-----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, G4qQRlMjNZQAxAwVjwP6YVE4XgGJRtjDCq6T+rYUcUO266ILmUNEDXvZsCjgjrJ5 I0mMUYdwLRkc9aLzP/cUPA== 0001045969-03-000889.txt : 20030403 0001045969-03-000889.hdr.sgml : 20030403 20030403144735 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001045969-03-000889 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030331 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030403 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001046880 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-BEER, WINE & DISTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [5180] IRS NUMBER: 541865271 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24341 FILM NUMBER: 03638267 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PALM TOWER BUILDING STREET 2: 1343 MAIN STREET SUITE 301 CITY: SARASOTA STATE: FL ZIP: 34236 BUSINESS PHONE: 9413301558 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PALM TOWER BUILDING STREET 2: 1343 MAIN STREET SUITE 301 CITY: SARASOTA STATE: FL ZIP: 34236 8-K 1 d8k.htm PERIOD: MARCH 31, 2003 Period: March 31, 2003

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2003

 


 

Central European Distribution Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-24341

 

54-1865271

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1343 Main Street, Suite 301, Sarasota, Florida

 

34236

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (941) 330-1558

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 



 

Item 5. Other Events

 

On March 31, 2003, we completed a private placement of 750,000 shares of our common stock and Additional Investment Rights to purchase up to an additional 150,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $23.25 per share to five institutional investors for gross proceeds of $17,437,500. Jeffrey Peterson, our vice chairman, also sold 80,000 shares of common stock and Additional Investment Rights to purchase up to an additional 16,000 shares of our common stock at the same purchase price to the same institutional investors for gross proceeds of $1,860,000. The Securities Purchase Agreement, the form of Additional Investment Right and our press releases announcing the completion of the private placement are attached hereto as exhibits.

 

Item 7. Exhibits

 

10.1

  

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003 among Central European Distribution Corporation, Jeffrey Peterson and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto.

10.2

  

Form of Additional Investment Right dated March 31, 2003 and issued to the purchasers identified on the signature pages to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003.

99.1

  

Press Release issued by Central European Distribution Corporation on March 31, 2003.

99.2

  

Press Release issued by Central European Distribution Corporation on April 3, 2003.


 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

       

CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

Date: April 3, 2003        

     

By:

 

/s/    JAMES H. ARCHBOLD        


           

James H. Archbold

Secretary

 

 


 

Exhibits

 

10.1

  

Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003 among Central European Distribution Corporation, Jeffrey Peterson and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto.

10.2

  

Form of Additional Investment Right dated March 31, 2003 and issued to the purchasers identified on the signature pages to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003.

99.1

  

Press Release issued by Central European Distribution Corporation on March 31, 2003.

99.2

  

Press Release issued by Central European Distribution Corporation on April 3, 2003.

