                                     (a) Provided the Obligor has sufficient authorized shares, in which case the Obligor shall be obligated to increase its authorized shares pursuant to Section 4 (e) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, this Debenture shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, after the Original Issue Date (as defined in Section 5) (subject to the limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3(b) hereof) provided however the Holder shall not be entitled to sell such shares, until the later  to occur of i) the date the Underlying Shares Registration Statement is declared effective or ii) (subject to compliance with federal and applicable state securities laws) one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from the date hereof (collectively referred to as the “Waiting Period”), unless waived by the Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing in the event that the Underlying Shares Registration Statement is not declared effective within one (1) year from the date hereof the Holder shall be entitled to sell shares of the Obligor’s  Common Stock issuable hereunder pursuant to Rule 144 as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion hereunder equals the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined in Section 3(c)(i)). The Obligor shall deliver Common Stock certificates to the Holder prior to the Fifth (5th) Trading Day after a Conversion Date.

 

(b)                           Provided that there is an effective Underlying Shares Registration Statement the Obligor at its option shall have the right at any time and from time to time, if the VWAP of the Obligor’s Common Stock as quoted by Bloomberg, LP is equal to or greater than Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) (the “Forced Conversion Price”) for twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days (the “Forced Conversion Pricing Period”), to force the Holder to convert the outstanding Principal amount of this Debenture plus outstanding and accrued interest, subject to the limitations in Section 3(b)(i) herein, at the Fixed Conversion Price, in whole or in part. In such event the Obligor shall provide to the Holder written notice at the end of business, but not later than 5:30 pm EST, on the last Trading Day of the Forced Conversion Pricing Period (the “Forced Conversion Notice”). The Holder shall than on the next Trading Day from receipt of the Forced Conversion Notice, convert this Debenture, subject to the limitations in Section 3(b)(i) herein, in whole or in part, at the Fixed Conversion Price (“Forced Conversion Period”). Provided however in the event that the VWAP of the Obligor’s Common Stock, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP, during the Forced Conversion Period is lower than the Forced Conversion Price the Obligor shall not have the right to force the Holder to exercise this Debenture, in whole or in part.

 

 (ii)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if after December 31, 2006, on any Conversion Date:  (1) the number of shares of Common Stock at the time authorized, unissued and unreserved for all purposes, or held as treasury stock, is insufficient to pay principal and interest hereunder in shares of Common Stock; (2) the Common Stock is not listed or quoted for trading on the OTCBB or on a Subsequent Market; (3) the Obligor has failed to timely satisfy its conversion; or (4) the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would result in a violation of Section 3(b), then, at the option of the Holder, the Obligor, in lieu of delivering shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(a)(i), shall deliver, within five (5)  Trading Days of each applicable Conversion Date, an amount in cash equal to the product of the outstanding principal amount to be converted plus any interest due therein divided by the

 

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Conversion Price, chosen by the Holder, and multiplied by the VWAP of the Common Stock on the   date of the conversion notice until the date that such cash payment is made.

 

Further, if the Obligor shall not have delivered any cash due in respect of conversion of this Debenture or as payment of interest thereon by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder may, by notice to the Obligor, require the Obligor to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(c), except that for such purpose the Conversion Price applicable thereto shall be the lesser of the Conversion Price on the Conversion Date and the Conversion Price on the date of such Holder demand. Any such shares will be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

(iii)                               The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Obligor a completed notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Conversion Notice”). The date on which a Conversion Notice is delivered is the “Conversion Date.” Unless the Holder is converting the entire principal amount outstanding under this Debenture, the Holder is not required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Obligor in order to effect conversions. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Obligor shall maintain records showing the principal amount converted and the date of such conversions. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of error.

 

(b)                                 Certain Conversion Restrictions.

 

(i)                                     A Holder may not convert this Debenture or receive shares of Common Stock as payment of interest hereunder to the extent such conversion or receipt of such interest payment would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon conversion of, and payment of interest on, this Debenture held by such Holder after application of this Section. Since the Holder will not be obligated to report to the Obligor 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 Obligor 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 the periods described in Section 3(a)(i) and, at the option of the Holder, either retain any principal amount tendered for conversion in excess of the permitted amount hereunder for future conversions or return such excess principal amount to the Holder. The provisions of this Section

 

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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 Obligor. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.

 

(ii) Commencing at the end of the Waiting Period and for one hundred twenty (120)  calendar days thereafter and subject to further limitations in Section 3(a)(i), the Holder shall not convert any portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount and accrued interest due under all Debentures issued under the Securities Purchase Agreement,  into shares of the Obligor’s Common Stock in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) at the Market Conversion Price in any seven (7) calendar  day period. Notwithstanding the forgoing, this conversion restriction shall not apply upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or if waived in writing by the Obligor. Thereafter, the Holder shall not convert any portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount and accrued interest due under all Debentures issued under the Securities Purchase Agreement, into shares of the Company’s Common Stock in excess of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) at the Market Conversion Price in any seven (7) calendar day period.

 

Notwithstanding the forgoing, the conversion restrictions in this Section 3(b)(ii) shall not apply upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (after notice and any applicable cure period),  if waived in writing by the Company or if such shares being sold have been converted at the Fixed Conversion Price (to the extent such sales are permitted under federal and applicable state securities laws).

 

(iii)                           The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debenture  shall not be greater than 6,075,785 shares (which when included with the 660,000 Buyer’s Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the 2,000,000 Warrant Shares exercisable at $1.25 is less than 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common  Stock as of the date of this Debenture), until the Obligor’s shareholders approve (without the vote of any shares acquired in this transaction and related transactions) the issuance of the Total Transaction Shares as outlined in Section 4(l) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Conversion Price and Adjustments to Conversion Price.

 

(i)                                     The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be, at the sole option of the Holder, equal to either (a) One Dollar and Twenty Five Cents ($1.25) (the “Fixed Conversion Price”) or (b) eighty percent (80%) of the average of the two (2) lowest daily VWAPs of the Common Stock during the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date as quoted by Bloomberg, LP (the “Market Conversion Price”). The Fixed Conversion Price and the Market Conversion Price are collectively referred to as the “Conversion Price.”  The Conversion Price may be adjusted pursuant to the other terms of this Debenture. Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Sections 2(b)(ii) and 2(b)(iii), the Holder shall have the absolute right to convert any or all of this Debenture at the Fixed Conversion Price free of such restriction provided such conversion is in compliance with the shareholder approval requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the maximum number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of the principal amount of this Debenture is 64,000,000 (the “Conversion Shares”).

 

In the event that all of the Conversions Shares are issued and there remains outstanding principal amount and accrued interest hereunder all amounts of outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable in cash.

 

 (ii)                               If the Obligor, 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 Obligor, then the Fixed 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.

 

(iii)                               If the Obligor, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Fixed Conversion Price (not including the issuance of Excluded Securities), then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants (plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase), and of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered would purchase at the Fixed Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants. However, upon the expiration of any such right, option or warrant to purchase shares of the Common Stock the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment in the Fixed Conversion Price pursuant to this Section, if any such right, option or warrant shall expire and shall not have been exercised, the Fixed Conversion Price shall immediately upon such expiration be recomputed and effective immediately upon such expiration be increased to the price which it would have been (but reflecting any other adjustments in the Fixed Conversion Price made pursuant to the provisions of this Section after the issuance of such rights or warrants) had the adjustment of the Fixed Conversion Price made upon the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of offering for subscription or purchase only that number of shares of the Common Stock actually purchased upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants actually exercised.

 

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(iv)                              If the Obligor or any subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall issue shares of Common Stock or rights, warrants, options or other securities or debt that are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (“Common Stock Equivalents”) entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at a price per share less than the Fixed Conversion Price (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which is issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at a price per share which is less than the Fixed Conversion Price (in all cases, other than Excluded Securities), such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed Conversion Price), then, at the sole option of the Holder, the Fixed Conversion Price shall be adjusted to mirror the conversion, exchange or purchase price for such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (including any reset provisions thereof) at issue. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The Obligor shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than one (1) business day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent subject to this Section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or of applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms. No adjustment under this Section shall be made as a result of issuances and exercises of options to purchase shares of Common Stock issued for compensatory purposes pursuant to any of the Obligor’s stock option or stock purchase plans.

 

(v)                                 If the Obligor, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Fixed Conversion Price at which this Debenture shall thereafter be convertible shall be determined by multiplying the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Closing Bid Price determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such Closing Bid Price on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

 

(vi)                              In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, the Holder shall have the right thereafter to, at its option,  (A) convert the then outstanding principal amount, together with all accrued but unpaid interest and any other amounts then owing hereunder in respect of this Debenture into the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of the Common Stock following such reclassification or share exchange, and the Holder of this Debenture shall be entitled upon such event to receive such amount of securities, cash or property as the shares of the Common Stock of the Obligor into which the then outstanding principal amount, together

 

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with all accrued but unpaid interest and any other amounts then owing hereunder in respect of this Debenture could have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification or share exchange would have been entitled, or (B) require the Obligor to prepay the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus all interest and other amounts due and payable thereon. The entire prepayment price shall be paid in cash. This provision shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications or share exchanges.

 

(vii)                           The Obligor shall at all times after December 31, 2006 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) Trading Days following the receipt by the Obligor of a Holder’s notice that such minimum number of Underlying Shares is not so reserved, the Obligor shall promptly reserve a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to comply with such requirement.

 

(viii)                        All calculations under this Section 3 shall be rounded up to the nearest $0.001 or whole share.

 

(ix)                                Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Obligor shall promptly mail or send by electronic means (including without limitation e-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.

 

(x)                                   If (A) the Obligor shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock; (B) the Obligor shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Obligor shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Obligor shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Obligor is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Obligor, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; or (E) the Obligor shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Obligor; then, in each case, the Obligor shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Obligor, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day

 

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calendar period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

(xi)                                In case of any  merger or consolidation of the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor with or into another Person, a Holder shall have the right to (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.

 

(d)                                 Other Provisions.

 

(i)                                     The Obligor covenants that it will at all times after December 31, 2006 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 Obligor as to reservation of such shares set forth in this Debenture) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Sections 2(b) and 3(c)) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Obligor 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.

 

(ii)                                  Upon a conversion hereunder the Obligor shall not be required to issue stock certificates representing fractions of shares of the Common Stock, but may if otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share based on the Closing Bid Price at such time. If the Obligor elects not, or is unable, to make such a cash payment, the

 

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Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common Stock.

 

(iii)                               The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder thereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificate, provided that the Obligor shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of such Debenture so converted and the Obligor shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Obligor the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Obligor that such tax has been paid.

 

(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 Obligor ‘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.

 

(v)                                 In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Obligor fails to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Conversion Date, and if after such fifth (5th) Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Underlying Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such conversion (a “Buy-In”), then the Obligor shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder anticipated receiving from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the market price of the Common Stock at the time of the sale giving rise to such purchase obligation and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue a Debenture in the principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Obligor timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 3(a)(i). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of Debentures with respect to which the market price of the Underlying Shares on the date of conversion was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Obligor shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Obligor written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.

 

Section 4.                                          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

 

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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 Obligor, to:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander, President

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With a copy (which does not constitute notice) to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

 

 

 

If to the Holder:

 

Cornell Capital Partners, 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) Trading 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.

 

Section 5.                                          Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

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Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved or is in the future approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, consultant, officer or director for services provided to the Company.
 

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.

 

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 Obligor, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Obligor (except that the acquisition of voting securities by the Holder 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 Obligor 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 consolidated assets of the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor in one or a series of related transactions with or into another entity, or (d) the execution by the Obligor of an agreement to which the Obligor is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (a), (b) or (c).

 

Closing Bid Price” means the price per share in the last reported trade of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or on the exchange  which the Common Stock is then listed as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock, no par value, of the Obligor and stock of any other class into which such shares may hereafter be changed or reclassified.

 

Conversion Date” shall mean the date upon which the Holder gives the Obligor notice of their intention to effectuate a conversion of this Debenture into shares of the Obligor’s Common Stock as outlined herein.

 

 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Securities” means:
 
 (a) any issuance by the Company of securities in connection with a strategic partnership or a joint venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital),
 
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(c) options to purchase shares of Common Stock, provided (I) such options are issued after the date of this Debenture to employees of the Company within thirty (30) days of such employee’s starting his employment with the Company, and (II) the exercise price of such options is not less than the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such option,
 
(d) securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan,
 
(e) up to 1,000,000 without registration rights and not pursuant to Form S-8 (in the event that such issuance has registration rights the Obligor shall obtain the prior written approval of the Holder) shares that may be issued from time to time at a price no less than the VWAP ending within three (3) Business Days prior to the completion of the transaction (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), and
 
(f) any issuance of securities to holders of the Other Securities provided such transactions are in accordance with the terms of such instrument (including any anti-dilution protection contained in such instrument) or are on terms determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to be no less favorable to the Company than the existing terms.
 

Original Issue Date” shall mean 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.

 

Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

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

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted on the OTC or quoted or traded on such Subsequent 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.

 

Transaction Documents” means the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other agreement delivered in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the Security Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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.

 

Underlying Shares Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof by and between the Obligor and the Holder, covering among other things the resale of the Underlying Shares and naming the Holder as a “selling stockholder” thereunder.

 

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VWAP” means the price per share in the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other Subsequent Market   which the Common Stock is then listed as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.

 

Section 6.                                          Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligations of the Obligor, 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 Obligor. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other 6% Debentures now or hereafter issued to the Holder under the terms set forth herein. As long as this Debenture is outstanding, the Obligor shall not and shall cause their subsidiaries not to, without the consent of the Holder of at least a majority of the principal amount of the 6% Convertible Debentures then outstanding (whether or not the Holder consents), (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.

 

Section 7.                                          This Debenture shall not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Obligor, 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 Obligor, unless and to the extent converted into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Section 8.                                          If this Debenture is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Obligor shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all reasonably satisfactory to the Obligor.

 

Section 9.                                          Except as described in the Disclosure Schedule, no indebtedness of the Obligor 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 Obligor 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 Obligor under this Debenture except for capital lease financing, in cases where the security interest is in the nature of a purchase money security interest, or for funds used for acquisitions by the Obligor or any subsidiary of a business that has positive earnings before  interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses or to refinance of the purchase money security interest initially taken.

 

Section 10.                                   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 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

 

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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.

 

Section 11.                                   If the Obligor fails to strictly comply with the terms of this Debenture, then the Obligor 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.

 

Section 12.                                   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.

 

Section 13.                                   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 Obligor 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 Obligor 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 Obligor (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.

 

Section 14.                                   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.

 

Section 15.                                   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

 

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IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES’ ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Obligor has caused this Secured Convertible Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.

 

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT “A”

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(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 the above Debenture into Shares of Common Stock of Isonics Corporation, according to the conditions stated therein, as of the Conversion Date written below.

 

Conversion Date:

 

 

Applicable Conversion Price:

 

 

Signature:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

Amount to be converted:

 

$

 

Amount of Debenture unconverted:

 

$

 

Conversion Price per share:

 

$

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

 

Please issue the shares of Common Stock in the following name and to the following address:

 

 

Issue to:

 

 

Authorized Signature:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Phone Number:

 

 

Broker DTC Participant Code:

 

 

Account Number:

 

 

 

If this name is different from the name of the Holder, the Holder will have to show compliance for such transfer with federal and applicable state securities laws or in accordance with the plan of distribution in the Underlying Shares Registration Statement.

 



 

By submitting this Notice of Conversion, the undersigned holder represents and warrants to the Obligor that it is an accredited investor as that term is defined in SEC Rule 501(a), it is a sophisticated investor as required by SEC Rule 506, that it has completed such investigation into the Obligor and the securities being acquired pursuant to this Notice of Conversion as the undersigned (in consultation with its advisors) has determined appropriate, and that it is submitting this Notice of Conversion of its own volition and free will.

 

By:

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security Number

 

 

 


EX-10.6 7 a06-13279_1ex10d6.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.6

 

WARRANT

 

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

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: CCP-001

 

Number of Shares: 2,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

Warrant Exercise Price: $1.25

 

 

 

 

 

Expiration Date: May 30, 2009

 

Date of Issuance: May 30, 2006

 

Isonics Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Cornell Capital Partners, LP (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) Two Million (2,000,000) 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

 

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(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 one (1) of three (3) common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrant”) issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) dated the date hereof between the Company and the Buyers listed on Schedule I thereto. The other warrant issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement is referred to herein as the “Companion Warrants” and areto be interpreted together with this Warrant. Convertible debentures were issued to the holder of this Warrant at the same time as and after this Warrant and the Companion Warrants as described in the Securities Purchase Agreement and are referred to herein as the Convertible Debentures.

 

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

 

(i)                                     Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved or is in the future approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, consultant, 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).
 

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(iv)                              Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, no par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
 
(v)                                 Event of Default” means an event of default under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Convertible Debentures issued in connection therewith or the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof.
 
(vi)                              Excluded Securities” means, any of the following:
 
(a) any issuance by the Company of securities in connection with a strategic partnership or a joint venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital),
 
 (b) any issuance by the Company of securities as consideration for a merger or consolidation or the acquisition of a business, product, license, or other assets of another person or entity,
 
(c) options to purchase shares of Common Stock, provided (I) such options are issued after the date of this Warrant to employees of the Company within thirty (30) days of such employee’s starting his employment with the Company, and (II) the exercise price of such options is not less than the Closing Price, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such option.
 
