Filed by Automated Filing Services Inc. (604) 609-0244 - Ikona Gear International, Inc. - Exhibit 4.1
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Westminster Securities Corporation
100 Wall Street,
7th Floor
New York, NewYork 10005
Ikona Gear International, Inc.
1850 Hartley Avenue, Unit #1
Coquitlam, BC V3K 7A1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1.
Private Placement
The
undersigned (the Investor(s)) is writing to advise you of the following terms
and conditions under which the undersigned hereby offers to subscribe (the
"Offer") for the securities of this private placement (Offering) that is
offered by Ikona Gear International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company).
The exclusive placement agent for the Offering is Westminster Securities
Corporation (the "Placement Agent). The Company is issuing securities
consisting of a unit consisting of a promissory note (Note) and a warrant to
acquire shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share (the
Common Stock), at an exercise price of $0.59 per share in the form of Exhibit
A attached to this Agreement (the Warrant). The Notes are convertible into
shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per share at the option of
the Investor or registered assigns (the Holder) pursuant to the terms of such
Note. The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant is equal to
the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Note. The Note and the
Warrant shall be collectively referred to herein as the Securities. The
Offering is for up to $750,000 of the Securities (the Maximum Offering) with a
minimum offering of $300,000 (Minimum Offering). The Maximum Offering may be
increased by the mutual agreement of Placement Agent and the Company without
notice to any Investor. The undersigned understands that the Securities are
being issued pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), provided by Section 4(2) of the
Act. As such, the Note, the Warrant, and the shares of Common Stock underlying
the Note and the Warrant (the Underlying Shares) are "restricted securities"
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Act, certificates representing
Securities will bear a restrictive legend, and there will be restrictions on the
resale of Securities.
The
Securities are being offered on a best efforts, all or none basis by the
Company through the Placement Agent with respect to the Minimum Offering, during
an offering period commencing on the date of the Companys Private Placement
Memorandum dated March XXX, 2006 (the Memorandum) (the Commencement Date)
and continuing until March 31, 2006 unless extended to April 30, 2006 at the
discretion of the Placement Agent or such other date as agreed by the Company
and Placement Agent (the Initial Offering Period). If the Minimum Offering is
completed within the Initial Offering Period, the remaining Securities up to the
amount of the Maximum Offering will be offered (the Continuing Offering
Period) on a best efforts basis until the first to occur of (i) the
completion of the Maximum Offering, (ii) March 31, 2006 (unless extended by
agreement of the Company and Placement Agent) or (iii) the termination of the
Offering by mutual agreement of the Placement Agent and the Company. The Initial
Offering Period and Continuing Offering Period are referred to collectively
herein as the Offering Period.
All
proceeds received from subscribers for the Securities offered hereby will be
deposited in a special non-interest bearing escrow account (the Escrow
Account) with Riverside Bank and will be released to the Company against
delivery by the Company of certificates representing the Common Stock and
Warrants (each such date, a Closing Date).
Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Memorandum.
2. Subscription.
Subject
to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Subscription
Agreement, the undersigned hereby offers to purchase the Note and Warrant as set
forth in the Investor Signature Page attached hereto.
If
the Offer is accepted by the Company, the Securities shall be paid for by the
delivery of such amount by wire transfer, check or money order payable to the
order of Ikona Gear International Escrow Account, which is being delivered
contemporaneously herewith.
Once a
minimum of $300,000 has been sold and proceeds of the minimum of $300,000 in
cleared funds are on deposit in the Escrow Account (the Minimum Escrow Date)
and such subscriptions are accepted by the Company, an initial closing will be
held as soon as practicable thereafter (the Initial Closing).
Additional
closings will be held, at the discretion of the Company and the Placement Agent,
at reasonable intervals during the Continuing Offering Period, but a final
closing shall occur in no event later than the conclusion of the Offering Period
(the Final Closing).
3. Conditions
to Offer.
The
Offering is made subject to the following conditions: (i) that the Company shall
have the right to accept or reject this Offer, in whole or in part, for any
reason whatsoever; and (ii) that the undersigned agrees to comply with the terms
of this Subscription Agreement and to execute and deliver any and all further
documents that may be reasonably requested by the Company.
Acceptance
of this Offer shall be deemed given by the countersigning of this Subscription
Agreement on behalf of the Company.
4. Representations
and Warranties of the Undersigned.
The
undersigned, in order to induce the Company to accept this Offer, hereby
warrants and represents as follows:
(A) The
undersigned has sufficient liquid assets to sustain a loss of the undersigned's
entire investment.
(B) The
undersigned represents that he (she or it) is an Accredited Investor as that
term is defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"). In general, an "Accredited Investor" is deemed to be an
institution with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with net worth in
excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 (or $300,000 jointly
with their spouse).
(C) The
undersigned represents that he (she or it):
(1)
is purchasing the Securities as principal for his (her or its) own account, not
for the benefit of any other person, for investment only and not with a view to
the resale or distribution of all or any of the Securities;
(2)
is an accredited investor for the purposes of Canadian National Instrument
45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (NI 45-106) as set forth in
Exhibit A Additional Canadian Securities Law Representations - Certificate of
Accredited Investor attached hereto, and the Investor has concurrently
completed, executed and delivered a completed Exhibit A; and
(3)
if described in Category 13 of the definition of accredited investor in
Exhibit A, was not created nor is it used solely to purchase or hold securities
as an accredited investor. For the purposes of this section 4(C), the following
are deemed to be purchasing as principal:
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(4) a
trust company or trust corporation described in Category 16 of the definition of
accredited investor in Exhibit A, other than a trust company or trust
corporation registered under the laws of Prince Edward Island that is not
registered or authorized under the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) or
under comparable legislation in another jurisdiction of Canada; and
(5)
a person described in Category 17 of the definition of accredited investor in
Exhibit A;
(D) The
Company has not made any other representations or warranties to the undersigned
with respect to the Company except as contained herein. The Company has not
rendered any investment advice to the undersigned with respect to the
Company.