EX-10.1 3 dex101.txt SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT Exhibit 10.1 EXECUTION COPY SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT This Securities Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is dated as of March 31, 2003 among Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Jeffrey Peterson (the "Selling Stockholder" and together with the Company, the "Sellers") and the purchasers identified on the signature pages hereto (each, a "Purchaser" and collectively, the "Purchasers"). WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the Sellers desire to sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, desire to purchase from the Sellers, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Sellers and the Purchasers agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated: "Additional Investment Rights" means each of the Company Additional Investment Rights and the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights. "Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. "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. "Closing" means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares and the Additional Investment Rights pursuant to Section 2.1. "Closing Date" means the date of the closing. "Closing Price" means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on an Eligible Market or any other national securities exchange, the closing price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the primary Eligible Market or exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted; (b) if prices for the Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the closing bid price per share of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) so quoted; (c) if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the "Pink Sheets" published by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent closing bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by Purchasers holding a majority of the Securities. "Company Additional Investment Rights" means collectively, the Additional Investment Rights issued and sold by the Company under this Agreement, in the form of Exhibit A-1. "Company Securities" means the Company Shares, the Company Additional Investment Rights and the Underlying Shares. "Company Shares" means an aggregate of 750,000 shares of Common Stock, which are being issued and sold by the Company to the Purchasers at the Closing. "Company Unit" means one Company Share and a Company Additional Investment Right to acquire 0.20 of a share of Common Stock. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share. "Common Stock Equivalents" means, collectively, Options and Convertible Securities. "Convertible Securities" means any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. "Effective Date" means the date that the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission. "Effectiveness Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b). "Eligible Market" means any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ National Market or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Filing Date" means April 30, 2003. "Lien" means any lien, charge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction. 2 "Lead Purchasers" means Mainfield Enterprises, Inc., Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, Cranshire Capital, L.P., Deephaven Small Cap Growth Fund LLC and Omicron Master Trust. "Losses" means any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, settlement costs and expenses, including, without limitation, costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys' fees. "Options" means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities. "Person" means any individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other entity of any kind. "Per Unit Purchase Price" means $23.25. "Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened. "Prospectus" means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus including post effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. "Purchaser Counsel" means Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel to the Purchasers, or any other counsel selected by a Purchaser hereunder. "Registrable Securities" means any Common Stock (including Underlying Shares) issued or issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, together with any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing. "Registration Statement" means each registration statement required to be filed under Article VI, including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement. "Required Effectiveness Date" means June 29, 2003. 3 "Rule 144," "Rule 415," and "Rule 424" means Rule 144, Rule 415 and Rule 424, respectively, promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule. "Securities" means each of the Selling Stockholder Securities and Company Securities. "Seller Polish Counsel" means Wierzbowski & Wspolnicy, special Polish counsel to the Company. "Seller U.S. Counsel" means Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP, counsel to the Sellers. "Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights" means collectively, the Additional Investment Rights issued and sold by the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement, in the form of Exhibit A-2. "Selling Stockholder Securities" means the Selling Stockholder Shares, the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights and the Underlying Shares. "Selling Stockholder Shares" means an aggregate of 80,000 shares of Common Stock, which are being transferred by the Selling Stockholder to the Purchasers at the Closing. "Selling Stockholder Unit" means one Selling Stockholder Share and a Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Right to acquire 0.20 of a share of Common Stock. "Shares" means each of the Selling Stockholder Shares and Company Shares. "Subsidiary" means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest. "Trading Day" means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its primary Trading Market, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on any Eligible Market, then a day on which trading occurs on the NASDAQ National Market (or any successor thereto), or (c) if trading ceases to occur on the NASDAQ National Market (or any successor thereto), any Business Day. "Trading Market" means the Nasdaq National Market or any other Eligible Market, or any national securities exchange, market or trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted. "Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Company Additional Investment Rights, the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights, the Transfer Agent Instructions and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder. 4 "Transfer Agent" means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. "Transfer Agent Instructions" means, with respect to the Company, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit D-1, executed by the Company and delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Transfer Agent, and with respect to the Selling Stockholder, the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in the form of Exhibit D-2, executed by the Selling Stockholder and delivered to and acknowledged in writing by the Transfer Agent. "Underlying Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the applicable Additional Investment Rights. "Unit" means each of the Selling Stockholder Units and Company Units. ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE 2.1 Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the Sellers shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Sellers, such number of Units set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto under the heading "Company Units" and "Selling Stockholder Units" at a per Unit purchase price equal to the Per Unit Purchase Price. The Closing shall take place at the offices of Purchaser Counsel immediately following the execution hereof, or at such other location or time as the parties may agree. 2.2 Closing Deliveries. (a) At the Closing, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following: (i) one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b) hereof), evidencing such number of Company Shares equal to the number of Company Units set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto under the heading "Company Units," registered in the name of such Purchaser; (ii) a Company Additional Investment Right, registered in the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Underlying Shares set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto under the heading "Company Additional Investment Right Shares;" (iii) a legal opinion of Seller U.S. Counsel, in the form of Exhibit B-1, executed by such counsel and delivered to the Purchasers, and a legal opinion of Seller Polish Counsel, in the form of Exhibit B-2, executed by such counsel and delivered to the Purchasers; and 5 (iv) duly executed Transfer Agent Instructions acknowledged by the Company's transfer agent. (b) At the Closing, the Selling Stockholder shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Purchaser the following: (i) one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b) hereof), evidencing such number of Selling Stockholder Shares equal to the number of Selling Stockholder Units set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto under the heading "Selling Stockholder Units," registered in the name of such Purchaser; (ii) a Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Right, registered in the name of such Purchaser, pursuant to which such Purchaser shall have the right to acquire such number of Underlying Shares set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto under the heading "Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Right Shares;" (iii) a legal opinion of Seller U.S. Counsel, in the form of Exhibit B-1, executed by such counsel and delivered to the Purchasers, and a legal opinion of Seller Polish Counsel, in the form of Exhibit B-2, executed by such counsel and delivered to the Purchasers; and (iv) duly executed Transfer Agent Instructions acknowledged by the Company's transfer agent. (c) At the Closing, each Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to (i) the Company the purchase price set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto under the heading "Company Purchase Price" and (ii) the Selling Stockholder the purchase price set forth opposite such Purchaser's name on Schedule A hereto under the heading "Selling Stockholder Purchase Price," each in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in writing to such Purchaser by the Company and Selling Stockholder, as applicable, for such purpose. (d) At the Closing, in connection with the Company's obligations pursuant to Section 4.8, the Company and the Purchasers shall have the right to require the Selling Shareholder to deliver the Underlying Shares transferable to the Purchasers upon the exercise of the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights, to be held by the Company in escrow pursuant to the terms and conditions of an escrow agreement, in such form and substance mutually acceptable to the Company and the Selling Stockholder. ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Purchasers as follows: 6 (a) Subsidiaries. The Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries other than those listed in Schedule 3.1(a). Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(a), the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or comparable equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interest of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. (b) Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not, individually or in the aggregate, (i) adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) have or result in a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, prospects, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole on a consolidated basis, or (iii) adversely impair the Company's ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a "Material Adverse Effect"). (c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further consent or action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will be) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. (d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company's or any Subsidiary's certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, except to the extent that such conflict, default or termination right could not reasonably 7 be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected. (e) Issuance of the Securities. The Company Securities (including the Underlying Shares) are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens and shall not be subject to preemptive rights or similar rights of stockholders. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Company Additional Investment Rights. (f) Capitalization. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock, options and other securities of the Company (whether or not presently convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company) is set forth in Schedule 3.1(f). All outstanding shares of capital stock, including the Selling Stockholder Securities, are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(f), there are no outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(f), there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) and the issue and sale of the Company Securities and the transfer of the Selling Stockholder Securities (including the Underlying Shares) will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Purchasers) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. To the knowledge of the Company, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 3.1(f), no Person or group of related Persons beneficially owns (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), or has the right to acquire, by agreement with or by obligation binding upon the Company, beneficial ownership of in excess of 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, ignoring for such purposes any limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock that may be owned at any single time. (g) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials (together with any materials filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, whether or not required) being collectively referred to herein as the "SEC Reports" and, together with this Agreement and the Schedules to this Agreement, the "Disclosure Materials") on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration 8 of any such extension. The Company has delivered to each Lead Purchaser true, correct and complete copies of all SEC Reports filed within the 10 days preceding the date hereof. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved ("GAAP"), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments. All material agreements to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary are subject are included as part of or specifically identified in the SEC Reports. (h) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in the SEC Reports or in Schedule 3.1(h), (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or that could result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company's financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, except as disclosed in its SEC Reports, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock-based plans. (i) Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. (j) Compliance. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator 9 or governmental body, or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. (k) Title to Assets. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens that do not materially affect the value of such property, do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance. (l) Certain Fees. Except for the fees described in Schedule 3.1(l), all of which are payable to registered broker-dealers, no brokerage or finder's fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company has not taken any action that would cause any Purchaser to be liable for any such fees or commissions. (m) Private Placement. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on the Company's behalf has sold or offered to sell or solicited any offer to buy the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or advertising. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor any person acting on the Company's behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six months, made any offer or sale of any security or solicitation of any offer to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby or (ii) cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company is not a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980. (n) Form S-3 Eligibility. Except as to complying with Section I(A)(1) of Form S-3 requiring the Company's principal business operations to be conducted in the United States, the Company is eligible to register its Common Stock for resale by the Purchasers using Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act. Based on verbal conversations with the Commission, the Company has no reason to believe that it cannot register its Common Stock for resale by the Purchasers using Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act. 10 (o) Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company has not, in the two years preceding the date hereof, received notice (written or oral) from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. (p) Registration Rights. Except as described in Schedule 3.1(p), the Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including "piggy-back" registration rights) to have any securities of the Company registered with the Commission or any other governmental authority that have not been satisfied. (q) Application of Takeover Protections. There is no control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company's charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to any of the Purchasers as a result of the Purchasers and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, as a result of the Company's issuance of the Securities and the Purchasers' ownership of the Securities. (r) Disclosure. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that each of the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Company are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or information exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which, under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has not been so publicly announced or disclosed. The Company acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.3. (s) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers' Purchase of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm's length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers' purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Purchaser that the Company's decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives. 11 (t) Patents and Trademarks. The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar rights that are necessary or material for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights"). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a written notice that the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or any Subsidiary violates or infringes upon the rights of any Person. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. (u) Insurance. The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses and location in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any knowledge that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost. (v) Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect ("Material Permits"), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit. (w) Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in SEC Reports filed at least ten days prior to the date hereof, none of the officers or directors of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors) exceeding $60,000, 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 entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner. (x) Solvency. Based on the financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date, (i) the Company's fair saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company's existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company's assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business for the current fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or 12 in respect of its debt when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). (y) Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. 3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to each of the Purchasers as follows: (a) Authorization; Enforcement. The Selling Stockholder has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which he is a party and otherwise to carry out his obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which he is a party by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation by him of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Selling Stockholder and no further consent or action is required by the Selling Stockholder. Each of the Transaction Documents to which he is a party has been (or upon delivery will be) duly executed by the Selling Stockholder and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Selling Stockholder enforceable against the Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms. (b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which he is a party by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that 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 (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Selling Stockholder debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which any property or asset of the Selling Stockholder is bound or affected, except to the extent that such conflict, default or termination right could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Selling Stockholder is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization to which the Selling Stockholder is subject), or by which any property or asset of the Selling Stockholder is bound or affected. (c) Ownership of the Securities. The Selling Stockholder is the sole owner of the Selling Stockholder Securities and has good, valid and marketable title to the Selling Stockholder Securities, free and clear of all Liens. Upon transfer to the Purchasers in accordance 13 with this Agreement, each Purchaser will have good, valid and marketable title to the Selling Stockholder Securities, free and clear of all Liens (other than those created by such Purchaser). The Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights are duly issued, and when paid for in accordance with the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights, the Underlying Shares will be duly and validly transferred, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any Liens. The Selling Stockholder owns and has reserved the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights. (d) Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Selling Stockholder, threatened against or affecting the Selling Stockholder that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Selling Stockholder's ability to sell the Selling Stockholder Securities. (e) Compliance. The Selling Stockholder is not and the transfer of the Selling Stockholder Securities pursuant to this Agreement will not cause the Selling Stockholder to be (i) in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Selling Stockholder under), nor has the Selling Stockholder received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a material adverse effect on the Selling Stockholder, or on the Purchasers or on the transaction contemplated hereby. (f) Certain Fees. Except for the fees described in Schedule 3.1(l), all of which are payable to registered broker-dealers, no brokerage or finder's fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Selling Stockholder to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Selling Stockholder has not taken any action that would cause any Purchaser to be liable for any such fees or commissions. (g) Disclosure. The Selling Stockholder confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Purchasers or their agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information regarding the Company. The Selling Stockholder understands and confirms that each of the Purchasers will rely on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure provided to the Purchasers regarding the Selling Stockholder, and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder are true and correct and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that no Purchaser makes or has made any representations 14 or warranties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in Section 3.3. (h) Private Placement. Neither the Selling Stockholder nor any Person acting on the Selling Stockholder's behalf has sold or offered to sell or solicited any offer to buy the Selling Stockholder Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or advertising. Neither the Selling Stockholder nor any of its Affiliates nor any person acting on the Selling Stockholder `s behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six months, made any offer or sale of any security or solicitation of any offer to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale of the Selling Stockholder Securities as contemplated hereby or (ii) cause the offering of the Selling Stockholder Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents to be integrated with prior offerings by the Selling Stockholder for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market. (i) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers' Purchase of Securities. The Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that each of the Purchasers is acting solely in the capacity of an arm's length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Selling Stockholder further acknowledges that no Purchaser is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Selling Stockholder (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by any Purchaser or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the Purchasers' purchase of the Selling Stockholder Securities. The Selling Stockholder further represents to each Purchaser that the Selling Stockholder's decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Selling Stockholder and his representatives 3.3 Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser hereby, as to itself only and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants to the Company and the Selling Stockholder as follows: (a) Organization; Authority. Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The purchase by such Purchaser of the Shares and the Additional Investment Rights hereunder has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Purchaser. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Purchaser and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. (b) Investment Intent. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities as principal for its own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Securities or any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to such Purchaser's right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all 15 or any part of such Securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or under an exemption from such registration and in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed a representation or warranty by such Purchaser to hold Securities for any period of time. Such Purchaser does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute any of the Securities. (c) Purchaser Status. At the time such Purchaser was offered the Shares and the Additional Investment Rights, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. (d) Experience of such Purchaser. Such Purchaser, either alone or together with its representatives has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Securities, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Securities and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. (e) Access to Information. Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed the Disclosure Materials and has been afforded: (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company and the Selling Stockholder concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities and the merits and risks of investing in the Securities; (ii) access to information about the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of such Purchaser or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect such Purchaser's right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the Disclosure Materials and the Company's and the Selling Stockholder's representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents. ARTICLE IV OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES 4.1 Transfer Restrictions. (a) Securities may only be disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or to the Company or pursuant to Rule 144(k), except as otherwise set forth herein, the Company may require the transferor to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act. 16 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby consents to and agrees to register on the books of the Company and with its transfer agent, without any such legal opinion, any transfer of Securities by a Purchaser to an Affiliate of such Purchaser, provided that the transferee certifies to the Company that it is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. (b) The Purchasers agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.1(b), of the following legend on any certificate evidencing Securities: [NEITHER] THESE SECURITIES [NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE] HAVE [NOT] BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BLUE SKY LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THESE SECURITIES [AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES] MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES. Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain such legend or any other legend (i) while a Registration Statement covering the resale of such Securities is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Securities are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue the legal opinion included in the Transfer Agent Instructions to the Company's transfer agent on the Effective Date. Following the Effective Date or at such earlier time as a legend is no longer required for certain Securities, the Company will no later than three Trading Days following the delivery by a Purchaser to the Company or the Company's transfer agent of a legended certificate representing such Securities and an opinion of counsel to the extent required by Section 4.1(a), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section. For so long as any Purchaser owns Securities, the Company will not effect or publicly announce its intention to effect any exchange, recapitalization or other transaction that effectively requires or rewards physical delivery of certificates evidencing the Common Stock. 17 (c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that a Purchaser may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other loan or financing arrangement secured by the Securities and, if required under the terms of such agreement, loan or arrangement, such Purchaser may transfer pledged or secured Securities to the pledgees or secured parties. Such a pledge or transfer would not be subject to approval of the Company and no legal opinion of the pledgee, secured party or pledgor shall be required in connection therewith. Further, no notice shall be required of such pledge. At the appropriate Purchaser's expense, the Company will execute and deliver such reasonable documentation as a pledgee or secured party of Securities may reasonably request in connection with a pledge or transfer of the Securities, including the preparation and filing of any required prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act or other applicable provision of the Securities Act to appropriately amend the list of Selling Stockholders thereunder. 4.2 Furnishing of Information. As long as any Purchaser owns Securities, the Company covenants to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. Upon the request of any Purchaser, the Company shall deliver to such Purchaser a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with the preceding sentence. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request to satisfy the provisions of Rule 144 applicable to the issuer of securities relating to transactions for the sale of securities pursuant to Rule 144. 4.3 Integration. The Company and the Selling Stockholder shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonably efforts to ensure that no Affiliate thereof shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Purchasers or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market. 4.4 Reservation of Securities. The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents. In the event that at any time the then authorized shares of Common Stock are insufficient for the Company to satisfy its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall promptly take such actions as may be required to increase the number of authorized shares. 4.5 Subsequent Placements. (a) Except up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock, from the date hereof until the Effective Date, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition of) any of its or the Subsidiaries' equity or equity equivalent securities, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock or other instrument or security that is, at any time during its life and under any circumstances, convertible into or exchangeable or 18 exercisable for Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (any such offer, sale, grant, disposition or announcement being referred to as a "Subsequent Placement"). (b) From the Effective Date until 90 Trading Days after the Effective Date (the "Blockout Period"), the Company and Selling Stockholder will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement except as set forth in Section 4.5(e). (c) The Blockout Period set forth in Section 4.5(b) above shall be extended for the number of Trading Days during such period in which (i) trading in the Common Stock is suspended by any Trading Market, (ii) the Registration Statement is not effective, or (iii) the prospectus included in the Registration Statement may not be used by the Purchasers for the resale of Registrable Securities thereunder. (d) From the end of the Blockout Period until December 31, 2003, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, effect any Subsequent Placement unless the Company shall have first complied with this Section 4.5(d). (i) The Company shall deliver to each Lead Purchaser a written notice (the "Offer") of any proposed or intended issuance or sale or exchange of the securities being offered (the "Offered Securities") in a Subsequent Placement, which Offer shall (w) identify and describe the Offered Securities, (x) describe the price and other terms upon which they are to be issued, sold or exchanged, and the number or amount of the Offered Securities to be issued, sold or exchanged, (y) identify the persons or entities (if known) to which or with which the Offered Securities are to be offered, issued, sold or exchanged and (z) offer to issue and sell to or exchange with the Lead Purchasers a pro rata portion of the greater of (A) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Offered Securities and (B) $5,000,000, in each case allocated among the Lead Purchasers (a) based on such Lead Purchaser's pro rata portion of the aggregate purchase price paid by the Lead Purchasers for all of the Shares purchased hereunder (the "Basic Amount"), and (b) with respect to each Lead Purchaser that elects to purchase its Basic Amount, any additional portion of the Offered Securities attributable to the Basic Amounts of other Lead Purchasers as such Lead Purchaser shall indicate it will purchase or acquire should the other Lead Purchasers subscribe for less than their Basic Amounts (the "Undersubscription Amount"). (ii) To accept an Offer, in whole or in part, a Lead Purchaser must deliver a written notice to the Company prior to the end of the ten (10) Trading Day period of the Offer (the "Offer Period"), setting forth the portion of the Lead Purchaser's Basic Amount that such Lead Purchaser elects to purchase and, if such Lead Purchaser shall elect to purchase all of its Basic Amount, the Undersubscription Amount, if any, that such Lead Purchaser elects to purchase (in either case, the "Notice of Acceptance"). If the Basic Amounts subscribed for by all Lead Purchasers are less than the total of all of the Basic Amounts, then each Lead Purchaser who has set forth an Undersubcription Amount in its Notice of Acceptance shall be entitled to purchase, in addition to the Basic Amounts subscribed for, the Undersubscription Amount it has subscribed for; provided, however, that if the Undersubscription Amounts subscribed for exceed the difference between the total of all the Basic Amounts and the Basic Amounts subscribed for (the 19 "Available Undersubscription Amount"), each Lead Purchaser who has subscribed for any Undersubscription Amount shall be entitled to purchase only that portion of the Available Undersubscription Amount as the Basic Amount of such Lead Purchaser bears to the total Basic Amounts of all Lead Purchasers that have subscribed for Undersubscription Amounts, subject to rounding by the Board of Directors to the extent its deems reasonably necessary. (iii) The Company shall have five (5) Trading Days from the expiration of the Offer Period above to offer, issue, sell or exchange all or any part of such Offered Securities as to which a Notice of Acceptance has not been given by the Lead Purchasers (the "Refused Securities"), but only to the offerees described in the Offer (if so described therein) and only upon terms and conditions (including, without limitation, unit prices and interest rates) that are not more favorable to the acquiring person or persons or less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Offer. (iv) In the event the Company shall propose to sell less than all the Refused Securities (any such sale to be in the manner and on the terms specified in Section 4.5(d)(iii) above), then each Lead Purchaser may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, reduce the number or amount of the Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance to an amount that shall be not less than the number or amount of the Offered Securities that the Lead Purchaser elected to purchase pursuant to Section 4.5(d)(ii) above multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number or amount of Offered Securities the Company actually proposes to issue, sell or exchange (including Offered Securities to be issued or sold to Lead Purchasers pursuant to Section 4.5(c)(ii) above prior to such reduction) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the original amount of the Offered Securities. In the event that any Lead Purchaser so elects to reduce the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in its Notice of Acceptance, the Company may not issue, sell or exchange more than the reduced number or amount of the Offered Securities unless and until such securities have again been offered to the Lead Purchasers in accordance with Section 4.5(d)(i) above. (v) Upon the closing of the issuance, sale or exchange of all or less than all of the Refused Securities, the Lead Purchasers shall acquire from the Company, and the Company shall issue to the Lead Purchasers, the number or amount of Offered Securities specified in the Notices of Acceptance, as reduced pursuant to Section 4.5(d)(iv) above if the Lead Purchasers have so elected, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Offer. The purchase by the Lead Purchasers of any Offered Securities is subject in all cases to the preparation, execution and delivery by the Company and the Lead Purchasers of a purchase agreement relating to such Offered Securities reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Lead Purchasers and their respective counsel. (vi) Any Offered Securities not acquired by the Lead Purchasers or other persons in accordance with Section 4.5(d)(iii) above may not be issued, sold or exchanged until they are again offered to the Lead Purchasers under the procedures specified in this Agreement. 20 (e) The restrictions contained in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of this Section 4.5 shall not apply to (A) any issuance of Common Stock or grant of Options to employees, officers, directors of or consultants or advisors to the Company, in each case, pursuant to a stock-based plan duly approved by the Company's board of directors; (B) upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any Common Stock Equivalents described in Schedule 3.1(f) (provided that such exercise or conversion occurs in accordance with the terms thereof, without amendment or modification); (C) the issuance of securities pursuant to the Company's bona fide acquisition of another corporation, or all or a portion of its assets, by merger, purchase of assets or other corporate reorganization in each case, as approved by the Company's board of directors and not for the principal purpose of raising cash, or (D) the issuance of securities in connection with a joint venture or development agreement or strategic partnership or similar agreement approved by the Company's board of directors, a primary purpose of which is not to raise equity capital, 4.6 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, on the Closing Date, issue a press release reasonably acceptable to the Lead Purchasers disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. On or before 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard time, on the first Trading Day following the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission (the "8-K Filing") describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K this Agreement and the form of Additional Investment Rights, in the form required by the Exchange Act. Thereafter, the Company shall timely file any filings and notices required by the Commission or applicable law with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and provide copies thereof to the Lead Purchasers promptly after filing. The Company shall, at least two Trading Days prior to the filing or dissemination of any disclosure required by this paragraph, provide a copy thereof to the Lead Purchasers for their review. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Lead Purchasers shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements or filings and other communications with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and no party shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement, filing or other communication without the prior consent of the other, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement, filing or other communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Selling Stockholder shall publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or Trading Market, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser, except to the extent such disclosure is required by law or Trading Market regulations, in which case the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall provide the Purchasers with prior notice of such disclosure. The Company and the Selling Stockholder shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide any Purchaser with any material nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the filing of the 8-K Filing without the express written consent of such Purchaser. In the event of a breach of the foregoing covenant by the Company, the Selling Stockholder, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, in addition to any other remedy provided herein or in the Transaction Documents, a Purchaser shall have the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public advertisement or otherwise, of such material nonpublic information without the prior approval by the Company, the Selling Stockholder, its 21 Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents. No Purchaser shall have any liability to the Company, the Selling Stockholder, its Subsidiaries, or any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents for any such disclosure. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Purchasers shall not issue any press releases or any other public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of any Purchaser and the Selling Stockholder, to make any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions (i) in substantial conformity with the 8-K Filing and contemporaneously therewith and (ii) as is required by applicable law and regulations (provided that in the case of clause (i) each Lead Purchaser shall be consulted by the Company in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release). 4.7 Use of Proceeds. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7, the Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Company Securities hereunder for working capital purposes and not (i) for the satisfaction of any portion of the Company's debt (other than payment of trade payables, indebtedness not exceeding $100,000, and accrued expenses in the ordinary course of the Company's business and prior practices), (ii) to redeem any Company equity or equity-equivalent securities, or (iii) to settle any outstanding litigation. 