(d) securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan;
 
(e) up to 1,000,000 without registration rights and not pursuant to Form S-8 (in the event that such issuance has registration rights the Obligor shall obtain the prior written approval of the Holder) shares that may be issued from time to time at a price no less than the VWAP ending within three (3) Business Days prior to the completion of the transaction (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), and
 
(f) any issuance of securities to holders of the Other Securities provided such transactions are in accordance with the terms of such instrument (including any anti-dilution protection contained in such instrument) or are on terms determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to be no less favorable to the Company than the existing terms.
 
(vii)                           Expiration Date” means the date three (3) years from the Issuance Date of this Warrant or, if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in the City of New York or the State of New York or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is traded (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.
 
(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.
 

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(x)                                   Other Securities” means (i) those convertible debentures, options and warrants of the Company issued prior to, and outstanding on, the Issuance Date of this Warrant, (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of such convertible debentures, options and warrants, provided such convertible debentures, options and warrants are not amended after the Issuance Date of this Warrant and (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant the Convertible Debenture and the Companion Warrants that were issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the 660,000 shares of restricted common stock issued or to be issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (v) any other shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to this Warrant, the Companion Warrants, the Convertible Debenture, and the registration rights agreement entered into between the Company and the initial holder of this Warrant.
 
(xi)                                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.
 
(xii)                             Principal Market” means the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for such security, or the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg or, if no bid or sale information is reported for such security by Bloomberg, then the average of the bid prices of each of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
 
(xiii)                          Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(xiv)                         VWAP” means the volume weighted average price per share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other Subsequent Market, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.
 
(xv)                            Warrant” means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
 
(xvi)                         Warrant Exercise Price” shall be $1.25 or as subsequently adjusted as provided in Section 8 hereof.
 
(xvii)                      Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable at any time upon exercise of this Warrant.
 

(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.
 

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(ii)                                  When used in this Warrant, the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder and words of similar import, shall refer to this Warrant as a whole and not to any provision of this Warrant, and the words “Section”, “Schedule”, and “Exhibit” shall refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this Warrant unless otherwise specified.
 
(iii)                               Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine or feminine, and the singular number includes the plural, and vice versa.
 

Section 2.                                            Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a)                                  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter provided, at any time on any Business Day on or after the opening of business on such Business Day, commencing with the first day after the date hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (i) by delivery of a written notice, in the form of the subscription notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), of such holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes) (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds and the surrender of this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following such date (“Cash Basis”) or (ii) if after January 15, 2007, 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 VWAP 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

 

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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 VWAP or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number of Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the holder via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the holder’s Exercise Notice.

 

(b)                                 If the holder and the Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares within one (1) day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile or other form of electronic communication (including without limitation e-mail) (i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or the VWAP 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

 

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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 VWAP of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Common Stock to the holder without violating this Section 2.

 

(f)                                    If within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the holder for the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2 hereof, then, in addition to any other available remedies under this Warrant, or otherwise available to such holder, the Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day after such tenth (10th) day that such delivery of such new Warrant is not timely effected in an amount equal to 0.25% of the product of (A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by the portion of this Warrant which is not being exercised and (B) the VWAP 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)                                 Subject to the availability of sufficient authorized shares, 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, and subject to the availability of sufficient authorized shares 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 after December 31, 2006 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)                                 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

 

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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 assuming that there is an exemption available from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state law for such exercise.

 

(e)                                  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

 

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and that such holder is an Accredited Investor. If such holder cannot make such representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a condition to such holder’s exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.

 

Section 7.                                            Ownership and Transfer.

 

(a)                                  The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the person in whose name any Warrant is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any transfers made in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.

 

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

 

(a)                                  Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date of this Warrant, the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (other than (i) Excluded Securities, (ii) shares of Common Stock which are issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with an Approved Stock Plan, or (iii) the Other Securities) (the New Shares) 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 adjusted (the “Weighted Adjustment”) to a price determined by multiplying such exercise price by a fraction,

 

the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such issuance plus the number of shares of common stock that the aggregate consideration received by the Company for such issuance would purchase at the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect; and

 

the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance plus the number of New Shares.

 

For the purposes of this Section 8(a), the term “Common Stock outstanding” includes all shares of Common Stock then outstanding calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

 

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.

 

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(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 (not including Excluded Securities), 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 and shall be subject to the Weighted Adjustment. For purposes of this Section 8(b)(i), the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option or upon conversion or exchange of any convertible security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock or of such convertible securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such convertible securities.
 
(ii)                                  Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any convertible securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price (not including Excluded Securities), 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 and shall be subject to the Weighted Adjustment. 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 and shall be subject to the Weighted Adjustment 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
 

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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.
 

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

 

(i)                                     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 gross 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 a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and Companion 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 a majority  of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (including the Companion 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 equally by the Company and the holders of Warrants.
 
(ii)                                  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.
 
(iii)                               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.
 

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(iv)                              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.
 

(d)                                 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(d) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(e)                                  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
 

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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).
 

(f)                                    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(d),that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(f) will increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 8.

 

(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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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If to Holder:

 

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

 

Attention:

Mark A. Angelo

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

 

With Copy to:

 

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

 

Jersey City,

NJ 07302

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

 

If to the Company, to:

 

Isonics Corporation

 

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander, President

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

 

With a copy (which does not constitute notice) to:

 

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

If to a holder of this Warrant, to it at the address and facsimile number set forth on Exhibit C hereto, with copies to such holder’s representatives as set forth on Exhibit C, 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.

 

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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 a majority  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 New Jersey 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 United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting in Newark, New Jersey for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

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.

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED
BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

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

 

Specify Method of exercise by check mark:

 

1.  o                         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.  o                         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.

 

By submitting this Exercise Notice, the undersigned holder represents and warrants to the Company that it is an accredited investor as that term is defined in SEC Rule 501(a), it is a sophisticated investor as required by SEC Rule 506, that it has completed such investigation into the Company and the securities being acquired pursuant to this Exercise Notice as the undersigned (in consultation with its advisors) has determined appropriate, and that it is submitting this Exercise Notice of its own volition and free will.

 

 

Date:

 

,

 

 

 

Name of Registered Holder

 

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By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT

 

FORM OF WARRANT POWER

 

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

 

In submitting this Warrant Power, the undersigned represents and warrants to Isonics Corporation that it has not offered the Warrant through any means of general advertising or public solicitation, and that it will provide Isonics Corporation such other information and representations of the undersigned or of the transferee necessary or appropriate to permit Isonics Corporation to determine whether there is an exemption available for the transfer of this Warrant.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

B-1


EX-10.7 8 a06-13279_1ex10d7.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.7

 

WARRANT

 

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

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: CCP-001

Number of Shares: 3,000,000

 

 

 

Warrant Exercise Price: $1.75

 

 

 

Expiration Date: May 30, 2009

 

Date of Issuance: May 30, 2006

 

Isonics Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Cornell Capital Partners, LP (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) Three Million (3,000,000) 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

 

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(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 one (1) of three (3) common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrant”) issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) dated the date hereof between the Company and the Buyers listed on Schedule I thereto.  The other warrant issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement is referred to herein as the “Companion Warrants” and is to be interpreted together with this Warrant.  Convertible debentures were issued to the holder of this Warrant at the same time as and after this Warrant and the Companion Warrants as described in the Securities Purchase Agreement and are referred to herein as the Convertible Debentures.

 

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

 
(i)            Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved or is in the future approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, consultant, 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).

 

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(iv)          Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, no par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
 
(v)           Event of Default” means an event of default under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Convertible Debentures issued in connection therewith or the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof.
 
(vi)          Excluded Securities” means, any of the following:
 
(a) any issuance by the Company of securities in connection with a strategic partnership or a joint venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital),
 
(b) any issuance by the Company of securities as consideration for a merger or consolidation or the acquisition of a business, product, license, or other assets of another person or entity,
 
(c) options to purchase shares of Common Stock, provided (I) such options are issued after the date of this Warrant to employees of the Company within thirty (30) days of such employee’s starting his employment with the Company, and (II) the exercise price of such options is not less than the Closing Price, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such option.
 
(d) securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan;
 
(e) up to 1,000,000 without registration rights and not pursuant to Form S-8 (in the event that such issuance has registration rights the Obligor shall obtain the prior written approval of the Holder) shares that may be issued from time to time at a price no less than the VWAP ending within three (3) Business Days prior to the completion of the transaction (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), and
 
(f) any issuance of securities to holders of the Other Securities provided such transactions are in accordance with the terms of such instrument (including any anti-dilution protection contained in such instrument) or are on terms determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to be no less favorable to the Company than the existing terms.
 
(vii)         Expiration Date” means the date three (3) years from the Issuance Date of this Warrant or, if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in the City of New York or the State of New York or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is traded (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.
 
(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.

 

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(x)            Other Securities” means (i) those convertible debentures, options and warrants of the Company issued prior to, and outstanding on, the Issuance Date of this Warrant, (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of such convertible debentures, options and warrants, provided such convertible debentures, options and warrants are not amended after the Issuance Date of this Warrant and (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant the Convertible Debenture and the Companion Warrants that were issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the 660,000 shares of restricted common stock issued or to be issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (v) any other shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to this Warrant, the Companion Warrants, the Convertible Debenture, and the registration rights agreement entered into between the Company and the initial holder of this Warrant.
 
(xi)           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.

 

(xii)          Principal Market” means the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for such security, or the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg or, if no bid or sale information is reported for such security by Bloomberg, then the average of the bid prices of each of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
 
(xiii)         Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(xiv)        VWAP” means the volume weighted average price per share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other Subsequent Market, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.
 
(xv)         Warrant” means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
 
(xvi)        Warrant Exercise Price” shall be $1.75 or as subsequently adjusted as provided in Section 8 hereof.
 
(xvii)       Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable at any time upon exercise of this Warrant.
 

(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.

 

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(ii)           When used in this Warrant, the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder and words of similar import, shall refer to this Warrant as a whole and not to any provision of this Warrant, and the words “Section”, “Schedule”, and “Exhibit” shall refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this Warrant unless otherwise specified.
 
(iii)          Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine or feminine, and the singular number includes the plural, and vice versa.
 

Section 2.               Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter provided, at any time on any Business Day on or after the opening of business on such Business Day, commencing with the first day after the date hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (i) by delivery of a written notice, in the form of the subscription notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), of such holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes) (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds and the surrender of this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following such date (“Cash Basis”) or (ii) if after January 15, 2007, 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 VWAP 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

 

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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 VWAP or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number of Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the holder via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the holder’s Exercise Notice.

 

(b) If the holder and the Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares within one (1) day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile or other form of electronic communication (including without limitation e-mail) (i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or the VWAP 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

 

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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 VWAP of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Common Stock to the holder without violating this Section 2.

 

(f) If within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the holder for the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2 hereof, then, in addition to any other available remedies under this Warrant, or otherwise available to such holder, the Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day after such tenth (10th) day that such delivery of such new Warrant is not timely effected in an amount equal to 0.25% of the product of (A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by the portion of this Warrant which is not being exercised and (B) the VWAP 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) Subject to the availability of sufficient authorized shares, 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, and subject to the availability of sufficient authorized shares 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 after December 31, 2006 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) 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

 

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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 assuming that there is an exemption available from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state law for such exercise.

 

(e) 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

 

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and that such holder is an Accredited Investor.  If such holder cannot make such representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a condition to such holder’s exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.

 

Section 7.               Ownership and Transfer.

 

(a) The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee.  The Company may treat the person in whose name any Warrant is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any transfers made in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.

 

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

 

(a) Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon Issuance of Common Stock.  If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date of this Warrant, the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (other than (i) Excluded Securities, (ii) shares of Common Stock which are issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with an Approved Stock Plan, or (iii) the Other Securities) (the New Shares) 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 adjusted (the “Weighted Adjustment”) to a price determined by multiplying such exercise price by a fraction,

 

the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such issuance plus the number of shares of common stock that the aggregate consideration received by the Company for such issuance would purchase at the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect; and

 

the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance plus the number of New Shares.

 

For the purposes of this Section 8(a), the term “Common Stock outstanding” includes all shares of Common Stock then outstanding calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

 

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.

 

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(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 (not including Excluded Securities), 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 and shall be subject to the Weighted Adjustment.  For purposes of this Section 8(b)(i), the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option or upon conversion or exchange of any convertible security issuable upon exercise of such Option.  No further adjustment of the Warrant Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock or of such convertible securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such convertible securities.
 
(ii)           Issuance of Convertible Securities.  If the Company in any manner issues or sells any convertible securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price (not including Excluded Securities), 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 and shall be subject to the Weighted Adjustment.  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 and shall be subject to the Weighted Adjustment 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

 

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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.
 

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

 

(i)            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 gross 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 a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and Companion 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 a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (including the Companion 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 equally by the Company and the holders of Warrants.
 
(ii)           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.
 
(iii)          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.

 

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(iv)          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.
 

(d) 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(d) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(e) 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

 

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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).
 

(f) 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(d),that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(f) will increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 8.

 

(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.
 

(h) Limitations.  Notwithstanding the above provisions of this Section 8, the Company may not issue any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant until the Company’s shareholders approve (without the vote of any shares acquired in this transaction and related transactions) the issuance of the Total Transaction Shares as defined in Section 4(l) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section 11.             Notice.  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of receipt is received by the sending party transmission is

 

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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:

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

Attention:

Mark A. Angelo

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

With Copy to:

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

101 Hudson Street – Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

If to the Company, to:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander, President

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

With a copy (which does
not constitute notice) to:

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

If to a holder of this Warrant, to it at the address and facsimile number set forth on Exhibit C hereto, with copies to such holder’s representatives as set forth on Exhibit C, 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

 

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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 a majority 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 New Jersey 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 United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper.  Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

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

 

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

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED
BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

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

 

Specify Method of exercise by check mark:

 

1.  o       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.  o       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.

 

By submitting this Exercise Notice, the undersigned holder represents and warrants to the Company that it is an accredited investor as that term is defined in SEC Rule 501(a), it is a sophisticated investor as required by SEC Rule 506, that it has completed such investigation into the Company and the securities being acquired pursuant to this Exercise Notice as the undersigned (in consultation with its advisors) has determined appropriate, and that it is submitting this Exercise Notice of its own volition and free will.

 

Date:                                   ,          

 

Name of Registered Holder

 



 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT

 

FORM OF WARRANT POWER

 

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

 

In submitting this Warrant Power, the undersigned represents and warrants to Isonics Corporation that it has not offered the Warrant through any means of general advertising or public solicitation, and that it will provide Isonics Corporation such other information and representations of the undersigned or of the transferee necessary or appropriate to permit Isonics Corporation to determine whether there is an exemption available for the transfer of this Warrant.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

B-1


EX-10.8 9 a06-13279_1ex10d8.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.8

 

WARRANT

 

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

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 

Warrant No.: CCP-001

Number of Shares: 3,000,000

 

 

 

Warrant Exercise Price: $2.00

 

 

 

Expiration Date: May 30, 2009

 

Date of Issuance: May 30, 2006

 

Isonics Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Cornell Capital Partners, LP (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) Three Million (3,000,000) 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

 

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(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 one (1) of three (3) common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrant”) issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) dated the date hereof between the Company and the Buyers listed on Schedule I thereto. The other warrant issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement is referred to herein as the “Companion Warrants” and is to be interpreted together with this Warrant. Convertible debentures were issued to the holder of this Warrant at the same time as and after this Warrant and the Companion Warrants as described in the Securities Purchase Agreement and are referred to herein as the Convertible Debentures.

 

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

 

(i)            Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved or is in the future approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, consultant, 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).

 

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(iv)          Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s common stock, no par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a reclassification of such Common Stock.
 
(v)           Event of Default” means an event of default under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Convertible Debentures issued in connection therewith or the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof.
 
(vi)          Excluded Securities” means, any of the following:
 
(a) any issuance by the Company of securities in connection with a strategic partnership or a joint venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital),
 
(b) any issuance by the Company of securities as consideration for a merger or consolidation or the acquisition of a business, product, license, or other assets of another person or entity,
 
(c) options to purchase shares of Common Stock, provided (I) such options are issued after the date of this Warrant to employees of the Company within thirty (30) days of such employee’s starting his employment with the Company, and (II) the exercise price of such options is not less than the Closing Price, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such option.
 
(d) securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan;
 
(e) up to 1,000,000 without registration rights and not pursuant to Form S-8 (in the event that such issuance has registration rights the Obligor shall obtain the prior written approval of the Holder) shares that may be issued from time to time at a price no less than the VWAP ending within three (3) Business Days prior to the completion of the transaction (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), and
 
(f) any issuance of securities to holders of the Other Securities provided such transactions are in accordance with the terms of such instrument (including any anti-dilution protection contained in such instrument) or are on terms determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to be no less favorable to the Company than the existing terms.
 
(vii)         Expiration Date” means the date three (3) years from the Issuance Date of this Warrant or, if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized to be closed in the City of New York or the State of New York or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is traded (a “Holiday”), the next date that is not a Holiday.
 
(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.

 

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(x)            Other Securities” means (i) those convertible debentures, options and warrants of the Company issued prior to, and outstanding on, the Issuance Date of this Warrant, (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of such convertible debentures, options and warrants, provided such convertible debentures, options and warrants are not amended after the Issuance Date of this Warrant and (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant the Convertible Debenture and the Companion Warrants that were issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the 660,000 shares of restricted common stock issued or to be issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, and (v) any other shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to this Warrant, the Companion Warrants, the Convertible Debenture, and the registration rights agreement entered into between the Company and the initial holder of this Warrant.
 