(E)
The undersigned has not authorized any person or institution to act as his
Purchaser Representative (as that term is defined in Regulation D of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Act) in connection with this transaction. The
undersigned has such knowledge and experience in financial, investment and
business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the
prospective investment in the Securities. The undersigned has consulted with
such independent legal counsel or other advisers as he has deemed appropriate to
assist the undersigned in evaluating his proposed investment in the
Securities.
(F) The
undersigned understands that the Securities involve a high degree of risk and
represents that he (i) has adequate means of providing for his current financial
needs and possible personal contingencies, and has no need for liquidity of
investment in the Securities; (ii) can afford (a) to hold unregistered
securities for an indefinite period of time as required and (b) sustain a
complete loss of the entire amount of the subscription; and (iii) has not made
an overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable which is
disproportionate so as to cause such overall commitment to become excessive.
(G)
The undersigned has carefully reviewed the Memorandum. The undersigned has also
been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the
officers and/or directors of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of
the Offering and to obtain any additional information, to the extent that the
Company possesses such information or can acquire it without unreasonable effort
or expense, necessary to verify the accuracy of the information furnished; and
has availed himself of such opportunity to the extent he considers appropriate
in order to permit him to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the
Securities. It is understood that all documents, records and books pertaining to
this investment have been made available for inspection, and that the books and
records of the Company will be available upon reasonable notice for inspection
by investors during reasonable business hours at its principal place of
business.
(H) The
undersigned acknowledges that the Securities, including the Underlying Shares
have not been registered under the Act in reliance on an exemption for
transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering, and further
understands that the undersigned is purchasing the Securities without being
furnished any prospectus setting forth all of the information that would be
required to be furnished under the Act in a registered transaction.
(I) The
undersigned further acknowledges that this Offering has not been passed upon or
the merits thereof endorsed or approved by any state or federal authorities.
(J) The
Securities being subscribed for are being acquired solely for the account of
the undersigned for personal investment and not with a view to, or for resale
in connection with, any distribution in any jurisdiction where such sale or
distribution would be precluded. By such representation, the undersigned means
that no other person has a beneficial interest in the Securities (or Underlying
Shares) subscribed for hereunder, and that no other person has furnished or
will furnish directly or indirectly, any part of or guarantee the payment of
any part of the consideration to be paid to the Company in connection therewith.
The undersigned does not intend to dispose of all or any part of the Securities
(or Common Stock issuable upon any exercise of the Warrant or conversion of
the Note) except in compliance with the provisions of the Act and applicable
state securities laws and understands that the Securities are being offered
pursuant to a specific exemption under the provisions of the Act, which exemption(s)
depends, among other things, upon compliance with the provisions of the Act.
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(K) The
undersigned further represents and agrees that the undersigned will not sell,
transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber the Securities (including
the Underlying Shares) unless prior to any such sale, transfer, pledge,
disposition or encumbrance, the undersigned will, if requested, furnish the
Company and its transfer agent with an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Company in form and substance that registration under the Act or applicable
state securities laws is not required.
(L) The
undersigned hereby agrees that the Securities and the Underlying Shares are
restricted securities under the Act and that the Company may insert the
following or similar legend on the face of the certificates evidencing the
Securities and the Underlying Shares:
"These securities have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), nor under
any state securities law and may not be pledged, sold, assigned, hypothecated or
otherwise transferred until (1) a registration statement with respect thereto is
effective under the act and any applicable state securities law or (2) the
Company receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the company
that such note may be pledged, sold, assigned, hypothecated or transferred
without an effective registration statement under the act or applicable state
securities laws.
(M) The
undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Placement Agent, its affiliates and/or
its beneficial owners may subscribe for Securities.
(N)
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that neither the Company nor any person
acting on its behalf has offered or sold the undersigned the Securities by means
of any form of general solicitation or general advertising and the Securities
were not offered or sold to the undersigned by means of publicly disseminated
advertisements or sales literature.
(O) The
undersigned understands and acknowledges that the Securities and the Underlying
Shares may be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Act or pursuant to an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Act and applicable state securities
laws.
(P) The
undersigned understands and acknowledges that the Warrant may be exercised only
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and
applicable state securities laws.
The
undersigned certifies that each of the foregoing representations and warranties
set forth in subsection (A) through (P) inclusive of this Section 4 are true as
of the date hereof and shall survive such date.
5.
Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the
Investors:
(A) Subsidiaries.
The Company has no direct or indirect subsidiaries (each a Subsidiary, and
collectively, Subsidiaries) except as described in the Companys audited
financial statement for the year ended August 31, 2005, and in the unaudited
financial statements for the quarter ending November 30, 2005, included in the
Memorandum. All the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of
preemptive and similar rights, and the Company owns all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary, except as described in
such unaudited quarterly financial statements and/or the Memorandum.
(B)
Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries
is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise 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.
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(C)
Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and to consummate the Offering. The execution and
delivery of this Subscription Agreement by the Company and the consummation
by it of the transactions contemplated hereby 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, other than the Required Approvals. This Subscription
Agreement and the Securities, when executed and 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, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws affecting creditors rights and remedies generally and general
principles of equity. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation
of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation,
by-laws or other organizational or charter documents.