4.8 Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights. In the event the Selling Stockholder fails to deliver the Underlying Shares upon the exercise by a Purchaser of the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights, the Company agrees to issue such Underlying Shares to the Purchaser; provided, however, that to the extent the exercise price under the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Right has not been previously paid to the Selling Stockholder by a Purchaser, such Purchaser shall pay the exercise price to the Company. The Company's obligation to issue and deliver such Underlying Shares upon the Selling Stockholder's breach of the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Rights are absolute and unconditional. Nothing herein shall limit a Purchaser's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder or thereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Selling Stockholder's failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Right as required pursuant to the terms thereof. 4.9 Reimbursement. If any Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, partner, controlling person, employee or agent of a Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (a "Related Person") becomes involved in any capacity in any Proceeding brought by or against any Person in connection with or as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless such Purchaser or Related Person for its reasonable legal and other expenses (including the costs of any investigation, preparation and travel) and for any Losses incurred in connection therewith, as such expenses or Losses are incurred, excluding only Losses that result directly from such Purchaser's or Related Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, (i) the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and Related Person from and against any and all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or relating to any breach by the Company of any of the representations, warranties or covenants made by the Company in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any allegation by a third party that, if true, would constitute such a breach, and (ii) the Selling Stockholder shall indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser and Related Person from and 22 against any and all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or relating to any breach by the Selling Stockholder of any of the representations, warranties or covenants made by the Selling Stockholder in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any allegation by a third party that, if true, would constitute such a breach. The conduct of any Proceedings for which indemnification is available under this paragraph shall be governed by Section 6.4(c) below. The indemnification obligations of the Company and Selling Stockholder under this paragraph shall be in addition to any liability that the Company and Selling Stockholder may otherwise have and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Purchasers and any such Related Persons. The Company and Selling Stockholder also agree that neither the Purchasers nor any Related Persons shall have any liability to the Company, the Selling Stockholder or any Person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the Company and Selling Stockholder in connection with or as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except to the extent that any Losses incurred by the Company and Selling Stockholder result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the applicable Purchaser or Related Person in connection with such transactions. If the Company or Selling Stockholder breaches its respective obligations under any Transaction Document, then, in addition to any other liabilities the Company or Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, may have under any Transaction Document or applicable law, the Company or Selling Stockholder shall pay or reimburse the Purchasers on demand for all costs of collection and enforcement (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and Selling Stockholder specifically agrees to reimburse the Purchasers on demand for all costs of enforcing the indemnification obligations in this paragraph. ARTICLE V CONDITIONS 5.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Purchasers. The obligation of each Purchaser to acquire Securities at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by such Purchaser, at or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions: (a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholder contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing as though made on and as of such date; and (b) Performance. The Company, the Selling Stockholder and each other Purchaser shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing. 5.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company and the Selling Stockholder to sell Company Securities and Selling Stockholder Securities, respectively, at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by such Seller, at or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions: 23 (a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Purchasers contained herein shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date; and (b) Performance. The Purchasers shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Purchasers at or prior to the Closing. ARTICLE VI REGISTRATION RIGHTS 6.1 Shelf Registration (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a "Shelf" Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith as the Purchasers may consent) and shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Purchasers) the "Plan of Distribution" attached here to as Exhibit C. (b) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144(k) (the "Effectiveness Period"). (c) The Company shall notify each Purchaser in writing promptly (and in any event within one business day) after receiving notification from the Commission that the Registration Statement has been declared effective. (d) Upon the occurrence of any Event (as defined below) and on every monthly anniversary thereof until the applicable Event is cured, as partial relief for the damages suffered therefrom by the Purchasers (which remedy shall not be exclusive of any other remedies available under this Agreement, at law or in equity), the Company shall pay to each Purchaser an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 0.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Purchaser for all the Securities. The payments to which a Purchaser shall be entitled pursuant to this Section 6.1(d) are referred to herein as "Event Payments". Any Event Payments payable pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event. In the event the Company fails to make Event Payments in a timely manner, such Event Payments shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. For such purposes, each of the following shall constitute an "Event": 24 (i) the Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date or is not declared effective on or prior to the Required Effectiveness Date; provided, however, that for the purposes of the Event Payment under this Section 6.1(d) only, the Company shall have an additional 30 days to cure the failure to declare the Registration Statement effective on or prior to the Required Effectiveness Date before such Event Payment is due to the Purchasers under this Section 6.1(d); (ii) except (A) as provided for in Section 6.1(f), (B) if the Company is involved in a "Rule 13e-3 transaction" as defined in Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act, or (C) a merger or consolidation of the Company or a sale of more than one-half of the assets of the Company in one or a series of related transactions, unless following such transaction or series of transactions, the holders of the Company's securities prior to the first such transaction continue to hold at least 50% of the voting rights and equity interests of the surviving entity or acquirer (clauses (B) and (C), collectively, the "Excluded Events"), after the Effective Date, a Purchaser is not permitted to sell Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement (or a subsequent Registration Statement filed in replacement thereof) for any reason for five or more Trading Days (whether or not consecutive); (iii) except as a result of the Excluded Events, the Common Stock is not listed or quoted, or is suspended from trading, on an Eligible Market for a period of three Trading Days (which need not be consecutive Trading Days) during the Effectiveness Period; (iv) the Company fails for any reason to deliver a certificate evidencing any Securities to a Purchaser within three Trading Days after delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to any Transaction Document or the exercise rights of the Purchasers pursuant to the Additional Investment Rights are otherwise suspended for any reason; or (v) the Company fails to have available a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock available to issue Underlying Shares upon any exercise of the Additional Investment Rights or, except as a result of the Excluded Events, during the Effectiveness Period, any Shares or Underlying Shares are not listed on an Eligible Market. (e) If (i) any Event occurs and remains uncured for 60 days; (ii) the Company fails to make any cash payment required under the Transaction Documents and such failure is not cured within five days after notice of such default is first given to the Company by a Purchaser; (iii) the Company defaults in the timely performance of any other obligation under the Transaction Documents and such default continues uncured for a period of 20 days after the date on which notice of such default is first given to the Company by a Purchaser (it being understood that no prior notice need be given in the case of a default that cannot reasonably be cured within 20 days), then at any time or times thereafter any Purchaser may deliver to the Company a notice (a "Repurchase Notice") requiring the Company to repurchase all or any portion of the Shares and any Underlying Shares then held by such Purchaser at a price (the "Repurchase Price") per share equal to 115% of the average of the Closing Prices for the five Trading Days preceding either (a) the date of delivery of the notice requiring such repurchase, or (b) the date on which 25 the applicable repurchase price (together with any other payments, expenses and liquidated damages then due and payable under the Transaction Documents) is paid in full, whichever is greater. If a Purchaser delivers a Repurchase Notice pursuant to this Section, the Company shall pay the aggregate Repurchase Price (together with any other payments, expenses and liquidated damages then due and payable pursuant to the Transaction Documents) to such Purchaser no later than the fifth Trading Day following the date of delivery of the Repurchase Notice, and upon receipt thereof such Purchaser shall deliver original certificates evidencing the Securities so repurchased to the Company (to the extent such certificates have been delivered to such Purchaser). (f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, after 60 consecutive Trading Days of continuous effectiveness of the initial Registration Statement filed and declared effective pursuant to this Agreement, the Company may, by written notice to the Purchasers, suspend sales under a Registration Statement after the Effective Date thereof and/or require that the Purchasers immediately cease the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant thereto and/or defer the filing of any subsequent Registration Statement if the Company is engaged in a material merger, acquisition or sale and the Board of Directors determines in good faith, by appropriate resolutions, that, as a result of such activity, (A) it would be materially detrimental to the Company (other than as relating solely to the price of the Common Stock) to file a Registration Statement at such time and (B) it is in the best interests of the Company to defer proceeding with such registration at such time. Upon receipt of such notice, each Purchaser shall immediately discontinue any sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration until such Purchaser has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus or until such Purchaser is advised in writing by the Company that the then-current Prospectus may be used and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. In no event, however, shall this right be exercised to suspend sales beyond the period during which (in the good faith determination of the Company's Board of Directors) the failure to require such suspension would be materially detrimental to the Company. The Company's rights under this Section 6(e) may be exercised for a period of no more than 30 days in any twelve-month period, of which no more than 5 days may be consecutive. Immediately after the end of any suspension period under this Section 6(e), the Company shall take all necessary actions (including filing any required supplemental prospectus) to restore the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement and the ability of the Purchasers to publicly resell their Registrable Securities pursuant to such effective Registration Statement. (g) The Company shall not, prior to the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities. 