(xi)           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.
 
(xii)          Principal Market” means the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for such security, or the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg or, if no bid or sale information is reported for such security by Bloomberg, then the average of the bid prices of each of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
 
(xiii)         Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(xiv)        VWAP” means the volume weighted average price per share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other Subsequent Market, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.
 
(xv)         Warrant” means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in exchange, transfer or replacement thereof.
 
(xvi)        Warrant Exercise Price” shall be $2.00 or as subsequently adjusted as provided in Section 8 hereof.
 
(xvii)       Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable at any time upon exercise of this Warrant.
 

(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.

 

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(ii)           When used in this Warrant, the words “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder and words of similar import, shall refer to this Warrant as a whole and not to any provision of this Warrant, and the words “Section”, “Schedule”, and “Exhibit” shall refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this Warrant unless otherwise specified.
 
(iii)          Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine or feminine, and the singular number includes the plural, and vice versa.
 

Section 2.               Exercise of Warrant.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof then registered on the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter provided, at any time on any Business Day on or after the opening of business on such Business Day, commencing with the first day after the date hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (i) by delivery of a written notice, in the form of the subscription notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), of such holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise Price(s) applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise Price) as to which this Warrant is being exercised (plus any applicable issue or transfer taxes) (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash or wire transfer of immediately available funds and the surrender of this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction) to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following such date (“Cash Basis”) or (ii) if after January 15, 2007, 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 VWAP 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

 

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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 VWAP or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number of Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the holder via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the holder’s Exercise Notice.

 

(b) If the holder and the Company are unable to agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares within one (1) day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the holder, then the Company shall immediately submit via facsimile or other form of electronic communication (including without limitation e-mail) (i) the disputed determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or the VWAP 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

 

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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 VWAP of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company could have issued such Common Stock to the holder without violating this Section 2.

 

(f) If within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the holder for the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2 hereof, then, in addition to any other available remedies under this Warrant, or otherwise available to such holder, the Company shall pay as additional damages in cash to such holder on each day after such tenth (10th) day that such delivery of such new Warrant is not timely effected in an amount equal to 0.25% of the product of (A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by the portion of this Warrant which is not being exercised and (B) the VWAP 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) Subject to the availability of sufficient authorized shares, 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, and subject to the availability of sufficient authorized shares 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 after December 31, 2006 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) 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

 

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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 assuming that there is an exemption available from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state law for such exercise.

 

(e) 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

 

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and that such holder is an Accredited Investor. If such holder cannot make such representations because they would be factually incorrect, it shall be a condition to such holder’s exercise of this Warrant that the Company receive such other representations as the Company considers reasonably necessary to assure the Company that the issuance of its securities upon exercise of this Warrant shall not violate any United States or state securities laws.

 

Section 7.               Ownership and Transfer.

 

(a) The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the person in whose name any Warrant is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any transfers made in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.

 

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

 

(a) Adjustment of Warrant Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date of this Warrant, the Company issues or sells, or is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (other than (i) Excluded Securities, (ii) shares of Common Stock which are issued or deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with an Approved Stock Plan, or (iii) the Other Securities) for a consideration per share less than a price equal to the Warrant Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale (the “Applicable Price”), then immediately after such issue or sale the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to the Applicable Price.

 

(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 (not including Excluded Securities), 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

 

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the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such convertible securities.
 
(ii)           Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner issues or sells any convertible securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange thereof is less than the Applicable Price (not including Excluded Securities), 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.
 

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

 

(i)            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 gross 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

 

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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 a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and Companion 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 a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (including the Companion 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 equally by the Company and the holders of Warrants.
 
(ii)           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.
 
(iii)          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.
 
(iv)          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.
 

(d) 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

 

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number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 8(d) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.

 

(e) 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).
 

(f) 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(d),that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 8(f) will increase the Warrant Exercise Price or decrease the number of shares of Common Stock obtainable as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 8.

 

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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.
 

(h) Limitations. Notwithstanding the above provisions of this Section 8, the Company may not issue any shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant until the Company’s shareholders approve (without the vote of any shares acquired in this transaction and related transactions) the issuance of the Total Transaction Shares as defined in Section 4(l) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

If to Holder:

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

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:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street – Suite 220

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander, President

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

With a copy (which does
not constitute notice) to:

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

If to a holder of this Warrant, to it at the address and facsimile number set forth on Exhibit C hereto, with copies to such holder’s representatives as set forth on Exhibit C, 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 a majority 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 New Jersey shall govern all

 

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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 United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.

 

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.

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A TO WARRANT

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO BE EXECUTED
BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

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

 

Specify Method of exercise by check mark:

 

1. o        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. o        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.

 

By submitting this Exercise Notice, the undersigned holder represents and warrants to the Company that it is an accredited investor as that term is defined in SEC Rule 501(a), it is a sophisticated investor as required by SEC Rule 506, that it has completed such investigation into the Company and the securities being acquired pursuant to this Exercise Notice as the undersigned (in consultation with its advisors) has determined appropriate, and that it is submitting this Exercise Notice of its own volition and free will.

 

Date:                                     ,              

 

Name of Registered Holder

 



 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B TO WARRANT

 

FORM OF WARRANT POWER

 

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

 

In submitting this Warrant Power, the undersigned represents and warrants to Isonics Corporation that it has not offered the Warrant through any means of general advertising or public solicitation, and that it will provide Isonics Corporation such other information and representations of the undersigned or of the transferee necessary or appropriate to permit Isonics Corporation to determine whether there is an exemption available for the transfer of this Warrant.

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EX-10.9 10 a06-13279_1ex10d9.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.9

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is entered into and made effective as of May 30, 2006, by and between ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation with its principal place of business located at 5906 McIntyre Street Golden, Colorado 80403 (the “Company”), and the BUYER(S) listed on Schedule I attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof (the “Secured Party”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company shall issue and sell to the Secured Party, as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and the Secured Party (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), and the Secured Party shall purchase up to Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) of secured convertible debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”), which shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”) (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”) in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, to induce the Secured Party to enter into the transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Convertible Debentures, the Investor Registration Rights Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and the Secured Party (the “Investor Registration Rights Agreement”), the Subsidiary Security Agreements of even date herewith by and between the Isonics Vancouver, Inc., Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation, and Protection Plus Security Corporation, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company and the Secured Party (the “Security Agreement”), and the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions among the Company, the Secured Party, Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, and David Gonzalez, Esq. (the “Transfer Agent Instructions”) (collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”), the Company hereby grants to the Secured Party a security interest in and to the pledged property identified on Exhibit A hereto (collectively referred to as the “Pledged Property”) until the satisfaction of the Obligations, as defined herein below.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                   Recitals.

 

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

 

Section 1.2.                                   Interpretations.

 

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

 



 

Section 1.3.                                   Obligations Secured.

 

The obligations secured hereby are any and all obligations of the Company now existing or hereinafter incurred to the Secured Party, whether oral or written and whether arising before, on or after the date hereof including, without limitation, those obligations of the Company to the Secured Party under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and any other amounts now or hereafter owed to the Secured Party by the Company thereunder or hereunder (collectively, the “Obligations”).

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

PLEDGED PROPERTY, ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL
AND TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

Section 2.1.                                   Pledged Property.

 

(a)                                  Company hereby pledges to the Secured Party, and creates in the Secured Party for its benefit, a security interest for such time until the Obligations are paid in full, in and to all of the property of the Company as set forth in Exhibit ”A” attached hereto and the products thereof and the proceeds of all such items (collectively, the “Pledged Property”):
 
(b)                                 Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, file, record and deliver to the Secured Party any documents reasonably requested by the Secured Party to perfect its security interest in the Pledged Property.  Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Secured Party such documents and instruments, including, without limitation, financing statements, certificates, affidavits and forms as may, in the Secured Party’s reasonable judgment, be necessary to effectuate, complete or perfect, or to continue and preserve, the security interest of the Secured Party in the Pledged Property, and the Secured Party shall hold such documents and instruments as secured party, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.
 

Section 2.2.                                   Rights; Interests; Etc.

 

(a)                                  So long as no Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) shall have occurred and be continuing:
 

(i)                                     the Company shall be entitled to exercise any and all rights pertaining to the Pledged Property or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms hereof; and

 

(ii)                                  the Company shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all payments paid or made in respect of the Pledged Property.

 

(b)                                 Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
 

(i)                                     All rights of the Company to exercise the rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) hereof and to receive payments

 

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which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii) hereof shall be suspended, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Secured Party who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such rights and to receive and hold as Pledged Property such payments; provided, however, that if the Secured Party shall become entitled and shall elect to exercise its right to realize on the Pledged Property pursuant to Article 5 hereof, then all cash sums received by the Secured Party, or held by Company for the benefit of the Secured Party and paid over pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(ii) hereof, shall be applied against any outstanding Obligations; and

 

(ii)                                  All interest, dividends, income and other payments and distributions which are received by the Company contrary to the provisions of Section 2.2(b)(i) hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party, shall be segregated from other property of the Company and shall be forthwith paid over to the Secured Party; or

 

(iii)                               The Secured Party in its sole discretion shall be authorized to sell any or all of the Pledged Property at public or private sale in order to recoup all of the outstanding principal plus accrued interest owed pursuant to the Convertible Debenture as described herein

 

(c)                                  An “Event of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred under this Agreement upon an Event of Default under the Convertible Debentures.
 

ARTICLE 3.

 

ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; PERFORMANCE

 

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

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company hereby appoints the Secured Party as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise, from time to time in the Secured Party’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Secured Party may reasonably deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive and collect all instruments made payable to the Company representing any payments in respect of the Pledged Property or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same.  The Secured Party may demand, collect, receipt for, settle, compromise, adjust, sue for, foreclose, or realize on the Pledged Property as and when the Secured Party may determine.  To facilitate collection, the Secured Party may notify account debtors and obligors on any Pledged Property to make payments directly to the Secured Party.

 

Section 3.2.                                   Secured Party May Perform.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE 4.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.1.                                   Authorization; Enforceability.

 

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

 

Section 4.2.                                   Ownership of Pledged Property.

 

The Company warrants and represents that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Property free and clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance except for the security interest created by this Agreement and other security interests filed of record with the Secretary of States of California, Delaware, New York, and Washington.  To the knowledge of the Company, the security interests filed of record include a security interest for the benefit of Silver Silicon LLC in connection with the assets of the Company’s semiconductor division and subsidiary, and security interests for various capital leases and as well as a collateralization of indebtedness of Protection Plus Security Corporation’s loan from HSBC Bank.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

DEFAULT; REMEDIES; SUBSTITUTE COLLATERAL

 

Section 5.1.                                   Default and Remedies.

 

(a)                                  If an Event of Default occurs under the Convertible Debentures, and after the any applicable cure or grace period, then in each such case the Secured Party may declare the Obligations to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon any such declaration, the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable.
 
(b)                                 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Convertible Debentures, and after the any applicable cure or grace period, the Secured Party shall: (i) be entitled to receive all distributions with respect to the Pledged Property, (ii) to cause the Pledged Property to be transferred into the name of the Secured Party or its nominee, (iii) to dispose of the Pledged Property, and (iv) to realize upon any and all rights in the Pledged Property then held by the Secured Party.
 

Section 5.2.                                   Method of Realizing Upon the Pledged Property: Other Remedies.

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Convertible Debentures, and after any applicable cure or grace period, in addition to any rights and remedies available at law or in equity, the following provisions shall govern the Secured Party’s right to realize upon the Pledged Property:

 

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(a)                                  Any item of the Pledged Property may be sold for cash or other value in any number of lots at brokers board, public auction or private sale and may be sold without demand, advertisement or notice (except that the Secured Party shall give the Company ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the time and place or of the time after which a private sale may be made (the “Sale Notice”)), which notice period is hereby agreed to be commercially reasonable.  At any sale or sales of the Pledged Property, the Company may bid for and purchase the whole or any part of the Pledged Property and, upon compliance with the terms of such sale, may hold, exploit and dispose of the same without further accountability to the Secured Party.  The Company will execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such instruments, documents, assignments, waivers, certificates, and affidavits and supply or cause to be supplied such further information and take such further action as the Secured Party reasonably shall require in connection with any such sale.
 
(b)                                 Any cash being held by the Secured Party as Pledged Property and all cash proceeds received by the Secured Party in respect of, sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Pledged Property shall be applied as follows:
 

(i)                                     to the payment of all amounts due the Secured Party for the expenses reimbursable to it hereunder or owed to it pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof;

 

(ii)                                  to the payment of the Obligations then due and unpaid.

 

(iii)                               the balance, if any, to the person or persons entitled thereto, including, without limitation, the Company.

 

(c)                                  In addition to all of the rights and remedies which the Secured Party may have pursuant to this Agreement, the Secured Party shall have all of the rights and remedies provided by law, including, without limitation, those under the Uniform Commercial Code.
 

(i)                                     If the Company fails to pay such amounts due upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, then the Secured Party may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of Company, wherever situated.

 

(ii)                                  The Company agrees that it shall be liable for any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by the Secured Party in connection with enforcement, collection and preservation of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses, and such amounts shall be deemed included as Obligations secured hereby and payable as set forth in Section 8.3 hereof.

 

Section 5.3.                                   Proofs of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relating to the Company or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or its creditors, the Secured Party (irrespective of whether the Obligations shall then be due and payable as therein expressed

 

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or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Secured Party shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of the Obligations), subject to the rights of Previous Security Holders, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
 

(i)                                     to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the Obligations and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Secured Party (including any claim for the reasonable legal fees and expenses and other expenses paid or incurred by the Secured Party permitted hereunder and of the Secured Party allowed in such judicial proceeding), and

 

(ii)                                  to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by the Secured Party to make such payments to the Secured Party and, in the event that the Secured Party shall consent to the making of such payments directed to the Secured Party, to pay to the Secured Party any amounts for expenses due it hereunder.

 

Section 5.4.                                   Duties Regarding Pledged Property.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof and until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing (as provided in Section 8.4 hereof):

 

Section 6.1.                                   Existence, Properties, Etc.

 

(a)                                  The Company shall do, or cause to be done, all things, or proceed with due diligence with any actions or courses of action, that may be reasonably necessary (i) to maintain Company’s due organization, valid existence and good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and (ii) to preserve and keep in full force and effect all qualifications, licenses and registrations in those jurisdictions in which the failure to do so could have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); and (b) the Company shall not do, or cause to be done, any act impairing the Company’s corporate power or authority (i) to carry on the Company’s business as now conducted, and (ii) to execute or deliver this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith, including, without limitation, any UCC-1 Financing Statements required by the Secured Party to which it is or will be a party, or perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  For purpose of this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material and adverse affect as determined by Secured Party in its sole discretion, whether individually or in the aggregate, upon (a) the Company’s assets, business, operations, properties

 

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or condition, financial or otherwise; (b) the Company’s to make payment as and when due of all or any part of the Obligations; or (c) the Pledged Property.
 

Section 6.2.                                   Accounts and Reports.

 

The Company shall maintain a standard system of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and provide, at its sole expense, to the Secured Party the following:

 

(b)                                 as soon as available, a copy of any notice or other communication alleging any nonpayment or other material breach or default, or any foreclosure or other action respecting any material portion of its assets and properties, received respecting any of the indebtedness of the Company in excess of $500,000 (other than the Obligations), or any demand or other request for payment under any guaranty, assumption, purchase agreement or similar agreement or arrangement respecting the indebtedness or obligations of others in excess of $15,000, including any received from any person acting on behalf of the Secured Party or beneficiary thereof.  In connection with the foregoing, the Secured Party acknowledges that the Company has received notice of a non-payment required under an agreement dated September 1, 2005, with Lucent Technologies, Inc., and the Obligations create a risk that a holder of the 2005 8% Convertible Debentures remaining outstanding may seek to accelerate their indebtedness; and
 
(c)                                  within fifteen (15) days after the making of each submission or filing, a copy of any report, financial statement, notice or other document, whether periodic or otherwise, submitted to the shareholders of the Company, or submitted to or filed by the Company with any governmental authority involving or affecting (i) the Company that could have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Obligations; (iii) any part of the Pledged Property; or (iv) any of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Loan Instruments.
 

Section 6.3.                                   Maintenance of Books and Records; Inspection.

 

The Company shall maintain its books, accounts and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and permit the Secured Party, its officers and employees and any professionals designated by the Secured Party in writing, at any time and subject to the Company’s normal confidentiality requirements, to visit and inspect any of its properties (including but not limited to the collateral security described in the Transaction Documents and/or the Loan Instruments), corporate books and financial records, and to discuss its accounts, affairs and finances with any employee, officer or director thereof.

 

Section 6.4.                                   Maintenance and Insurance.

 

(d)                                 The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained, at its own expense, all of its assets and properties in good working order and condition, making all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof.
 
(e)                                  The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained, at its own expense, insurance in form, substance and amounts (including deductibles), which the Company deems reasonably necessary to the Company’s business, (i) adequate to insure all assets and properties of the Company, which assets and properties are of a character usually insured by

 

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persons engaged in the same or similar business against loss or damage resulting from fire or other risks included in an extended coverage policy; (ii) against public liability and other tort claims that may be incurred by the Company; (iii) as may be required by the Transaction Documents and/or applicable law and (iv) as may be reasonably requested by Secured Party, all with adequate, financially sound and reputable insurers.
 

Section 6.2.                                   Contracts and Other Collateral.