(D) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Offering and
the issuance of the Securities do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate
any provision of the Companys or any Subsidiarys certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii)
subject to obtaining the Required Approvals (as defined below), 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, or (iii) result in a
violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or
other restriction of any court or governmental authority as currently in effect
to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the
Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not, individually or in the aggregate (a)
adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Offering, (b)
have or result in or be reasonably likely to 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, or (c) adversely impair the Company's ability to perform fully on a
timely basis its obligations under this Subscription Agreement (any of (a), (b)
or (c), a Material Adverse Effect).
(E)
Filings, Consents and Approvals. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any
notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal,
state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Subscription
Agreement, other than (i) the filing with the SEC of a Form D pursuant to SEC
Regulation D and (ii) applicable Blue Sky filings (collectively, the
Required Approvals).
(F) Issuance
of the Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and
paid for in accordance with this Subscription Agreement, will be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens.
Assuming the accuracy of the Investors representations and warranties set forth
in Section 4, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer
and sale of the Securities by the Company to the Investors as contemplated
hereby. The issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder does not contravene
the SEC rules and regulations.
(G)
Capitalization. The number of shares and type of all authorized, issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Companys
financial statements or Memorandum of the Company. No Person has any right of
first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right
to participate in the Offering. The issuance and sale of the Securities will
not obligate the Company to issue Underlying Shares or other securities to any
Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in a right of any holder
of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset
price under such securities, however, the holders of the Senior Note have the
right and have agreed to adjust their conversion price to the stock price of
the next equity offering.
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(H)
SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act,
including pursuant to Section 13(a) of 15(d) thereof, for the two years
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by
law to file such material) (the foregoing materials being collectively referred
to herein as the SEC Reports). The SEC Reports, when filed, complied in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securites 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 light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company that have been included in the SEC Reports comply in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing.
Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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,
immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
(I) Material
Changes. Except for the proposed Offering, since the date of the latest
audited financial statement dated August 31, 2005, 2005 included within the SEC
Reports, (a) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had a
Material Adverse Effect, (b) the Company has not incurred any liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) other than (I) trade payables and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
(II) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Companys financial
statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the
SEC, (c) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or the identity of
its auditors, (d) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or
distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders except in the
ordinary course of business consistent with prior practice, or purchased,
redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock except consistent with prior practice or pursuant to existing Company
stock option or similar plans, and (e) the Company has not issued any equity
securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing
Company stock option or similar plans.
(J)
Litigation. There is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation,
proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or
foreign) (collectively, an Action) which: (i) adversely affects or
challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Subscription
Agreement or the Securities or (ii) would, if there were an unfavorable
decision, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or
liability under federal or state securities laws. The Company does not have
pending before the SEC any request for confidential treatment of information.
There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not
pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company. The
SEC has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of
any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act.
(K)
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
notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of,
any material indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other material 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), which default
or violation would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) is in violation
of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, or (iii) is or has
been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority,
except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(L)
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 would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (Material
Permits), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material
Permit.
(M) Listing
and Maintenance Requirements. The Company is currently quoted on the Over
the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol IKGI. The Company is, and has no
reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future to be, in
compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.
(N) 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. The Company has established disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Company
and designed such disclosures controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known
to the certifying officers by others within those entities.
(O)
Advisory Agreement. The Company currently has an investment banking
engagement with Westminster Securities Corporation that continue while a
majority of the Notes are outstanding.
(P)
Disclosure. The disclosure provided to the Investor regarding the
Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, furnished by or
on behalf of the Company, including all of the SEC Reports, does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees
that the Investor makes or has made no representations or warranties with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically
set forth in this Subscription Agreement.
6.
Covenants of the Company.
(A)
Registration Rights. The Company grants registration rights to the
purchasers in the Offering of the Underlying Shares under the following terms
and conditions:
(1) Piggyback
Registration. If, at any time the Company proposes to register any of its Common
Stock (Registered Securities) under the Act (other than pursuant to Form S-4
or Form S-8), (Registration Statement) it will give written notice, by
registered mail sent to the Investor at the address set forth on the signature
page hereto, at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing of each such
Registration Statement, of its intention to do so. If the Investor notifies the
Company within fifteen (15) days after the mailing of any such notice of its
desire to include Underlying Shares in such proposed Registration Statement, the
Company shall afford the Investor the opportunity to have any such Underlying
Shares registered for resale under such Registration Statement (Registrable
Securities). Any registration pursuant to this Section 6(A)(1) shall be subject
to customary hold-back provisions at the request of the underwriters in the case
of a firm-commitment underwritten offering by the Company.
(2) Demand
Registration.
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(a) At
any time subsequent to one year after the end of the Offering Period and
expiring five (5) years after the end of the Offering Period, the Investor,
together with all other purchasers of Securities in the Offering, holding
Registrable Securities or the right to acquire Registrable Securities (through
the exercise or conversion of the Securities) that would constitute, in the
aggregate, a majority of the Registrable Securities (assuming all Notes have
been converted and all Warrants have been exercised) (the Requesting Holders)
shall have the right (which right is in addition to the registration rights
under Section 6(A)(1) hereof), exercisable by written notice provided to the
Company at its address set forth herein, to have the Company prepare and file
with the SEC, on one occasion, a Registration Statement (on any form available
to the Company upon which the registration may be qualified )and such other
documents, including a prospectus, as may be necessary in the opinion of both
counsel for the Company and counsel for the Investors, in order to comply with
the provisions of the Act, so as to permit a public offering and sale of
Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement (the Demand
Request). No later than 10 days after receiving such Demand Request, the
Company shall provide written notice of the Demand Request to the Investors
other than the Requesting Holders, at the address for each such Investor
maintained in the Companys records. Such non-Requesting Holders shall have the
right to include their Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement,
provided that such Investors shall notify the Company in writing, at its address
set forth herein, within fifteen (15) days after the Company mails the notice
referred to in the preceding sentence. For purposes of this paragraph 6A(2)(a),
the term Registrable Securities means the Registrable Securities held (or
which the Investor has the right to acquire upon the exercise or conversion of
the Securities held by the Investor) by the Investor, together with any
Underlying Shares issued or issuable upon exercise or conversion of Securities
acquired in the Offering by purchasers other than the Investor and to which
registration rights identical to those contemplated herein apply.