6.2 Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company's registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall: (a) Not less than three Trading Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the 26 Company shall (i) furnish to the Lead Purchasers and Purchaser Counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Lead Purchasers and Purchaser Counsel, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which Purchasers holding a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object within three Trading Days of receipt. (b) (i) Subject to Section 6.1(f), prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective, as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible, and in any event within 12 Trading Days, to any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably possible provide the Purchasers true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration Statement; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Purchasers thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented (c) Notify the Purchasers of Registrable Securities to be sold and Purchaser Counsel as promptly as reasonably possible, and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one Trading Day thereafter, of any of the following events: (i) the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a "review" of any Registration Statement; (ii) the Commission comments in writing on any Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser a copy of such comments and of all written responses thereto); (iii) any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment is declared effective; (iv) the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority requests any amendment or supplement to any Registration Statement or Prospectus or requests additional information related thereto; (v) the Commission issues any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or initiates any Proceedings for that purpose; (vi) the Company receives notice of any suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threat of any Proceeding for such purpose; or (vii) the financial statements included in any Registration Statement become ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference is untrue in any material respect or any revision to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other document is required so that it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or 27 omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (d) Use its best efforts to avoid the issuance of or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as soon as possible. (e) If requested by the Lead Purchasers, furnish to each Lead Purchaser and Purchaser Counsel, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission. (f) Promptly deliver to each Purchaser and Purchaser Counsel, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request. The Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Purchasers in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto to the extent permitted by federal and state securities laws and regulations. (g) (i) In the time and manner required by each Trading Market, prepare and file with such Trading Market an additional shares listing application covering all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) take all steps necessary to cause such Registrable Securities to be approved for listing on each Trading Market as soon as possible thereafter; (iii) provide to the Purchasers evidence of such listing; and (iv) except as a result of the Excluded Events, during the Effectiveness Period, maintain the listing of such Registrable Securities on each such Trading Market or another Eligible Market. (h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Purchasers and Purchaser Counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Purchaser requests in writing, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. (i) Cooperate with the Purchasers to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by this 28 Agreement under law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Purchasers may request. (j) Upon the occurrence of any event described in Section 6.2(c)(vii), as promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (k) Cooperate with any due diligence investigation undertaken by the Purchasers in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, by making available any documents and information; provided that the Company will not deliver or make available to any Purchaser material, nonpublic information unless such Purchaser specifically requests in advance to receive material, nonpublic information in writing. (l) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission. 6.3 Registration Expenses. The Company shall pay (or reimburse the Purchasers for) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with Article VI of this Agreement by the Company, including without limitation (a) all registration and filing fees and expenses, including without limitation those related to filings with the Commission, any Trading Market and in connection with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws, (b) printing expenses (including without limitation expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses requested by the Purchasers), (c) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (d) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (e) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (f) all listing fees to be paid by the Company to the Trading Market. 6.4 Indemnification (a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser, the officers, directors, partners, members, agents and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not 29 misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Purchaser furnished in writing to the Company by such Purchaser expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Purchaser or such Purchaser's proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Purchaser expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 6.2(c)(v)-(vii), the use by such Purchaser of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Purchaser in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Purchaser of the Advice contemplated in Section 6.5. The Company shall notify the Purchasers promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) Indemnification by Purchasers. Each Purchaser shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment not subject to appeal or review) arising solely out of any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising solely out of any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Purchaser to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or to the extent that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Purchaser furnished in writing to the Company by such Purchaser expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Purchaser or such Purchaser's proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Purchaser expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 6.2(c)(v)-(vii), the use by such Purchaser of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Purchaser in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Purchaser of the Advice contemplated in Section 6.5. In no event shall the liability of any selling Purchaser hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Purchaser upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation. (c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an "Indemnified Party"), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; 30 provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have proximately and materially adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party. An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; or (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (iii) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). It being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one such Proceeding be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties, which firm shall be appointed by a majority of the Indemnified Parties; provided, however, that in the case a single firm of attorneys would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests or conflicts between such Indemnified Parties and any other party represented by such counsel in such Proceeding or otherwise, then the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the fees and expenses of one additional firm of attorneys with respect to such Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding. All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided, that the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder). (d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 6.4(a) or (b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in 31 connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.4(c), any reasonable attorneys' or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6.4(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6.4(d), no Purchaser shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the proceeds actually received by such Purchaser from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties. 6.5 Dispositions. Each Purchaser agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. Each Purchaser further agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Sections 6.2(c)(v), (vi) or (vii), such Purchaser will discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until such Purchaser's receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement contemplated by Section 6.2(j), or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this paragraph. 6.6 No Piggyback on Registrations. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Purchasers in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities, and the Company shall not after the date hereof enter into any agreement providing any such right to any of its security holders. 32 6.7 Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time during the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Purchaser written notice of such determination and if, within ten days after receipt of such notice, any such Purchaser shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Purchaser requests to be registered. ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS 7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company, the Selling Stockholder or any Purchaser, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated by the third Business Day following the date of this Agreement; provided that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties). 7.2 Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Sellers shall pay to Mainfield Enterprises, Inc. an aggregate of $37,500 for their legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with its due diligence and the preparation and negotiation of the Transaction Documents, of which amount $20,000 has been previously paid by the Company to the Purchaser Counsel. In lieu of the foregoing payment, Mainfield Enterprises, Inc. may retain such amount at the Closing or require the Company to pay such amount directly to Purchaser Counsel. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Sellers shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance of their applicable Securities. 7.3 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Sellers will execute and deliver to the Purchasers such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents. 7.4 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City 33 time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such notices and communications are those set forth on the signature pages hereof, or such other address or facsimile number as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by any such Person. 7.5 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and each of the Purchasers or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of either party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Purchasers under Article VI may be given by Purchasers holding at least a majority of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates. 7.6 Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. 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. 7.7 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Sellers may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Any Purchaser may assign its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Purchaser assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the "Purchasers." Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Securities may be assigned to any Person in connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan or financing arrangement secured by such Securities. 7.8 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except that each Related Person is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 4.9 and each Indemnified Party is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 6.4 and (in each case) may enforce the provisions of such Sections directly against the parties with obligations thereunder. 7.9 Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. THE CORPORATE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE SHALL GOVERN ALL ISSUES CONCERNING THE RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND 34 INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE SELLERS AND PURCHASERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE BROUGHT BY THE SELLERS OR ANY PURCHASER HEREUNDER, IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE SELLERS OR ANY PURCHASER, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, OR THAT 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 VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. THE SELLERS AND PURCHASERS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY. 7.10 Survival. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery and/or exercise of the Securities, as applicable. 7.11 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof. 7.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement. 7.13 Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Purchaser exercises a right, election, demand or option under a Transaction Document and the related Seller does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then such Purchaser may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion 35 from time to time upon written notice to such Seller, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights. 7.14 Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary indemnity, if requested. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities. 7.15 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Purchasers and the Sellers will be entitled to specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations described in the foregoing sentence and hereby agrees to waive in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate. 7.16 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that any Seller makes a payment or payments to any Purchaser hereunder or pursuant to the Additional Investment Rights or any Purchaser enforces or exercises its rights hereunder or thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to such Seller by a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred. 7.17 Adjustments in Share Numbers and Prices. In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of shares or a price per share shall be amended to appropriately account for such event. 7.18 Independent Nature of Purchasers' Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Purchaser under any Transaction Document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under any Transaction Document. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase Shares pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or of the Subsidiary which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or 36 employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser or any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no other Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment hereunder. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. [Signature pages to follow] 37 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above. CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION By: /s/ William V. Carey -------------------- Name: William V. Carey Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Address for Notice: 1343 Main Street Sarasota, Florida 34236 Facsimile No.: (941) 330-9617 Telephone No.: (941) 330-1558 Attn: Chief Financial Officer With a copy to: Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-7798 Facsimile No.: (212) 479-6275 Telephone No.: (212) 479-6280 Attn: Michael S. Novins /s/ Jeffrey Peterson -------------------- Jeffrey Peterson Address for Notice: 1707 Waldemere Street Sarasota, Florida 34239 Facsimile No.: [ ] Telephone No.: (941) 363-0040 Attn: Jeffrey Peterson With a copy to: Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-7798 Facsimile No.: (212) 479-6275 Telephone No.: (212) 479-6280 Attn: Michael S. Novins [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK SIGNATURE PAGES FOR PURCHASERS FOLLOW] MAINFIELD ENTERPRISES, INC. By: __________________________ Name: Title: Address for Notice: Mainfield Enterprises, Inc. c/o Eldad Gal 660 Madison Avenue New York, New York Facsimile No.: (212) 651-9010 Telephone No.: (212) 651-9000 With a copy to: Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036-8299 Facsimile No.: (212) 969-2900 Telephone No.: (212) 969-3000 Attn: Adam J. Kansler, Esq. SMITHFIELD FIDUCIARY LLC By: __________________________ Name: Title: Address for Notice: Smithfield Fiduciary LLC c/o Highbridge Capital Management, LLC 9 West 57/th/ Street, 27/th/ Floor New York, New York 10019 Facsimile No.: (212) 751-0755 Telephone No.: (212) 287-4720 Attn: Ari J. Storch / Adam J. Chill CRANSHIRE CAPITAL, L.P. By: ___________________________ Name: Mitchell P. Kopin Title: Address for Notice: Address: 666 Dundee Road, Suite 1901 Northbrook, IL 60062 Facsimile Number: 847-562-9031 Telephone Number: 847-562-9030 Attn: Mitchell Kopin DEEPHAVEN SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND LLC By: _______________________________ Name: Bruce Lieberman Title: Director Private Placements Address for Notice: Address: 130 Cheshire Lane, Suite 102 Minnetonka, MN 55305 Facsimile Number: (952) 249-5320 Telephone Number: (952) 249-5543 Attn: Bruce Lieberman OMICRON MASTER TRUST By: ____________________________ Name: Bruce Bernstein Title: President Address for Notice: Omicron Capital 810 Seventh Avenue 39/th/ Floor New York, New York 10019 Facsimile Number: (212) 803-5269 Telephone Number: (212) 803-5261 Attn: Bruce Bernstein Exhibits: A-1 Form of Company Additional Investment Right A-2 Form of Selling Stockholder Additional Investment Right B-1 Opinion of Seller U.S. Counsel B-2 Opinion of Seller Polish Counsel C Plan of Distribution D-1 Company Transfer Agent Instructions D-2 Selling Stockholder Transfer Agent Instructions Schedule A