 

The Company shall perform all of its obligations under or with respect to each instrument, receivable, contract and other intangible included in the Pledged Property to which the Company is now or hereafter will be party on a timely basis and in the manner therein required, including, without limitation, this Agreement.

 

Section 6.3.                                   Defense of Collateral, Etc.

 

The Company shall defend and enforce its right, title and interest in and to any part of:  (a) the Pledged Property; and (b) if not included within the Pledged Property, those assets and properties whose loss could have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall defend the Secured Party’s right, title and interest in and to each and every part of the Pledged Property, each against all manner of claims and demands on a timely basis to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 6.4.                                   Payment of Debts, Taxes, Etc.

 

The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all of its indebtedness and other liabilities and perform, or cause to be performed, all of its obligations in accordance with the respective terms thereof, and pay and discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges and levies imposed upon it, upon any of its assets and properties on or before the last day on which the same may be paid without penalty, as well as pay all other lawful claims (whether for services, labor, materials, supplies or otherwise) as and when due

 

Section 6.5.                                   Taxes and Assessments; Tax Indemnity.

 

The Company shall (a) file all tax returns and appropriate schedules thereto that are required to be filed under applicable law, prior to the date of delinquency, (b) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company, upon its income and profits or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and (c) pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies that, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any of its properties; provided, however, that the Company in good faith may contest any such tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy described in the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) so long as appropriate reserves are maintained with respect thereto.

 

Section 6.6.                                   Compliance with Law and Other Agreements.

 

The Company shall maintain its business operations and property owned or used in connection therewith in compliance with (a) all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances governing such business operations and the use and ownership of

 

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such property, and (b) all agreements, licenses, franchises, indentures and mortgages to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall pay all of its indebtedness promptly in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 6.7.                                   Notice of Default.

 

The Company shall give written notice to the Secured Party of the occurrence of any default or Event of Default under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other Loan Instrument or any other agreement of Company for the payment of money, promptly upon the occurrence thereof.

 

Section 6.8.                                   Notice of Litigation.

 

The Company shall give notice, in writing, to the Secured Party of (a) any actions, suits or proceedings wherein the amount at issue is in excess of $50,000, instituted by any persons against the Company, or affecting any of the assets of the Company, and (b) any dispute, not resolved within fifteen (15) days of the commencement thereof, between the Company on the one hand and any governmental or regulatory body on the other hand, which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations or financial condition of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 7.

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, the Company shall not, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing:

 

Section 7.1.                                   Indebtedness.

 

Except as contemplated in Section 9 of the Convertible Debenture the Obligor shall not or permit any of its subsidiaries to without the Holder’s consent, 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 Obligor under the Debenture.

 

Section 7.2.                                   Liens and Encumbrances.

 

Except as contemplated in Section 9 of the Convertible Debenture, the Company shall not directly or indirectly make, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any assignment, transfer, pledge, mortgage, security interest or other lien or encumbrance of any nature in, to or against any part of the Pledged Property or of the Company’s capital stock, or offer or agree to do so, or own or acquire or agree to acquire any asset or property of any character subject to any of the foregoing encumbrances (including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement), or assign, pledge or in any way transfer or encumber its right to receive any income

 

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or other distribution or proceeds from any part of the Pledged Property or the Company’s capital stock; or enter into any sale-leaseback financing respecting any part of the Pledged Property as lessee, or cause or assist the inception or continuation of any of the foregoing.

 

Section 7.3.                                   Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions, Sales, and Sales of Capital Stock or Grants of Security Interests.

 

Except as contemplated in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Convertible Debenture, without the prior express written consent of the Secured Party, the Company shall not Amend its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws.  Except as contemplated in the Convertible Debenture The issuances and/or sales of Capital Stock or grants of security interests is permitted as outlined in the Convertible Debenture.

 

Section 7.4.                                   Management, Ownership.

 

The Company shall not terminate or materially change the positions of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.  The employment of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys in their current positions are material factors in the Secured Party’s willingness to institute and maintain a lending relationship with the Company.

 

Section 7.5.                                   Dividends, Etc.

 

Except as contemplated in the Convertible Debentures, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend of any kind, in cash or in property, on any class of its capital stock, nor purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of such stock, nor make any distribution of any kind in respect thereof, nor make any return of capital to shareholders, nor make any payments in respect of any pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock option, stock bonus, incentive compensation or similar plan (except as required or permitted hereunder), without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.

 

Section 7.6.                                   Guaranties; Loans.

 

The Company shall not guarantee nor be liable in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, or become contingently liable after the date of this Agreement in connection with the obligations or indebtedness of any person or persons, except for (i) the indebtedness currently secured by the liens identified on the Pledged Property identified on Exhibit A hereto and (ii) the endorsement of negotiable instruments payable to the Company for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.  The Company shall not make any loan, advance or extension of credit to any person other than in the normal course of its business.

 

Section 7.7.                                   Conduct of Business.

 

The Company will continue to engage, in an efficient and economical manner, in a business of the same general type as conducted by it on the date of this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.7.                                   Places of Business.

 

The location of the Company’s chief place of business is 5906 McIntyre Street Golden, Colorado 80403.  The Company shall not change the location of its chief place of business, chief executive office or any place of business disclosed to the Secured Party or move any of the Pledged Property from its current location without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Secured Party in each instance.

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.                                   Notices.

 

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

 

If to the Secured Party:

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

101 Hudson Street-Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, New Jersey 07302

 

Attention:

Mark Angelo

 

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Telephone:

(201) 986-8300

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

 

With a copy to:

David Gonzalez, Esq.

 

101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, NJ 07302

 

Telephone:

(201) 985-8300

 

Facsimile:

(201) 985-8266

 

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And if to the Company:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander, President

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

With a copy to:

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

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

 

Section 8.2.                                   Severability.

 

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

 

Section 8.3.                                   Expenses.

 

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

 

Section 8.4.                                   Waivers, Amendments, Etc.

 

The Secured Party’s delay or failure at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by Company of any undertakings, agreements or covenants shall not waiver, affect, or diminish any right of the Secured Party under this Agreement to demand strict compliance and performance herewith.  Any waiver by the Secured Party of any Event of Default shall not waive or affect any other Event of Default, whether such Event of Default is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or a different type.  None of the undertakings, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement, and no Event of Default, shall be deemed to have been waived by the Secured Party, nor may this Agreement be amended, changed or modified, unless such waiver, amendment, change or modification is evidenced by an

 

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instrument in writing specifying such waiver, amendment, change or modification and signed by the Secured Party.

 

Section 8.5.                                   Continuing Security Interest.

 

This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Property and shall: (i) remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations; and (ii) be binding upon the Company and its successors and heirs and (iii) inure to the benefit of the Secured Party and its successors and assigns.  Upon the payment or satisfaction in full of the Obligations, the Company shall be entitled to the return, at its expense, of such of the Pledged Property as shall not have been sold in accordance with Section 5.2 hereof or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Section 8.6.                                   Independent Representation.

 

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

 

Section 8.7.                                   Applicable Law:  Jurisdiction.

 

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

 

Section 8.8.                                   Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

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

 

Section 8.9.                                   Entire Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

SECURED PARTY:

 

CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

 

 

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Title:

Portfolio Manager

 

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EXHIBIT A
DEFINITION OF PLEDGED PROPERTY

 

For the purpose of securing prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company of all of the Obligations, the Company unconditionally and irrevocably hereby grants to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in and to, and lien upon, the following Pledged Property of the Company:

 

(a)                                  all goods of the Company, including, without limitation, machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, signs, lights, tools, parts, supplies and motor vehicles of every kind and description, now or hereafter owned by the Company or in which the Company may have or may hereafter acquire any interest, and all replacements, additions, accessions, substitutions and proceeds thereof, arising from the sale or disposition thereof, and where applicable, the proceeds of insurance and of any tort claims involving any of the foregoing;
 
(b)                                 all inventory of the Company, including, but not limited to, all goods, wares, merchandise, parts, supplies, finished products, other tangible personal property, including such inventory as is temporarily out of Company’s custody or possession and including any returns upon any accounts or other proceeds, including insurance proceeds, resulting from the sale or disposition of any of the foregoing;
 
(c)                                  all contract rights and general intangibles of the Company, including, without limitation, goodwill, trademarks, trade styles, trade names, leasehold interests, partnership or joint venture interests, patents and patent applications, copyrights, deposit accounts whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(d)                                 all documents, warehouse receipts, instruments and chattel paper of the Company whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(e)                                  all accounts and other receivables, instruments or other forms of obligations and rights to payment of the Company (herein collectively referred to as “Accounts”), together with the proceeds thereof, all goods represented by such Accounts and all such goods that may be returned by the Company’s customers, and all proceeds of any insurance thereon, and all guarantees, securities and liens which the Company may hold for the payment of any such Accounts including, without limitation, all rights of stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation and as an unpaid vendor and/or lienor, all of which the Company represents and warrants will be bona fide and existing obligations of its respective customers, arising out of the sale of goods by the Company in the ordinary course of business;
 
(f)                                    to the extent assignable, all of the Company’s rights under all present and future authorizations, permits, licenses and franchises issued or granted in connection with the operations of any of its facilities;
 
(g)                                 all products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds) from the above-described Pledged Property.

 

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EX-10.10 11 a06-13279_1ex10d10.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.10

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is entered into and made effective as of May 30, 2006, by and between Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 6851 Oak Hall Lane, Suite 119 Columbia, Maryland 21045 (the “Company”), and Cornell Capital Partners, LP (the “Secured Party”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Isonics Corporation (the “Parent”);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Parent shall issue and sell to the Secured Party, as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof, and the Secured Party shall purchase up to Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) of secured convertible debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”), which shall be convertible into shares of common stock of the Parent, no par value (the “Common Stock”) (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”), in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company shall benefit from the sale of the Convertible Debentures by the Parent to the Secured Party;

 

WHEREAS, to induce the Secured Party to enter into the transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Secured Convertible Debenture, the Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and the Escrow Agreement (collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”), the Company hereby grants to the Secured Party a security interest in and to the Pledged Property (as defined below) until the satisfaction of the Obligations, as defined herein below.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

Section 1.1.            Recitals.

 

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

 

Section 1.2.            Interpretations.

 

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

 



 

Section 1.3.            Obligations Secured.

 

The obligations secured hereby are any and all obligations of the Company or the Parent now existing or hereinafter incurred to the Secured Party, whether oral or written and whether arising before, on or after the date hereof including, without limitation, those obligations of the Parent to the Secured Party under the Transaction Documents, and any other amounts now or hereafter owed to the Secured Party by the Parent thereunder or hereunder (collectively, the “Obligations”).

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

PLEDGED PROPERTY, ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL AND
TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

Section 2.1.            Pledged Property.

 

(a)           The Company hereby pledges to the Secured Party, and creates in the Secured Party for its benefit, a security interest for such time until the Obligations are paid in full, in and to all of the property of the Company as set forth in Exhibit ”A” attached hereto and the products thereof and the proceeds of all such items (collectively, the “Pledged Property”):
 
(b)           Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, file, record and deliver to the Secured Party any documents reasonably requested by the Secured Party to perfect its security interest in the Pledged Property.  Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Secured Party such documents and instruments, including, without limitation, financing statements, certificates, affidavits and forms as may, in the Secured Party’s reasonable judgment, be necessary to effectuate, complete or perfect, or to continue and preserve, the security interest of the Secured Party in the Pledged Property, and the Secured Party shall hold such documents and instruments as secured party, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.
 

Section 2.2.            Rights; Interests; Etc.

 

(a)           So long as no Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) shall have occurred and be continuing:
 

(i)            the Company shall be entitled to exercise any and all rights pertaining to the Pledged Property or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms hereof; and

 

(ii)           the Company shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all payments paid or made in respect of the Pledged Property.

 

(b)           Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
 

(i)            All rights of the Company to exercise the rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) hereof and to receive payments

 

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which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii) hereof shall be suspended, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Secured Party who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such rights and to receive and hold as Pledged Property such payments; provided, however, that if the Secured Party shall become entitled and shall elect to exercise its right to realize on the Pledged Property pursuant to Article 5 hereof, then all cash sums received by the Secured Party, or held by Company for the benefit of the Secured Party and paid over pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(ii) hereof, shall be applied against any outstanding Obligations; and

 

(ii)           All interest, dividends, income and other payments and distributions which are received by the Company contrary to the provisions of Section 2.2(b)(i) hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party, shall be segregated from other property of the Company and shall be forthwith paid over to the Secured Party; or

 

(iii)          The Secured Party in its sole discretion shall be authorized to sell any or all of the Pledged Property at public or private sale in order to recoup all of the outstanding principal plus accrued interest owed pursuant to the Convertible Debenture as described herein

 

(c)           An “Event of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred under this Agreement upon an Event of Default under the Convertible Debentures.
 

ARTICLE 3.

 

ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; PERFORMANCE

 

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

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company hereby appoints the Secured Party as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise, from time to time in the Secured Party’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Secured Party may reasonably deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive and collect all instruments made payable to the Company representing any payments in respect of the Pledged Property or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same.  The Secured Party may demand, collect, receipt for, settle, compromise, adjust, sue for, foreclose, or realize on the Pledged Property as and when the Secured Party may determine.  To facilitate collection, the Secured Party may notify account debtors and obligors on any Pledged Property to make payments directly to the Secured Party.

 

Section 3.2.            Secured Party May Perform.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE 4.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.1.            Authorization; Enforceability.

 

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

 

Section 4.2.            Ownership of Pledged Property.

 

The Company warrants and represents that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Property free and clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance except for the security interest created by this Agreement and other security interests filed of record with the Secretary of State of Delaware.  To the knowledge of the Company, the security interests filed of record include security interests for various capital leases.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

DEFAULT; REMEDIES; SUBSTITUTE COLLATERAL

 

Section 5.1.            Default and Remedies.

 

(a)           If an Event of Default occurs and after any applicable cure or grace period, then in each such case the Secured Party may declare the Obligations to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon any such declaration, the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable.
 
(b)           Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and after any applicable cur or grace period, the Secured Party shall:  (i) be entitled to receive all distributions with respect to the Pledged Property, (ii) to cause the Pledged Property to be transferred into the name of the Secured Party or its nominee, (iii) to dispose of the Pledged Property, and (iv) to realize upon any and all rights in the Pledged Property then held by the Secured Party.
 

Section 5.2.            Method of Realizing Upon the Pledged Property; Other Remedies.

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies available at law or in equity, the following provisions shall govern the Secured Party’s right to realize upon the Pledged Property:

 

(a)           Any item of the Pledged Property may be sold for cash or other value in any number of lots at brokers board, public auction or private sale and may be sold without demand, advertisement or notice (except that the Secured Party shall give the Company ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the time and place or of the time after which a private sale

 

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may be made (the “Sale Notice”)), which notice period shall in any event is hereby agreed to be commercially reasonable.  At any sale or sales of the Pledged Property, the Company may bid for and purchase the whole or any part of the Pledged Property and, upon compliance with the terms of such sale, may hold, exploit and dispose of the same without further accountability to the Secured Party.  The Company will execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such instruments, documents, assignments, waivers, certificates, and affidavits and supply or cause to be supplied such further information and take such further action as the Secured Party reasonably shall require in connection with any such sale.
 
(b)           Any cash being held by the Secured Party as Pledged Property and all cash proceeds received by the Secured Party in respect of, sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Pledged Property shall be applied as follows:
 

(i)            to the payment of all amounts due the Secured Party for the expenses reimbursable to it hereunder or owed to it pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof;

 

(ii)           to the payment of the Obligations then due and unpaid.

 

(iii)          the balance, if any, to the person or persons entitled thereto, including, without limitation, the Company.

 

(c)           In addition to all of the rights and remedies which the Secured Party may have pursuant to this Agreement, the Secured Party shall have all of the rights and remedies provided by law, including, without limitation, those under the Uniform Commercial Code.
 

(i)            If the Company fails to pay such amounts due upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, then the Secured Party may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of Company, wherever situated.  The Secured Party may proceed against the Company without proceeding first against any other party, including, without limitation, the Parent.

 

(ii)           The Company agrees that it shall be liable for any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by the Secured Party in connection with enforcement, collection and preservation of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses, and such amounts shall be deemed included as Obligations secured hereby and payable as set forth in Section 8.3 hereof.

 

Section 5.3.            Proofs of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relating to the Company or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or its creditors, the Secured Party (irrespective of whether the Obligations shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Secured Party shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of the Obligations), subject to the rights of Previous

 

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Security Holders, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
 

(i)            to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the Obligations and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Secured Party (including any claim for the reasonable legal fees and expenses and other expenses paid or incurred by the Secured Party permitted hereunder and of the Secured Party allowed in such judicial proceeding), and

 

(ii)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by the Secured Party to make such payments to the Secured Party and, in the event that the Secured Party shall consent to the making of such payments directed to the Secured Party, to pay to the Secured Party any amounts for expenses due it hereunder.

 

Section 5.4.            Duties Regarding Pledged Property.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof and until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing (as provided in Section 8.4 hereof):

 

Section 6.1.            Existence, Properties, Etc.