(b) All
fees, disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses and costs incurred by the Company
in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and
in complying with applicable federal securities and Blue Sky laws (including,
without limitation, all attorneys' fees of the Company) shall be borne by the
Company. The Investors shall bear the cost of underwriting and/or brokerage
discounts, fees and commissions, if any, and transfer taxes applicable to the
Registrable Securities being registered and the fees and expenses of their
counsel. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to qualify any of the
Registrable Securities for re-sale in such states as any Investor reasonably
requests. However, the Company shall not be required to qualify in any state
which will require an escrow or other restriction relating to the Company and/or
the Investors, or which will require the Company to qualify to do business in
such state or require the Company to file therein any general consent to service
of process. The Company at its expense will supply the Investors with copies of
the applicable Registration Statement and any prospectus included therein and
other related documents in such quantities as may be reasonably requested by the
Investors.
(c) In
the event that (i) the Registration Statement to be filed by the Company pursuant
to Section (6)(A)(2)(a) is not filed with the SEC within sixty (60) days from
the date that a Demand Request is received by the Company (Demand Date)
and, (ii) such Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC within
one hundred and twenty (120) days from the Demand Date, or (iii) such Registration
Statement is does not continue to be effective for the period set forth in Section
(6)(C) below (each a Registration Default) then the Company will
pay the Investor (pro rated on a daily basis), as partial compensation for such
failure and not as a penalty, one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the purchase
price of the Registrable Securities purchased from the Company and held by the
Investor for each month (or portion thereof) until such Registration Statement
has been filed (in the case of clause (i)), and in the event of late effectiveness
(in case of clause (ii) above) or lapsed effectiveness (in the case of clause
(iii) above), one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the purchase price of the Registrable
Securities purchased from the Company and held by the Investor for each month
(or portion thereof) until such Registration Statement has been declared or
re-declared effective (regardless of whether one or more such Registration Defaults
are then in existence, but without duplication of such partial compensatory
payments). Such compensatory payments shall be made to the Investor in cash,
within five (5) calendar days of demand, provided, however, that the payment
of such amounts shall not relieve the Company from its obligations to register
the Securities pursuant to this Section.
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If the
Company does not remit the payment to the Investor as set forth above, the
Company will pay the Investor reasonable costs of collection, including
attorneys fees, in addition to the liquidated damages. The registration of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to this provision or payment of such
compensatory amounts shall not affect or limit the Investors other rights or
remedies as set forth in this Agreement or at law.
(B)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to suspend the
availability of any Registration Statement, by providing notice thereof to the
Investor, without incurring or accruing any obligation to pay liquidated damages
pursuant to Section 6(A)(2)(c), no more than one (1) time in any three month
period or three (3) times in any twelve month period, and any such period during
which the availability of the Registration Statement is suspended (the Deferral
Period) shall, without incurring any obligation to pay liquidated damages
pursuant to Section 6(A)(2)(c), not exceed 30 days; provided that the
aggregate duration of any Deferral Periods shall not exceed 30 days in any three
month period (or 60 days in any three month period in the event of a Material
Event (as defined below) pursuant to which the Company has delivered a second
notice as required below) or 90 days in any twelve (12) month period;
provided that in the case of a Material Event relating to an acquisition
or a probable acquisition or financing, recapitalization, business combination
or other similar transaction, the Company may, without incurring any obligation
to pay liquidated damages pursuant to Section 6(A)(2)(c), deliver to the
Investor a second notice to the effect set forth above, which shall have the
effect of extending the Deferral Period by up to an additional 30 days, or such
shorter period of time as is specified in such second notice. As used herein,
Material Event shall mean the occurrence of any event or the existence of any
fact as a result of which any Registration Statement shall contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which the statements were made.
(C) In the case of each registration effected
by the Company pursuant to any section herein, the Company will keep Requesting
Holders advised in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to
the completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will:
(1) Keep
such registration effective such time as (i) the Registrable Securities are
eligible to have the restrictive legend removed pursuant to SEC Rule 144(k), or
(ii) all Registrable Securities have been sold;
(2)
Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such
registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such
Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the
Act with respect to a disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
Statement;
(3) Notify
the Requesting Holders at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is
required to be delivered under the Act, of the happening of any event as a
result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then
in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then
existing, and at the request of the Requesting Holders, prepare and furnish to
them a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such
prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the
shareholders, such prospectus shall not include 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 not misleading in light of the
circumstances in which the statements were made;
(4)
Use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a registration statement,
and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the
earliest possible moment and to notify Investor (and, in the event of an underwritten
offering, the managing underwriter) of the issuance of such order and the resolution
thereof;
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(5) Cause
all Registrable Securities which are registered in accordance with the
provisions herein, to be listed or included for quotation on each exchange on
which the Companys shares of Common Stock are then listed or included for
quotation;
(6)
Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such shares and CUSIP number for
all such shares of Common Stock in each case not later than the effective date
of such registration statement; and
(7) Otherwise
use its commercially reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the SEC.
(D) To
the extent Investor includes any Registrable Securities in a Registration
Statement pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company will indemnify and hold
harmless Investor, its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who
controls Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against,
and will reimburse Investor, its directors and officers and each controlling
person with respect to, any and all loss, damage, liability, cost and expense to
which Investor or such controlling person may become subject under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, damages, liabilities, costs
or expenses are caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact contained in such registration statement, any prospectus
contained therein or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are
based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such loss, damage, liability, cost or expense arises out of or is based upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
so made in conformity with information furnished by Investor or any such
controlling person in writing specifically for use in the preparation
thereof.