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purchaser Company Company Selling Selling Company Selling --------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Units Additional Stockholder Stockholder Purchase Stockholder ----- ---------- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- Investment Units Additional Price Purchase ---------- ----- ---------- ----- -------- Right Investment Price ----- ---------- ----- Shares Right Shares ------ ------------ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainfield 370,000 74,000 80,000 16,000 8,602,500 1,860,000 Enterprises, Inc. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smithfield 102,500 20,500 - 0 - - 0 - 2,383,125 - 0 - Fiduciary LLC - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cranshire 200,000 40,000 - 0 - - 0 - 4,650,000 - 0 - Capital, L.P. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deephaven Small 50,000 10,000 - 0 - - 0 - 1,162,500 - 0 - Cap Growth Fund LLC - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Omicron Master 27,500 5,500 - 0 - - 0 - 639,375 - 0 - Trust - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 750,000 150,000 80,000 16,000 17,437,500 1,860,000 ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EX-10.2 4 dex102.txt ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT RIGHT Exhibit 10.2 NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES. CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT RIGHT Additional Investment Right No. __ Dated: March 31, 2003 Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received, _______________ or its registered assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of ______ shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (each such share, an "Additional Investment Right Share" and all such shares, the "Additional Investment Right Shares") at an exercise price equal to $23.25 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, the "Exercise Price"), at any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof and through and including the 60/th/ Trading Day following the Effective Date, but not including the Effective Date (the "Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms and conditions. This Additional Investment Right (this "Additional Investment Right") is one of a series of similar additional investment rights issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Purchasers identified therein (the "Purchase Agreement"). All such additional investment rights are referred to herein, collectively, as the "Additional Investment Rights." 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Additional Investment Right, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement. 2. Registration of Additional Investment Right. The Company shall register this Additional Investment Right, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Additional Investment Right Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Additional Investment Right as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary. 3. Registration of Transfers. The Company shall register the assignment and transfer of any portion of this Additional Investment Right in the Additional Investment Right Register, upon surrender of this Additional Investment Right, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new additional investment right to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Additional Investment Right (any such new additional investment right, a "New Additional Investment Right"), evidencing the portion of this Additional Investment Right so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Additional Investment Right evidencing the remaining portion of this Additional Investment Right not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Additional Investment Right by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of an Additional Investment Right. 4. Exercise and Duration of Additional Investment Right. (a) This Additional Investment Right shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date. At 6:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Additional Investment Right not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value; provided, however, the Expiration Date shall be extended for each day following the Effective Date that the Registration Statement is not effective. (b) The Holder may exercise this Additional Investment Right by delivering to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached hereto (the "Exercise Notice"), appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Additional Investment Right Shares as to which this Additional Investment Right is being exercised, and the date such items are delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an "Exercise Date." The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Additional Investment Right in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Additional Investment Right and issuance of a New Additional Investment Right evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Additional Investment Right Shares. 5. Delivery of Additional Investment Right Shares. (a) Upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three Trading Days after the Exercise Date) issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder and in such name or names as the Holder may designate, a certificate for the Additional Investment Right Shares issuable upon such exercise, free of restrictive legends unless a registration statement covering the resale of the Additional Investment Right Shares and naming the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder is not then effective and the Additional Investment Right Shares are not freely transferable without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. The Holder, or any Person so designated by the Holder to receive Additional Investment Right 2 Shares, shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such Additional Investment Right Shares as of the Exercise Date. If the Additional Right Shares can be transferred without restrictive legends, the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, use its best efforts to deliver Additional Investment Right Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. (b) This Additional Investment Right is exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for a portion of the number of Additional Investment Right Shares. Upon surrender of this Additional Investment Right following one or more partial exercises, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense, a New Additional Investment Right evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Additional Investment Right Shares. (c) In addition to any other rights available to a Holder, if the Company fails to deliver to the Holder a certificate representing Additional Investment Right Shares on the date on which delivery of such certificate is required by this Additional Investment Right, such Holder may notify the Company via facsimile, mail or any other means, of its failure to deliver the certificate (a "Delivery Failure Notice"). If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder a certificate representing Additional Investment Right Shares by the third Trading Day after delivery of the Delivery Failure Notice by the Holder and if after such third Trading Day after the delivery of the Delivery Failure Notice the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Additional Investment Right Shares that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall, within three Trading Days after the Holder's request and in the Holder's discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the "Buy-In Price"), at which point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Price on the date of the event giving rise to the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate. (d) The Company's obligations to issue and deliver Additional Investment Right Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Additional Investment Right Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Additional Investment Right as required pursuant to the terms hereof. 3 6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Additional Investment Right Shares or Additional Investment Rights in a name other than that of the Holder or an Affiliate thereof. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Additional Investment Right or receiving Additional Investment Right Shares upon exercise hereof. 7. Replacement of Additional Investment Right. If this Additional Investment Right is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Additional Investment Right, a New Additional Investment Right, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a New Additional Investment Right under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe. 8. Reservation of Additional Investment Right Shares. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Additional Investment Right Shares upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right as herein provided, the number of Additional Investment Right Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Additional Investment Right, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9). The Company covenants that all Additional Investment Right Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable. The Company will take all such action as may be necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed. 9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Additional Investment Right Shares issuable upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9. (a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Additional Investment Right is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the 4 denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. (b) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Additional Investment Right is outstanding, distributes to holders of Common Stock (i) evidences of its indebtedness, (ii) any security (other than a distribution of Common Stock covered by the preceding paragraph), (iii) rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, or (iv) any other asset (in each case, "Distributed Property"), then in each such case the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution shall be adjusted (effective on such record date) to equal the product of such Exercise Price times a fraction of which the denominator shall be the average of the Closing Prices for the five Trading Days immediately prior to (but not including) such record date and of which the numerator shall be such average less the then fair market value of the Distributed Property distributed in respect of one outstanding share of Common Stock, as determined by the Company's independent certified public accountants that regularly examine the financial statements of the Company (an "Appraiser"). In such event, the Holder, after receipt of the determination by the Appraiser, shall have the right to select an additional appraiser (which shall be a nationally recognized accounting firm), in which case such fair market value shall be deemed to equal the average of the values determined by each of the Appraiser and such appraiser. As an alternative to the foregoing adjustment to the Exercise Price, at the request of the Holder delivered before the 90th day after such record date, the Company will deliver to such Holder, within five Trading Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective date of such distribution), the Distributed Property that such Holder would have been entitled to receive in respect of the Additional Investment Right Shares for which this Additional Investment Right could have been exercised immediately prior to such record date. If such Distributed Property is not delivered to a Holder pursuant to the preceding sentence, then upon expiration of or any exercise of this Additional Investment Right that occurs after such record date, such Holder shall remain entitled to receive, in addition to the Additional Investment Right Shares otherwise issuable upon such exercise (if applicable), such Distributed Property. (c) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while this Additional Investment Right is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than as a result of a subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock covered by Section 9(a) above) (in any such case, a "Fundamental Transaction"), then the Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the 5 number of Additional Investment Right Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of this Additional Investment Right (the "Alternate Consideration"). The aggregate Exercise Price for this Additional Investment Right will not be affected by any such Fundamental Transaction, but the Company shall apportion such aggregate Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Additional Investment Right following such Fundamental Transaction. At the Holder's request, any successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new additional investment right consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder's right to purchase the Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this paragraph (c) and insuring that the Additional Investment Right (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. (d) Number of Additional Investment Right Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section, the number of Additional Investment Right Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the increased or decreased number of Additional Investment Right Shares shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment. (e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock. (f) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Additional Investment Right and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Additional Investment Right Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company's transfer agent. (g) Notice of Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii) 6 authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction, and the Company will take all steps reasonably necessary in order to insure that the Holder is given the practical opportunity to exercise this Additional Investment Right prior to such time so as to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice. (h) Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price in immediately available funds. 