 

(a)           The Company shall do, or cause to be done, all things, or proceed with due diligence with any actions or courses of action, that may be reasonably necessary (i) to maintain Company’s due organization, valid existence and good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and (ii) to preserve and keep in full force and effect all qualifications, licenses and registrations in those jurisdictions in which the failure to do so could have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); and (b) the Company shall not do, or cause to be done, any act impairing the Company’s corporate power or authority (i) to carry on the Company’s business as now conducted, and (ii) to execute or deliver this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith, including, without limitation, any UCC-1 Financing Statements required by the Secured Party (which other loan instruments collectively shall be referred to as the “Loan Instruments”) to which it is or will be a party, or perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  For purpose of this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material and adverse affect as determined by Secured Party in its reasonable discretion, whether individually or in the aggregate, upon (a) the Company’s assets, business, operations, properties

 

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or condition, financial or otherwise; (b) the Company’s to make payment as and when due of all or any part of the Obligations; or (c) the Pledged Property.
 

Section 6.2.            Maintenance of Books and Records; Inspection.

 

The Company shall maintain its books, accounts and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and permit the Secured Party, its officers and employees and any professionals designated by the Secured Party in writing, at any time and subject to the Company’s normal confidentiality requirements to visit and inspect any of its properties (including but not limited to the collateral security described in the Transaction Documents and/or the Loan Instruments), corporate books and financial records, and to discuss its accounts, affairs and finances with any employee, officer or director thereof.

 

Section 6.3.            Maintenance and Insurance.

 

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

Section 6.4.            Contracts and Other Collateral.

 

The Company shall perform all of its obligations under or with respect to each instrument, receivable, contract and other intangible included in the Pledged Property to which the Company is now or hereafter will be party on a timely basis and in the manner therein required, including, without limitation, this Agreement.

 

Section 6.5.            Defense of Collateral, Etc.

 

The Company shall defend and enforce its right, title and interest in and to any part of:  (a) the Pledged Property; and (b) if not included within the Pledged Property, those assets and properties whose loss could have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall defend the Secured Party’s right, title and interest in and to each and every part of the Pledged Property, each against all manner of claims and demands on a timely basis to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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Section 6.6.            Payment of Debts, Taxes, Etc.

 

The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all of its indebtedness and other liabilities and perform, or cause to be performed, all of its obligations in accordance with the respective terms thereof, and pay and discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges and levies imposed upon it, upon any of its assets and properties on or before the last day on which the same may be paid without penalty, as well as pay all other lawful claims (whether for services, labor, materials, supplies or otherwise) as and when due.

 

Section 6.7.            Taxes and Assessments; Tax Indemnity.

 

The Company shall (a) file all tax returns and appropriate schedules thereto that are required to be filed under applicable law, prior to the date of delinquency, (b) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company, upon its income and profits or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and (c) pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies that, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any of its properties; provided, however, that the Company in good faith may contest any such tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy described in the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) so long as appropriate reserves are maintained with respect thereto.

 

Section 6.8.            Compliance with Law and Other Agreements.

 

The Company shall maintain its business operations and property owned or used in connection therewith in compliance with (a) all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances governing such business operations and the use and ownership of such property, and (b) all agreements, licenses, franchises, indentures and mortgages to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall pay all of its indebtedness promptly in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 6.9.            Notice of Default.

 

The Company shall give written notice to the Secured Party of the occurrence of any default or Event of Default under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other Loan Instrument or any other agreement of Company for the payment of money, promptly upon the occurrence thereof.

 

Section 6.10.          Notice of Litigation.

 

The Company shall give notice, in writing, to the Secured Party of (a) any actions, suits or proceedings wherein the amount at issue is in excess of $50,000, instituted by any persons against the Company, or affecting any of the assets of the Company, and (b) any dispute, not resolved within fifteen (15) days of the commencement thereof, between the Company on the one hand and any governmental or regulatory body on the other hand, which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations or financial condition of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 7.

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, the Company shall not, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing:

 

Section 7.1.            Liens and Encumbrances.

 

Except as contemplated in Section 9 of the Convertible Debenture the Obligor shall not or permit any of its subsidiaries to without the Holder’s consent, 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 Obligor under the Debenture.

 

Section 7.2.            Articles, By-Laws, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions and Sales.

 

Without the prior express written consent of the Secured Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Company shall not:  (a) Amend its Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; (b) be a party to any merger, consolidation or corporate reorganization, (c) purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other person, firm or entity, (d) sell, transfer, convey, grant a security interest in or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, nor (e) create any subsidiaries nor convey any of its assets to any subsidiary in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate.

 

Section 7.3.            Management, Ownership.

 

The Company shall not terminate or materially change the positions of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.  The employment of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys in their current positions are material factors in the Secured Party’s willingness to institute and maintain a lending relationship with the Company.

 

Section 7.4.            Dividends, Etc.

 

Except for dividends payable to the Parent, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend of any kind, in cash or in property, on any class of its capital stock, nor purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of such stock, nor make any distribution of any kind in respect thereof, nor make any return of capital to shareholders, nor make any payments in respect of any pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock option, stock bonus, incentive compensation or similar plan (except as required or permitted hereunder), without the prior written consent of the Secured Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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Section 7.5.            Conduct of Business.

 

The Company will continue to engage, in an efficient and economical manner, in a business of the same general type as conducted by it on the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.6.            Places of Business.

 

The location of the Company’s chief place of business is 6851 Oak Hall Lane, Suite 119 Columbia, Maryland 21045.  The Company shall not change the location of its chief place of business, chief executive office or any place of business disclosed to the Secured Party or move any of the Pledged Property from its current location without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Secured Party in each instance.

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.            Notices.

 

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

 

If to the Secured Party:

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, New Jersey 07302

 

Attention:

Mark Angelo

 

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Telephone:

(201) 986-8300

 

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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And if to the Company:

Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation

 

6851 Oak Hall Lane, Suite 119

 

Columbia, Maryland 21045

 

Attention:

Boris Rubizhevsky

 

 

With a copy to:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

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

 

Section 8.2.            Severability.

 

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

 

Section 8.3.            Expenses.

 

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

 

Section 8.4.            Waivers, Amendments, Etc.

 

The Secured Party’s delay or failure at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by Company of any undertakings, agreements or covenants shall not waiver, affect, or diminish any right of the Secured Party under this Agreement to demand strict compliance and performance herewith.  Any waiver by the Secured Party of any Event of Default shall not waive or affect any other Event of Default, whether such Event of Default is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or a different type.  None of the undertakings, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement, and no Event of Default, shall be deemed to have been waived by the Secured Party, nor may this Agreement be amended, changed or modified, unless such waiver, amendment, change or modification is evidenced by an instrument in writing specifying such waiver, amendment, change or modification and signed by the Secured Party.

 

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Section 8.5.            Continuing Security Interest.

 

This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Property and shall: (i) remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations; and (ii) be binding upon the Company and its successors and heirs and (iii) inure to the benefit of the Secured Party and its successors and assigns.  Upon the payment or satisfaction in full of the Obligations, the Company shall be entitled to the return, at its expense, of such of the Pledged Property as shall not have been sold in accordance with Section 5.2 hereof or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Section 8.6.            Independent Representation.

 

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

 

Section 8.7.            Applicable Law:  Jurisdiction.

 

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

 

Section 8.8.            Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

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

 

Section 8.9.            Entire Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

ISONICS HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEFENSE CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name: Boris Rubizhevsky

 

Title:  President

 

 

 

 

 

SECURED PARTY:

 

CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

 

 

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Title:

Portfolio Manager

 

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EXHIBIT A
DEFINITION OF PLEDGED PROPERTY

 

For the purpose of securing prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company of all of the Obligations, the Company unconditionally and irrevocably hereby grants to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in and to, and lien upon, the following Pledged Property of the Company:

 

(a)           all goods of the Company, including, without limitation, machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, signs, lights, tools, parts, supplies and motor vehicles of every kind and description, now or hereafter owned by the Company or in which the Company may have or may hereafter acquire any interest, and all replacements, additions, accessions, substitutions and proceeds thereof, arising from the sale or disposition thereof, and where applicable, the proceeds of insurance and of any tort claims involving any of the foregoing;
 
(b)           all inventory of the Company, including, but not limited to, all goods, wares, merchandise, parts, supplies, finished products, other tangible personal property, including such inventory as is temporarily out of Company’s custody or possession and including any returns upon any accounts or other proceeds, including insurance proceeds, resulting from the sale or disposition of any of the foregoing;
 
(c)           all contract rights and general intangibles of the Company, including, without limitation, goodwill, trademarks, trade styles, trade names, leasehold interests, partnership or joint venture interests, patents and patent applications, copyrights, deposit accounts whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(d)           all documents, warehouse receipts, instruments and chattel paper of the Company whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(e)           all accounts and other receivables, instruments or other forms of obligations and rights to payment of the Company (herein collectively referred to as “Accounts”), together with the proceeds thereof, all goods represented by such Accounts and all such goods that may be returned by the Company’s customers, and all proceeds of any insurance thereon, and all guarantees, securities and liens which the Company may hold for the payment of any such Accounts including, without limitation, all rights of stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation and as an unpaid vendor and/or lienor, all of which the Company represents and warrants will be bona fide and existing obligations of its respective customers, arising out of the sale of goods by the Company in the ordinary course of business;
 
(f)            to the extent assignable, all of the Company’s rights under all present and future authorizations, permits, licenses and franchises issued or granted in connection with the operations of any of its facilities;
 
(g)           all products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds) from the above-described Pledged Property.

 

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EX-10.11 12 a06-13279_1ex10d11.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.11

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is entered into and made effective as of May 30, 2006, by and between Isonics Vancouver, Inc., a Washington corporation with its principal place of business at 12001-B NE 60th Way Vancouver, Washington 98682  (the “Company”), and Cornell Capital Partners, LP (the “Secured Party”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Isonics Corporation (the “Parent”);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Parent shall issue and sell to the Secured Party, as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof, and the Secured Party shall purchase up to Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) of secured convertible debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”), which shall be convertible into shares of common stock of the Parent, no par value (the “Common Stock”) (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”), in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company shall benefit from the sale of the Convertible Debentures by the Parent to the Secured Party;

 

WHEREAS, to induce the Secured Party to enter into the transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Secured Convertible Debenture, the Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and the Escrow Agreement (collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”), the Company hereby grants to the Secured Party a security interest in and to the Pledged Property (as defined below) until the satisfaction of the Obligations, as defined herein below.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                   Recitals.

 

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

 

Section 1.2.                                   Interpretations.

 

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

 



 

Section 1.3.                                   Obligations Secured.

 

The obligations secured hereby are any and all obligations of the Company or the Parent now existing or hereinafter incurred to the Secured Party, whether oral or written and whether arising before, on or after the date hereof including, without limitation, those obligations of the Parent to the Secured Party under the Transaction Documents, and any other amounts now or hereafter owed to the Secured Party by the Parent thereunder or hereunder (collectively, the “Obligations”).

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

PLEDGED PROPERTY, ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL AND
TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

Section 2.1.                                   Pledged Property.

 

(a)                                  The Company hereby pledges to the Secured Party, and creates in the Secured Party for its benefit, a security interest for such time until the Obligations are paid in full, in and to all of the property of the Company as set forth in Exhibit ”A” attached hereto and the products thereof and the proceeds of all such items (collectively, the “Pledged Property”):
 
(b)                                 Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, file, record and deliver to the Secured Party any documents reasonably requested by the Secured Party to perfect its security interest in the Pledged Property.  Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Secured Party such documents and instruments, including, without limitation, financing statements, certificates, affidavits and forms as may, in the Secured Party’s reasonable judgment, be necessary to effectuate, complete or perfect, or to continue and preserve, the security interest of the Secured Party in the Pledged Property, and the Secured Party shall hold such documents and instruments as secured party, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.
 

Section 2.2.                                   Rights; Interests; Etc.

 

(a)                                  So long as no Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) shall have occurred and be continuing:
 

(i)                                     the Company shall be entitled to exercise any and all rights pertaining to the Pledged Property or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms hereof; and

 

(ii)                                  the Company shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all payments paid or made in respect of the Pledged Property.

 

(b)                                 Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
 

(i)                                     All rights of the Company to exercise the rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) hereof and to receive payments

 

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which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii) hereof shall be suspended, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Secured Party who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such rights and to receive and hold as Pledged Property such payments; provided, however, that if the Secured Party shall become entitled and shall elect to exercise its right to realize on the Pledged Property pursuant to Article 5 hereof, then all cash sums received by the Secured Party, or held by Company for the benefit of the Secured Party and paid over pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(ii) hereof, shall be applied against any outstanding Obligations; and

 

(ii)                                  All interest, dividends, income and other payments and distributions which are received by the Company contrary to the provisions of Section 2.2(b)(i) hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party, shall be segregated from other property of the Company and shall be forthwith paid over to the Secured Party; or

 

(iii)                               The Secured Party in its sole discretion shall be authorized to sell any or all of the Pledged Property at public or private sale in order to recoup all of the outstanding principal plus accrued interest owed pursuant to the Convertible Debenture as described herein

 

(c)                                  An “Event of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred under this Agreement upon an Event of Default under the Convertible Debentures.
 

ARTICLE 3.

 

ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; PERFORMANCE

 

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

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company hereby appoints the Secured Party as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise, from time to time in the Secured Party’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Secured Party may reasonably deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive and collect all instruments made payable to the Company representing any payments in respect of the Pledged Property or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same.  The Secured Party may demand, collect, receipt for, settle, compromise, adjust, sue for, foreclose, or realize on the Pledged Property as and when the Secured Party may determine.  To facilitate collection, the Secured Party may notify account debtors and obligors on any Pledged Property to make payments directly to the Secured Party.

 

Section 3.2.                                   Secured Party May Perform.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE 4.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.1.                                   Authorization; Enforceability.

 

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

 

Section 4.2.                                   Ownership of Pledged Property.

 

The Company warrants and represents that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Property free and clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance except for the security interest created by this Agreement and other security interests filed of record with the Secretary of State of Washington.  To the knowledge of the Company, the security interests filed of record include security interests for various capital leases and a security interest granted to Silver Silicon, LLC.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

DEFAULT; REMEDIES; SUBSTITUTE COLLATERAL

 

Section 5.1.                                   Default and Remedies.

 

(a)                                  If an Event of Default occurs and after any applicable cure or grace period, then in each such case the Secured Party may declare the Obligations to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon any such declaration, the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable.
 
(b)                                 Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and after any applicable cur or grace period, the Secured Party shall:  (i) be entitled to receive all distributions with respect to the Pledged Property, (ii) to cause the Pledged Property to be transferred into the name of the Secured Party or its nominee, (iii) to dispose of the Pledged Property, and (iv) to realize upon any and all rights in the Pledged Property then held by the Secured Party.
 

Section 5.2.                                   Method of Realizing Upon the Pledged Property; Other Remedies.

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies available at law or in equity, the following provisions shall govern the Secured Party’s right to realize upon the Pledged Property:

 

(a)                                  Any item of the Pledged Property may be sold for cash or other value in any number of lots at brokers board, public auction or private sale and may be sold without demand, advertisement or notice (except that the Secured Party shall give the Company ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the time and place or of the time after which a private sale

 

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may be made (the “Sale Notice”)), which notice period shall in any event is hereby agreed to be commercially reasonable.  At any sale or sales of the Pledged Property, the Company may bid for and purchase the whole or any part of the Pledged Property and, upon compliance with the terms of such sale, may hold, exploit and dispose of the same without further accountability to the Secured Party.  The Company will execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such instruments, documents, assignments, waivers, certificates, and affidavits and supply or cause to be supplied such further information and take such further action as the Secured Party reasonably shall require in connection with any such sale.
 
(b)                                 Any cash being held by the Secured Party as Pledged Property and all cash proceeds received by the Secured Party in respect of, sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Pledged Property shall be applied as follows:
 

(i)                                     to the payment of all amounts due the Secured Party for the expenses reimbursable to it hereunder or owed to it pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof;

 

(ii)                                  to the payment of the Obligations then due and unpaid.

 

(iii)                               the balance, if any, to the person or persons entitled thereto, including, without limitation, the Company.

 

(c)                                  In addition to all of the rights and remedies which the Secured Party may have pursuant to this Agreement, the Secured Party shall have all of the rights and remedies provided by law, including, without limitation, those under the Uniform Commercial Code.
 

(i)                                     If the Company fails to pay such amounts due upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, then the Secured Party may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of Company, wherever situated.  The Secured Party may proceed against the Company without proceeding first against any other party, including, without limitation, the Parent.

 

(ii)                                  The Company agrees that it shall be liable for any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by the Secured Party in connection with enforcement, collection and preservation of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses, and such amounts shall be deemed included as Obligations secured hereby and payable as set forth in Section 8.3 hereof.

 

Section 5.3.                                   Proofs of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relating to the Company or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or its creditors, the Secured Party (irrespective of whether the Obligations shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Secured Party shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of the Obligations), subject to the rights of Previous

 

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Security Holders, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
 

(i)                                     to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the Obligations and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Secured Party (including any claim for the reasonable legal fees and expenses and other expenses paid or incurred by the Secured Party permitted hereunder and of the Secured Party allowed in such judicial proceeding), and

 

(ii)                                  to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by the Secured Party to make such payments to the Secured Party and, in the event that the Secured Party shall consent to the making of such payments directed to the Secured Party, to pay to the Secured Party any amounts for expenses due it hereunder.

 

Section 5.4.                                   Duties Regarding Pledged Property.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof and until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing (as provided in Section 8.4 hereof):

 

Section 6.1.                                   Existence, Properties, Etc.