(E) To
the extent Investor includes any Registrable Securities in a Registration
Statement pursuant to the terms hereof, Investor will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers and any controlling person from
and against, and will reimburse the Company, its directors and officers and any
controlling person with respect to, any and all loss, damage, liability, cost or
expense to which the Company, its directors and officers or such controlling
person may become subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
damages, liabilities, costs or expenses are caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such registration
statement, any prospectus contained therein or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
so made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by
or on behalf of the Investor specifically for use in the preparation thereof and
provided further, that the maximum amount that may be recovered from Investor
shall be limited to the amount of proceeds received by Investor from the sale of
such shares of Common Stock.
(F) To
the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited
by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with
respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable hereunder to the
extent permitted by law, provided that (i) no contribution shall be made under
circumstances where the indemnifying party would not have been liable for
indemnification pursuant to the provisions hereof, (ii) no seller of securities
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of
securities who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation, and (iii)
the amount of the contribution together with any other payments made in respect
of such loss, damage, liability or expense, by any seller of securities shall be
limited to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of
such securities.
(G)
The Investor will cooperate with the Company in connection with this Subscription
Agreement, including timely supplying all information reasonably requested by
the Company (which shall include all information regarding the Investor and
proposed manner of sale of securities required to be disclosed in any registration
statement filed in accordance with this Section 6) and executing and returning
all documents reasonably requested in connection with the registration and sale
of any securities being registered hereunder and entering into and performing
their obligations under any underwriting agreement, if the offering is an underwritten
offering, in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter or underwriters
of such underwritten offering.
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(H)
Transfer Restrictions.
(1) The
Securities and Underlying Shares may only be disposed of in compliance with
state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Underlying
Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, to the
Company or to an affiliate of an Investor or in connection with a pledge as
contemplated in Section 6(H)(2), the Company may require the transferor thereof
to provide to the Company with an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor
and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which
opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
transfer does not require registration of such transferred Securities Underlying
Shares under the Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall
agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Subscription Agreement and
shall have the rights of an Investor under this Subscription Agreement.
(2) The
Investors agree to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section
6(H)(2) of a legend on any of the Securities in the following form:
THIS [PROMISSORY NOTE] [WARRANT] AND
THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON [CONVERSION] [EXERCISE] OF THIS [PROMISSORY NOTE]
[WARRANT] HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE ACT), NOR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE PLEDGED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNTIL (1) A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAW OR (2) THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH NOTE MAY BE PLEDGED, SOLD,
ASSIGNED, HYPOTHECATED OR TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
The Company acknowledges and agrees
that an Investor may from time to time pledge pursuant to a bona fide margin
agreement with a registered broker-dealer or grant a security interest in some
or all of the Securities to a financial institution that is an accredited
investor as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act and who agrees to be bound by
the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and, if required under the terms
of such arrangement, such Investor 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 legal counsel 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 Investors 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) under the Act or other
applicable provision of the Act to appropriately amend the list of selling
stockholders thereunder.
(3) Upon
the request of the Investor, certificates evidencing the Underlying Shares shall
not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 6(H)(2) hereof):
(i) following any sale of Underlying Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement,
or(ii) following any sale of such Underlying Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or
(iii) if such Underlying Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or
(iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Act
(including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of
the SEC); provided, however, in connection with the issuance of
the Underlying Shares, each Investor, severally and not jointly with the other
Investors, hereby agrees to adhere to and abide by all prospectus delivery requirements
under the Act and rules and regulations of the SEC. The Company shall cause
its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Companys transfer agent promptly
after the effective date of the Registration Statement if required by the Companys
transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. If all or any
portion of a Note or Warrant is converted or exercised (as applicable) at a
time if permitted by law such Underlying Shares may be sold under Rule 144(k)
or if such legend is not otherwise required under applicable requirements of
the Act (including judicial interpretations thereof) then such Underlying Shares
shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that at such time as
such legend is no longer required under this Section 6(H)(3), it will, no later
than three (3) days following the delivery by an Investor to the Company or
the Company's transfer agent of a certificate representing Underlying Shares,
as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third (3rd)
day, the Legend Removal Date), deliver or cause to be delivered
to such Investor a certificate representing such shares 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, but may make such a
notation or give such instructions to give effect to such restrictions.
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(4)
In addition to such Investors other available remedies, the Company shall pay
to an Investor, in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for
each $1,000 of Underlying Shares (based on the closing price of the Common Stock
on the date such Securities are submitted to the Companys transfer agent)
delivered for removal of the restrictive legend and subject to this Section
6(H)(3), $10 per day (increasing to $20 per day five (5) days after such damages
have begun to accrue) for each day after the Legend Removal Date until such
certificate is delivered without a legend. Nothing herein shall limit such
Investors right to pursue actual damages for the Company's failure to deliver
certificates representing any Securities as required by this Subscription
Agreement, the Note, the Warrant and any other document relating to this
Offering, and such Investor shall have the right to pursue all remedies
available to it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the first sentence of this paragraph shall not apply to any failure by the
Company to remove a restrictive legend caused by acts of God, fire, floods,
strikes, equipment or transmission failure, or other causes reasonably beyond
the Companys control.
7. Specific
State Legends.