10. Limitation on Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by the Holder upon any exercise of this Additional Investment Right (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder's for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 9.999% (the "Maximum Percentage") of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each delivery of an Exercise Notice hereunder will constitute a representation by the Holder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this paragraph and determined that issuance of the full number of Additional Investment Right Shares requested in such Exercise Notice is permitted under this paragraph. The Company's obligation to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the limitation referred to in this Section shall be suspended (and shall not terminate or expire notwithstanding any contrary provisions hereof) until such time, if any, as such shares of Common Stock may be issued in compliance with such limitation. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may waive the provisions of this Section or increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage specified in such notice, but (i) any such waiver or increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such waiver or increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Additional Investment Rights. 11. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Additional Investment Right Shares on the exercise of this Additional Investment Right. If any fraction of a Additional Investment Right Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right, the number of Additional Investment Right Shares to be issued will be rounded up to the nearest whole share. 12. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is 7 delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address and facsimile numbers for such notices or communications shall be as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. 13. Additional Investment Right Agent. The Company shall serve as additional investment right agent under this Additional Investment Right. Upon 30 days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a new additional investment right agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new additional investment right agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Company or any new additional investment right agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Company or any new additional investment right agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor additional investment right agent under this Additional Investment Right without any further act. Any such successor additional investment right agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as additional investment right agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last address as shown on the Additional Investment Right Register. 14. Miscellaneous. (a) Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth on the first page hereof, this Additional Investment Right may be assigned by the Holder. This Additional Investment Right may not be assigned by the Company except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. This Additional Investment Right shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentence, nothing in this Additional Investment Right shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Additional Investment Right. This Additional Investment Right may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and assigns. (b) The Company will not, by amendment of its governing documents or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Additional Investment Right, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of any Additional Investment Right Shares above the amount payable therefor on such exercise, (ii) will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Additional Investment Right Shares on the exercise of this Additional Investment Right, and (iii) will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Additional Investment Right. 8 (c) Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Corporate Laws of the State of Delaware Shall Govern All Issues Concerning the Relative Rights of the Company and Its Stockholders. All Questions Concerning the Construction, Validity, Enforcement and Interpretation of This Additional Investment Right Shall be Governed by and Construed and Enforced in Accordance With the Laws of the State of New York. Each Party Hereby Irrevocably Submits to the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts Sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the Adjudication of Any Dispute Hereunder or in Connection Herewith or With Any Transaction Contemplated Hereby or Discussed Herein (Including With Respect to the Enforcement of Any of the Transaction Documents), and Hereby Irrevocably Waives, and Agrees Not to Assert in Any Suit, Action or Proceeding, Any Claim That It is Not Personally Subject to the Jurisdiction of Any Such Court, That 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 Via Registered or Certified Mail or Overnight Delivery (With Evidence of Delivery) to Such Party At the Address in Effect for Notices to It Under This Agreement and Agrees That Such Service Shall Constitute Good and Sufficient Service of Process and Notice Thereof. Nothing Contained Herein Shall be Deemed to Limit in Any Way Any Right to Serve Process in Any Manner Permitted by Law. The Company and Holder Hereby Waive All Rights to a Trial by Jury. (d) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Additional Investment Right and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. (e) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Additional Investment Right shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Additional Investment Right shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Additional Investment Right. [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK, SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] 9 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Additional Investment Right to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above. CENTRAL EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION By:__________________________ Name:________________________ Title:_______________________ 10 FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE (To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the foregoing Additional Investment Right) To: Central European Distribution Corporation The undersigned is the Holder of Additional Investment Right No. _______ (the "Additional Investment Right") issued by Central European Distribution Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Additional Investment Right. 1. The Additional Investment Right is currently exercisable to purchase a total of ______________ Additional Investment Right Shares. 2. The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase _________________ Additional Investment Right Shares pursuant to the Additional Investment Right. 3. The holder shall pay the sum of $____________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Additional Investment Right. 4. Pursuant to this exercise, the Company shall deliver to the holder _______________ Additional Investment Right Shares in accordance with the terms of the Additional Investment Right. 5. Following this exercise, the Additional Investment Right shall be exercisable to purchase a total of ______________ Additional Investment Right Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Exercise Notice shall constitute a representation by the holder of the Additional Investment Right submitting this Exercise Notice that, after giving effect to the exercise provided for in this Exercise Notice, such holder (together with its Affiliates) will not have beneficial ownership (together with the beneficial ownership of such Person's Affiliates) of a number of shares of Common Stock which exceeds 9.999% of the total outstanding shares of Company Stock, all as determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of the Additional Investment Right. Dated: ___________________,_________ Name of Holder: (Print)__________________________ By:______________________________ Name:____________________________ Title:___________________________ (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Additional Investment Right) FORM OF ASSIGNMENT [To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Additional Investment Right] FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ________________________________ the right represented by the within Additional Investment Right to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock of Central European Distribution Corporation to which the within Additional Investment Right relates and appoints ________________ attorney to transfer said right on the books of Central European Distribution Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: __________________,_____ ___________________________________ (Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Additional Investment Right) ___________________________________ Address of Transferee ___________________________________ ___________________________________ In the presence of: _______________________________ EX-99.1 5 dex991.txt PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF COMMON STOCK Exhibit 99.1 Central European Distribution Corporation Announces $15.6 Million Private Placement of Common Stock SARASOTA, Florida - April 1, 2003/PRNewswire/ -- Central European Distribution Corporation (NASDAQ: CEDC) today announced that it has entered into definitive purchase agreements with respect to the private placement of 670,000 shares of its common stock for $15.6 million in a private placement to five institutional investors at a purchase price of $23.25 per share. The net proceeds to the Company will be approximately $14.6 million. The purchasers also received Additional Investment Rights to purchase an additional 134,000 shares of common stock from the Company at a purchase price of $23.25 per share. The net proceeds will be mainly used for re-payment of debt, funding of current and future acquisitions, and for general corporate purposes. Banc of America Securities LLC served as the placement agent for this transaction. The securities sold in this private placement have not yet been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States in the absence of an effective registration statement or exemption from registration requirements. However, as part of the transaction, the Company agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days for purposes of registering the resale of all of the common stock issued in the private placement. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. Any offering of Central European Distribution Corporation securities under the resale registration statement will be made only by means of a prospectus. CEDC is one of the leading importers of beers, wines and spirits, as well as the largest distributor of domestic vodka on a nationwide basis in Poland. The Company operates 44 regional distribution centers in major urban areas throughout Poland. It distributes many of the world's leading brands, including brands such as Johnnie Walker Scotch, Stock Brandy, Sutter Home, Torres, Mondavi and Concha y Toro wines, Corona, Beck's, Foster's, Budweiser Budvar and Guinness Stout beers. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless required to do so by the securities laws. Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties associated with forward-looking statements included in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, please contact: James Archbold Director of Investor Relations (941) 330-1558 www.ced-c.com EX-99.2 6 dex992.txt CLOSING OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT Exhibit 99.2 Central European Distribution Corporation Announces Closing of Private Placement SARASOTA, Florida - April 3, 2003/PRNewswire/ -- Central European Distribution Corporation (NASDAQ: CEDC) today announced that it has closed the previously announced private placement. The Company sold a total of 750,000 shares of common stock for $17.4 million to five institutional investors at a purchase price of $23.25 per share for net proceeds of $16.4 million, an increase of 80,000 shares of common stock over the 670,000 shares previously announced. The purchasers also received Additional Investment Rights to purchase an additional 150,000 shares of common stock from the Company at a purchase price of $23.25 per share. The net proceeds will be mainly used for re-payment of debt, funding of current and future acquisitions, and for general corporate purposes. Banc of America Securities LLC served as the placement agent for this transaction. The Company also announces that in addition to the shares sold by the Company, Jeffrey Peterson, CEDC's Vice Chairman, sold 80,000 shares for $1.9 million to the same investors at the same purchase price. The purchasers also received Additional Investment Rights to purchase an additional 16,000 shares of common stock from Mr. Peterson at a purchase price of $23.25 per share. The securities sold in this private placement have not yet been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States in the absence of an effective registration statement or exemption from registration requirements. However, as part of the transaction, the Company agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission within thirty days for purposes of registering the resale of all of the common stock issued in the private placement. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. Any offering of Central European Distribution Corporation securities under the resale registration statement will be made only by means of a prospectus. CEDC is one of the leading importers of beers, wines and spirits, as well as the largest distributor of domestic vodka on a nationwide basis in Poland. The Company operates 44 regional distribution centers in major urban areas throughout Poland. It distributes many of the world's leading brands, including brands such as Johnnie Walker Scotch, Stock Brandy, Sutter Home, Torres, Mondavi and Concha y Toro wines, Corona, Beck's, Foster's, Budweiser Budvar and Guinness Stout beers. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless required to do so by the securities laws. Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties associated with forward-looking statements included in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, please contact: James Archbold Director of Investor Relations (941) 330-1558 www.ced-c.com - -------------
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