 

(a)                                  The Company shall do, or cause to be done, all things, or proceed with due diligence with any actions or courses of action, that may be reasonably necessary (i) to maintain Company’s due organization, valid existence and good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and (ii) to preserve and keep in full force and effect all qualifications, licenses and registrations in those jurisdictions in which the failure to do so could have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); and (b) the Company shall not do, or cause to be done, any act impairing the Company’s corporate power or authority (i) to carry on the Company’s business as now conducted, and (ii) to execute or deliver this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith, including, without limitation, any UCC-1 Financing Statements required by the Secured Party (which other loan instruments collectively shall be referred to as the “Loan Instruments”) to which it is or will be a party, or perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  For purpose of this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material and adverse affect as determined by Secured Party in its reasonable discretion, whether individually or in the aggregate, upon (a) the Company’s assets, business, operations, properties

 

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or condition, financial or otherwise; (b) the Company’s to make payment as and when due of all or any part of the Obligations; or (c) the Pledged Property.
 

Section 6.2.                                   Maintenance of Books and Records; Inspection.

 

The Company shall maintain its books, accounts and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and permit the Secured Party, its officers and employees and any professionals designated by the Secured Party in writing, at any time and subject to the Company’s normal confidentiality requirements to visit and inspect any of its properties (including but not limited to the collateral security described in the Transaction Documents and/or the Loan Instruments), corporate books and financial records, and to discuss its accounts, affairs and finances with any employee, officer or director thereof.

 

Section 6.3.                                   Maintenance and Insurance.

 

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

Section 6.4.                                   Contracts and Other Collateral.

 

The Company shall perform all of its obligations under or with respect to each instrument, receivable, contract and other intangible included in the Pledged Property to which the Company is now or hereafter will be party on a timely basis and in the manner therein required, including, without limitation, this Agreement.

 

Section 6.5.                                   Defense of Collateral, Etc.

 

The Company shall defend and enforce its right, title and interest in and to any part of:  (a) the Pledged Property; and (b) if not included within the Pledged Property, those assets and properties whose loss could have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall defend the Secured Party’s right, title and interest in and to each and every part of the Pledged Property, each against all manner of claims and demands on a timely basis to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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Section 6.6.                                   Payment of Debts, Taxes, Etc.

 

The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all of its indebtedness and other liabilities and perform, or cause to be performed, all of its obligations in accordance with the respective terms thereof, and pay and discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges and levies imposed upon it, upon any of its assets and properties on or before the last day on which the same may be paid without penalty, as well as pay all other lawful claims (whether for services, labor, materials, supplies or otherwise) as and when due.

 

Section 6.7.                                   Taxes and Assessments; Tax Indemnity.

 

The Company shall (a) file all tax returns and appropriate schedules thereto that are required to be filed under applicable law, prior to the date of delinquency, (b) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company, upon its income and profits or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and (c) pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies that, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any of its properties; provided, however, that the Company in good faith may contest any such tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy described in the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) so long as appropriate reserves are maintained with respect thereto.

 

Section 6.8.                                   Compliance with Law and Other Agreements.

 

The Company shall maintain its business operations and property owned or used in connection therewith in compliance with (a) all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances governing such business operations and the use and ownership of such property, and (b) all agreements, licenses, franchises, indentures and mortgages to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall pay all of its indebtedness promptly in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 6.9.                                   Notice of Default.

 

The Company shall give written notice to the Secured Party of the occurrence of any default or Event of Default under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other Loan Instrument or any other agreement of Company for the payment of money, promptly upon the occurrence thereof.

 

Section 6.10.                             Notice of Litigation.

 

The Company shall give notice, in writing, to the Secured Party of (a) any actions, suits or proceedings wherein the amount at issue is in excess of $50,000, instituted by any persons against the Company, or affecting any of the assets of the Company, and (b) any dispute, not resolved within fifteen (15) days of the commencement thereof, between the Company on the one hand and any governmental or regulatory body on the other hand, which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations or financial condition of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 7.

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, the Company shall not, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing:

 

Section 7.1.                                   Liens and Encumbrances.

 

Except as contemplated in Section 9 of the Convertible Debenture the Obligor shall not or permit any of its subsidiaries to without the Holder’s consent, 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 Obligor under the Debenture.

 

Section 7.2.                                   Articles, By-Laws, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions and Sales.

 

Without the prior express written consent of the Secured Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Company shall not:  (a) Amend its Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; (b) be a party to any merger, consolidation or corporate reorganization, (c) purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other person, firm or entity, (d) sell, transfer, convey, grant a security interest in or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, nor (e) create any subsidiaries nor convey any of its assets to any subsidiary in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate.

 

Section 7.3.                                   Management, Ownership.

 

The Company shall not terminate or materially change the positions of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.  The employment of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys in their current positions are material factors in the Secured Party’s willingness to institute and maintain a lending relationship with the Company.

 

Section 7.4.                                   Dividends, Etc.

 

Except for dividends payable to the Parent, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend of any kind, in cash or in property, on any class of its capital stock, nor purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of such stock, nor make any distribution of any kind in respect thereof, nor make any return of capital to shareholders, nor make any payments in respect of any pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock option, stock bonus, incentive compensation or similar plan (except as required or permitted hereunder), without the prior written consent of the Secured Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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Section 7.5.                                   Conduct of Business.

 

The Company will continue to engage, in an efficient and economical manner, in a business of the same general type as conducted by it on the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.6.                                   Places of Business.

 

The location of the Company’s chief place of business is 12001-B NE 60th Way Vancouver, Washington 98682.  The Company shall not change the location of its chief place of business, chief executive office or any place of business disclosed to the Secured Party or move any of the Pledged Property from its current location without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Secured Party in each instance.

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.                                   Notices.

 

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

 

If to the Secured Party:

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, New Jersey 07302

 

Attention:

Mark Angelo

 

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Telephone:

(201) 986-8300

 

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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And if to the Company:

Isonics Vancouver, Inc

 

12001-B NE 60th Way

 

Vancouver, Washington 98682

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander

 

 

With a copy to:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

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

 

Section 8.2.                                   Severability.

 

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

 

Section 8.3.                                   Expenses.

 

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

 

Section 8.4.                                   Waivers, Amendments, Etc.

 

The Secured Party’s delay or failure at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by Company of any undertakings, agreements or covenants shall not waiver, affect, or diminish any right of the Secured Party under this Agreement to demand strict compliance and performance herewith.  Any waiver by the Secured Party of any Event of Default shall not waive or affect any other Event of Default, whether such Event of Default is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or a different type.  None of the undertakings, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement, and no Event of Default, shall be deemed to have been waived by the Secured Party, nor may this Agreement be amended, changed or modified, unless such waiver, amendment, change or modification is evidenced by an instrument in writing specifying such waiver, amendment, change or modification and signed by the Secured Party.

 

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Section 8.5.                                   Continuing Security Interest.

 

This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Property and shall: (i) remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations; and (ii) be binding upon the Company and its successors and heirs and (iii) inure to the benefit of the Secured Party and its successors and assigns.  Upon the payment or satisfaction in full of the Obligations, the Company shall be entitled to the return, at its expense, of such of the Pledged Property as shall not have been sold in accordance with Section 5.2 hereof or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Section 8.6.                                   Independent Representation.

 

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

 

Section 8.7.                                   Applicable Law:  Jurisdiction.

 

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

 

Section 8.8.                                   Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

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

 

Section 8.9.                                   Entire Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

ISONICS VANCOUVER, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

James E. Alexander

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

SECURED PARTY:

 

CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

 

 

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Title:

Portfolio Manager

 

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EXHIBIT A
DEFINITION OF PLEDGED PROPERTY

 

For the purpose of securing prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company of all of the Obligations, the Company unconditionally and irrevocably hereby grants to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in and to, and lien upon, the following Pledged Property of the Company:

 

(a)                                  all goods of the Company, including, without limitation, machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, signs, lights, tools, parts, supplies and motor vehicles of every kind and description, now or hereafter owned by the Company or in which the Company may have or may hereafter acquire any interest, and all replacements, additions, accessions, substitutions and proceeds thereof, arising from the sale or disposition thereof, and where applicable, the proceeds of insurance and of any tort claims involving any of the foregoing;
 
(b)                                 all inventory of the Company, including, but not limited to, all goods, wares, merchandise, parts, supplies, finished products, other tangible personal property, including such inventory as is temporarily out of Company’s custody or possession and including any returns upon any accounts or other proceeds, including insurance proceeds, resulting from the sale or disposition of any of the foregoing;
 
(c)                                  all contract rights and general intangibles of the Company, including, without limitation, goodwill, trademarks, trade styles, trade names, leasehold interests, partnership or joint venture interests, patents and patent applications, copyrights, deposit accounts whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(d)                                 all documents, warehouse receipts, instruments and chattel paper of the Company whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(e)                                  all accounts and other receivables, instruments or other forms of obligations and rights to payment of the Company (herein collectively referred to as “Accounts”), together with the proceeds thereof, all goods represented by such Accounts and all such goods that may be returned by the Company’s customers, and all proceeds of any insurance thereon, and all guarantees, securities and liens which the Company may hold for the payment of any such Accounts including, without limitation, all rights of stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation and as an unpaid vendor and/or lienor, all of which the Company represents and warrants will be bona fide and existing obligations of its respective customers, arising out of the sale of goods by the Company in the ordinary course of business;
 
(f)                                    to the extent assignable, all of the Company’s rights under all present and future authorizations, permits, licenses and franchises issued or granted in connection with the operations of any of its facilities;
 
(g)                                 all products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds) from the above-described Pledged Property.

 

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EX-10.12 13 a06-13279_1ex10d12.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.12

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is entered into and made effective as of May 30, 2006, by and between Protection Plus Security Corporation, a New York corporation with its principal place of business at 340 Stagg Street New York, New York 11204 (the “Company”), and Cornell Capital Partners, LP (the “Secured Party”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Isonics Corporation (the “Parent”);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Parent shall issue and sell to the Secured Party, as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof, and the Secured Party shall purchase up to Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) of secured convertible debentures (the “Convertible Debentures”), which shall be convertible into shares of common stock of the Parent, no par value (the “Common Stock”) (as converted, the “Conversion Shares”), in the respective amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company shall benefit from the sale of the Convertible Debentures by the Parent to the Secured Party;

 

WHEREAS, to induce the Secured Party to enter into the transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Secured Convertible Debenture, the Investor Registration Rights Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and the Escrow Agreement (collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”), the Company hereby grants to the Secured Party a security interest in and to the Pledged Property (as defined below) until the satisfaction of the Obligations, as defined herein below.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

Section 1.1.            Recitals.

 

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

 

Section 1.2.            Interpretations.

 

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

 



 

Section 1.3.            Obligations Secured.

 

The obligations secured hereby are any and all obligations of the Company or the Parent now existing or hereinafter incurred to the Secured Party, whether oral or written and whether arising before, on or after the date hereof including, without limitation, those obligations of the Parent to the Secured Party under the Transaction Documents, and any other amounts now or hereafter owed to the Secured Party by the Parent thereunder or hereunder (collectively, the “Obligations”).

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

PLEDGED PROPERTY, ADMINISTRATION OF COLLATERAL AND TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

Section 2.1.            Pledged Property.

 

(a)           The Company hereby pledges to the Secured Party, and creates in the Secured Party for its benefit, a security interest for such time until the Obligations are paid in full, in and to all of the property of the Company as set forth in Exhibit ”A” attached hereto and the products thereof and the proceeds of all such items (collectively, the “Pledged Property”):
 
(b)           Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, file, record and deliver to the Secured Party any documents reasonably requested by the Secured Party to perfect its security interest in the Pledged Property.  Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Secured Party such documents and instruments, including, without limitation, financing statements, certificates, affidavits and forms as may, in the Secured Party’s reasonable judgment, be necessary to effectuate, complete or perfect, or to continue and preserve, the security interest of the Secured Party in the Pledged Property, and the Secured Party shall hold such documents and instruments as secured party, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.
 

Section 2.2.            Rights; Interests; Etc.

 

(a)           So long as no Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) shall have occurred and be continuing:
 

(i)            the Company shall be entitled to exercise any and all rights pertaining to the Pledged Property or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms hereof; and

 

(ii)           the Company shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all payments paid or made in respect of the Pledged Property.

 

(b)           Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
 

(i)            All rights of the Company to exercise the rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) hereof and to receive payments

 

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which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii) hereof shall be suspended, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Secured Party who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such rights and to receive and hold as Pledged Property such payments; provided, however, that if the Secured Party shall become entitled and shall elect to exercise its right to realize on the Pledged Property pursuant to Article 5 hereof, then all cash sums received by the Secured Party, or held by Company for the benefit of the Secured Party and paid over pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(ii) hereof, shall be applied against any outstanding Obligations; and

 

(ii)           All interest, dividends, income and other payments and distributions which are received by the Company contrary to the provisions of Section 2.2(b)(i) hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party, shall be segregated from other property of the Company and shall be forthwith paid over to the Secured Party; or

 

(iii)          The Secured Party in its sole discretion shall be authorized to sell any or all of the Pledged Property at public or private sale in order to recoup all of the outstanding principal plus accrued interest owed pursuant to the Convertible Debenture as described herein

 

(c)           An “Event of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred under this Agreement upon an Event of Default under the Convertible Debentures.
 

ARTICLE 3.

 

ATTORNEY-IN-FACT; PERFORMANCE

 

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

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Company hereby appoints the Secured Party as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise, from time to time in the Secured Party’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Secured Party may reasonably deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive and collect all instruments made payable to the Company representing any payments in respect of the Pledged Property or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same.  The Secured Party may demand, collect, receipt for, settle, compromise, adjust, sue for, foreclose, or realize on the Pledged Property as and when the Secured Party may determine.  To facilitate collection, the Secured Party may notify account debtors and obligors on any Pledged Property to make payments directly to the Secured Party.

 

Section 3.2.            Secured Party May Perform.

 

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

 

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ARTICLE 4.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.1.            Authorization; Enforceability.

 

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

 

Section 4.2.            Ownership of Pledged Property.

 

The Company warrants and represents that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Property free and clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or encumbrance except for the security interest created by this Agreement and other security interests filed of record with the Secretary of State of New York.  To the knowledge of the Company, the security interests filed of record include security interests for various capital leases and a security interest for indebtedness owed to HSBC Bank.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

DEFAULT; REMEDIES; SUBSTITUTE COLLATERAL

 

Section 5.1.            Default and Remedies.

 

(a)           If an Event of Default occurs and after any applicable cure or grace period, then in each such case the Secured Party may declare the Obligations to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon any such declaration, the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable.
 
(b)           Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and after any applicable cur or grace period, the Secured Party shall:  (i) be entitled to receive all distributions with respect to the Pledged Property, (ii) to cause the Pledged Property to be transferred into the name of the Secured Party or its nominee, (iii) to dispose of the Pledged Property, and (iv) to realize upon any and all rights in the Pledged Property then held by the Secured Party.
 

Section 5.2.            Method of Realizing Upon the Pledged Property; Other Remedies.

 

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies available at law or in equity, the following provisions shall govern the Secured Party’s right to realize upon the Pledged Property:

 

(a)           Any item of the Pledged Property may be sold for cash or other value in any number of lots at brokers board, public auction or private sale and may be sold without demand, advertisement or notice (except that the Secured Party shall give the Company ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the time and place or of the time after which a private sale

 

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may be made (the “Sale Notice”)), which notice period shall in any event is hereby agreed to be commercially reasonable.  At any sale or sales of the Pledged Property, the Company may bid for and purchase the whole or any part of the Pledged Property and, upon compliance with the terms of such sale, may hold, exploit and dispose of the same without further accountability to the Secured Party.  The Company will execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such instruments, documents, assignments, waivers, certificates, and affidavits and supply or cause to be supplied such further information and take such further action as the Secured Party reasonably shall require in connection with any such sale.
 
(b)           Any cash being held by the Secured Party as Pledged Property and all cash proceeds received by the Secured Party in respect of, sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Pledged Property shall be applied as follows:
 

(i)            to the payment of all amounts due the Secured Party for the expenses reimbursable to it hereunder or owed to it pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof;

 

(ii)           to the payment of the Obligations then due and unpaid.

 

(iii)          the balance, if any, to the person or persons entitled thereto, including, without limitation, the Company.

 

(c)           In addition to all of the rights and remedies which the Secured Party may have pursuant to this Agreement, the Secured Party shall have all of the rights and remedies provided by law, including, without limitation, those under the Uniform Commercial Code.
 

(i)            If the Company fails to pay such amounts due upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, then the Secured Party may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of Company, wherever situated.  The Secured Party may proceed against the Company without proceeding first against any other party, including, without limitation, the Parent.

 

(ii)           The Company agrees that it shall be liable for any reasonable fees, expenses and costs incurred by the Secured Party in connection with enforcement, collection and preservation of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses, and such amounts shall be deemed included as Obligations secured hereby and payable as set forth in Section 8.3 hereof.

 

Section 5.3.            Proofs of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relating to the Company or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or its creditors, the Secured Party (irrespective of whether the Obligations shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Secured Party shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of the Obligations), subject to the rights of Previous

 

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Security Holders, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
 

(i)            to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the Obligations and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Secured Party (including any claim for the reasonable legal fees and expenses and other expenses paid or incurred by the Secured Party permitted hereunder and of the Secured Party allowed in such judicial proceeding), and

 

(ii)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by the Secured Party to make such payments to the Secured Party and, in the event that the Secured Party shall consent to the making of such payments directed to the Secured Party, to pay to the Secured Party any amounts for expenses due it hereunder.

 

Section 5.4.            Duties Regarding Pledged Property.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof and until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing (as provided in Section 8.4 hereof):

 

Section 6.1.            Existence, Properties, Etc.