FOR
NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS ONLY: NEITHER THE FACT THAT A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT OR AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE HAS BEEN FILED UNDER THIS CHAPTER WITH
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE NOR THE FACT THAT A SECURITY IS EFFECTIVELY
REGISTERED OR A PERSON IS LICENSED IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CONSTITUTES A
FINDING BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT ANY DOCUMENT FILED UNDER RSA 421-B IS
TRUE, COMPLETE AND NOT MISLEADING. NEITHER ANY SUCH FACT NOR THE FACT THAT AN
EXEMPTION OR EXCEPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR A SECURITY OR A TRANSACTION MEANS THAT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS PASSED IN ANY WAY UPON THE MERITS OR QUALIFICATIONS
OF, OR RECOMMENDED OR GIVEN APPROVAL TO, ANY PERSON, SECURITY, OR TRANSACTION.
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE, OR CAUSE TO BE MADE, TO ANY PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER,
CUSTOMER, OR CLIENT ANY REPRESENTATION INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
PARAGRAPH.
FOR
FLORIDA RESIDENTS ONLY: EACH FLORIDA RESIDENT WHO SUBSCRIBES FOR
THE PURCHASE OF SECURITIES HEREIN HAS THE RIGHT, PURSUANT TO SECTION
517.061(11)(A)(5) OF THE FLORIDA SECURITIES ACT, TO WITHDRAW HIS SUBSCRIPTION
FOR THE PURCHASE AND RECEIVE A FULL REFUND OF ALL MONIES PAID WITHIN THREE
BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR PAYMENT FOR
THE PURCHASE HAS BEEN MADE, WHICHEVER IS LATER. WITHDRAWAL WILL BE WITHOUT ANY
FURTHER LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WITHDRAWAL, A SUBSCRIBER
NEED ONLY SEND A LETTER OR TELEGRAM TO THE COMPANY AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN
THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT INDICATING HIS INTENTION TO WITHDRAW.
SUCH
LETTER OR TELEGRAM SHOULD BE SENT AND POSTMARKED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED THIRD BUSINESS DAY. IT IS ADVISABLE TO SEND SUCH LETTER BY
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CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO ENSURE THAT IT IS
RECEIVED AND ALSO TO EVIDENCE THE TIME IT WAS MAILED. IF THE REQUEST IS MADE
ORALLY, IN PERSON OR BY TELEPHONE TO AN OFFICER OF THE COMPANY, A WRITTEN
CONFIRMATION THAT THE REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED SHOULD BE REQUESTED.
FOR
GEORGIA RESIDENTS ONLY THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY ARE BEING ISSUED OR
SOLD IN RELIANCE ON PARAGRAPH (13) OF CODE SECTION 10-5-9 OF THE GEORGIA
SECURITIES ACT OF 1973, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN A
TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT UNDER SUCH ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT
FOR
RESIDENTS OF ALL STATES: THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS. THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT
TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR
RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER SAID ACT AND SUCH LAWS PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION
OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO
BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
THE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY,
NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF
THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
8.
No Waiver.
Notwithstanding
any of the representations, warranties, acknowledgments or agreements made
herein by the undersigned, the undersigned does not thereby or in any manner
waive any rights granted to the undersigned under federal or state securities
laws.
9. Revocation.
The
undersigned agrees that he shall not cancel, terminate or revoke this
Subscription Agreement or any agreement of the undersigned made hereunder other
than as set forth herein, and that this Subscription Agreement shall survive the
death or disability of the undersigned.
10. Termination
of Subscription Agreement.
If
the Company elects to cancel this Subscription Agreement, provided that it
returns to the undersigned, without interest and without deduction, all sums
paid by the undersigned, this offer shall be null and void and of no further
force and effect, and no party shall have any rights against any other party
hereunder.
11. Miscellaneous.
(A) All
notices or other communications given or made hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, or by overnight courier service to the undersigned at his
address set forth below, to the Company and the Placement Agent at the addresses
set forth herein.
(B) This
Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by a writing
executed by all parties.
(C) The
provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall survive the execution thereof.
(D) The
Subscription Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York
without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
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12. Certification.
The
undersigned certifies that he has read this entire Subscription Agreement and
that every statement on his part made and set forth herein is true and
complete.
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INVESTOR SIGNATURE PAGE FOR IKONA GEAR INTERNATIONAL
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Please print or type, Use ink only. (All
Parties Must Sign)
The undersigned investor hereby certifies that he (i) has
received and relied solely upon the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum
dated __________ of Ikona Gear International, Inc.,, this Subscription Agreement
and their respective exhibits and schedules, (ii) agrees to all the terms and
conditions of this Subscription Agreement, (iii) meets the suitability standards
set forth herein and (iv) is a resident of the state or foreign jurisdiction
indicated below.
Dollar Amount of Securities Subscribed for:
$_________________________
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Broker:
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Westminster Reg.Rep._________________ No. ________ o
Other Investor Representative_______________________
The investor agrees to the terms of this Agreement and, as
required by the Regulations pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, certifies
under penalty of perjury that (1) the Social Security Number or Taxpayer
Identification Number and address provided above is correct, (2) the investor is
not subject to backup withholding (unless the Backup Withholding Statement box
is checked) either because he has not been notified that he is subject to backup
withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or
because the Internal Revenue Service has notified him that he is no longer
subject to backup withholding and (3) the investor (unless, the Foreign Person
box above is checked) is not a nonresident alien, foreign partnership, foreign
trust or foreign estate.
THE SUBSCRIPTION FOR SECURITIES OF IKONA GEAR INTERNATIONAL,
INC. BY THE ABOVE NAMED INVESTOR(S) IS ACCEPTED THIS ________ DAY OF
______________________, 2006.
IKONA GEAR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:_____________________________________
Name: Laith
Nosh
Title: President and CEO
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EXHIBIT A
ADDITIONAL CANADIAN SECURITIES LAW REPRESENTATIONS
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CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR
To be completed by all Investors
Certificate
As an integral part of the attached Subscription Agreement, the
undersigned Investor hereby:
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certifies, represents and warrants
that he (she or it) is not a resident of Canada nor was the undersigned
Investor in Canada at the time this Exhibit or the attached Subscription
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represents and agrees that he (she
or it) will not sell the Securities or the shares of Common Stock issueable
upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of the Securities to a resident
of British Columbia, Canada, into British Columbia, Canada or through
a market in British Columbia, Canada before the date that is four months
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understands and agrees that the Notes will
be imprinted with a legend in the following form: |
THE HOLDER OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE MUST NOT
SELL THIS PROMISSORY NOTE OR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON
CONVERSION OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE TO A RESIDENT OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA, CANADA, INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA OR THROUGH
A MARKET IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA BEFORE THE DATE
THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION DATE.
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understands and agrees that the Warrants
will be imprinted with a legend in the following form: |
THE HOLDER OF THIS WARRANT MUST NOT SELL THIS
WARRANT OR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS WARRANT
TO A RESIDENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA,
CANADA OR THROUGH A MARKET IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA BEFORE
THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION
DATE.
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certifies, represents and warrants
that the undersigned is an accredited investor for the purposes
of Canadian National Instrument NI 45-106 Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions (NI 45- 106) on the basis that the undersigned
is correctly and in all respects described by the category or categories
of accredited investor for the purposes of NI 45-106 which
the undersigned has marked below (please check the category or categories
that apply; please note Definitions and Interpretation Aids
below). Note that if individual accredited investors wish to purchase
through wholly-owned holding companies or similar entities, such purchasing
entities must qualify under Category 13 or Category 20 below (note: all
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A Canadian financial institution, or a Schedule III bank.
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The Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated
under the Business Development Bank of Canada Act (Canada).
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A subsidiary of any person referred to in categories (1)
or (2), if the person owns all of the voting securities of the subsidiary,
except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors of
that subsidiary. |
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Category 4 |
A person registered under the securities legislation of a
jurisdiction of Canada as an adviser or dealer, other than a person
registered solely as a limited market dealer under one or both of the
Securities Act (Ontario) or the Securities Act (Newfoundland and
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An individual registered or formerly
registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada
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Category 6 |
The Government of Canada or a
jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown corporation, agency or wholly-owned
entity of the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada. |
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Category 7 |
A municipality, public board
or commission in Canada and a metropolitan community, school board, the
Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de lile de Montréal
or an intermunicipal management board in Quebec. |
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Any national, federal, state,
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A pension fund that is regulated
by either the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)
or a pension commission or similar regulatory authority of a jurisdiction
of Canada. |
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An individual who, either alone
or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, financial
assets having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net
of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000. |
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An individual whose net income
before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years
or whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse exceeded
$300,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years and who, in either
case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current
calendar year. |
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An individual who, either alone
or with a spouse, has net assets of at least $5,000,000. |
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Category 13 |
A person, other than an individual
or investment fund, that has net assets of at least $5,000,000 as shown
on its most recently prepared financial statements. |
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Category 14 |
An investment fund that distributes
or has distributed its securities only to: |
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a person that is or was an accredited investor
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a person that acquires or acquired securities
in the circumstances referred to in section 2.10 (Minimum amount investment),
and 2.19 (Additional investment in investment funds) of NI 45-106, or
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a person described in category 14(i) or (ii)
that acquires or acquired securities under section 2.18 (Investment fund
reinvestment) of NI 45-106. |
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Category 15 |
An investment fund that distributes
or has distributed securities under a prospectus in a jurisdiction of
Canada for which the regulator or, in Quebec, the securities regulatory
authority, has issued a receipt. |
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Category 16 |
A trust company or trust corporation
registered or authorized to carry on business under the Trust and Loan
Companies Act (Canada) or under comparable legislation in a jurisdiction
of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed
account managed by the trust company or trust corporation, as the case
may be. |
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Category 17 |
A person acting on behalf of
a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person |
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is registered or authorized to carry on business
as an adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a
jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and |
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in Ontario, is purchasing a security that
is not a security of an investment fund. |
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Category 18 |
A registered charity under the
Income Tax Act (Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained
advice from an eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the
securities legislation of the jurisdiction of the registered charity to
give advice on the securities being traded. |
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Category 19 |
An entity organized in a foreign
jurisdiction that is analogous to any of the entities referred to in categories
(1) to (4) or paragraph (9) in form and function. |
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Category 20 |
A person in respect of which
all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial, except
the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors, are persons
that are accredited investors. |
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Category 21 |
An investment fund that is advised
by a person registered as an adviser or a person that is exempt from registration
as an adviser. |
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Category 22 |
A person that is recognized
or designated by the securities regulatory authority or, except in Ontario
and Quebec, the regulator as |
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an accredited investor, or |
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an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British
Columbia after September 14, 2005. |
The foregoing representations, warranties and covenants are
made by the undersigned with the intent that they be relied upon in determining
the undersigneds suitability as a purchaser of the securities. The undersigned
undertakes to notify the Company immediately of any change in any
representation, warranty or other information set forth herein which takes place
prior to the closing of the purchase and sale of the securities.