 

(a)           The Company shall do, or cause to be done, all things, or proceed with due diligence with any actions or courses of action, that may be reasonably necessary (i) to maintain Company’s due organization, valid existence and good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and (ii) to preserve and keep in full force and effect all qualifications, licenses and registrations in those jurisdictions in which the failure to do so could have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); and (b) the Company shall not do, or cause to be done, any act impairing the Company’s corporate power or authority (i) to carry on the Company’s business as now conducted, and (ii) to execute or deliver this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith, including, without limitation, any UCC-1 Financing Statements required by the Secured Party (which other loan instruments collectively shall be referred to as the “Loan Instruments”) to which it is or will be a party, or perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  For purpose of this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material and adverse affect as determined by Secured Party in its reasonable discretion, whether individually or in the aggregate, upon (a) the Company’s assets, business, operations, properties

 

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or condition, financial or otherwise; (b) the Company’s to make payment as and when due of all or any part of the Obligations; or (c) the Pledged Property.
 

Section 6.2.            Maintenance of Books and Records; Inspection.

 

The Company shall maintain its books, accounts and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and permit the Secured Party, its officers and employees and any professionals designated by the Secured Party in writing, at any time and subject to the Company’s normal confidentiality requirements to visit and inspect any of its properties (including but not limited to the collateral security described in the Transaction Documents and/or the Loan Instruments), corporate books and financial records, and to discuss its accounts, affairs and finances with any employee, officer or director thereof.

 

Section 6.3.            Maintenance and Insurance.

 

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

Section 6.4.            Contracts and Other Collateral.

 

The Company shall perform all of its obligations under or with respect to each instrument, receivable, contract and other intangible included in the Pledged Property to which the Company is now or hereafter will be party on a timely basis and in the manner therein required, including, without limitation, this Agreement.

 

Section 6.5.            Defense of Collateral, Etc.

 

The Company shall defend and enforce its right, title and interest in and to any part of:  (a) the Pledged Property; and (b) if not included within the Pledged Property, those assets and properties whose loss could have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall defend the Secured Party’s right, title and interest in and to each and every part of the Pledged Property, each against all manner of claims and demands on a timely basis to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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Section 6.6.            Payment of Debts, Taxes, Etc.

 

The Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, all of its indebtedness and other liabilities and perform, or cause to be performed, all of its obligations in accordance with the respective terms thereof, and pay and discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges and levies imposed upon it, upon any of its assets and properties on or before the last day on which the same may be paid without penalty, as well as pay all other lawful claims (whether for services, labor, materials, supplies or otherwise) as and when due.

 

Section 6.7.            Taxes and Assessments; Tax Indemnity.

 

The Company shall (a) file all tax returns and appropriate schedules thereto that are required to be filed under applicable law, prior to the date of delinquency, (b) pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Company, upon its income and profits or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, and (c) pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies that, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any of its properties; provided, however, that the Company in good faith may contest any such tax, assessment, governmental charge or levy described in the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) so long as appropriate reserves are maintained with respect thereto.

 

Section 6.8.            Compliance with Law and Other Agreements.

 

The Company shall maintain its business operations and property owned or used in connection therewith in compliance with (a) all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances governing such business operations and the use and ownership of such property, and (b) all agreements, licenses, franchises, indentures and mortgages to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its properties is bound.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall pay all of its indebtedness promptly in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Section 6.9.            Notice of Default.

 

The Company shall give written notice to the Secured Party of the occurrence of any default or Event of Default under this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other Loan Instrument or any other agreement of Company for the payment of money, promptly upon the occurrence thereof.

 

Section 6.10.          Notice of Litigation.

 

The Company shall give notice, in writing, to the Secured Party of (a) any actions, suits or proceedings wherein the amount at issue is in excess of $50,000, instituted by any persons against the Company, or affecting any of the assets of the Company, and (b) any dispute, not resolved within fifteen (15) days of the commencement thereof, between the Company on the one hand and any governmental or regulatory body on the other hand, which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the business operations or financial condition of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 7.

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Company covenants and agrees that, from the date hereof until the Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, the Company shall not, unless the Secured Party shall consent otherwise in writing:

 

Section 7.1.            Liens and Encumbrances.

 

Except as contemplated in Section 9 of the Convertible Debenture the Obligor shall not or permit any of its subsidiaries to without the Holder’s consent, 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 Obligor under the Debenture.

 

Section 7.2.            Articles, By-Laws, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions and Sales.

 

Without the prior express written consent of the Secured Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Company shall not:  (a) Amend its Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; (b) be a party to any merger, consolidation or corporate reorganization, (c) purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other person, firm or entity, (d) sell, transfer, convey, grant a security interest in or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, nor (e) create any subsidiaries nor convey any of its assets to any subsidiary in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate.

 

Section 7.3.            Management, Ownership.

 

The Company shall not terminate or materially change the positions of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.  The employment of James E. Alexander, Boris Rubizhevsky, and John Sakys in their current positions are material factors in the Secured Party’s willingness to institute and maintain a lending relationship with the Company.

 

Section 7.4.           Dividends, Etc.

 

Except for dividends payable to the Parent, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend of any kind, in cash or in property, on any class of its capital stock, nor purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of such stock, nor make any distribution of any kind in respect thereof, nor make any return of capital to shareholders, nor make any payments in respect of any pension, profit sharing, retirement, stock option, stock bonus, incentive compensation or similar plan (except as required or permitted hereunder), without the prior written consent of the Secured Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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Section 7.5.            Conduct of Business.

 

The Company will continue to engage, in an efficient and economical manner, in a business of the same general type as conducted by it on the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.6.            Places of Business.

 

The location of the Company’s chief place of business is 340 Stagg Street New York, New York 11204 and effective as of July 31, 2006 shall be changed to 535 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10018-4305.  Other than as disclosed herein the Company shall not change the location of its chief place of business, chief executive office or any place of business disclosed to the Secured Party or move any of the Pledged Property from its current location without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Secured Party in each instance.

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1.            Notices.

 

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

 

If to the Secured Party:

Cornell Capital Partners, LP

 

101 Hudson Street, Suite 3700

 

Jersey City, New Jersey 07302

 

Attention:

Mark Angelo

 

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Telephone:

(201) 986-8300

 

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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And if to the Company:

Protection Plus Security Corporation

 

340 Stagg Street

 

New York, New York 11204

 

Attention:

Boris Rubizhevsky

 

 

With a copy to:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

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

 

Section 8.2.            Severability.

 

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

 

Section 8.3.            Expenses.

 

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

 

Section 8.4.            Waivers, Amendments, Etc.

 

The Secured Party’s delay or failure at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by Company of any undertakings, agreements or covenants shall not waiver, affect, or diminish any right of the Secured Party under this Agreement to demand strict compliance and performance herewith.  Any waiver by the Secured Party of any Event of Default shall not waive or affect any other Event of Default, whether such Event of Default is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or a different type.  None of the undertakings, agreements and covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement, and no Event of Default, shall be deemed to have been waived by the Secured Party, nor may this Agreement be amended, changed or modified, unless such waiver, amendment, change or modification is evidenced by an instrument in writing specifying such waiver, amendment, change or modification and signed by the Secured Party.

 

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Section 8.5.            Continuing Security Interest.

 

This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Property and shall: (i) remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations; and (ii) be binding upon the Company and its successors and heirs and (iii) inure to the benefit of the Secured Party and its successors and assigns.  Upon the payment or satisfaction in full of the Obligations, the Company shall be entitled to the return, at its expense, of such of the Pledged Property as shall not have been sold in accordance with Section 5.2 hereof or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Section 8.6.            Independent Representation.

 

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

 

Section 8.7.            Applicable Law:  Jurisdiction.

 

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

 

Section 8.8.            Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

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

 

Section 8.9.            Entire Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

PROTECTION PLUS SECURITY CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Boris Rubizhevsky

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

SECURED PARTY:

 

CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

 

 

 

By:

Yorkville Advisors, LLC

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Mark Angelo

 

Title:

Portfolio Manager

 

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EXHIBIT A
DEFINITION OF PLEDGED PROPERTY

 

For the purpose of securing prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company of all of the Obligations, the Company unconditionally and irrevocably hereby grants to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in and to, and lien upon, the following Pledged Property of the Company:

 

(a)           all goods of the Company, including, without limitation, machinery, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, signs, lights, tools, parts, supplies and motor vehicles of every kind and description, now or hereafter owned by the Company or in which the Company may have or may hereafter acquire any interest, and all replacements, additions, accessions, substitutions and proceeds thereof, arising from the sale or disposition thereof, and where applicable, the proceeds of insurance and of any tort claims involving any of the foregoing;
 
(b)           all inventory of the Company, including, but not limited to, all goods, wares, merchandise, parts, supplies, finished products, other tangible personal property, including such inventory as is temporarily out of Company’s custody or possession and including any returns upon any accounts or other proceeds, including insurance proceeds, resulting from the sale or disposition of any of the foregoing;
 
(c)           all contract rights and general intangibles of the Company, including, without limitation, goodwill, trademarks, trade styles, trade names, leasehold interests, partnership or joint venture interests, patents and patent applications, copyrights, deposit accounts whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(d)           all documents, warehouse receipts, instruments and chattel paper of the Company whether now owned or hereafter created;
 
(e)           all accounts and other receivables, instruments or other forms of obligations and rights to payment of the Company (herein collectively referred to as “Accounts”), together with the proceeds thereof, all goods represented by such Accounts and all such goods that may be returned by the Company’s customers, and all proceeds of any insurance thereon, and all guarantees, securities and liens which the Company may hold for the payment of any such Accounts including, without limitation, all rights of stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation and as an unpaid vendor and/or lienor, all of which the Company represents and warrants will be bona fide and existing obligations of its respective customers, arising out of the sale of goods by the Company in the ordinary course of business;
 
(f)            to the extent assignable, all of the Company’s rights under all present and future authorizations, permits, licenses and franchises issued or granted in connection with the operations of any of its facilities;
 
(g)           all products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds) from the above-described Pledged Property.

 

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EX-10.13 14 a06-13279_1ex10d13.htm EX-10

Exhibit 10.13

 

Dated:  June 5, 2006

 

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 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.

 

No. CCP-2

$3,000,000

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

Secured Convertible Debenture

 

 

Due May 30, 2009

 

This Secured Convertible Debenture (the “Debenture”) is issued by ISONICS CORPORATION, a California corporation (the “Obligor”), to CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP (the “Holder”), pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) of even date herewith.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Obligor hereby promises to pay to the Holder or its successors and assigns the principal sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) together with accrued but unpaid interest on or before May 30, 2009 (the “Maturity Date”) in accordance with the following terms:

 

Interest.  Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance hereof at an annual rate equal to six percent (6%).  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 will be paid to the Holder or its assignee (as defined in Section 5) in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Obligor regarding registration and transfers of Debentures (the “Debenture Register”).

 

Interest Payments.  The Obligor at its option shall make payment of all outstanding and accrued interest at the Maturity Date (“Scheduled Payment”) in shares of the Company’s Common Stock or cash.  If such Schedule Payment is made in Common Stock, such number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock due as payment shall be calculated based on the amount of interest due divided by eighty eight percent (88%) of the average VWAP of the Company’s Common Stock for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date the Maturity Date.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Debenture shall become due and immediately payable, including all accrued but unpaid interest, upon an Event of Default (as defined in Section 2 hereof).

 

Right of Redemption.  The Obligor at its option shall have the right, with ten (10) Trading Days advance written notice (the “Redemption Notice”), to redeem a portion or all amounts outstanding under this Debenture prior to the Maturity Date provided that the Closing Bid Price of the of the Obligor’s Common Stock, as reported by Bloomberg, LP, is less than Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) at the time of the Redemption Notice.  The Obligor 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 “Redemption Amount”).  The Obligor shall deliver to the Holder the Redemption Amount on the tenth (10th) Trading Day after the Redemption Notice.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing in the event that the Obligor has elected to redeem a portion of the outstanding principal amount and accrued interest under this Debenture the Holder shall be permitted to convert all or any portion of this Debenture during such ten (10) business day advance written notice period.

 

Security Agreements.  This Debenture is secured by Security Agreements of even date herewith between the Obligor and the Holder as well as Isonics Vancouver, Inc., Isonics Homeland Security and Defense Corporation, and
Protection Plus Security Corporation , all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Obligor, and the Holders (all such security agreements shall be referred to as the “Security Agreement”).

 

Consent of Holder to Sell Capital Stock or Grant Security InterestsSo long as any of the principal amount on this Debenture remains unpaid and unconverted and except for Excluded Securities, the Obligor shall not, without the prior consent of the Holder, (i) issue or sell any shares of Common Stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the VWAP of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to its issuance, (ii) issue or sell any warrant, option, right, contract, call, or other security or instrument granting the holder thereof the right to acquire Common Stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance , (iii) issue or sell any shares of preferred stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the VWAP of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately prior to its issuance (iv) enter into any security instrument granting the holder a security interest in any of the assets of the Obligor, other than security interests in connection with capital lease financing, in cases where the security interest is in the nature of a purchase money security interest, or for funds used for acquisitions by the Obligor or any subsidiary of a business that has positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses or to refinance of the purchase money security interest in such event the Holder shall take a second security position, provided however in the event that a security interest is not given in connection with acquisitions by the Obligor or any subsidiary of a business that has positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses it is understood that the Holder shall be given a first security interest or (v) file any registration statements on Form S-8.

 

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Rights of First Refusal.  For a period of one (1) year from the date hereof, so long as any portion of this Debenture is outstanding (including principal or accrued interest), if the Obligor intends to raise additional capital by the issuance or sale of capital stock of the Obligor, including without limitation shares of any class of Common Stock, any class of preferred stock, options, warrants or any other securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock (whether the offering is conducted by the Obligor, underwriter, placement agent or any third party) the Obligor shall be obligated to offer to the Holder a percentage of such issuance or sale of capital stock, by providing in writing the principal amount of capital it intends to raise and outline of the material terms of such capital raise, prior to the offering such issuance or sale of capital stock to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former officers or directors, current or former shareholders and/or investors of the obligor, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.  For the purposes of this paragraph, the percentage shall be calculated by multiplying fifty percent (50%) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the principal amount of this Debenture, and the denominator of which is $16,000,000.

 

After one (1) year from the date hereof, so long as any portion of this Debenture is outstanding (including principal or accrued interest), if the Obligor intends to raise additional capital by the issuance or sale of capital stock of the Obligor, including without limitation shares of any class of Common Stock, any class of preferred stock, options, warrants or any other securities convertible or exercisable into shares of Common Stock (whether the offering is conducted by the Obligor, underwriter, placement agent or any third party) the Obligor shall be obligated to offer to the Holder a percentage of such issuance or sale of capital stock, by providing in writing the principal amount of capital it intends to raise and outline of the material terms of such capital raise, prior to the offering such issuance or sale of capital stock to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former officers or directors, current or former shareholders and/or investors of the obligor, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.  For the purposes of this paragraph, the percentage shall be calculated by multiplying twenty five percent (25%) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the principal amount of this Debenture, and the denominator of which is $16,000,000.

 

The Holder shall have five (5) Trading Days from receipt of such notice of the sale or issuance of capital stock to accept or reject all or a portion of such capital raising offer.  If the Holder does not accept and complete its participation in the financing to the full extent to which the Holder is entitled under this section, the right of first refusal shall terminate upon the completion of the financing.

 

This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1.                                          This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Section 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

 

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regulation of any administrative or governmental body).  An Event of Default shall only be deemed to exist after any applicable cure or grace period has expired:

 

(i)                                     Any default in the payment of the principal of, interest on or other charges in respect of this Debenture, free of any claim of subordination, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on the Scheduled Payment due date, a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise);

 

(ii)                                  The Obligor 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) hereof) or any Transaction Document (as defined in Section 5) which is not cured with in the time prescribed after notice from the Holder and an opportunity of not less than ten (10) Trading Days to cure such breach;

 

(iii)                               The Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor or there is commenced against the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 61 days; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 uncontested, undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(iv)                              The Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor 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 Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor in an amount exceeding $500,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

(v)                                 The Common Stock shall cease to be quoted for trading or listing for trading on either the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”), Nasdaq Capital Market, New York Stock

 

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Exchange, American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market (each, a “Subsequent Market”) and shall not again be quoted or listed for trading thereon within five (5) Trading Days of such delisting;

 

(vi)                              The Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in Section 5) without the consent of holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the 6% Convertible Debentures then outstanding;

 

(vii)                           The Obligor shall fail to comply with its obligations in the Underlying Shares Registration Statement (as defined in Section 5) in any material respect, after any notice and grace period or opportunity to cure as provided by such Underlying Shares Registration Statement;

 

(viii)                        The Obligor or the Obligor’s transfer agent, as the case maybe, shall fail for any reason to deliver Common Stock certificates to a Holder, as contemplated under the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated the date hereof, prior to the third (3rd) or sixth (6th)  Trading Day, as the case my be under the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, after a Conversion Date or the Obligor shall provide notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with requests for conversions of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof and;

 

(x)                                   The Obligor shall fail for any reason to deliver the payment in cash pursuant to a Buy-In (as defined herein) within three (3) days after notice is claimed delivered hereunder;

 

(xi)                                The Obligor shall fail for any reason to deliver the payment in cash pursuant to Section 3 (c)(i) within three (3) days after notice is claimed delivered hereunder.