Date: |
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(Print name of Investor) |
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By: |
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individual, duly authorized
signatory of Investor) |
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above if different |
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Definitions and Interpretation Aids
The following
definitions and interpretation aids relate to certain of the categories of
accredited investor for the purposes of NI 45-106 set forth above.
bank means a bank named in Schedule I or II
of the Bank Act (Canada);
Canadian financial institution means:
(a) an
association governed by the Cooperative Credit Associations Act (Canada)
or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under
section 473(1) of that Act; or
(b) a
bank, loan Newco 1, trust company, trust corporation, insurance company,
treasury branch, credit union, caisse populaire, financial services cooperative,
or a league that, in each case, is authorized by an enactment of Canada or a
jurisdiction of Canada to carry on business in Canada or a jurisdiction of
Canada;
Canadian securities regulatory
authorities means the securities commissions and similar regulatory
authorities of each of the provinces and territories of Canada;
control person has the same
meaning as in securities legislation except in Manitoba, Newfoundland and
Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward
Island and Québec where control person means any person that holds or is one of
a combination of persons that holds:
(a) a
sufficient number of any of the securities of an issuer so as to affect
materially the control of the issuer, or
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(b) more
than 20% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer except where there
is evidence showing that the holding of those securities does not affect materially
the control of the issuer;
director means:
(a)
a member of the board of directors of a company or an individual who performs
similar functions for a company, and
(b) with
respect to a person that is not a company, an individual who performs functions
similar to those of a director of a company;
eligibility adviser means:
(a)
a person that is registered as an investment dealer or in an equivalent category
of registration under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction of a
purchaser and authorized to give advice with respect to the type of security
being distributed, and
(b)
in Saskatchewan or Manitoba, also means a lawyer who is a practising member in
good standing with a law society of a jurisdiction of Canada or a public
accountant who is a member in good standing of an institute or association of
chartered accountants, certified general accountants or management accountants
in a jurisdiction of Canada provided that the lawyer or public accountant must
not:
(i) have
a professional, business or personal relationship with the issuer, or any of its
directors, executive officers, founders or control persons, and
(ii) have
acted for or been retained personally or otherwise as an employee, executive
officer, director, associate or partner of a person or company that has acted
for or been retained by the issuer or any of its directors, executive officers,
founders or control persons within the previous 12 months;
EVCC means an employee venture capital
corporation that does not have a restricted constitution, and is registered
under Part 2 of the Employee Investment Act (British Columbia), R.S.B.C.
1996 c.112, and whose business objective is making multiple investments;
executive officer means, for an issuer, an individual
who is:
(a) a
chair, vice-chair or president,
(b)
a vice-president in charge of a principal business unit, division or function
including sales, finance or production,
(c) an
officer of the issuer or any of its subsidiaries and who performs a
policy-making function in respect of the issuer, or
(f)
performing a policy-making function in respect of the issuer;
financial assets mean cash; securities; or a contract
of insurance, a deposit or an evidence of a deposit that is not a security for
the purposes of securities legislation;
foreign jurisdiction means a country other than Canada
or a political subdivision of a country other than Canada;
founder means, in respect of an issuer, a person
who:
(a) acting
along, in conjunction, or in concert with one or more other persons, directly or
indirectly, takes the initiative in founding, organizing or substantially
reorganizing the business of the issuer; and
(b)
at the time of the trade, is actively involved in the business of the
issuer;
fully managed account means an account of a client for
which a person makes the investment decisions if that person has full discretion
to trade in securities for the account without requiring the clients express
consent to a transaction;
investment fund means a mutual fund or a
non-redeemable investment fund, and, for greater certainty in British Columbia,
includes an EVCC and a VCC;
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jurisdiction or jurisdiction of Canada means
a province or territory of Canada except when used in the term foreign
jurisdiction;
local jurisdiction means the jurisdiction in which the
Canadian securities regulatory authority is situate;
non-redeemable investment fund means an issuer:
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whose primary purpose is to invest money provided by its
securityholders, |
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that does not invest: |
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for the purpose of exercising or seeking to exercise
control of an issuer, other than an issuer that is a mutual fund or a
non-redeemable investment fund, or |
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for the purpose of being actively involved in the
management of any issuer in which it invests, other than an issuer that is
a mutual fund or a non-redeemable investment fund, and |
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person includes an individual; a corporation; a
partnership, trust, fund and an association, syndicate, organization or other
organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not; and an individual or
other person in that persons capacity as a trustee, executor, administrator or
personal or other legal representative;
regulator means, for the local jurisdiction, the
Executive Director, Director, Administrator, Registrar or Commission, as the
case may be, for the purposes of and as defined under the securities legislation
of the local jurisdiction;
related liabilities means liabilities incurred
or assumed for the purpose of financing the acquisition or ownership of financial
assets; or liabilities that are secured by financial assets;
Schedule III bank means an authorized foreign
bank named in Schedule III of the Bank Act (Canada);
securities legislation means, for the local
jurisdiction, the statute and other instruments issued by the securities
regulatory authority of the local jurisdiction;
spouse means an individual who:
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is married to another individual and is not living
separate and apart within the meaning of the Divorce Act (Canada),
from the other individual, |
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is living with another individual in a marriage-like
relationship, including a marriage-like relationship between individuals
of the same gender, or |
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in Alberta, is an individual referred to in paragraph (a)
or (b), or is an adult interdependent person within the meaning of the
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subsidiary means an issuer that is controlled directly
or indirectly by another issuer and includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary;
and
VCC means a venture capital corporation registered
under Part 1 of the Small Business Venture Capital Act (British
Columbia), R.S.B.C. 1996 c.429 whose business objective is making multiple
investments.
In NI 45-106, an issuer is an affiliate of another
issuer if:
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each of them is controlled by the same
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For the purposes of the accredited investor exemption in NI
45-106, a person (the first person) is considered to control another
person (the second person) if:
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the first person, directly or indirectly, beneficially
owns or exercises control or direction over securities of the second
person carrying votes which, if exercised, would entitle the first person
to elect a majority of the directors of the second person, unless that
first person holds the voting securities only to secure an
obligation, |
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the second person is a partnership, other than a limited
partnership, and the first person holds more than 50% of the interests of
the partnership, or |
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the second person is a limited partnership and the
general partner of the limited partnership is the first
person. |
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