 

(b)                                 During the time that any portion of this Debenture is outstanding, if any Event of Default has occurred, the full 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 Obligor.    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 Conversion Price then in-effect.  The Holder need not provide and the Obligor hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, 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.  Upon an Event of Default, notwithstanding any other provision of this Debenture or any Transaction Document, the Holder shall have no obligation to comply with or adhere to any limitations, if any, on the conversion of this Debenture or the sale of the Underlying Shares except those restrictions imposed by federal or applicable state securities laws.

 

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Section 3.                                          Conversion.

 

(a)                                  Conversion at Option of Holder.

 

(i)                                     (a) Provided the Obligor has sufficient authorized shares, in which case the Obligor shall be obligated to increase its authorized shares pursuant to Section 4 (e) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and provided that the Obligor has obtained shareholder approval as contemplated in Section 4(l) of the Securities Purchase Agreement, this Debenture shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, after the Original Issue Date (as defined in Section 5) (subject to the limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3(b) hereof) provided however the Holder shall not be entitled to sell such shares, until the later to occur of i) the date the Underlying Shares Registration Statement is declared effective or ii) (subject to compliance with federal and applicable state securities laws) one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from the date hereof (collectively referred to as the “Waiting Period”), unless waived by the Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing in the event that the Underlying Shares Registration Statement is not declared effective within one (1) year from the date hereof the Holder shall be entitled to sell shares of the Obligor’s Common Stock issuable hereunder pursuant to Rule 144 as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion hereunder equals the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined in Section 3(c)(i)).  The Obligor shall deliver Common Stock certificates to the Holder prior to the Fifth (5th) Trading Day after a Conversion Date.

 

(b)                           Provided that there is an effective Underlying Shares Registration Statement the Obligor at its option shall have the right at any time and from time to time, if the VWAP of the Obligor’s Common Stock as quoted by Bloomberg, LP is equal to or greater than Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) (the “Forced Conversion Price”) for twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days (the “Forced Conversion Pricing Period”), to force the Holder to convert the outstanding Principal amount of this Debenture plus outstanding and accrued interest, subject to the limitations in Section 3(b)(i) herein, at the Fixed Conversion Price, in whole or in part.  In such event the Obligor shall provide to the Holder written notice at the end of business, but not later than 5:30 pm EST, on the last Trading Day of the Forced Conversion Pricing Period (the “Forced Conversion Notice”).  The Holder shall than on the next Trading Day from receipt of the Forced Conversion Notice, convert this Debenture, subject to the limitations in Section 3(b)(i) herein, in whole or in part, at the Fixed Conversion Price (“Forced Conversion Period”).  Provided however in the event that the VWAP of the Obligor’s Common Stock, as quoted by Bloomberg, LP, during the Forced Conversion Period is lower than the Forced Conversion Price the Obligor shall not have the right to force the Holder to exercise this Debenture, in whole or in part.

 

(ii)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if after December 31, 2006, on any Conversion Date:  (1) the number of shares of Common Stock at the time authorized, unissued and unreserved for all purposes, or held as treasury stock, is insufficient to pay principal and interest hereunder in shares of Common Stock; (2) the Common Stock is not listed or quoted for trading on the OTCBB or on a Subsequent Market; (3) the Obligor has failed to timely satisfy its conversion; or (4) the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would result in a violation of Section 3(b), then, at the option of the Holder, the Obligor, in lieu of delivering shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(a)(i), shall deliver, within five (5)  Trading Days of each applicable Conversion Date, an amount in cash equal to the product of the outstanding principal amount to be converted plus any interest due therein divided by the

 

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Conversion Price, chosen by the Holder, and multiplied by the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the conversion notice until the date that such cash payment is made.

 

Further, if the Obligor shall not have delivered any cash due in respect of conversion of this Debenture or as payment of interest thereon by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder may, by notice to the Obligor, require the Obligor to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(c), except that for such purpose the Conversion Price applicable thereto shall be the lesser of the Conversion Price on the Conversion Date and the Conversion Price on the date of such Holder demand. Any such shares will be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

(iii)                               The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Obligor a completed notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Conversion Notice”).  The date on which a Conversion Notice is delivered is the “Conversion Date.” Unless the Holder is converting the entire principal amount outstanding under this Debenture, the Holder is not required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Obligor in order to effect conversions.  Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Obligor shall maintain records showing the principal amount converted and the date of such conversions. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of error.

 

(b)                                 Certain Conversion Restrictions.

 

(i)                                     A Holder may not convert this Debenture or receive shares of Common Stock as payment of interest hereunder to the extent such conversion or receipt of such interest payment would result in the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares issuable upon conversion of, and payment of interest on, this Debenture held by such Holder after application of this Section.  Since the Holder will not be obligated to report to the Obligor 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 Obligor 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 the periods described in Section 3(a)(i) and, at the option of the Holder, either retain any principal amount tendered for conversion in excess of the permitted amount hereunder for future conversions or return such excess principal amount to the Holder. The provisions of this Section

 

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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 Obligor. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any such waiver.

 

(ii) Commencing at the end of the Waiting Period and for one hundred twenty (120)  calendar days thereafter and subject to further limitations in Section 3(a)(i), the Holder shall not convert any portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount and accrued interest due under all Debentures issued under the Securities Purchase Agreement,  into shares of the Obligor’s Common Stock in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) at the Market Conversion Price in any seven (7) calendar day period.  Notwithstanding the forgoing, this conversion restriction shall not apply upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or if waived in writing by the Obligor.  Thereafter, the Holder shall not convert any portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount and accrued interest due under all Debentures issued under the Securities Purchase Agreement, into shares of the Company’s Common Stock in excess of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) at the Market Conversion Price in any seven (7) calendar day period.

 

Notwithstanding the forgoing, the conversion restrictions in this Section 3(b)(ii) shall not apply upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (after notice and any applicable cure period),  if waived in writing by the Company or if such shares being sold have been converted at the Fixed Conversion Price (to the extent such sales are permitted under federal and applicable state securities laws).

 

(iii)                           The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debenture shall not be greater than 6,075,785 shares (which when included with the 660,000 Buyer’s Shares (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the 2,000,000 Warrant Shares exercisable at $1.25 is less than 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the date of this Debenture), until the Obligor’s shareholders approve (without the vote of any shares acquired in this transaction and related transactions) the issuance of the Total Transaction Shares as outlined in Section 4(l) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Conversion Price and Adjustments to Conversion Price.

 

(i)                                     The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be, at the sole option of the Holder, equal to either (a) One Dollar and Twenty Five Cents ($1.25) (the “Fixed Conversion Price”) or (b) eighty percent (80%) of the average of the two (2) lowest daily VWAPs of the Common Stock during the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the Conversion Date as quoted by Bloomberg, LP (the “Market Conversion Price”).  The Fixed Conversion Price and the Market Conversion Price are collectively referred to as the “Conversion Price.”  The Conversion Price may be adjusted pursuant to the other terms of this Debenture.  Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Sections 2(b)(ii) and 2(b)(iii), the Holder shall have the absolute right to convert any or all of this Debenture at the Fixed Conversion Price free of such restriction provided such conversion is in compliance with the shareholder approval requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the maximum number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that may be issued upon conversion of the principal amount of this Debenture is 64,000,000 (the “Conversion Shares”).

 

In the event that all of the Conversions Shares are issued and there remains outstanding principal amount and accrued interest hereunder all amounts of outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable in cash.

 

 (ii)                               If the Obligor, 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 Obligor, then the Fixed 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.

 

(iii)                               If the Obligor, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Fixed Conversion Price (not including the issuance of Excluded Securities), then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants (plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase), and of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered would purchase at the Fixed Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants. However, upon the expiration of any such right, option or warrant to purchase shares of the Common Stock the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment in the Fixed Conversion Price pursuant to this Section, if any such right, option or warrant shall expire and shall not have been exercised, the Fixed Conversion Price shall immediately upon such expiration be recomputed and effective immediately upon such expiration be increased to the price which it would have been (but reflecting any other adjustments in the Fixed Conversion Price made pursuant to the provisions of this Section after the issuance of such rights or warrants) had the adjustment of the Fixed Conversion Price made upon the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of offering for subscription or purchase only that number of shares of the Common Stock actually purchased upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants actually exercised.

 

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(iv)                              If the Obligor or any subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall issue shares of Common Stock or rights, warrants, options or other securities or debt that are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (“Common Stock Equivalents”) entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at a price per share less than the Fixed Conversion Price (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which is issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at a price per share which is less than the Fixed Conversion Price (in all cases, other than Excluded Securities), such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed Conversion Price), then, at the sole option of the Holder, the Fixed Conversion Price shall be adjusted to mirror the conversion, exchange or purchase price for such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (including any reset provisions thereof) at issue. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The Obligor shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than one (1) business day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent subject to this Section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or of applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms. No adjustment under this Section shall be made as a result of issuances and exercises of options to purchase shares of Common Stock issued for compensatory purposes pursuant to any of the Obligor’s stock option or stock purchase plans.

 

(v)                                 If the Obligor, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Fixed Conversion Price at which this Debenture shall thereafter be convertible shall be determined by multiplying the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Closing Bid Price determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such Closing Bid Price on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

 

(vi)                              In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, the Holder shall have the right thereafter to, at its option,  (A) convert the then outstanding principal amount, together with all accrued but unpaid interest and any other amounts then owing hereunder in respect of this Debenture into the shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of the Common Stock following such reclassification or share exchange, and the Holder of this Debenture shall be entitled upon such event to receive such amount of securities, cash or property as the shares of the Common Stock of the Obligor into which the then outstanding principal amount, together

 

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with all accrued but unpaid interest and any other amounts then owing hereunder in respect of this Debenture could have been converted immediately prior to such reclassification or share exchange would have been entitled, or (B) require the Obligor to prepay the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus all interest and other amounts due and payable thereon. The entire prepayment price shall be paid in cash.  This provision shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications or share exchanges.

 

(vii)                           The Obligor shall at all times after December 31, 2006 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) Trading Days following the receipt by the Obligor of a Holder’s notice that such minimum number of Underlying Shares is not so reserved, the Obligor shall promptly reserve a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to comply with such requirement.

 

(viii)                        All calculations under this Section 3 shall be rounded up to the nearest $0.001 or whole share.

 

(ix)                                Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Obligor shall promptly mail or send by electronic means (including without limitation e-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.

 

(x)                                   If (A) the Obligor shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock; (B) the Obligor shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Obligor shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Obligor shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Obligor is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Obligor, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; or (E) the Obligor shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Obligor; then, in each case, the Obligor shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Debenture, and shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Obligor, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice.  The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day

 

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calendar period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

(xi)                                In case of any merger or consolidation of the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor with or into another Person, a Holder shall have the right to (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.

 

(d)                                 Other Provisions.

 

(i)                                     The Obligor covenants that it will at all times after December 31, 2006 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 Obligor as to reservation of such shares set forth in this Debenture) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Sections 2(b) and 3(c)) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture and payment of interest hereunder. The Obligor 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.

 

(ii)                                  Upon a conversion hereunder the Obligor shall not be required to issue stock certificates representing fractions of shares of the Common Stock, but may if otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share based on the Closing Bid Price at such time. If the Obligor elects not, or is unable, to make such a cash payment, the

 

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Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common Stock.

 

(iii)                               The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder thereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificate, provided that the Obligor shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of such Debenture so converted and the Obligor shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Obligor the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Obligor that such tax has been paid.

 

(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 Obligor ‘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.

 

(v)                                 In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Obligor fails to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Conversion Date, and if after such fifth (5th) Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Underlying Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such conversion (a “Buy-In”), then the Obligor shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder anticipated receiving from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the market price of the Common Stock at the time of the sale giving rise to such purchase obligation and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue a Debenture in the principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Obligor timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 3(a)(i). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of Debentures with respect to which the market price of the Underlying Shares on the date of conversion was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Obligor shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000.  The Holder shall provide the Obligor written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.

 

Section 4.                                          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

 

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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 Obligor, to:

Isonics Corporation

 

5906 McIntyre Street

 

Golden, CO 80403

 

Attention:

James E. Alexander, President

 

Telephone:

(303) 279-7900

 

Facsimile:

(303) 279-7300

 

 

With a copy (which does not
constitute notice) to:

Burns, Figa & Will, P.C.

 

6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle – Suite 1000

 

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 

Attention:

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

 

Telephone:

(303) 796-2626

 

Facsimile:

(303) 796-2777

 

 

 

If to the Holder:

Cornell Capital Partners, 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) Trading 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.

 

Section 5.                                          Definitions.  For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

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Approved Stock Plan” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved or is in the future approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, consultant, officer or director for services provided to the Company.
 

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.

 

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 Obligor, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Obligor (except that the acquisition of voting securities by the Holder 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 Obligor 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 consolidated assets of the Obligor or any subsidiary of the Obligor in one or a series of related transactions with or into another entity, or (d) the execution by the Obligor of an agreement to which the Obligor is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (a), (b) or (c).

 

Closing Bid Price” means the price per share in the last reported trade of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or on the exchange which the Common Stock is then listed as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock” means the common stock, no par value, of the Obligor and stock of any other class into which such shares may hereafter be changed or reclassified.

 

Conversion Date” shall mean the date upon which the Holder gives the Obligor notice of their intention to effectuate a conversion of this Debenture into shares of the Obligor’s Common Stock as outlined herein.

 

 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Securities” means:
 
(a) any issuance by the Company of securities in connection with a strategic partnership or a joint venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital),
 
(b) any issuance by the Company of securities as consideration for a merger or consolidation or the acquisition of a business, product, license, or other assets of another person or entity,

 

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(c) options to purchase shares of Common Stock, provided (I) such options are issued after the date of this Debenture to employees of the Company within thirty (30) days of such employee’s starting his employment with the Company, and (II) the exercise price of such options is not less than the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such option,
 
(d) securities issued pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan,
 
(e) up to 1,000,000 without registration rights and not pursuant to Form S-8 (in the event that such issuance has registration rights the Obligor shall obtain the prior written approval of the Holder) shares that may be issued from time to time at a price no less than the VWAP ending within three (3) Business Days prior to the completion of the transaction (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), and
 
(f) any issuance of securities to holders of the Other Securities provided such transactions are in accordance with the terms of such instrument (including any anti-dilution protection contained in such instrument) or are on terms determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to be no less favorable to the Company than the existing terms.
 

Original Issue Date” shall mean 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.

 

Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

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

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted on the OTC or quoted or traded on such Subsequent 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.

 

Transaction Documents” means the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other agreement delivered in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the Security Agreement, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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.

 

Underlying Shares Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Investor’s Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof by and between the Obligor and the Holder, covering among other things the resale of the Underlying Shares and naming the Holder as a “selling stockholder” thereunder.

 

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VWAP” means the price per share in the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other Subsequent Market which the Common Stock is then listed as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.

 

Section 6.                                          Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligations of the Obligor, 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 Obligor. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other 6% Debentures now or hereafter issued to the Holder under the terms set forth herein. As long as this Debenture is outstanding, the Obligor shall not and shall cause their subsidiaries not to, without the consent of the Holder of at least a majority of the principal amount of the 6% Convertible Debentures then outstanding (whether or not the Holder consents), (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.

 

Section 7.                                          This Debenture shall not entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Obligor, 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 Obligor, unless and to the extent converted into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Section 8.                                          If this Debenture is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Obligor shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all reasonably satisfactory to the Obligor.

 

Section 9.                                          Except as described in the Disclosure Schedule, no indebtedness of the Obligor 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 Obligor 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 Obligor under this Debenture except for capital lease financing, in cases where the security interest is in the nature of a purchase money security interest, or for funds used for acquisitions by the Obligor or any subsidiary of a business that has positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expenses or to refinance of the purchase money security interest initially taken.

 

Section 10.                                   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 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

 

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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.

 

Section 11.                                   If the Obligor fails to strictly comply with the terms of this Debenture, then the Obligor 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.

 

Section 12.                                   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.

 

Section 13.                                   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 Obligor 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 Obligor 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 Obligor (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.

 

Section 14.                                   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.

 

Section 15.                                   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

 

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IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES’ ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Obligor has caused this Secured Convertible Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.

 

 

ISONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 James E. Alexander

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT “A”

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(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 the above Debenture into Shares of Common Stock of Isonics Corporation, according to the conditions stated therein, as of the Conversion Date written below.

 

Conversion Date:

 

 

 

Applicable Conversion Price:

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

Amount to be converted:

 

$

 

Amount of Debenture unconverted:

 

$

 

Conversion Price per share:

 

$

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:

 

 

 

Please issue the shares of Common Stock in the following name and to the following address:

 

 

 

Issue to:

 

 

 

Authorized Signature:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Phone Number:

 

 

 

Broker DTC Participant Code:

 

 

 

Account Number:

 

 

 

 

If this name is different from the name of the Holder, the Holder will have to show compliance for such transfer with federal and applicable state securities laws or in accordance with the plan of distribution in the Underlying Shares Registration Statement.

 



 

By submitting this Notice of Conversion, the undersigned holder represents and warrants to the Obligor that it is an accredited investor as that term is defined in SEC Rule 501(a), it is a sophisticated investor as required by SEC Rule 506, that it has completed such investigation into the Obligor and the securities being acquired pursuant to this Notice of Conversion as the undersigned (in consultation with its advisors) has determined appropriate, and that it is submitting this Notice of Conversion of its own volition and free will.

 

 

By:

 

 

Date:

 

 

Name:

 

Address:

 

 

 

Social Security Number

 


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